Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
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the Ardennes canal and the Aisne west
of Attigny The town of Ambly-Haut
has been captured in addition to prisoners
During the night the troops of the
First Army pursued their victorious nd
vance and threw back in disorder the
enemy troops who attempted at all costs
to maintain their positions on the west
bank of the Oise. Up to the present
the French have reached the canal from
east of the crest of Andigny to the north
Of Hauteville."
Hannappes, Tupigny and Noyales are
in our hands as well as other places border
ing on the canal. In the course of the
fighting in this region since October II
We have taken more than 5000 prisoners
We also have captured twenty guns, n
large number of machine guns and I'M
portant war material, including an en-
tire train loaded with munitions.
On the front of the Aisne we have
cleared out the enemy from the region
between the canal and the Aisne west
of Attigny. We nave taken possession
of AmblyH Haut and have captured pris-
oners
British Headquarters In France,
Friday, Oct. IS Reuters British
troops held an almost straight north and
south line between Doual and Lille this
afternoon The line ran through Ostri-
court to Thumerics to Wahagnes to La
Peuvrcire to Martinsart to Has TO Nendc
Vile to west of Ronchin to Lille.
With The British Forces In France,
Oct 10 Qiavas) During the last fifteen
da. $ of their occupation of Lille the German
took away into captivity $4,000 of the
inhabitants of the city.
Associated Press Summary .. m.
British and American troops. fighting
forward into the Hunding line south
cast of LcCateau are advancing quite
rapidly IN spite Of the desperate re-
sistancc ni the encmy II is reported
that 200 prison, and l20 guns were
captured by the allies yesterday Since
the fighting began on Thursday morn
ing the Germans have been forced back
more han four miles
British warships have come 10 the
assistance Of the allied land forces in
Belgium and are shelling the Germans
who are trying 10 escape through the
narrow neck OF land between Rruge~
and the Dutch frontier
roE SWEPT FROM BELGIAN COAST.
Relentless pursuit of the retreatine
Germans IN Belgium and down along
the battle front continues rs lar As the
area Just to the west of Nalenciennes
Virtually all OF the coast has been cleared
o( the enemy and allied patrols are
east Of Bruges
There Is 4 probability thar the ;cr-
mans, by flooding the country east of
Brligc>, will be able 70 delay the ad-
vaucing Belglans for a time but APP
parcntlN their line is 50 bent by the
furious onslaught of the allies in Ilar-
der> that II must be readiusted for
Iona distance down inso France
French and Americans along the
olsc river forged ahead slightly yes
terday Germans are holding their line
stubbornly while the forces and materi-
al in the Laon salient are moved back
IN safety The advance here, however,
seems to be gaining IN momentum to-
ward Hirson, one OF the principal rail-
road functions behind the German lines.
AMERICANS FORGING AHRAD
General Gourad's men have ad-
vance west Of the Argonne forest and
have taken quite long step to the
north of NouEicrs. This advance viii
tend 10 render unstable the German
positions in the forest and NAV assist
inc americans tghting east oi the Ar
gonne.
The American front has been the
scene OF constant patrol fighting with
General Pershings men moving ahead
slightly in Loges and Banthsviile woods
Emperor Charles OF Austria has made
announcement of the plan of Federal
lzing the Austrian states and has made
an appeal 10 the Austrian army and navy
for united action in a time OF peril.
Baron Burian. the Austrc-Hungarian
foreign Minister, Is said To have resigned
BERLIN PREPARING PEACE NOTE
The German War cabinet. /; is re-
ported from Copenhagen, held q meet
lng on Friday night TO decide on the
Of the German reply TO
President Wilson note The fact that
the war cabinet had hand In framing
this document may be significant in
view Of the Germans that peace nego-
,latlon> were in. tiated by the German
Reichstag