Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-10
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CaualruLeQdS Victorious Drive

/ cut. Seboncourt was then in sight
and Fontaine Notre Dame, further
south, had been reached by the
French. BY that time it was clear
that the British and Americans stood
on the threshold of the wide open
country.
1t was about that time that the cav
airy, which had been waiting, poured
through the wide breach in the now
shattered Hindenburg system and
streamed out into the country beyond.
Fast "whippet" tanks and armored
cars also crashed forward and came
| into action They performed extremely
valuable services in pursuing the flee
i ing Germans. killing many and round
| ing up a large number of prison. ers.
; They smashed down strong points
held by rear guards, who had been
waiting for the cavalry, knowing that
| it had come through the line.
Cavalry Forces Well East.
| Cavalry forces now are apparently
| well east of the towns reported cap
! tured. The allies having thus broken
! through the Germans north and south
! for many miles are endangered, for
| their lines are being turned Re-
treats on even a broader scale than
that now in progress may therefore be
expected.
Officers directing the attack were
distinctly satisfied as the news came
back in reports from airplanes and
by runners. but finally one came back
, that showed better than anything else
| how completely the enemy had been
| defeated. This was a report from an
air patrol that British infantry had
! been marching as if on parade in a
column of fours into and through the
! town of Bertry. The men were swing
! ing along entirely unmolested by the
| enemy.
Flee in Great Disorder.
Another patrol brought word of tho
Germans fleeing in the greatest disorder
as far east as LIE Cateau. Enemy troops
and transports. it was said. were
streaming along the roads and over
f, the fields trying to make their ESCAPE.
! for. with the British cavalry galloplng
| over the country and with "whippet"
| tanks and arrored cars working, they
realized that it was extremely dangerous
for them to tarry anywhere. Such q
thing as troops VINO have just attacked
marching through a town 10000 yards
/ from the place where they started is a
thing that has not happened in this
war for long time. Such a thing could
only happen now when the enemy is
defeated. disorganized, disheartened and
|
/ troops at Bertry did not tarry there, but
kept right on marching.
Where the Germans will stop Is. Of
course, impossible to tell. 1t is known
! that they have been working on a line
running generally back of lie Cateau,
but prisoners say that this line is in an
embryo condition and cannot offer such
protection. Even if it did, the British
would not have much trouble in smash
ing it. considering their overwhelming
preponderance OF guns. munitions and
| men.
British Cannon on Move,
| British cannon had been on the
move eastward all day long. In many
cases batteries would gallop over the
| rolling plains of Artois. They would
stop. wheel about and fire for a while,
| then dash on and repeat the perform
ance. This has developed from a bat
tie of movement to one of very rapid
| movement.
There is no intention to let the
| Germans get chance to regain their
! breath and organize their smashed
forces. British troops are advancing
eastward astride the road from Cam
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