Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
Yanks Force Enemy
From BdntheUille
Cop,,pued from Pare One


10, .rd sixty in another. They hlled
the air in great whirring cloud
shortly after they passed the front line
violent and large explosions occurred
in CIery-le.Grande, Aincreville ana
,.,t,a, rt,cps our losses were slight.
Tbe giving way of the boche in
,,ithd.oyyaI of four kilometers in the
ca,,ter Of our front has large sig
rif,cance. giving us great wedge into
the Iiriemhild positions. II shouid
ha remembered that only Thursday
ho,b of these positions were ordered
TO hold at all costs.
Tho vvbole German line from the sea
to the Neuse pivots on the sector where
tho hest troops Of the German command
has been thrown against the FIRST
American Army TO save the Germans
aII-iri,portant lines OF communication
u,hito tho least sensational In accom-
nlishment. the task assigned to General
uarshinp'a men may be called the most
',,,nor,ant on the whole 'front.' The
C,arn,ans are paying a tremendous price
ia boro as we'll ms they have We
,re ,bIc TO nay bigger price te put
Li,,, hack II Is n tough job, but we are
,,inninv. slowly, but nevertheless surely.
oc, 17--There were evidences late
,,,,o, that the Germans were withdraw
,,,, ,boir main forces from the region
81 tundcrs -et st. Georges, the center
- ,Ic SECTOR of the First American
Army leaving behind screen Of ma
chinepun nests. our patrols, advanc-
ir, toward night into the Bois-de-
pan,bevillc. did not come into contact
with the enemy.
Irre Holding at All Costs
A., vet II is too early 10 make any
.,aIi,tion as to Just what this means.
c,e,ca il to say that where our troops
,,at tho fercest kind of resistance at
,hc lover edge Of the Bois de Banthevile
ros,crdav there was none today.
Eresh German documents falling Into
o,,. hands continue 20 urge upon the
| German trops the necessity Of holding
ot all costs the front before the Ameri-
cans.
,,,,,ctiup n semblancP Of a defense line
.,,,,ni,y on the average. two and one
bsif miles back Of the present line, and
ha,a vet another hurriedly prepared
,,os;,ion running through Buzancy. We
,ar,t know now what the enemy's plans
- We know IL has cost him terribly
/ -, trc last two weeks to hold on to the
I.riep,hild positions east Of tina ArgOnne.
| rho effect Of the American artillery
s,e which was incessantly heavy Is said,
20 have been terrihc
! r,ba riertnans have made every effort
| 90 mid us back. and against their sturdy
! .nnoeitiou we haye been able 10 move
I'm, slowly. n should not yet be said
,bo, the evidences of their retirement
r1o,r certainly that they have given M
bo,ding the present line. following the
/ success Oh w, 60 10 Char,iIror ,he
capturing ue - M tSrto,,,i'ii, ctaI,,,rc
key pos''ioh "a ~ and am, iaLinc
cas-, OF ,''e
oi ~ '','''' -. =, ,,,,., .oo.,,, ,o,,o oo.
Inc AiI,e 80 80 a,i,o,in nd
cupied 'heh'.yNen ,t,jd,,, no., ,,os,er.
nopP'"E "P 1r,.,a,, b.yo ,,ant nm ,
uaE' Nv ,.,,,a,,,, o. ;r,,,,ding .h ,Ils
harass'hs ~, t,ord
from one "oV , 81. ,rt,,aT
hNt ol '"rsu ""''S
were 'du9s' -. ,.,,
lhe 'er'l'a"S az" M .a.
! OF gas 'sa,n ,'',,,,,1 ,,.,, o.nooiau,
; weather ,u"",o Sa,''' - ,',,, ,,,,,
dlsasrTe'ple ',.'ss u,'s ',," :, ;,
does 'ne ne" mo,,'', ,,.t,ara ,t,a sIoI,,
- ,,,,ou,n hut tho mustard gas burn,
t,,,,,,, ,ve, cIoth,s mucb more easll,
,i',,, ,hr,uyb drv
., ..,,..o
n1'i1'st. i''"'S "S"'''h u"'' w., -,
',l''..eu .'t .a .,'l ~ "m na.,,,, 81
~, an ".inS '' Ifia,', W - -
AZ , l',',i,,,,ad 'oII ,,.aa,,nr
,.
Hl p' ,,,, '"r VI @ t"e
VI peuo'' '"VE "'e 'ul' W. ""r .
au'"' ~ ~ e'.u' e., ',"n -, ,,,
."eE apPe", "HN''us W "e't ""'u "'m Nv,
Decduse oH'E ID a leW nv u"Ss "'e
'heE say iy a.. ~ ~
pu,p pose VI s.opp"s W S ~"
Hn'eu so'u'e'A se' '"'o "e''""" so'''
A wireless ereport spread along m
front today that the Kaiser had abdi
Gated, but no confirmation OF this re
: port from Dutch sources has been re
ceived so far.
. During the last two days ] have made
an effort to learn the effect OF the peace
: dis"ussisii upon the German army from
! captured documents and letters. In an,
statement this effect is hard TO deal will
- In generalites, because in nearly ever,
= case the individual opinion of Germans
which, of course. reflects every shade o
opinion, differ.
20 But there is one result of the peac,
) discussion That ;s that tho mora, 81
feet of the German fighting man ka
been sustained I'm that ne feels hapn,
because he believes he has only a fcv