Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-16
HA|G'S SOLDIERS /.
PURSUE GERMANS
NORTH OF ALBERT
Allied Armies Have Cap.
tured 10000 Prisoners
in One Week. =.
AMERICAN TROOPS LAND
TO AID CZECHO-SLOVAKS
Leaders of Central Powers Hold
Important Conference at.
Great Headquarters.
FURTHER GAINS FOR FRENCH
Max Progress Between Matz and
Disc Rivers IN Local
Operations.
AMERICAN TROOPS LAND
TO AID CZECHO-SLOVAKS
FURTHER GAINS FOR FRENCH
tBy Associated Press

The fighting on the Somme -Oise bat
tie front still continues Of minor
character, compared with that of the
early part OF the week. when the Ger
mans re-enforced their line and
stopped the eastward sweep OF the al
lied forces.
Nevertheless. the British and French
again have been able to gain ground
two important sectors--tl,e British
short distance northwest of Roye.
where they took the villages OF Dam
cry and Parvillers. and the French on
the southern wing OF the battle front,
where they have captured two farms
in the process OF clearing the hilly and
wooded district around Lassgny or the
enemy.
North OF the Somme. between Albert
and Arras, tho Germans are continu-
ing to fall back and the British are
keepins In close. contact with them.
Thus Tar the G Germans have defnigeIy
given up,--the :, townss of a Beeumonte =
Hamel Serre. BucGuoy; and Puiseux
auMont and at several points. lhASe
crossed the Ancre River with the Brit
ish following closely on their trail.
No Official explanation has yet be.n
advanced Of the retroSradc movement
OF tho Germans over this front. but
1t Is not at all unlikely that tho oper-
ations on the Somme front and the ha-
raising tactics the British recently
have employed made the enemy desir-
Gus OF establishing himself on new
ground, eastward. with the Ancre Rivcr
Il barrier between him AMI his foes.
At any rate. the Hebuternc salient has
virtually been obliterated by the re-
tiremcnt OF the Germans. and seemingly
they now will be compelled 10 make 4
readjustment of their line between ths
Somme and Arras.
OVER 10000 PRISONERS 'Hs
CAPTUR. iIS WEEI<s
In the week OF nghtng on the ri.
cardy front, 3o.244 prisoners have falls
en- into the hands OF the British Fourth.
Army and French First Army. accord:s
ing to an Official announcement. or
this numbe" the British captured .2r-
Sii. Unofficial reports. probably conyr,
piled since the official date was sen.
from the front, give the number or
prisoners in the hands OF thc BritiSh
Fourth and the French First and ThirR
armies since August S, AZ $4,000 ans
say also that SO captured guns thus
far have been counted
The situation in RUSSIA again is
looming large. Soviet leaders have ed
from Moscow. the Bo.snerik capitaf TO
kronstadt and the Soviet troops nov
arc declared to have begun thc. evac-
uation Of Moscow. American troops
have begun to disembark at Viadivos-
tok to aid the Czecho Slovak army In
its campaign in Siberia; an allied force
is chasing the enemy more than 100
miles south of Archansel on the rail-
road: further allied troops have made
a landing southwest OF Archangsl and
are endeavorinG to cut off the retreat
OF the Soviets. while British troops
have arrived at Baku. in the Cauca Sus,
on the Caspian Sea. y assist the Az
menians in defending this ir,portahe
seaport against the Turks. to whom
it was given by the Brest Litovsk
treaty in the attempt made by the
Teutonic allies to dismember Russia
Thus ii will be seen that allied forceS
now are operating jointly on three ini-
portant sections of Russian territory
on the north with base in the White
Sea, in the east with base In the
Sea OF Japan. and on the south in
Transcaucasia. 80
Probably realizing the scriousness Of
the situation as it now affects the
central powers. with defeats on the
western front and their military po-.
sitions in the other theaters none too
secure-with the feeling in Russia daily
growing more intense against the Boil
sheVik and Germanic rule. and With
the specter OF the more than 1000, ,o80
Americans already In France and moro.
millions OF them soon TO be in readi-
ness for overseas duty, important con-
ferences are in progress at German
Headquarters. The German and Aus
tTian Emperors and their suites and
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
General Ludendorf are the main con-
ferees.
CANADIANS CAPTURE
DAMERY AND PARViLLERS
LONDON, August ls.-The Canadian
troops on tho British rirht in Plczrdyls