Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-06
--ABlTIsH MAKE MARKED
sssrsy PROGRESS IN rL,NDr,, :

rSartA pophtLSS IN FLA NDt,IsS
ssSTste Iby associated rreaA.I
.s-ssSSssssoNpoN. September s. Marked
RRsr nisD, was aion made by The brilish
s.port. Floessteert villas aF han nance been rs
sA SS Saps .Hired. as has hill Is. southwest OF
On the Lys front, the British hold
s.Ss sae genera line OF voormezeele Wi
3ISie and lrenchy. '''e' i'''eh-
aIa On the batte line in front OF Cam
3E9osition south OF Mocuvres is reporI
HfHd;s The positions TO the east OF Her
ss1he south. also have been o' i,n yrs, 20
lsEapturreudi 'h le. x sHIni,n the EriiSh have
JANourai. east Of the Canal du Nord
Asa More than 1900 prisoners and more
gTahan1leo suns have been taken by
SGsi Sn the banks OF the Sonme, south
%ssp, heronne, the enemy is manning his
aNsstrongly and firing heavily on the
SGSfrossings and their approaches annar
issssentIy fearing British attempt 10
4sgI AT the same time the suburbs on
ssstne southeastern outskirts OF Peronne.
Tss1shave also been holding GU, despcr-
tsssteiy, have now been Cleared OF The
ANS on the east bank OF the Somine
H4s1s becoming Increasingly prccar!ous
M. Along the banks OF the canal du-
tsssNord, in the region north ana south
IGof Inchy strong German re-:
AgSnforcements have come up, and they
ware holding in some places csncci,IIy,
sNSack OF MoeuvreS the western snojl
3Spank with Immense numbers OF ma
Gins GINS guns .,s., AS yei they have not been
- force |, is not At all unlikely how
ssver, that the Germans Will try TO
ssfonsolidate their line IN this locality
tEwith the HindenourE line AZ some point
fsfurther south.
s@a 1t was through q somewhat analor
"a bus situation that the nrocour, omto =,
- tlf ,,l g..
tr.enemy was forced back from inc orig
fssRal HI Hiinaensurf line IN front OF Arras
ssEFun straight north and south 70 the
f4South OF the Drocourt battle area /,
t2Nwerves sharply to the east and then
tEtAhss off southesstward 1t is tie east.
sssSzeSSn stretch that the British have been
s Clearing OF the bochc.
sa-ts.sstThe Germans may try to establish a
( .s51fW defensive line, which would r,,u
4 ayEa4most directly north ana south. Join.
saing the Hindenburg line Al some point
] eHdications that the enemy is by nc
sSneaus sure that his efforts viii meet
EfWith any success.
- The fact that the German com ma n Il
! Ss3tIs. hestated TO withdraw any con.
I aasLa erable troops from other sections q,
4 front FOR Ehe operations here is
mand fears that such 4 movement Sould
efOniy lead to another Catastrophe
( zNlRALE OF GERMAN SoLDIEuS
4 49, GREATLY UNDERMINED
{ sCIong periods OF hchtinG withou, N,
asNghtest respite. the annhilation o.
Whole formations and the thorour,
hAmmering they have received hay,
Sss4ryed to nix the Idea OF saving them
Z --&eaYes foremost In the minds az ~.
/ sn1saman troops. Every prisoner, in MI
I TTDmnnents on the great battle seem:
Sntq Dear this out. Almost every di,r.
! sehGd. every letter taken from Germ, >,
3 Htsaled show that the enemy troous .,
4 aG4hs western 'front.' have suffered fron
the long continued ughting as ncyc
~ .1fefore. A typical excerpt from an nm
y cAe6ted letter says: " "'
1--WE are In mortal danger every day
e~cannot last much longer W. c.r
49, fot hope FOR further successes on
snemy lS superior TO us in numbers a n,