The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04
BART of North France Coal Re-
zion Wrested from Germans
by British and Americans
|ITSTRO-HUNGARY
TROOPS IN REREAT
bck Up in Albania Before Ita-
Ilians-Arras Soon to Fall
Under Fire Tonight
lBy Associated Press)

Lens, the heart of the great coal |
ming region of northern France, and |
[snentieres, almost as important as |
Ihnufacturing center, has been evacu- |
ed by the Germans. German forti- |
lid positions between Cambrai and |
H. Quentin have been definitely
hashed.
The Austro -Hungarians in Albania
lie in full retreat northward toward
leir border from the Adriatic to Lake
ehrida. The Germans everywhere
e being forced to give ground and
cir defenses are being daily eaten
Ito. Roulers, an important railway
nction connecting with the North
Ia and Ghent has been entered by
e BeIeians.
To South Monin and Courtrai are
riously menaced. The capture of Ar
entieres brings Lille within strik
g distance and the evacuation of
bns places Dauai, a fortress north
st of Arras, virtually in the hands of
Ie British. South from Cambra the
enman resistance still is strong but
Eitish, Americans and French on all
ctors are carrying forward the al
kd program and have materially ad-
lnced the line.
nn front OF 20 miles between Ar
lntieres5 and Lens, the Germans con-
hue to retire from the salient west
II the fortress of Lille. North of st.
llentin the British again are storming
II German defense lines, wnIle III
4 iampagne the French are pressing
|Irthward, threatening the German
mmunicatiOns. Evacuation of the
He salient is the direct result of the
led advances in Flanders ana around
Imbrai. The British are keeping
bse at the heels of the Germans who
feady have retired an average of
O miles, but there is no indication
where the enemy will stop or
llether he will extend his with
f3wal movement to include the re-
bn Of Douai and attempt to form a
E3ight line from Roulers through
le and Douai to Cambrai.
|Amentiers and Lens apparently are
] d by the enemy, but their fall to
+ British is probably only matter of
few hours. With Lens in the hands
the British and the German line
|ved back to near Lille or beyond
|e great coal fields in this district
llich the Germans have defended
naciously for four years, will no
hger be of use to them.
II Flanders the Belgians, British |
ld French continue their pressure
Fainst the stiffened resistance of the
lemy. The salient driven in by the
les threatens the German hold on |
flgium and an advance of perhaps |
p miles toward Client probably |
huld compel the enemy to retire to |
9 northern Meuse line.
Hold Sharp Salient
On the Camhrai-St. Quentin front, /
e British have maintained their
ms Notwithstanding strong German I
unter thrusts. The new British at
ck North of st. Quentin probably is
'alnSt the Beaurevoir-Fonsomm
le where Field Marshal Haig holds
sharp salient in the German line.
Generals Berthelot and Couraud
ntinue their attacks north OF
leims and in Champagne and have
ken further ground from the enc
=. North of Rheims the enemy has
en- driven from most Of the hill no.
ions and soon will be in the omen
here the French advance NAV he
ore rapid In Champagne General
Duraud has captured Challerange. a
llroad junction and his big guns now
mmand the junction OF Vouzieres
rther north.
10 losing Challerenge, the Germans
't command of the railway running
rough the Argonne forest at Grand |
e. The line was the main supply
e of the Germans facing the AM
cans east of the Argonne. In with
aWlng in the Lille salient the Ger
ms are endeavoring to get out OF
7 giant trap which Marshal Haig
: constructed. While hammering the
'mldable Cambrai-Laon line by
fusts in Flanders and from Rheims
the Meuse, he is bending back the
rnan flanks. The German supply
les are menaced by the allied ad-
'lces on the flanks and should they
them the German situation would
most desperate. 1t would seem,
Wever, that the retirement, unless
a great depth would be of little ul-
nate avail toward putting off a re-
iat all along the line from the
rth Sea to Alsace.
] Take Many Huns
rom July IS to September 80 the
ltd armies in France and Belgium
~ hoIured more than eoi, 900 prisoners.
~ suns and $4,000 machine guns