The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-10

sornn,e district. The latest reports ap
pear to show the Germans are retiring
In great haste.
The scenes on the battle-ground over
which the allies Already have pasEed
rive evidence Of this haste In abandoned
gums, stores and even regtnenta1 and
artillery maps and papers-
Aerial Observers report largo STRAINS
OF transports aud men hurEytnS cast
ward In full retrea$-
Beaucourt fell to tho allied forces
this morning aud Lequesnel afSo Was
taken after hot oil night fighting.
The cavalry Is working far back to-
ward the Soume aud Is still rounding
UP villages, while Tanks and srnored
cars arc running over the country. clear
ing q way for tho troops or killing
horses drawing enemy supplies. Tho
drivers of motor trucks and lorries ore
chasing parties OF Germans here and
there, scot te ring them or running them
to Garth
The details Of Some OF tho work OF
rhese ar-rcSed care show that they have
performed valiant oervices. Ono OF
then, TN into G>rman-hclG town yes
tc-5ay afternoon whilo tho German
corps stationed Hhcro was having luEch'
It turned 1tc guns tt:r1SgE the CORPS
quarter windows, killed some OF tho
staff and then chased others who cS-
capped from the house. At Rostercs IN
other car Set an enemy train on Are.
A rroup Of cars met, far instde the
enemy lines, German supply column
and halted It. Four mounted German
officers came up to SEQ what the trouble
Wan and were shot from the cars, which
than oroceeded to make quick work OF
tho column
At Framarvtue the cars engaged a.
train loaded with the enemy and dral-
" set It afre. Tanks entered this town
soon afterwards, helped tho armorea
carr clean 1t up and then hoistcd Tags
ON the roofs OF tho buildings which
had been German headquarters. One
car met q high German officer riding
In an automobile along tho road. Tho
orocer was killed end his machine cap
tured.
All along tho line this afternoon
snfpers and isolated machine gum BILL
let's were extremely busy, but those
w.-e silerccd ono by ono as the ad-
vance proceeded.
II Is reported that two regirnental
have been captured In ono
sector. Since lnybreah tho Germans
haye been making extraordinary cI1cfss
IN hlor up With feld gun f-e nrnnlnni-
ton and other dumps which they had
to leave 20 hastily yesterday.
Their DIN was exceedingly poor. The
ccsre at Bayorv1llers today Is typical
of tho rest Of the battle area Broad
feds Of crops or brown grass fringe
the town and spread for miles over the
flat surrounding country,
Abandoned German field guns are hero
and there with little pnes Of empty
shsu cases and tho bodies OF Germans
are lying here and there, telling the
story Of what happened. Lying off on
the side OF tho road are enemy motor
trucks. One Of them with trailer
Hned With artillery maps, which the
staff could not save.
Tho gums abandoned here, as else
where, are In shallow pits three feet
acep, Little holes nearby covered with
curved iron slabs, show where the Ger
man gunners Lived before they werc
kt11ed or run to cave themselves.
Harbonnieres, nearby, WAS shelled to
p1ecea. Tho gaunt wnl1S show tho &C
curacy OF tho British artillery fire.
Debris Hes an ovor tho streets, which
bear Httle signs upon which German
nar,es hnd been wr1ttor. Zero the al-
lied forces <uund the house which the
German mayor OF the town had occupied.
Tho whole top had been knocked OF
and several shells had hit the walls,
put there were evidences that tho !
mayor had stayed until the last mo-
n.ut In a room on the ground floor.
Further southwark the ground here
Ind there hsa been plowed by the shells
md the bodies Of men and horses werc
lying whore they 1en. In como places
machine gup nests woro found which |
bad bssn put out OF action either by
the artillery, tanks, tnfGntrJ or nr- /
nored cars. In one machine gun !
which had been put ont OF business Was /,
lying over on itB side, |hho scattered |
around wero the bodice CT tho Germans
who attended It. Apparently they had
srisd to escape, but were prcvontd by
, tank. IN the wheat Holds Of course the !
bodies Of the dead could not be eoen, but !,
In many open places tho ground waG !
literally dotted with Gormnu corpseu.