Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
THOUSANDS OF FRENCH
LIBERATED BY BRITISH
Many Manufacturing Plants in AMI
About Cambria Stripped of
Machinery by Huns.
TONNES GREETED WITH JOY
Germans Bombard Recently Evac-
uatcd Town and Kill Five Civil
lans-Tuesday's Battle Ends jii
Complete Victory.

] LONDON. October lo.-Tuesday's bait
J tie'was one of the great pitched battles
Of the war, detailed dispatches from
the British front to-day showed. 1t
ended in complete victory for the allies
SO SO complete that the Germans. be-
yesterday in full retreat. incapable OF
advance.
They must have thrown into the bat
1!e more than twenty divisions-say
10000 bayonets-and they lost 1900
prisoners and 200 guns
IL Is very likely that IL the allies had
not struck on Tuesday the enemy would
nave been slipping away. Fires are
turning In many towns. and he is CT
IN the country the allies have overrun
IN the past twenty-four hours there
has been little time for the foo; TO ply
Iact into our hands. and thousands OF
French civilians have probably been
released.
In Cambria many explosions have
been taking place. which have reduced
INC place practically to ruins.
percival Phillips writes of the entry
Since no shell marks can he found
anywhere. it is plain that the conflagra-
a a, r,ii,. have not been caused by Rritish
though showing every sign OF having
been we'll plundercd, Crockcry. and
even PICTURES. remain In dust covered
rooms. There arc mirrors on the walls
torn curtains. Some OF the well-kept
gardens. with their neat HOVER bcts
ana carefully pruncd trees. look as Il
the owners had only just left them.
The cathedral is untouched by fire
See The5 pnt the prinSip@a ,nSa'er mas
inss in and around the town havo been
systematically Sys stripped of their ma
chinery. for the foe IS determined to
cripple French industries and Cam
brai Is one OF the important manufac-
turing centers OF the north
De Describing the release of civilians
says:
MS they approached Soivieny. about
mile TO the northeast, on. troops
making earnest gestures. Al hrst they
werc thought TO be Germans desiring
q, 70 surrender. but en- inspection through
tated civilians. beckoning the British
L" approach. Our men were greeted
With tears lea; ,., and laughter as 'hey en-
"Somo affecting experiences greeted
them as thsE entered Sauilery. Here
in ther cellars for more a% t liam sn wec
had waited in keen suspense all night
for the. arrival OF tho British army.
When the last German had disappeared
the men came up from their caves and
went TO the edge OF the village. Our
low-hyinS airplancS noted them in the
SrI and w sen, ,t hanss @
they were waiting for their deliver
ancc.
Two hundred inhabitants of scrain
were rescued yesterday morning when
tho Lancashicr tcrritorlt-ls enterAd tho
Village found them this morning
in ru'ned camp amid tho trenches.
days ago. still dascd by their uneX-
pcctod rescue and tho trials they have
undergone. but happy. patheticaliy
''fhcy have lived for eight days and
nights In their cellars, hearing tho
battle draw nearer, and fearing they
tho possession of the village But
they we're tomforted and encouraged
by their priest. who marched with them
when they were freed.
GERMAN MAYOR HOISTS
RED CROSS FLAG
Tho German town Mayor made 4
white nag out 81 sheet, put rcd
cross C, SIS on It and hoisted it on the spire
ence of civilians. He observed tina, IL
the English were really a civilized
afer mes THad re,sesd Is An h9 %
Germans began bombardinS IL, and Ave
civilians were killed
w t or oy % %ees t nsa1x Sa 9
lads met them. Despite tho lombard
ment. they begged to be allowed limo
to collect their luggage; Abou, noon
ward Villers CutreauN. led by the par
ish priest Women in fcathered hats
and little boys wearing Sunday clothes
a local diGnitary in Il worn rroch coat
wondering children and aged men Mo
could only. weep, trudged over the bat
tie field OF yesterday.
''Lorrtcs met them and they rode
to camp. where they embraced the
soldiers and uskcd for bread. Bread
was given them 10 the last crumb in
the possession OF our men, and tho
donors went willingly to-day without
any II was as strange and pit!fui Il
sight as any witnessed in this war as
the lorries, wlth ,heir excited occu-
pants, drove through tho columns OF
troops. One OLD man sitting on a
Kitchen chair could do nothing but
lift his cap repeatedly. Women in
sisted on shaking hands with every
soldier who stopped.
There was. little to tell Of their
drab life under the German. Their
experience was that OF every French
civilian in the ravaged country we arc
retaining.
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