Evening star., 1917-11-04
French Organize Ground.

French Organize Ground.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, November s.-The official
communication issued by the war Of
ice tonight reads:
"on the Ailette front our troops are
organizing the new ground conquered
from the Disc canal to corzeny. To-
fought in the different sectors of the
Chemin des Danes. Two enemy sur
prise attacks on small posts south OF
-Anizy were unsuccessful
During the course of the battle of
Malmaison our ayiators with great
audacity attacked the enemy troops
with their machine guns. bombarded
stations and points of concentration.
They fought GIL aerial engagements.
Sixteen German airplanes were brought
down and three captive balloons set on
IRE. In addition, fifty enemy airplanes
fell inside their own lines, the greater
part Of them being completely de-
stroyed.
TN Champagne we carried out sur
prise attack along q small enemy front
west Of Butte du Mesnil and brought
hack prisoners ss,.sss =. x e.tss5s
-on the right bank Of the Meuse the
artillery struggle has taken on a char
acter Of great intensity on the front OF
ChauIne wood The cam
nonade was Intermittent on the rest Of
the front.
German Efforts Annul1ed.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. November 3.-The foreshad-
owed retreat Of the Germans at the
Chemin-des-Dames took place yester-
day. when the immediate afterenects
Of the recent French victory involved a
German retirement along a thirteen
mile front The superhuman efforts of
the Germans to hold this rampant at the
cost Of immense losses were thus an
The best elements of the German
crown princes armies lost the greater
part Of their electives and were COM
pelled to go to the rear to reconstitute
their diminished ranks. These Germans
Danes had been compelled to suffer
daily and nightly an incessant enf1lad-
ing fire from the French guns emplaced
In positions wrested from the Prussian
guards division during the battle Of
Malsaison.
1t was impossible for the Germans to
keep their front line supplied with am
munition or food. the carriers of which
were obliged to pass through a tor
nado of shells and machine gun bullets
while crossing the valley of the Ailette,
where their every movement could be
observed by the French. Eventually
the position became untenable and the
Germans retired during the night to the
The French are keeping in the closest
touch with the enemy.
German ofacial Report.
BERLIN. November 3. via London
Completion of the German withdrawal
the Aisne front was announced Dy the
war office today The movement. which
was effected on Thursday night. had not
been detected by the French up to mid
day on Friday. 1t is declared. The text
Of the statement reads:
western war theater:
Rain and fog restricted the fighting
activity Of all the armies. In Flanders
rho enemy maintained an intense fire on
the town OF Dixmude and the adjoining
lines
During the night of Thursday we COM
pleted. without interruption from the
enemy. the removal of our line from the
Chemin-des-Dames. which had been in
tended for some considerable time past.
All our movements remained unobserved
by the enemy. who up to midday yester-
day stiu maintained lively fire on the
positions which had been given up by US. !"
British Check Attacks.
LONDON. November 3-The report
from Field Marshal Haig's headquar-
ters tonight reads:
Early this morning hostile attacks
against our positions south and ives,
Of Passchendaele were repulsed by our
troops after sharp fighting. In the
course of these attacks the enemy sue
Seeded in capturing one Of our ad-
Sanced posts in the neighborhood of the
Ypres-Roulers railway. This afternoon
the post was retaken by our troops, to-
gether with few prisoners.
"A hostile bombing attack was made
curing the night against one of our
posts east Of Gouzeaucourt; 1t also was
tepulsed. The enemy's artillery has
shown considerable activity during the
day north of Ypres.
The weather conditions greatly in
terfered with flying on Friday. and
there 10 nothing to report"
Retreat in Belgium
Forecast as Germans
DismantIe Factories
Dy the Associated Press.
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