Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-02
AMERICANS BLAST
HUNSOUT Of ST RONG
BELGIUM POINTS
CaDfIre Voormezccle and Other
Positions in Their First Battle
IN DespoIled Little Country.
GREAT GERMAN LOSSES

~ Associated Press ~ Evrrs Fv"ning
With tLe British Arm, n tlandcro
~tinday sept dolaycd III h"fr
first aghting b Bclgum ho Nmeucnnz
rapturcd uormc7eein md -overa 'rong
German POSITIONS m thai WWednt"
vic,uitt In fhcr entrance into \n"r
rnczoclc fho Invader found hai ail
thal renamed It bc town wrr" utio-
81 ,iehr- tar he -hel ar" had term I"
intense fhat herdly onc Hnob WaS lel'
standing pou another
X thr Nmcrlraus advanced ar German
rear guards rom what little COVER remain
"a opened Ip nth hcIr machine guns
Ia, hose were quickly siIcnccd wfhnlt
much trouble i.l.ewhrrr q 'he -amc
IacaHtv The AmerrAns also advanced thc
ltnc keeping H contact with The refreatinp
enpnt
ounter attacks bv hr Germans rr-
suited IN ihcir gaming hiiic more nan
a slight foothod. which in every naSc
Wis etuir<iv t0rNcnc1i nv BritiAh And
American rc-attacks. ln most places
the Germans did not even yet tonfhod
for the advancing formations Wera met
with hurricane of fire undcr yhicn hry
melted away.
nrIlEcorRr woN RY BRITISH.
There has been especially ucavy lght (
ing n the Whirlpool 81 3 u" battle around
Ruiccuurt and Iienuecuur' where th"
British are holding positions almost
resting against the Drocourt -l}ucant.
Or Wotan inp Il I- believed Ruiie
court itself has been lost and won hrlcc
in the past TWO daV~
Just now, it appears that BuiiccpaTt
and EIendlcourt again are British
hands. Ecolis,, It Mem and Iongatt
also are in the possession 1t thc Brit ~h
The ground N front of he British lin,
throughout this region IS piled with
dead Germans. while the British casual
ties were extremely light
Rack At Wr. sr. QUENTIN.
Al Mt. It Quentin the Germans nav,
counter attacked repeatedly Al grea
cost but the iinc here remains intact
The enemy seems 80 have removed ylrtuaIi'
everything he bad q Perronne. tor a
realized that the town surely mus, com'
INTO British hands soon. hut nevertheless
there was lighting there before the piar
Vas captured There has been nor
hard nghtng around Ie Trsusjol. Wuici
fell 10 he British few dal~ ago Iht
Germans here were tiu,N c9Ja1u>ues
IN the cemetery III lie edge ., tuc 'o~I
bot he place has uoW been ~torne4 au,
captured and the Germans driven Suau
and east Late yesterday the eucm
delivered powerful. counter attacks eos
of EremIcour, on M Bapaume-l amur,
road The infantry beng assisted. AZ
cording . reports by Il lew tanks h
Germans succeeded n penetrating
short distance. but nc British immediate
Is rc-atj8rked and the ground VINO
The Germans had occupied quickly be
T., 10 f
the Brush captured many prisoner,
5 Among The German dead 4J his pom
] Vas a battalion commander
5 The British also were counter attacNe
Al Nalux Nraucour, he Germans GAR
ing d corner IN The northeast section (
4 the village and holding i for tmc onI
? 10 bc driven ofI
, south of the ArraS-l amnral roau %
/ advance continues During the n'2f
; 1t was held up by j strong me from
i line trench ju>t south If The road Ih
5 Germans appeared determined ~ hoi
on here and tough, desperately
: Not AHUN ESCAPED BRirto>7.
! Finally the British kicked oil frol
their positions and charged the cucmt
During the night that followed the Britt,
either Killed or captured every man
the enemy garrison and in addiUo
baggcd Is machine guns In the mort
the Germans steadily continue the
c retreat
In the LIS salient, the British are Z
the heels of the Germans Bcyon
Nierstraat and Noormczece the eneu
has fallen back east If the Npre.-S Son
+. mines canal. The British have rcachc
! Douicn and iacrech Ravelsburg rid
: has been captured after some opposite
j from the Germans rear guards 9th
!, advanced troops are on the outski
= of Ncuve-Eglise. Lindenhouk and kcr
. mel Nlllapc have been cantuE ed.