Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-04
AMERICANS AND FRENCH PUSH :
ON, TAKING SEVERAL TOWNS
Hun Retreat Almost Rout, With Officers
Losing Control-Roads Crowded
4. With Fleeing Enemy. !.
reason for the confusion at the front
and the failure Of men to hold.

reason for the confusion at the front
and the failure Of men to hold.
High Officers in Conference.
=. It is learned that high. officers of
the German stan held a meeting last
night, which was attended by many
OF the field officers. to discuss the
situation, the seriousness Of which
was undisputed:
Where the Germans will be able to
brlng their retreat to halt is entirely
ppeSaba sia although 1Sss # T. not Inn
DO SO within another day or two unless
the situation gets altogether out Of
hand. Although the army at the front
shows extraordinary decentralization.
II stl,i Is functioning; with enough
discipline to indicate the possibility
OF s steadying down.
Meanwhile. however. the Americans
are pressing their advantage with
dash and vim.
! Yankees Capture 4, 600.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Sunday.
P Prssss 3, Pm m 5by The The Associared
were captured by the Americans in
this sector today. The number Of
guns and other booty is steadily
growing. The right flank of the
American line Is now at Halles. on
the heights overlooking the Meuse
Roads Packed With Fleeing Huns.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
NORTHWEST OF vERDUN, Novem-
Der 3, 1880 PM. (by the Associated
Press).-American avfators late today
reported that the Germans to tho east
Of he
retreat. The avtators' messages said
that all roads running northward
were packed with troops, artillery and
trucks.
The American aviators went as far
as Remoiville. They reported that the
choked with traffic.
The retreating German troops and
conveys and enemy ammunition
dumps and various villages within the
Teuton lines were attacked today by
American bombing airplanes.
Great damage is reported to have
been done to property and consterna-
ton caused among the retreating
troops.
made two attacks, the first In the
morning and the other in the after
noon. reaching as far as stenay and
Beaumont. Fires are reported in
Eight squadrons participated In the
air raids today. The bombers attacked
Beaumont, where they destroyed q
warehouse and exploded an ammuni-
ton dump. In Stenay another ammu-
milton dump was exploded. The bomb
seay. Beauclair and Beaufort The
last two towns simultaneously were
under the fire Of heavy American
guns. In the region of vaux and
Sommauthe pursuit planes harassed
the troops along. the roadway with
The weather was cloudy. but it was
the first really clear day on tho
ground since the offensive Of the
Americans was resumed.
There were various combats in the
air. Two German machines were re-
ported brought down. Three Ameri-
can planes are missing.
The aviators' report regarding the
retreat of the, enemy east Of the
Mouse is as Follows:
"At Remoiville a troop train Of
nineteen cars was leaving. northward
enemy enemy; troops along the railway ~
siding. We fred upon them and they
fired oack with fncendiary bullets,
All northbound roads out Of Remoi-
Vile were filled with troops."
According to previous reports. at
were opposing the French and Amer.
leans east Of the Mouse In this sector.
Hun Batteries Under Fire. =
German artillery east of the Mouse.
protected by hills and woods beyond
Lyon-Devant-Dun, had been a source
of constant annoyance to the Ameri-
cans since they reached the great eli.
bow in the river north of Dannevoux.
The advance Of the Amea leans Satur-
day made possible the bringing up of
artillery. and the American guns this
afternoon began counter battery
work. Soon afterward the German
artillery desisted. Numerous enemy
were under American IRE most Of the
afternoon.
Later came reports Of the aviators
that the enemy appeared to be in
An American pstfol crossed the
night and encountered no resistance.
To the south enemy machine gun.
ners blazed away at Brieulles and its
vicinity, hanking the Americana, The
patrol chung to the banks OF TIE
river until the American ARTILLERY
opened q barrage and drove back the
The forest Dc woevre. to the north.
west. is swampy.: and the Germans
have been taking advantage Of this
fact in holding out for weeks against
the French and Americans in the
struggle for possession Of this thick
ly wooded section =, :.
Only Disorganized Resistance.
WITH TIE ANERICANz FoRCHs