Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-06
HUNS RETREAT GAIN
 IMPETUS ALONG VEROuN
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ciated Press.)-Marshal Foch has sent the following telegram to General Pershing:
 ''The operations begun on the first of November by the first American army already have assured, thanks to the valor of the high command and to the energy. and bravery of tht troops, results or the greatest importance. | Il am happy to send you my warm est congratulations on the success of these operations" Three Tons Bombs Dropped. | Mort than three tons of bombs were dropped today on Mouzon and Raucourt as enemy troops passed | through the villages bound north. More than 120 bombing and pursuit planes participated in the attack. Fokkars attacked the Amercans in groups of 15 and 20.
 Fourteen Fokkers vert brought down and three American flyers are missing. The bombs caused fires in warehouses and barracks and conster- nation among the retreating Germans.
 Aerial photographs show 36 shell and bomb holes in the railway yards at C0nflans. The main line through Conflans was put out of commission at least temporarily while all the tracks were damaged.
 | The allied lines this morning were about one mlle and a half from Ghent, toward which the allied troops continued to pres.
 | Allied troops to-day began the ! C1nUA ffhn oif oR ,l~ l surrounded virtually on three sides The assault on the city was witnessed by Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and l hundreds of her non-combatant sub. l jects.
 ] Belgian, French and American soldiers this afternoon had pushed up to the eastern outskirts of the beleaguered city with comparatively light resistance from the enemy, who apparently has evacuated the place. 1 As the allied troops advanced on the city the setting was most dramatic one. Civilians mingled !, with the soldiers at many points and as the infantry moved forward, l pleasure boats moved hither and thither along the winding canal on the western edge carrying civilians who had gathered to see the restor- ation of their beloved city. Within the little white cottages along the banks of the canal were German ma chine gunners whose weapons dom mated the water ways and the roads.
 For some reason most of the guns were silent. Overhead Belgian air planes swirled and dove like great | h1rdG hllt fhnrA ol, 1In, ry., from the German anti-aircraft guns. Into this scene of mimic warfare came the Queen of Belgium who motored to within two and on half mills of the city.
 Queen Elizabeth looked across the battle line upon the towering spirals and red roofed buildings which stood out like painting in the bright November sun. Even the Uni. ted States was represented among the spectators. of this extraordinary scene for four officials.
 For four officials stationed in Hol- land. who had happened to be in Bruges on business, came on to Ghent as it had been wrongly reported that the city had been captured from the Germans. The Americah quartet was composed of G. H. Krough, Ralph Runyon, a vice consul at Rotterdam and A. w. Bankert and Ensign Char les Moore, attached to the legation at The Hague.
 l During the day the advance guards of the allied forces rushed forward still closer about Ghent. As they drove in, the civilians who had flock ed to the scene joined the troops at many places. Automobiles approached pithn mle of Ghent in perfect safe Ity.
 l War has little damaged the country side about Ghent. Yesterday the Ger man guns threw shells into hamlets near the front, but this section of Bel gium shows little signs of. f.devastation.
 Whether the Germans actually have withdrawn from Ghent or intend to hold on little longer was not clearly apparent today. However, it seemed only a matter of time before Bulgar- ian troops would be marching thru the city, whose streets have rung to the tramp of German soldiery for lyears.
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