Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-30
NORTH AND SOUTH
CAROL|N|ANS HELP
IN FORWARD DRIVE
Troops From New York and
Tennessee Are Also in
Thick Of Fight.
STORM HINDENBURG LINE
AND OCCUPY BELLICOURT
British Cross Scheldt Canal and
Take Hills on Other
Side.
FRENCH TAKE 500 PRISONERS
Franco-Belgians Capture Dixmude,
While Allcnby Disperses Turks
i'm Palestine. ~
STORM HINDENBURG LINE
AND OCCUPY BELLICOURT
FRENCH TAKE 500 PRISONERS
tBv Associated Press. !

American troops-boys from New
York Tennessee and North and South
Carolina-were in the thick of the fray
Sunday which badly smashed the Ger
man positions over front of moro than
hfty miles. from the region of Arras,to
La Fcre
On three emile front the Americans
stormed the Ilindenburg line and cap.
turcd the towns OF Bellicourt. and
The operations. seT
Meanwhile, to the south the British
stormed the main iindenburg defenses
waterway and gained the hills beyond,
taking many prisoners. To the north
the British have their hands on Cam
Mhich recently there has been so much
rEl,lns. The Canadians are in the
northwestern outskirts of the city,
while naval division has reached the
southern environS.
south of St Quentin to La Fere the
AMI taken some 500 prisoners. Along
the Chem in .des- Danes the French have
advanced their line for distance of
Oh the famous ridge.
In Belgium the Belgians and British
have driven forward and taken Dix
nude, ten miles from the North Sea,
southeast of Nieuport bringing their
line into closer union with that In tho
region OF ipres The capture OF Dix
nluuc, III IL Is pressed FOR further gains
eastward. will seriously affect the Ger
man submarine bases on the North
The entente allied troops everywhere
are continuing to make progress
against the forces of the Teutonic al
lance
,erial advances have been made on all
the lighting fronts; in Serbia the ter
ritory OF the overrun kingdom is fast
being reclaimed. while in Palestine the
Turkish armies under the attacks OF
General Allenby and the tribesmen- OF
the King of the Hedjas have virtually
ceased 10 exist as lighting units.
Additional large numbers OF the
enemy have been made prisoner and
!are" quantities of stores have been
captured.
attacks from near the sea in Belgium
70 the region OF Nerdun. the Belgian
are fast driving wedges into the enemy
line. forcing l.im to retreat or defeating
him in sanGdinary battles. No rest
is beng accorded the Germans. and,
apparently. their front is fast going to
pieces under the impetus of the allied
KING hLBEET'S SOLDIERS .srsst
TAKE 6.00O PRISONERS
fprcs. King Abert's men have pressed
back the German front from four to
Ave miles anc taken 5000 prisoners.
Grcund that the enemy had held since
the iMvasion of Belgium in 1914Ehas
been restored TO Belgian ownership
through the efforts of the mixed Bel
g:an and British force. and at last ac-
counts the allied forces werc we'll on
their way to the important junction
TO the south, from the region east
OF ArraS tc St: Quentin. the British.
with the Americans lighting on their
right. crrrEw here have penetrated the
German defcnses over the thirty-f1ve-
mile front Desperate resistance was
offered by the Germans. but the allied
M ta1
through the remaining portions of the
Hindcnou!g line. and are standing, ac-
co th dc sf stes! of yrtSay
shan 10000 prisoners have been taken
tiny,M. II ne ls ,sEi1n nm,vl% since or Eriday
OF SoMME DEPARTMENT
Under the efforts of the British,
Americans and the French, the Ger
mans have been cleared out Of the en-
of the department OF the Ardennes is
now in French hands for the first time
north the French along the battle
front north and northeast of Scissors
which the Germans are in retreat north
OF the Hisne toward the. Aiiette., indi-
eating that the enemy line soon must
be readJu@ted eastward at least as far
as Rheims. IL not farther The French
nov Tsi,o are on on the banks OF the Aiietta
drs- Danes. making 1t apparent that
this strong defense line soon must tie
passed by in retreat northward
RUSH E-ENFoRCEMENTS ~
TO CHAMPAGNE SECTOR
In Champagne and northwest of yer.
dun the Germans have sensed to the
full the seriousness of the situation
facing them--where further advances
by the French and the Americans cf
necessity Will compel the readjustmont
of the line from the north to The Swiss
frontier. Large numbers of re-enforce-
mentS have been thrown into the baltic
in Champagne to halt the advance 81
The French toward the important juno
ton town of Vouzters. but nevertheioss
General t;ouraud's men have pressed
forward northward from the region
cast of Rheims to the northern fringes
OF the ArGonne forest. taking ntary
positions of the highest strategic value
Meantime the Americans also have
advanced their front capturing
BrieulicS-Sur-NIcuse and Romagne 1ri
at last accounts were progressing ia
Voranly northward along the Mouse
valley and TO the cast of the ArEo.lnc
forest. the turning OF which by ths
combined forces of General Go,Irai,d
end General Liggett seems probabla
within "a short time.
The bulgarian delegates who are
epdeavoring TO arrive at terms win
the allied forces under which Bulrnria
VIII quit the war, have arrived III SAL
onihi,s but tho Italian. French, GseAk,