Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-03
Important German Stronghold Can Withstand Attacking
Troops But Few Hours at Most With Loss of Lens
Goes Loss of Coal Fields the Huns Have Guarded
-Four Years
BOCHE BEING PUSHED
OUT OF FLANDERS
British and French Pressure FIRES
Back Germans More Than
Ten Miles

Associated Press Summary p. ~
On a front Of twenty miles between
Aruentieres and Lens the Germans con
tinun to retire from the salient west of
the fortress of Lille North ri 81. Quentin
the british again are stoTmng the Ger
man lines. while in Champagne the
French arc pressing northwsrd, threaten
ing the German communications
Evaeuation If the lille salient is the
dirprt result If the Allied advances ~
FLANDERS and around Cambria The Ger
mans already have retired an average of
two miles.
Armar,ieres and Lens apparently are
held nv the enemy but their fall 70 the
British prohahIy is only matter ~ = few
hours with lens in the hands ~ the
British and tho German line moved back
10 near Lille ar beyond. the great coal
fieIds in this district. which the Germans
have defended tenaciousiy for four years
will no longer he ~ use 10 them.
IN withdrawing IL the Lille salient ne
Germans arc rndrsvpring to get or' q
thn gisnt tran which Ngrsh9l Foch llaT
constructed while hammering tho
formidable arnhrai-I aon linz by trusts
IN FLANDERS and from Rheims r. Inc
Nouse to i bending lack the German
TANKS
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The German tlppiy lines arc nncnaoed
~ tho allied advances % inc TANKS and
zhnuld hev lie alt the German SITUATION
would &c most desperate Il seems how
ever hat the retirement lnieEs Z" e
great depth would 10 Of ittir Ultimate
avail toward putting 81 retreat ali along
he line from he North ~"a 4" Nts"f"
nHpAkISc FoK rs BELGIUM
t. FLANDERS. he Beluans. British
and French continue their pressure
against tho stIffened resistance IF the
enemy Tho salient driven ia BY the
allies threatens the German bold on
Belgium md an advanrc " perhaps
ton Mules toward Ghrnt probably ~tl
compel tho enernv 10 retire to the northern
Ncusc llne
On he Camhrai-~t Quentin from he
British nave maintained fhe'r gains
dosn,fe strong German counter TRUSTS
The ncw British attack north q ~
Quentin. probably Is against he heau-
rrvoir Fonqomncs linz where fleid Mar
shal Hang holds harp salient @ the
German tnc
Generals Bert beiot and Cronraud con
tirue 'helr attacks north ot Rheims
and m Champagnc and have taken
further ground North u Rheims he
enemy has been driven from most o. the
hill positions and soon Wlil he the
or.on where the French advance may De
more rapid In Champagne, General
Gouraud has captured hailerange. q
raIIroad junction. and his guns now
command the junction Of EnuzleTs
farther north
GERMANS LOSE sUPPLT iiNE.
In losing Chailerange the German.
lost command of The railway running
through the Argonne forest At C'randprp
The line was the main supply hnc OF the
Germans facing the Americans east OF the
Argonnc
Associated Press summary. J p. m.
Prince AlaMmlian ot Baden. man
whose Icact views are known io ~
oDpoScd to those pf he Pant GERMANS
has been named German Imperial han
cpllor. il Is reported from Amsterdam
Prince MaMmlhan is the recognized
head Of the Debrhcb moderates. and
= a man about whom The unfamiliar
site elements nf the empire may gather
IN an effort 10 bring about 4 negotiated
peace
BUKNlNg row ~ - rHEl F1tt.
Nrb Their hines broken 10 man,
places IFRli itAt ~ 80 80 F' -4+''
the Germans are beginning to retreat
al many points along The battle hne
Ou,fanked and impc0llcd by he advsncf
Of the Anglo Belgian armies east 81
Nprcs. the enemy now is rapidly retlr
ing from the Ia Bassce sector. u Is
reported that Ncnu and Roulers are
burning. hat the Bclgans are WITHIN
two miles OF Furcolng and that TAU,
is beng emptied Of IT'S civilian ropula
ton. probably preparatory 70 burning
Around 81 Quentin the hghtlng still
continues, mostly rear guard engage
; mentS
Near Rheims. the Germans are r.
treating before General Berthelot army
In Belgian sector the enemy SItua
ton apparently is mosr critical. Iheil
i retirement from La BaSSce apparently
neccssitates abandonment Of the dis
, trict Of Lens, to which the Germans
, have desperately chung
QUITTING FLANDERS CO.sr.
The Germans are reported 20 b'
moving their heavy guns back from
the western Flanders coast and runor
Holland say the Who, coast may b.
evacuated
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