Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-09-13
European

Berlin and the province OF Branden'
burg have been placed under the Ia"
relating TO state of siege, which pro
yides for fine or imprisonment "
persons inyenting or circulating untrue
rumors calculated 10 dlsquiei the pop
ulace
The Germans continue 10 give
ground before the allied armies over
the one hundred and fifty mile battle
front from YpreS TO Rheims.
Particularly heavy defeats have been
inflicted on the Germans by the French
in the old Noyon salient
The French and Americans in the
region between the Nesle and Aisne
rivers, east of scissors. have dealt
staggering blow to the enemy.
Field Marshal Haig's men, IN the
north. have pushed their lines east
ward at numerous points.
The little forest of Coucy, the west
ern portion OF the great wooded sector
east Of Laon that has barred a direct
advance eastward has been entirely
taken hy the forces OF General Man.
gin
The effect Of the recent British sue
cesses are hourly becoming more APP
parent The enemy is steadily but
surely going back, Successive minor
victories in Flanders, the application
OF sustained pressure in The battle
zone s9ush Of the Sesrpe The eNploita.
uon OF the advances north OF Peronne
and the steady bombardment from the
British cannon are all helping the gen.
era movement.
In the wake OF the German retire.
ment. fires are reported. together with
explosions, in the various sections. es-
pecally the area in front OF the Hin
dpnburg line from the Bapaume-Cam'
bral line southwark whore the torches
seem TO have been freely used
on the banks Of the Somme south
Of Peronne the Germans are manning
machine guns and trench mortars
strongly and firing heavily on the
crossings and heir approaches, APP
parenly fearing British attempt TO
cross
Diaries taken from German prison
ers show that the Germans on the
western front have suffered from the
long continued fighting as never be-
fore We are in mortal danger every
day We cannot last much longer.
We cannot hope for further successes.
our enemy is superior to us in mum,
beers and everything else. Victory now
is Out Of the question is a iypical
excerpt from an unposted letter
Count George + Won Herting. the
imperial German chancellor, has re.
signed, giving bad health as the cause
for his retirement
It is officially announced that the
Dutch minister in Berlin has been in.
structed to protest vigorously against
the merciless action Of a German
submarine in Smelling Dutch trawler
recently off krommen:e, North Hol-
land. in which fishermen were killed,
and 10 demand compensation.
American ayiators in battle with
German airmen near Pont-a-Mousson
routed the enemy One enemy ma
chine was driven down
THE German people understand the
difficulty Of the present decisive bat
ties against an enemy filed with ha.
tired, jealousy and the will to destruc'
ton. but has unanimously decided TO
devote all its strength to defend
assaults against its sacred soil and
kulture which had been won in peace
full work" This is the way Kaiser
Bill sizes up the situation as the re
suit of the recent allied victories.
Huge fires, which were seen in
the direction OF Vauxaillon, northeast
OF Scissors, indicate that the enemy
is burning his supplies. There is said
to be nothing else infammable in that
region.
Over front Of thirty miles from
the region OF Arras to Peronne, Fielt
Marshal Haig's forces have LITERAL,
smashed the German line.
The southern portion of the famous
Drocourt- Queant switch line, which
had been heralded az the impregnabl'
bulwark of the German defense il
the north, has given way under tn
violence Of the British onslaught.