Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-04
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
WITHDRAWN FROM
ALBANIAN SECTOR
Rec0nquest of Belgium and
Advance of Frahco-Amer-
leans Proceeds.
BELGIAN FORCES ENTER
ROULERS AND HOOGLEDE
Lille and Douai Within Striking
Distance Of Allied
Armies.
HINDENBURG LINE SMASHED
Germans OHcr Stubborn Resistance
Along Aisne River and
Chcmin-dcs-Damcs

fBy Associated Press

Lens, the heart .: The great coal
region in Northern France and Ar
mcnticrcs. almost equally important a,
manufacturing center. have been
evacuated by tho Germans; tho Ger
man fortified positions between Cam
brai ANA 81. Quentin have been def
hiteIy smashed and the AuStro. Hun
Garians in Albania. fursakcu by their
former allies the RulEarians arc N
full retreat northward toward their
border from the .tdriatic Sea to Lake
Of the ,rcconauerinE OF invaded Bcf-
cium and the progress OF the French
and Franco American forces. respet.-
lively. north OF Rheims and eastward
in thampagnc TO tho vicinity OF Ver-i
uuh. the tale remains the Samc-thc
.iern'ans slowly. but surely. arc bcinE
forced everywherc to give ground. and
BE- eaten into, Notwithstanding the be
strong resistance. that the enemy is
,mTr3SsinG m los, aT,,d to make nun the .efforts
the great battle arc from the North
Sea Sea i:,,,,l. 10 the SWISS , border and compel
struct its hghting line.
In Belgian Flanders the Relpiap.
r., french and British troops are keeping
up ostend and ZeebrugEc. their navui
bases ON the North Sea- -
,ion. with it's lines OF steel rada ting
to the North Sen and eastward to Client,
hay been entered by the Relgians, and
men are, virtually. upon the Roulers-
Ostend- EruGes railway. To the south
Menin and Courtrai are seriously men.
aced. - =
Across tho border Insurance tho cap
ture OF ArmSntieres brings Lille. cap
nal OF the Department OF tho Nord.
uation of Lens places Douai the for
tress northeast OF -lrras. and ali the
,ually in the hands of the British.
SEQ UEHART RECAPTURED
TO the south. from c'ambrai to ST.
ouemtin' the German resistance is still
Americans and French on all the sec
tors which are essential to the carry
valiantly attacked and withstood co1n.
burg hnrs positions and. d.,ma.erially advanced
Quentin which the Germans in a vio.
len, Zen, r1un,crat tack recaptured from the
aken by I"dasf Tied Marsha aGa aias has besn
who now arc out on tho rolling coun,
try to the eastward. rs likewise are all
the allied troops from ST. Quentin
Northwest of Rheims the Germans
are Arc ohherimg more resistance to tho
tors which arc protecting the eastern
end OF The Chemip- des: DANES. ,the
sinated by the French guns, but General
bcrthelotS forces. nevertheless have
captured Cormicy and reached tho Aisne
canal between CorcevrcuN and La Neu-
Hiliette. front of more than fftecn
miles.
In champagne the French have en-
larEcd their gains from the region
north OF Somme-Py to the western
fringes OF the Argonne forest. taking
prisoners and innictihg heavy casual
Ties on the enemy. The railroad iunr.
ton point of Challerange. a short dis
tan.S south OF Nouziers. has been cap
iured. and here the French have com
nieted their domination Of the Airc
fha.,ey' fy' running north of the Arsonno
rival of the Americans at the easterr
end OF the valley TO nip the big wooded
naStion OF the lighting line. The Amer-
leans are slowly approaching the rem
devious.
In their retreat from Albania fbe
.Nustro- ilunGarianS cvcrvwherc are IN
hight before the Italians burning
'oWnS ana depots behind them. Large
numbers OF prisoners and quantities of
war material have been captured