Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-10

every height and hillock and every
inch sfths stones Of tho northern rip
OF thE H1ss, that. bars their way FOR
: a swSSrI hYSn, Chr, plains OF Flanders.
"East$pA itort boast ior Ypres" is the
way AM ftitish omcinl statements
refer nv tHl4 tfattle ground where tho
4 bettet pktt bf thcs Brttish, efforts this
year pas been InSestedi and invested
9 at a trpftAb,p ,rhte Of interest
To- saS,i f4r tho FIRST time in nearly
three s,1Shslfsi tho French. whose lines
i adtoiit, fhe! British JUS, above the tip
aof the ridge, jumped into the fray.
Side by side Tho two armies started
on tfoh Senf's final drive. From the
not distant sea swept ansJcy wind
{ giving ifnih warming thatgtne' time Is
shorts 4 III AIRED the -roSnniies' and
poilusf 10 ,rraoahled Wins. Never before
have MeY Pulled together..n such bril-
liant Lss,icfeSsfuI team play.
EARLY tepbttsi Of the battle elcctri-
fed EnElhrd and France. This is the
way the !threo Wars omees concluded
their epreliminary, Bullcttns:
Londontt-' isatisfactorS progress is
being. made everywhere"
Patis--'''1he battle continues to de-
vciop!t favorab ly for u.s.
misunderstanding lis in progress"
BisPa tchcs from correspondents on
the scene considerably supplemented
the laconic official accounts. They
showed that tho allied team push.
which WAS ushercd in at 5:25 o'clock
this pornins. already has accomplished
these things:
l. They tore out and flung back
across the crest and down the slopes,
of the Pnsschendaele ridge the right
hook" Of the German army that dug
In east and northeast of Ypres three
years. ago This hook" has stuck
tenaciously in, the British side after
the whole center and left of the ridge
had been cleared of Tcutons. 1t is not
entirely off the slopes yet but it has
no chance OF clawinG itself in again,
or even Of hitting back, for the Brit
ish guns now thunder from the domi-
mating heights.
2 BY thus clearing. to the greater
part at least, the head Of that power
full ridge they have placed the Teutons
before the lternative OF letting them
selves be cut TO pieces next spring in
the plains Mhichythe British guns over
look: or seek new cover many miles
eastward, The retreat which now must
inevitably lcome, will automatically
shaks the entire German line, since II |
entails thd abandonment of the NIenin-
Roulers line which feeds the entire
network of trenches and field forts
guarding Lille.
B. They have thus made material
progfess toward stamping out the |
o-poht pest bases along the Belgian |
Ths Gcrhtahs for the first time since
y tFfa ia
systems anaEed to fulfll one Of It's |
prinaiphi' preconditions: they launched |
theirs eophterattack almost instantly |
afters the iallied onslaught began. in
s'eaqs OF losing valuable time, as they
haNet In lTeyfons cases. AS a result.
me FRA moo British storming columns
encountered probably the roughes.
siedtng they have had this year A
iearfpl slaughter ensued. In the vital
sectors inc Teuton resistance. redou-
oled &bY the waves rushing into the /
teeth OF the attacking waves, was
crushed with deadly sureness. On the
fanks the defenders Jared bit bet
ter. They succeeded in holding on to
numhcr Of points which they must.
ho"svsr} yield sooner or later. One
of the hottest battles Of the day was
fought in Daisy wood. just north OF
Brcodseinde. Though the wood was
completely surrounded by the British,
the Teutons kept on lighting with the
desperate fury OF trapped men.
The ach!ef momentum of the British
push;icarried them through the village
of Fibelcnpele., about six miles north
of Ypres. At last accounts the village
was hEm'g In Their. hands.
ThA Erench concentrated their forces
on the AdVante south of IIouthhols,,
which us some, fre miles toward the
COAST from HiSsohote the sector where
the French won such success on July
-. sTht Germans nre fully expected
&c yield ground only inch by inch, re-