Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
CITY CAPTURED
SATURDAY NOON
BY FIRST ARN(Y
SD
Victorious Poilus Carry Bat:
tic Line Forward Average = =
Depth of Six Miles. s I s.
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS
AND MUCH BOOTY TAKEN
Field Marshal Haig Says Allied
Front Has Reached Fres- sge; !;
noy-les-Roye. .ss =
PASSES THROUGH LIGN1EKE4
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Crown Prince Rupprccht' Arn1fea -.
Full Retreat Toward
~ Sonlme River.
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS
AND MUCH BOOTY TAKEN
PASSES THROUGH LIGNIERE1
Crown Prince Rupprccht., Armies II.
Full Retreat Toward ..1sl
~. Sonnme River.
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me French. advancing eastward IL
ter their capture of Montdidier at uiidS
day. have advanced their lines to m 4
average depth OF six miles on tho front
extending from Andechy, which IN
seven miles northeast OF Montdidier.stus
Elincourt, lying ten miles southeast Of
tho captured city. according to the
war once statement issued In Paris, I
last night. ~ Sd
In the three days of ens.esmantT :
that eliminated in tho taking OF Mont
didier tho French took 5000 prisonern.s
Their captures also included 200 runs :
and an enormous amount of matertiIEss.
Montdidier fell to the French FIRST,
army which had been operating south.
or Montdidicr according to the British
war Ofhce announcement last nirht.srs
Tho general line reached by the Az. !.
lies in tho Albert-Montdidier soctorrr
now runs from LIhons to Fresnoy-Iass
Roye, Lignieres and Conchy les -Pots.ss
Crushed by the impact OF tho BritishSs
French and American offensive ON stlisE
battle line from Al bert, n nort tho q f@nS
! Amiens. to the Disc River, north s 81
Compiegne. German Forces are str1 snisss
ing back toward the Somme River and
the Nesles-Noyon canal. So far as can
be determined. the enemy is in fur.
retreat all along the front against
which the allies flung themselves on
Thursday morning. It is reported from Y
Paris that French patrols arc Id,
Chaulnes. the principal German center.
ENEMY RESISTANCE s--1s3
NORTH OF sOMME OVERCOME
North of the Somme determined enoa4
my resistance at Chipilly Spur hsiRSt
which dominated the whole valley iof ],
the Somme IN that region. has been
broken and the Germans north OF tho !
river have Joined their comrades .fn
retiring. South OF Montdidier, f6e
French have plunged through the Our.
man lines on the hills west Of tie
Matz RiVer and are reported to ber.ln.,
the valley OF the stream at Marque xliTc.
When the situation ia studied oH.a"ss z
map 1t can be seen that tho Germuria
are In a serious position east of Mont
didier 80
CAPTURE OF ouAun,r, ~;
SEVERE BLOW TO ;ERMAwa
The allies have closed in on Chautnes 4
and have had the railroad junctfor
south of that town under artflIeny.s
fire for two days II Chaulncs Is Ionts
to the Germans. they Will be forscd :
10 make long. perilous march essf4
ward over country roads toward Noyons
me rapid progress Of the French boz
low Montdidier has placed even TIM I
road under fire and made It almost
impossible a s an avenue OF escape for i
the harassed enemy. iS,S
In the center. the Germans nro rc--
ported to be in full retreat. Aufed'
afrmen have seen roads filled with Ger~
man motor lorries and have beon aus3
i've In bombing these lines OF trans
| port The bridges of the Som:ne River
south OF Peronne are under fire. ana
the one at Peronne Is reported to hav.
been broken. This will throw new
complications in the German higts COM J ]
mand's task OF extricating It's shaf4s
tered armies from the field where tSsI I,
have been defeated. t,.Ev
GERMAN LINES STRIPPED
TO AID CROWN PRINCE. x
1t now appears that the German lines ].
In Picardy must have boen striI,p sd Z
when Crown Prince Rupprecht ssriy1
| troops to the rescue OF the German Y
Crown Princes armies south Of tha
Aisne three weeks ago. Paris news. .
papers remark on the fact that the .
captives taken are. for the most part
rather old. and 1t is said that they I
are members OF reserve divisions. s5ssrs 4
Crown Prince Rupprecht, however,
is known to have a large number~of
splendid troops which will probabiyS ta {
thrown into battle at once. sss
So far, ohly two OF these divisions 4
have como in contact with the sllieR 3
but they have been unable to check
he onward rush of the victorious az.
mics Of liaig and Dcbeney. 49,
TWO DIVISIONAL ItEADQUARTERsi.
ARE RErGETED cAPTUEED
The number OF prisoners captured Z
during the first three days of tho oEsS
fensive is very large. 1T IS limited. ya y
Paris that 1t exceeds by far tho aTnry 4
given out In the official statements. !.
Two divisional heldquarters.s with thar 4
staffs. are saiG TO have been tAkei
The guns and war material lost By y
III" enemy constitute very heavy s
loss.
Since the American forces occupjsd q
Fismette. tho northern K suburb s6f
Fismes on tho Vesle. tbera havo tssfn y