Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-19
.|NF FANTRY ADVANCES
NORTH OF ROMAGNE
WITHOUT ARTILLERY
ss.,s sEs
French Capture Thielt and
Proceed 1000 Yards
! Beyond Town.
SIXTY U. S. AIRPLANEs ....,.
ATTACK ENEMY LINES
German Dream of Invading
England From Calais
Is Ended
FLANDERS is BEING CLEARED
Invaders Retreating Hastily in West
ern Belgium to Avoid st,z..2I - ~.
Allied Trap.
rBy Associated Press. |

oS fASSOCl4lcutrc6St
The Americans spranE another SUR
prise over the Germans yesterday. the
! infantry advancing north of RoroagpeS
and taking Banthevillc without artil-
ery preparation. u
The French have captured the town
of Thielt. in Belgian Flanders west of
Client, and have passed on 5000 yards
east of the town. The enemy Is still
resisting strongly between Bruges and
Canbrai. but is retiring slowly npEtitr
east of La Fere. ats5&,
More than. sixty American day bomb
ing ariators yesterday attacked Bayon-
OF the American line at Grand Pre-.
Escorting planes downed ten German
mmachines. m This Is said to have been
byan ail.American flying force.
The Belgian coast again is Belgian.
nEand across the OF North ssa
Calais Is ended. sls.s
Belgian Flanders is fast being evae-l
the Belgian frontier to the Meuse lFsiyer
taclss of the British Freneh and Amer ar
be. served with victory. q.
GERMAN ARMIES RETREATING, at,fss&
BUT NOT DEFEATEnE I
\ haven of safety in shorter and
more mo compact line is being soughtshy
hilation BY their foes. o eESaps BverySisae sssa
they are being whipped. But seslne
inFly Rhs,un, thy are stu stu far from defeat,
ground hastily in order 10 Bring his;
armies safely out Of the trap Whici,
msnaces Tna them, but from the French
Is lighting desperately to hold back
the lower jaw of the great Foch pincert
from closing in great convergipg5
the German lighting force in itsSen-
tlrety. And thus far he has success i
iuiiy. through the use OF picked troops
ana machine gunners who knowSde-
leat only IN death, warded off the cul-
minating blow. - -
SUBMARINE BASE OF &c.
zEEBRUGGE LIBERATED
Ieebrusse, Germany's second great
gone the way or ostend. The flag Of
iE;elsium once more aes over it. no
Z ahe NE south, south Bruges has been evacuated
have been delivered. Out Of the great
sack between the North Sea and the
n iys an R,ysr endeaYor the esnemy en- in esing
tnternment in Holland His hone "a
that he will be able to reach Antwerp
ane ahe bmfrh 5mfrH Tsesonstitute his line from
and Namur to some point in the south
probably Sedan or Metz, and stabiHze
!, Il. for the moment at least. to sths
a., IN Franee. east of Lille to Cambrai,,
nessI the British slowly, but surely. Sars
Fp5eSslns Foets M tbs ber%ard despite supreme
ting out the big salient which ia,
Journal = ,t.s as It's northern and Vaiencien-
nssure nss i.s southern out held bases
sreid RE Marshal Haig, with whose foross.
are are origaded men from the United
hainsLe % catean rssi"E fraaf aard "a along the se
,hroMns nten is WmestlnE with success and
ous nonf.t ttaiehciennes into a danger
GERMANs SLOWLY WITHDRAW
TOWARD TOWN OF HIRsoS
TO the south. In the sack between
the Otse and the Serre Rivers nort%
OF i.aon. the Germans slowly are with.
6,tba%ins ora win, toward Hirson. Likewisessjn
strong resistance against the French
dr;u AT" americans in their attempts to
Sedan setge nor.hward nth ,sI toward Mezieres and
@ Oeen able to cross the .Aisne River
near Nouziers, and thus have made.
Franco ssGure amer;can the ,oLpoo positions OF the
or the Airc. at Grand Pre-. -
Ito TO the east the Americans on 10th
] soing Of fofMars sms deuSe netNssr River are SLOWLY
wooded bastion and the Meuse pfc,sea
thIoops hIo9, aa nave been chosen to fend the
sroan thst d tgsasd 5sins Sedan Athe
raliantly defended to the last.
, ~ IN the Macedoniaa theater the Greeks
80 VI poSSSSSIOn or Creek
NJ MIacedenia. Alhana is fast beIns
cleared Of the enemy. and in Serb,astfs
,reutoaic allied forces have bsen sirtvsn
thlrty miles north OF Nish. In Svrin &
me victorious forces OF Generajsxi-
le,npg now are meeting with scant re
MARCH
CONTINUES IN BELG,UH
LONDON. October ls.AThe al,isa
march OF liberation through Beiri,ir,s
ana Northern France made rIewstris4.ggSS 6
uumphant strides to-day. Eetyeen IN : szz
North Sea ana -Lys .srUlt tss,ISs 20 ITS2s
speed. Bruges zeeb ebr,Icge3
ana Goprtrai were ALI cleared offii,S IS
eneTny to. day and between the l. N n i,d y
lsst1f4 r., ~ - f'is1: s9is1::3 -
ast great rail base west OF the ,&nt 3 &
W erp- BRUSSELS line. is under VA y, I Ais8 rs
'eady Franco Belgian forces earo Sassis 81
nerfng at the gates OF De Ytixc nfrht
niles southwest OF Ghent ~ q f; 81 4 ~ I,
But, Foch, unlike tho Eussbior 4 -. Ss
iendorn, wisely yeftaina from ptun ~ u
ng into. deep pocket, even, onS No. sSs
heels of y retreatInK sfos. u HSx{ u g;
swept q vast 10 req of hsaSsssaSSs q
sinsis Az ! sasssss i; 81 M
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