Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-08
French ADVANCE
ADDS NEW MENACE
TO ENEMY FRONT
s
Bcrry-au-Bac's Fall Pockets
LaOn and Threatens
Neufchatel.
BRITISH ON SCARPE GAIN
ON FRONT OF -FOUR MILES
French Naval Division Enters
Syrian Port of Beirut Amid
Great Enthusiasm.
lIiNDENBuRG QUITS OFFICE
Quarrcls With Kaiser Over Question
of Further Retreat, and Gives
Up in Disgust.
IIiNDENBuRG QUITS OFFICE
IEv Associated Pres

'''''"cioN. nave uc!lNcrcu successful
Dow against tho Germans northwest of
Ihcims, which adds materially TO the
menace that is hangins over the Ger
man front from the North Sea to tho
SWISS border This WAS the capture
al Bcrry-au Rac. on the north side OF
nc Aisnc about ten and a half miles
northwest OF Rheims and only scnnt
hNe miles from the eastern end of the
iamous Chemin -dcs- Danes Ridge at
!, .iaonhc. y further advance north
- Mard across the railroad not alone Will
Put inc great stronghold Of Laon in Il
Pvckct. but also VIII outilank Neuf-
.hatci, another enemy stronghold on
The Turks also have suffered seri-
Gus Dlo~ In the loss to the French
Q! BeirMt. capital OF the village Of
syria; The occupation OF this seaport
on the Mediterranean by French
ndNsi division gives the allies Il base.
i9r the landing of men who can oper-
over the roads radiating from ii. The
french squadron was greeted with
rfea, enthusiasm by the populacc.
AMERICANS ARE ATTACKING
BETWEEN ARGONSE AND MEUSE
The Americans Monday evening be-
gs4'i an attack against the Germans
y,,'s Ween the Arsonnc forest and the
rlai communication issued last night
inc British line mas been advanced
Gn front OF four miles north OF the
SEaFpc, Ftcid Marshal HalE reports.
The villages OF Biache ST, Vast and
ognE were captured
msse Mss sy fuTeer re Eis EoGd Es,ns have been
where the operations have in view the
rspiuFe OF the highly Important town
stoaessd o. nogat and other advances have been
Quentin. chief interest for The present
4yenters In the ,hshi,lng IN Cha ampasne
nc Meuse, where the French and
Americans are driving the enemy
stead'iy norihward. despite grea. resis-
'nnce on positions OF high strategic
value
ENEMY FALLING BACK
HEFORE F1tANCO-AMERICAN
\ along the front from Rheims TO
',,tio III .,euse' distance OF more than hfty
nics' the enemy everywhere has met
with serious revcrses and IS falling
@ @5acS al some places in disorder. un-
inposscd against him. Where the en-
cTy IS trying 10 resist. the French and
Anesisa"s ,hnnsis wa5 ere n meeting their counter,
gradually forcing them 10 give eromnJ
step BY step.
East of thc Areonne forest. between
Mense; the Americans have further ad-
ranced their line. notwithstanding the
,acs that The enemy has thrown in
h!otting out Of the forest and the
forming OF junction by way of the
4 ;lire valley between the American and
the latest fighting the Americans drove
TIE Germans out OF Chatcl Chehcry
northwest Of .tpermont. and obtained
command Of the heights west Of the
Arc. The latest German official com
n,unication reports that the Americans
Monday evening began u new attack
in this region.
TAKEN altogether. tho entire south
crn front OF tho Germans seems 10 be
in rather serious situation from Ia
l'crc TO the north of Ncrdun Laon.
tho great storehousc of the Germans
northeast Of Scissors. is reported 10
be on fire. indicating the possibility
NJ an early falling back the Chcmin-
dcs Danes defenses are outnanked at
both ends: Rheims has been restored
and the Germans pushed back more
than ten miles north of il. while east
ward General Gouraud's armies and
thc American FIRST arinr arc brilliant
IL carrying out their part Of the Seat
,converging movement that seemingly
2 lat no far distant date will force the
enemy ma matcrially TO readjust his line.
NON HINDENBTRG RESIGNS
AFTER STORMY SESSION
\ further indication of the troublous
times I'm the German army is the re-
port that Field Marshal Won linden
burg has resigned after a stormy in
ttrvicw with Emperor William during
which Won HindcnburE informed tho
Emperor that "a German retreat on 4
large scale was necessary.
The French have captured Berry-au-
Fac the War Office announced last
night