Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-04
U.S.. BAYONET DRIVE
LEAVES SCARCELY
A GERMAN ALIVE
Americans on Meuse, in Automobile
Trucks Staying Huns in STAN
pede; Take 1000 Prisoners.
OUR MEN WITH STEEL
FREE BARRICOURT OF FOE
Battling Troops Only 800 Yards
Apart When Charge Bayonets
Command Sounds.
BY Associated Press to Every Evenins


With the American Army Northwesr
Of Nerdun, Nov 3 : p. m More thar
1000 prisoners were captured BY the
Americans in tins sector today The NUN.
Der OF guns and other booty is steadily
growing. The right flank Of the american
line now is al Halles, on the heights over
looking the Meuse river
East of the Meuse from north of Re-
; mOy1ile, where the roads are choked
with retreating Germans to north OF
+ Sgenay, on the east bank OF the river,
where the railway wards arc filled with
troop trains leaving for the rear, the Ger
mans are falling back
From Removlllc 10 Stcnav Is about
eight and one-half miles
The artillery FIRE from the hills behind
the Germans lines seems to indicate the
reluctance OF those III command TO weld
! 10 the evident desire uf the men in the
line to withdraw
Equal activity Is displayed behind the
American lines bur Il IS OF opposite
character. Far To the rear slowlv-rnovlng
conveys, as well as truck trains. are filed
With troops being rushed forward 10 sup
port those who In some cases. IN trucks.
are keeping UP the fast pace set by the
retiring Germans,
Barrlcourt was occupied about 4 O clock
this morning the southern edge of the
village having been taken Saturday night
The distance between the Americans and
the Germans was less than 300 wards
Ordered 10 advance, the Americans
plunged down the streets with fixed
haYOnets. shooting a. they went The
Germans stood their ground for short
moment
Il ,s-ee htaylt- {
the Germans escaped
Scores Of small tights occurred in the
woods and ravines between enemy ma
chine gun crews and the advancing Aucri-
cans Throughout the day the American
artillery bomharded heavily he German
lines along the entire front
American troops at five o clock this
evening had advanced their left flank
north OF .Authc. IN close cooperation
with the French forces which have been
fighting eastward on the bend In thc
Alsne nver Farther east American
forces were IN Autruche and their patrols
were reported a. far north rs BrIcules-
>ur-Bar
la the center Of the line the village Of
FOsse was passed early III the dav and
tbcl IN a quick succession Barncourt.
N0uart lie Champy Haute and Le Champ,
Baa were occupied BY the Americans.
whose advance has reached the Gttle
lake IN the center OF Belval wool on
the extreme night the Americans we're
north Of Montigny -Deyant-Sassy From i
there the line ran 10 the Meuse river. I
II has not been day of fighting o.
much as Of pursuit The Germans are
not retreaung in great disorder, although
the general staff and the field officers .
have lost control 10 a certain extent.
All parts Of the line were active during
asst night. The left wing continued its
advance with little inter- upton. The
Americans reached Boult -aux-Bols at
O'Clock this morning Their patrols
we're at the heels Of the retreating enemy.
There was some opposition, especially
rtillery fire and rear guard fighting. at
3arrlcourt and Nouart, but it was quickly
wept away After cleaning UP Tally
ast night, the Americans took hill 2S8
nd little later occupied Les Fontenelles
arm
With the American Army ON the Sedan
'ront, Nov 4 925 3. m American
rOops pushing northward towards Sedan
arly last night had reached Sommautho
we miles north of Buzancy and thirteen
niles south of Sedan
The center of the advancing line is
cid by troops from New York, Mary
md and West Virginia To the right
nd left Of them are regulars and troops
-om New York. New Jersey, the Dis
rict Of Columbia. Texas, Oklahoma.
lansas, Missouri, Colorado and New
Iexico.