Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-02
ALLIES MAKE
BIG ADVANCE
IN FLANDERS
Austrians and Germans Be-.
ing Driven Across the
Danube From Serbia.
ALLAN FRONT HOLDS
CENTER OF INTEREST
Large Numbers of Austro- Hun
garian Prisoners Continue
to Be Taken.
BRITISH ADVANCE EASTWARD
Frcncl, and Americans Drive For.
ward Successfully North
Of Grand Pre-.
BRITISH ADVANCE EASTWARD
Frcncl, and Americans Drive For.
ward Successfully North
OF Grand Pre-.
rsy Associated press-1

BY Associated Press.I
From the mountain regions of Sortt-
ern Italy to the plain OF Nenetia and
on salient sectors in Belgium anG z
France, the armies OF the Teuton,e Z
allies are being violently attacked BY Y
troops of the entente
In Italy. except on several sectors In II
the hill country. the enemy is fast be.
ing overwhelmed; in both BelgiumE and "A
France additional splendid gains have "A
been recorded In favor OF the entente
in the achievement OF which men frorr S
the United States took u goodly pare .
In Serbia the Austrians and Ger.Sf
mans are fast making their way out @
OF the little kingdom, many OF them
already having crossed tho Danube.
French and Serbian cavalry has
reached Belgrade, from Where a fas, y
turning movement westward along the q
Save River is likely to woris havoc
with those of the enemy forces CONF
ing northward in Western Serbia aud d
those who arec-struggiinss northwut0
So tar as Turkey is concerned. her
.caiiitulahon ca Is an abject one. and tire
ottoman no longer is TO prove u fac-s
tor In the world war. 5ils
Although the new smashes of the
British. French end Americans in Bel@S
sium and France have been markedly
general program OF riddng French and 5
Belgian soil of the invaders. 1t is stiIlS
the Italian theater on which the eyes
OF the world arc centered Internal
strife In Germany and Austria- Hun
gary and continued pleadings from, the
duai monarchy for an armstice ano
scant notice when compared With the
impression that the wonderful drive
or the itrlians and their allies against
the Austro- -Hungarians has made upon
the world at large. S3f F&
RETREAT TOWARD M
TAGIIAMENTO VIRTUAL ROU'r
Everywhere the enemy is being de-
feated initially. In the Alpine region,
where the natural barriers had acted
as haStiOns OF defense. the enemy line
has been broken al salient points and
the foe compelled TO seek safety in RE-
treat to further mountain stronghold olds.5 Is,
OF the enemy toward the Tagliamenru
lttFer Is virtually II complete rouE
with allied airplanes violently attack
ms with machine guns the throngs of
the cavalry cutting to pieces the strag-4
glers and the infantry and machine
gnnners ;,,,al, rs taking heavy toll in men
Great numbers OF the Austro-Hun-
garians stli continue 10 be winnowed
back OF the line TO the prison cages.
falling into the hands of the entente
forces and numerous additional towns
are being liberated. More than zoo
guns already have been added to tho
store of other trophies taken by the
allies.
In Belgium, along the Schcldt from
l3erchein TO GaNerc, King -Alberts men
have pressed forward in the general
direction OF Ghent and at last accounts
the canal which the Germans had
hoped. before the concentrated attack
was begun against them some time
ago. would prove n strong point in
their northern defensive system. ~
ENGLISH AND CANADIANS
STRIKE BELOW VALENCIENNES
To the south, below Naienciennes,:
English and Canadian troops have
ward over front OF six miles, inflict-
ing exceptionally heavy casualties on q
the enemy and drawing their line a!-s
most to the outskirts of Southern VAL
cnciennes. several thousand prisoners
were taken in the enterprise. 40
On the southern part of the front
the French and American troops are
driving northTard over wide fronts.
clear ing the enemy from the territory
which it is essential for him TO hold
II his line from Belgium to the Meusc
progress. has been made in the farst
stages Of the battle, and seemingly tho
great wooded massif north OF Grand
Pre-. u continuation OF the Argonne
Forest, Is likely soon TO be enveIoped, e
leaving only comparatively strong
natural barriers to be faced by the
allies In an advance northward,