Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-05
FOCH HITS HARD
ON EVERY FRONT
WEST OF VERDUN
Region Between st. Quentin
and Cambria Center
of Fighting.
HAIG'S MEN ADVANCE
NORTHEAST OF LENS
Beigians Break Up Many Ger
man Counterattacks in
Belgium.
AMERICANS TAKE BLANC MONT
General Pershing Extends Line OF
Attack Westward to Me-
deah Farm.
AMERICANS TAKE BLANC MONT
General Pershing Extends Line OF
Attack Westward to Me-
dcah Farm.
IBy Associated Press.l

Nowhere are the armies of the Teu-
tonic allies being permitted to rest. On
the fronts In Flanders, France. Italy.
Albania and Turkey the enemy still
continues to lose ground, or is being
compelled to throw strong re-enforce-
ments into his battle line to hold back
his aggrcssors.
In Belgian Flanders the Beigians.
British and French troops are still
driving forward. although their speed
has been somewhat lessened by reason
OF the bad condition Of the ground
The enemy Is swiftly evacuating the
salient between Armentieres and Lens.t
ana the british now are standing only
scant six miles southwest Of Lille
over front of about four miles bo-
tween Wnvrin and Equinhem. at the
tion astride the Lens-fiiie railroad. s
Notwithstanding violent .counterat-
reserves. the British between st. oue1.
tin and Cambrai have materially
pressed IRE ssa,s; eastward from the region, OF,
proved their positions in !Cambrai SO
well that <apparently this Important
the. situation of the Germans In this his
region seems to be critical. and the
crisis at hand. Far to the rear aerinl
with -retreating troops. who are bel eLf
harassed by the machine-Eun fire2 of
the airmen AS in Flanders. fires are
everywhere to be seen, and 1t is evi-
dent the enemy, realizing that he must
give further ground. is vigorously ap-
plying the torch.
Around Rheims the French have fur.
ther extended their gains north and
northwest Of the Cathedral City, where.
the east I'm Champagne, American forces
are lighting with the French between
fhsss, the suippe River and the Argonne
original battle line inside and east of
the Argonne forest, West OF the Ar
the Americans have taken the Import
ant height positions of Blanc Mont.
and the Medeah farm. and pressed far
thcr northward.
FRENCH MAKE ADVANCE
EASTWARD FROM CHALLERANGE
simultaneously the French have ad-
vanced their front eastward around
tions for their operations up the rail-
way toward Vouzieres and in keeping
the Germans inside the northern por-
flading fire through the Aire Valley,
while the Americans press northward
hsfopa hforgh th the forest driving the enemy
that the Americans have advanced al
most two miles in tho forest. and on
the eastern side of the great wood are
out this entire region the Germans are
resisting most stubbornly.
Italy the Italians on several sectors
have attacked and defeated the Aus
trians. while in Albania the Austro-
HunEarians are In fast retreat before
the Italian armies. Italian cavalry is
working far in advance Of the infnn-y
try, harassing the enemy. The Ssmeni
River in Western Albania. has been
crossed and the enemy supply center
invaded.
In Palestine the Turks have been
driven far beyond Damascus, with tho
british still on their heels hurrying
them
Reports are to the effect that Aus
tria- Hungary again Is seeking peace
having invited Holland to request the
tions. The Hungarian Premier; who
has arrived in Vienna with a number
of Hungarian statesmen, is quoted as
saying that the Hungarians $"again are
laborinE untiringly In the interests OF
peace, and we are already negotiating,