The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-20
NO REST IS GIVEN GERMANS AS THEY HURRY EASTWARD Belgian Airmen Spend Busy Day Over Their Own
 Native Land RESCUED PEOPLE / ARE EMBARRASSING Dispatch Riders Delayed and Report That Girls Insist on Kissing
 Them as They Pass
 Through

With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Friday, October 1S.-(By the Associated Press )-Lille is fast being left behind by the advancing Fifth British army. In spite of German posts established north Of Roubaix and 1urcofng, these rich manufacturing cities have been taken. The Germans blew up the bridges lead na into Bruges and left strong rear guards there, but these forces were sacrificed by the enemy while the main body ot his troops moved eastward from the city, and those near the coast hastened to es- cape.
 Today has been fine and clear and the Belgian airman have again come into their own. The Belgian sky has been lit- erally full of them, and they have worked great havoc with bombs and bullets among the enemy forces fleeing through the gap between Bruges and the Dutch frontier
 More cannon have been brought up, and all last night and today they have been pumping shells into the bottle neck through which the Germans are retreat ing. The number of Germans killed m this area since yesterday is, of course. undetermined, but from the amount or explosives, projectiles, large and small. dropped on them, their losses must be tremendous. In addition, the French cavalry has been making dashes here and there and has also taken it's toll
 PAYING HIGH PRICE
 The German army is paying a high price for it's attempt to retain it's hold on the coveted coast of Belgium Ger man military commanders being unable to win any victories, now seem to have gone in for literature on an extensive scale. Today's reports include masses ot captured documents which have fallen into the hands of the allied soldiers. They treat of all subjects, but one in all, they contain a subcurrent of despair. One says:
 T will take strongest action against men who absent themselves from their commands only to turn up again when danger is over'
 Count Won Waldersee of the Fifty ninth reserve infantry regiment. wrote that he knew his regiment was going to be attacked, and warned his men that the attack must be broken down. h. cidentally, the assault referred to result ed in the smashing of that regiment This officer ordered all auxiliary services to the assistance of the infantry in the line, which needs all the support im- aginable.'
 IDEA OF GAINING TIME
 Count Won Waldersee discloses some German ideas relative to the gaining of time in which to prepare defenses that may be valuable, in view of Germany's s efforts to secure an armistice, or peace
 Wherever defenses are of a temporary nature" he said, they must, if the enemy leaves us sufficient time, be con- tinually improved and strengthened in accordance with the principles laid down for defensive fighting.''
 The enemy's great successes have strengthened his consciousness of supe- riority,' this commander very frankly said. "The strength and condition of our troops cannot be unknown to him, and there is no doubt that he possesses the means to overcome the difficulties which confront him.
 It would appear from many documents tEat the German army knows 1t hasslost the war and is blue over the fact. Ger man soldiers on the battle front have shown unusual consideration for civil ians. Notices in French and English have been found at Dignies informing civilians that they would not be moved east of that town. Of course the allied guns would not fire on towns known to be full of civilians The Germans, know ing this, could use it to protect them- selves