Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
ENTENTE FORCES
PURSUE GERMANS, !.
TOWARD BORDER
British Troops Occupy LIE
Cateau, Twelve Miles
From Cambrai.
ALLIES DRIVE WEDGE
INTO ENEMY'S LINES
Haig's Men Within Striking
Distance of Important City
of Valenciennes.
PERsHING PUSHES DOWN MEUsE
Austro- o-Hungarians In Albania ana
Turks in Palestine Still
Fleeing.
PERsHING PUSHES DOWN MEUsE
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The men of the once formidable Ger
man armies holding the Hindenburg
line from north Of Cambrai to st. Ouen-
TIN are facing eastward, defeated and
erIt;eh Their backs are the targets for The
who bitterly fought them, step by step,
out OF supposedly impregnable de-
aenoss aenoss ,he and omsn now are harrying them
German border. Nowhere is the ehemy
attempting a. stand in force.
long distance away. but Hrqet tse pass rs yeta two
days OF chase have materially de-
creased the width of the area sepa-
rpniting pitg the invaders from their own
Lie Cateau, the important junction
point twelve miles southeast OF Cam
point of decpest penctration by the nj
lied troops. The British We're the mas n
lers of it,; All along the front, how
nave been steadily pressing forward
their infantry forces, ,taking numerous
Ts%ns to%ns az and th Villages while far in ad.
roars OF the whippet tanks and the
the OF the ashins guns
been the retreat OF the enemy that
at various points the allied forces afoot
lost contact with him. St
RETREAT COVERS FRONT
0F THIRTY-EIVE MILES
The retreat. which is over a front
OF about thirty-tive miles, from tile
south OF Douai to the region east OF
the allies; in addition to the towns
taken valuable lines of communica-
ton and strategic positions Of high
seemingly will force the Germans
everywhere from the North Sea to the
vicinity Of Nerdun to fall back. South
strong points in the German limo In
the north, the British are standing IN
Etrun. twelve miles southwest OF Va
enemy's known next defense line, and
ten miles TO the south the city Is out
flanked at SolesmeS. ltl y
Meantime. the French and American
armies on that part OF the line runs
ming from northwest of Rheims to the
Meuse River are still pressing forward
armies in the west and gradually are
forming the entire war theater into
a huge sack: The Americans continue
Of the AIeuse, while west OF the river.
In conjunction with the operations OF
the French. they have all but oblite-
enemy defense position. To the west
Of the forest in the Aisne Valley and
still farther Westward. the French also
this entire region the Germans still
are offering stubborn resistance. main
~ nWrt Win maeh'ne ef e,, guns; reaiiSng the
while their armies in Belgium and
farther south make good their retro
grade movement sfss y
Both in the Macedonian theater and
in Palestine the allied forces are press
ing the. enemy hard. Albania is fast
being cleared of the Austro- Hungarian
troops. while in Serbia the enemy is
nearing Nish. harassed by the Set
bians. Al last accounts General Al
lenby was still driving the Ottoman
troops northward in Palestine.
So Wghtning-like are the maneuvers
of the allied armies on the various
battle fronts-from the North Sen to
Nerdun. in Macedonia and in Pales-
tine-that except to the war expert
and his military maps constantly be-
fore him. II is almost impossible to
visualize the situation and realize the
swift strides the allies are making in
defeating the common enemy. In
France and Belgium in three weeks
five important cities which had hecn
i'm German hands for four years have
been recaptured. DiNmudc. Armcn-
there's. Lens, Cambrai and St. Quentin
are now i'm allied hands. while Lille,
Douat and Nulcnciennes seemingly arc
All but captured. Serbia shortly is r.
he fully reclaimed. and the Turks will
soon know the Holy Land no more.