The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-03
Coal Fields Menaced

Coal Fields Menaced
Armentieres and Lens apparently
are held by the enemy but their fall
to the British probably is only a mat
ter OF few hours. With Lens in the
hands of the British and the German
line moved back to near Lille or be-
yond, the great coal fields in this dis
trict which the Germans have defend
ed tenaciously for four years, will no
longer be OF use to them.
In Flanders. the Belgians, British
and French continue their pressure
against the stiffened resistance of the
enemy The salient driven in by the
allies threatens the Germans hold on
Belgium and an advance Of perhaps
10 miles toward Grent probably would
compel the enemy to retire to the
northern Meuse line.
On the Camria-St Quentin front, the
British have maintained their gains.
notwithstanding strong German coun-
ter attacks.
The new British attacks north Of ST.
Quentin probably is against the Beau
revoir-Fomsommes line where Field
Marshal Haig holds a sharp salient
in the German line.
French Gain Ground.
Generals Berthelot and Gouraud
continue their attacks north of Rheims
and in Champagne and have taken
further ground from the enemy. North
of Rheims the enemy has been driven
from most of the hill positions and
soon will be in the open where the
French advance may be more rapid.
In Champagne General Fouraud has
captured Challerange. railroad juno
ton and his guns now command the
junction of Vouziers farther north.
In losing Challerange the Germans
lost command of the railway running
through the Argonne forest at Grand
Pre-. The line was the main supply line
OF the Germans facing the Ameri-
cans east of the Argonne.
In withdrawing in the Lille salient
the Germans are endeavoring to get
out Of the giant trap which Marshal
Foch has constructed. While ham
mering the formida BILE Cambrai-Laon
line by thrusts in Flanders, and from
Rheims to the Meuse, he Is bending
back the German flank. The German
supply lines are menaced by the al
lied advances on the flank and should
they be cut the German situation
would be most desperate. 1t would
seem however that the retirement un-
less to a great depth would be of little
ultimate avail toward putting off a
retreat all along the line from the
North sea to Alsace.
From July Is to Sept. 80 the allied
armies in France and Belgium cap
tured more than 254.000 prisoners.
$500 guns and $4,000 machine guns.
From September 10 TO September 80
$4,000 men, 1000 cannon and more
than 5000 machine guns were taken.
Field Marshal Haigs forces are re-
ported to have captured Ramicourt.
Gouy. lie Catelet and Sequehart.
This has not been officially confirm
ed More than 1000 Germans have
been taken prisoner today by the
British.
Capture Turkish Column.
Australian mounted troops operat
ing In the region northeast of Damas-
Gus in Syria. on Wednesday charged
and captured a Turkish column. Fif-
teen hundred prisoners were taken
and two guns and 440 machine guns
were captured according to an Off
cial statement issued today in the war
office.
The British launched fresh attacks
this morning on front of nearly six
miles between SeQuhart and Dony,
northeast Of st. Quentin. Again there |
has been heavy fighting along the Hin !