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BRITISH FRONT.

GERMAN INFANTRY BOMBED.

Sir Douglas Haig states:-Our low- fliers bombed and machine-gunned parties of German infantry and transport, dropping nine tons of bombs and inflict Ing casualties, Night-dying was im possible.

BRITISH CAPTURE ARLEUX

LONDON, October 19th.

Sir Douglas Haig states: Local Aghting occurred to-day alops the line of the Selle-river, between

Cateau and Solesmes.

AERIAL ACTÍVITY::

PRESS

URSDAY, OCTOBER

Loupon, Cletobar 11th. Douglas, Haig, reporting on, av tion, states:-

FLEMISH COAST EVACUATED..

Luonnon, October 11th

In spite of the weather continbod to knærnes the retreating We dropped 13 tons of hamba, Gemman air-craft is inactiva: We destroyed two seroplanes. One British seroplane has not returned- Night dying is impossible, engag The Press Bureau" announces that an Independent Force, on the night of Octo

"A LONDON, October 19th, ber 10th-11th in spite of mista attacked

A Belgian communiqué staton - the railways in Thionville, Metzemblon,

There is great activity by hostile artil and lenseres, the blast furnaces in Rom-lery against our communications.

After violentillery preparation the bach and the aerodrome at Frescaty.

All our machines returned.

enemy attacked our lines before Roulers and was completely repulsed. WARNING AGAINST --FÄLSE

RUMOURS,

shows that, tha & Gezmang-baya. Aboat and Fugthing in the air sho Flemish Coast in

pack Are now engaged in blocking the barbours at Zeebrugge and Ostend.

FUTILE GERMAN ÄTTACK ON BELGIANS.

THE ALL-HIGHESTS DIS-

FARIS, October 11th.

· PLEASURE. Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig an A significant German Army Order, cap Oct. 7th issued an Army Order drawing tured, states that the All-Highest has the attention of all-officers and men to the noticed with displeasure the increasing circulation of false rumours to the effect, demeanour of disrespect shown to him by that peace was at hand, with the evident German soldiers and people in towns and object of discouraging the troops.

over The belief is current wong Garman throwing their enemies

soldiers that peace has already been signed and they proless surprise that we are still attacking:

1918:

GERMANS RETREATING, ON A 33-MILE FRONT.

Continuing our progress, we resched!! the outskirts of Begnicourt, Vizle-sur- Retourno, Mont-St.-Rotay, and St.-Marie- three kilometres south-west of Fouriers..

ON THE CHEMIN DES DAMES

co-operating with the Franch, brilliantly On the Chemin-des-Dames, the Italians, oinued to advance. Notwithstanding resistance, they occupied Tendresse,

A London, October 12th---- Yesterday, the Germans retreated: be- fare General. Gouraud's Army, falling bagy" on ■"front of 38 miles, from the Birar Suippe to the Arnes,

The French pursued them with cavalry, reaching the River Retourne.

A'magnificent result was achieved by | Troyan, General Gouraud's troops, who, after's desperate battle, won a great victory,

In consequence of the British advance on Le Cateau another withdrawal was forced on the Germans. Alg

The northern end of the powerful Wotan line has been abandoned.

The reconquest of the Argonne forest, south of Grandpre, was completed by the Americans with the greatest credit... The Germans used all their ingenuity to pre rent the reconquest and fought with de termination and desperation.

THROUGH GERMAN EYES.

LONDON, October 13th.

Sonnois.

Courtecon, and Cernyno

We captured Cuissy-et-Geny, Jamigay, and Paissy Wood, and reached the Chemin des Dames in the direction of Ailles.

Numerous free, kindled by the enemy,. AM reported in the villages in the Oise Valley and the Guise region, attesting to.. the systematic intention of the Germans to destroy everything before their retreat. YOUZIERS ENTERED.

A French communigud states- AA4LoxDor, October 18th.

We entered Youziers this morning. We continued to progress along the whole Champagne front..

We made steady progress north-west öfl divert them from their great tood, tol villages through which he was passing. We withdrew to the north-east. of Retourne and the road from Pauvres to

Solesmes towards the Selle Valley and drove out the enemy rearguards from St Vaast, St. Aubert. Villers-en-Cauchies; and Avesnes-le-Sec.

To the north; we cleared the west, bank of the Sensee Canal, between Arlenx and Corbehem both of which are in our

possession.

We are closely approaching the line of the canal to the west of Douai

To the east of Lens we captured Montigny, Harnes and Annay,

We inficted numerous casualties among the German rear-guards and took pri soners in sharp local fighting on the whole of this front.

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Sir Douglas Haig urged the troops to realise that now more than ever it was nerek sary to concentrate their energics on the great goal which all hope to reach, namely attainment in the near future of a decisive and happy result, t

CAMBRAI SALIENT BEING STRAIGHTENED.

FOUR THOUSAND CIVILIANS LIBERATED.

Four thousand civilians were liberated at Bobain. They had been without food for three days, probably due to the mili LONDON, October 11thtary situation, rather than deliberate

intent. Beuter's Correspondent at British. Head.

Fires at Cambrai were got under quarters, ? telegraphing this evening,

The weather is dull and dry. Further staten :—

During the night we pushed on steadily beavy campaigning is quite practicable tast nad north of Cambrai, straightening the sharp salient into a good and regular front

BRITISH NEARING DOUAL

LONDON, October 13th Sir Douglas Haig states: East of the Scheldz Canal we took. possession of Montrecourt village and reached the outskirts of Lien St. Amand.cours and Quesnt line and has reached the

In the Donal sector we are now within a few hundred yards of the town and

LENS-DOUAI RAILWAY REACHED.

LONDON, October 11th Beuter learns that the British, advance, north of the Scarpe, has passed the Dro- railway from Lens to Douai, in the neigh- bourhood of Beaumont and Quiery, and, Lichard

"Reuter's Correspondent

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FRENCH - FRONT,

YOUZIERS ON FIRE.

LONDON, October 12th

-at French

A German official message: states Cambrai,yokohamaakak

We hold the general line from the River

Vouziers. Le fly dark,

The enemy followed and reached near GREAT, AMERICAN PROGRESS. Avesnes-lo-Seo Sand the heights on the

LosDay, October 12th. west bank of the Salle near Haulzoir

An American communiqué states ----- and Hauseyn mynd

Between the Oise and the Aisne, boter attacks failed to stem the advance of

Un both sides of the Mouse violant coun chemy reached the wooded districts of the Franco-American Divisions. back on a front of 38 miles, from the the Ailette and Ami-Fontaine.

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"A FURTHER GERMAN RETREAT. LONDON, October 11th. Beuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing this after

noon states: The advance continues on all fronts.

This morning Gens Gouraud's army, which was checked for days by the desperate resistance of the enemy, marked a most important advance.

We are across the River Suippe almost everywhere on the whole twenty-mile front from Bertricourt to Betheniville, at the German bridgehead at The Germans are falling back on the River Eetourne, and are making retreat, unmistakeable, preparations for a further

Eave captured Bourg-des-Querchia and dues east of Lens, has reached Heain) and Headquarters, telgraphing this after-sur-Suippe

the Dousi prison, also a greater part of Flers.

To the east of Annay we made progress along the south bank of the Hautidevle Canal in the direction of Courrieres au BAD WEATHER IMPEDES FLYING.

LONDON, October 13th.

Sir Douglas Haig states:- Bain and thick mist impeded flying. Dar low-fiers dropped 9 tons of bombs.

Thors has been no decisive air-fighting

THE TRAIL OF THE GERMAN.

LONDON, October 19th. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day

states:===

Everywhere on the line of their retreat fires continue to light up the horizon The enemy is concentrafing uport destroy- ing all places of commercial value, and the household effects of the inhabitants He means to ruin all prospects of fature prosperity, and still believes that fright

fulness will stimulate anxiety to grant ararmistice

548 ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED

IN SEPTEMBER.

LONDON, October 13th."

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The enemy appears to be falling back to

noon, states $ ------

The Germans are rapidly falling, back the line immediately before Douai.or the whole 60 mile front from Laon to

East of Cambrai we captured the village the Argonne

of St. Aubert which is most important. The northern horizon is a sen of smoke because we are here under seven miles from and flames, Every town and village for the main enemy lateral line of communica miles behind the enemy's lines is hum tion to Lille to Valenciennes and Avaines ing and to Hirson, constituting the main trunk line behind the whole German Youziers is ablaze from end to end Front, the severance of which would have ENEMY RELENTLESSLY PURSUED, most far-reaching effects.

LONDON, October 13th, ENORMOUS BULGE CRÉATED IN

CHAMPAGNE.MAR

A French communiqué, states :—- The battle, begun in Champagne" on On the whole front from the Soissons September 28th, has ended, after seven- and Laon Road to Grandpre the enemy teen days' fighting, in a complete defeat

retreating. He is evacuating Chemin, of the enemy in de Dames being closely followed by Franco-Italians

Our Fourth Army completed the libera- tion of the bend of the Aisne by rd Suippe at numerous points. The en my is several thousands of civilians who were Further east the French have crossed the occupying to-day 36 Localities and freeing similarly retreating here.

subjected to the German yoke since 1914. General Gourand's Army, in Gham- This Army, alone, since the beginning pagne, han captured Machault, creating an enormous bulge, comprising five miles of of the Champagne offensive, has taken ground,

91,387 prisoners, "including 409 officers, The enemy is still holding on to the St. 600 guns, 3,500 wagons and much

material.

we went Gobain massif

We have not yet located the new line) The Fifth Army, on its left, is relent- temaly pursuing the enemy. It crossed east of Le Cateru.

Renter's Correspondent forecasted con- the Retourne and advanced ten kilo siderable alterations affecting the whole metres

face of the battlefront which are now We hold Vieux-les-Asfeld, Asfeld- definitely in progress and which are so Laville, and the southern outskirts of far-reaching that, it is difficult to say, Blanzy. where the movement will stop.

We crossed the Aisne, fighting at A DECIDED TURN EXPECTED. Quignicourt and Neufchatel, and are LONDON, October 11th advancing towards Mont Prouvaix, be Beater learns that the enemy's situation tween the Aime and the Oise. at present is very dificulte next line of

The Handing Line, the retreat, behind Laon, running roughly

The advance in Eastern Champagne is even more rapid tr

We reached the outskirts of Sugny and are nearing Machault

GEEMAN SITUATION IN LAON SALIENT PRECARIOUS. Between the Aisne and the Oise, the enemy's retirement was unexpectedly slow. The Germans positionin the Laon salient is very precarious....

The Anglo-French advance in the north has cut one of the main lines from Laon. General Mangin's army, nevertheless, is meeting with considerable resistance. Chemin-des-Dames as far as Vauclere is Although practically the whole of in our hands, the rate of our advance has been prudent.

74,000 PRISONERS IN TEN DAYS.

General Debeney's army took 4,000 prisoners during the last ten days, 11 in small bodies of between 30 and 40, which belonged to garrisons of heavily concreted centres of resistance on the Hindenburg Line.

We took Malleville Farm, to the north. of Bois-de-Consenavoye, passed through Bois-de-Foret, and are now before the village of Landreset Bt. Georges, and St. Juvin, the latter of which in on fres

The American Army Corps, operating. with the British, fought over ten miles... through the enemy's defensive system and have taken 1,900 prisoners since October 5th

Today this Corps took Escanfort, St. Benin and St. Souplet

The First American mamy took 8,000 prisoners since October 8th of which the French units took 2,300.

AIRMEN'S PART IN THE BATTLE.

Thirty-five tons of bombs were dropped. during the day on October 10th in the Vouziers region. An ammunition dump exploded. k

fights

There were numerous which 17 enemy machines were felled and eight balloons set on free

Our observing machines have reported. that the retreating enemy is kindling numerous fires.

Twenty-four tons of bombs were drop- ped at night on bivouacs, atations, con- voys, and trains.

GREAT RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER.

During September 11 enamy machines wore falled, mostly over the enemy lines. 62 balloons were set on fire and 370 tong. RETREAT ON SIXTY MILE FRONT. of projectiles were dropped.

LONDON, October 13th. Renter's › Correspondent at French day afternoon, states t Headquarters, telegraphing on Satur

The Germans are rapidly retreating od the whole Champagne front of sixty miles. The horizon everywhere in a sea of smoke and fames. Every town and village for miles behind the enemy's lines.

is burning.

The meaning of this line of fire is that. if terms acceptable to Germany are not offered, France will soon recover her in- GENERAL DEBENEY'S SUCCESSES.raded territories, because it cannot be General Debeney's First French army prevented, but that these territories will has now reached the climax of its colossal be desarta littered with dead cities.

AMERICA'S MAN-POWER. operations in the past ten days in which,

WASHINGTos, October 12th. yard by yard, it drove out the enemy from

General March announced that over- his fastcases on the Hindenburg Line.

Yesterday, however, we advanced from 1,800,000 American troops have crossed the Fontaine Notre-Dame to Noyale on the Atlantic Another 2,000,000 are preparing..

The important railway centre of Guise Oise, a forward leap of seven miles to follow. is now directly to the east of our new front and is under fire of our guns. been turned from the west, the British Farther west, our line is marked as

A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.. having advanced well to the rear of the follows:-Chiviles et Ouvelles, (four kilo- right Bank of this line.

metres west of Laon), Bourgignes, LONDON, October 11th, It is pretty certain that the enemy will Fauconcourt and points east of Fremont,

Reuter's Correspondent at American evacuate the St. Gobain massif almost east of St. Gobain and west of Bertan. Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday immediately, and this must straighten out court and Benillet,- his line between Lille and the Scarpe,

In the Douai sector the situation is very interesting

on fresh retreat Pressing his rear Our rigorous pressure forced the enemy guards we reached the Ailette to the

The Press Bureau staten that 548 Ger. man" aeroplanes were destroyed or dis- abled on the western front in September Fifty-nine balloons were destroyed. 238 British machines are missing, but These figures are exclusive of the heavy casualties inficted by dar Indeperdent Air Force of British coastal squadrons in its raids on Germany and Belgium behind the Bivers Serre and Bissonne, has north of Craonne.

BRITISH TENACITY TRIUMPHS.

LONDON, October 13th- Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing this evening,

states:-

Between Le Cateau and Bt. Vaast the Germans, in strength are fighting hard We renewed the attacks made here yes terday, and g

Fighting of the most severest descrip- tion occurred along the railway embank- ment from Montay to Nexvelly pen k

Large new enemy forces were fiercely counter-attacking, supported by tanks, the whole of this morning, but by after Boon British tenacity triumphed.

We are pursuing the Germans in the

direction of the cast.itd.

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Undoubtedly, events will very soon tako a very decided tura...

LA FERE CAPTURED.

LONDON, October 13th. A French communiqué stútes: HOW LE CATEAU WAS CAPTURED railway from La Fere to Leon, in the We captured La Fére and crossed the

LOSDOK, October 11th

neighbourhood of Danizy and Venigay Correspondents state that a very inter. To the north-cast, villages on the Serre eating sight was the wonderfully rapid are on fire advance of the cavalry's sweep along the In the St, Gobain Massif we occupied Roman Road from Vermand to Le Cateau, St. Nicholas aux-Bois and Suzy capturing the outer defences at Full Italian troops made progress north of gallop, then advancing at a slower rate the Ailette into the outer suburbs, where machine

states

EFRENCH WIRELESS.] ENEMY FALLING BACK.

TONS, October 11th. enemy continued to fall back

In the Cambrai-St Quentin sector the

The troops acclaimed President Wilson's

The armies, led by General Horney. reply with the utmost enthusiasm General Byng, General Rawlinson and We witnessed & magnificent spectacle General Debeney, having broken. the Hin yesterday The Germans were reported denburg line, have advanced on the whole-

Wavrilli. Instantly an order was given Candry and Le Cateau to be missing for a counter-attack to the front at a pace of from five to ten kilo- east of the Meuse, between Damvillers and metres a day,

Numerous loanties PAN

were liberated an which resulted in the despatch of 200 beaubers with 32 tons of bombs, also a PROGRESS OF AMERICAN TROOPS, hundred chasers and filty tri-plance Between St Quentin and Cambrai an They afforded an extraordinarily beanti American Corps, operating with the ful spectacle, covering the entire sky in groups of a dozen, flying in a "Vehaped British, advanced more than 10 miles

across the enemy's, defensive system Deformation, like fighting ducks, The low Farther east, we hold the line from rays of the sun turned them into fakes. They have taken 2,000 prisoners since guns punished the horses. The Sixty Aizelle to Berrieux and Ami-Fontaine of silver against the clear blue sky, till the 5th inst. They look to day Escar,

the entire heaven sparkled with its new Fort Benin and Bt. Souplet constellations. They crossed the river, their hombs blending unnoticed with the thed of the guns,

others

ENEMY ABANDONS EXTENSIVE

DFRONT.

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We made progress on rising ground, on Carlowitch, Eberhard, Mudra, Einem and the cast of the village, and repulsed strong

counter-attacks delivered with the assist ance of tanks in this aren.40

to expect a sudden debacle, but

Sixth Division assisted the cavalry and captured the outskirts of the town, which resistance in the bend of the Aisne.

We cleared the last points of the enemy →LONDON, October 11th. is in a fair state of preservation,

The whole; battle front now molves FIGHTING ON THE MEUSE BANKS: Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig roa

itself into a gigantic salient of which the

Octobe LONDOS, October 13th...

The rear's counter-attack melted away Before the French attacks, which were continually renewed, the enemy has been Between Bohain and Solesmes the enemy St. Gobain region is the angle and in which An American communiqué states under their minstrations, and twelve Ger forced to abandon, on a front of 60 kilo is stronger and is resisting on the line of there are four armies and part of two East of the Meuse there har heen heavy man planes being unhappy enough to metres all positions to the north of the Preceded by cavalry, which harassed the We repulsed attacks against Jour posi tions to the east of the Belle in the neigh

our objectives on both sides of the river. erashing to the ground. by te

enemy rearguards, French infantry have bourhood of Le Catena and gained pose Correspondent at Freach Headquarters 20th in this sector

In this connection the Daily Chronicle We took 17,850 prisoners since September GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE

SUIPPE CAPTURED, overcome the resistance of the machine sion of Brinstre

LONDON, October 12th guns. In the angle between, Helle and the 7: No fewer than nine German

A French communiqué states: Before print day they advanced to a of two kilometres, taking prisoners Scheldt. Canal we captured Iway Armies are in peril, namely those of LAON EXPECTED TO FALL AT ANY Generals Bulow, Marwitz, Hutier, Boehn,

MOMENT

our incessant attacks the enemy was.com- Gallwitz He adds that it would be rakh

LONDON, October. 13th.

pelled to abandon, on a front of 60 and capturing war material. kilometres, all the positions which he had GENERAL GERMAN RETREAT Renter learns that we reached the out been defending for several daye north

Lyons, October 12th. West of the Canal de Lescant we can development of events is so rapid and skirts of Douai and captured its suburb of the Suippe and Ames Rivers

A general German retreat extends in all tured Fressies upon so immense a scale, that even that in on the west bank of the Bensee. FractiPreceded by cavalry, which are pressing sectors from the Scarpe to the Meuse. In cally the whole of the Bt. Gobain Massif on the heels of the rearguards, our in Champagne the enemy has been forced to Following our deep

deep advance south of the possible.

bas been captured

fantry overcoming the resistance abandon positions on a width of 80 kilo Sensee, the enemy, is hastening his with MORE GERMAN BESTIALITY.

The French reached the outskirts of machine guns charged to delay our metros. The whole German front in this drawal from strongly fortified positions

Moving accounts are given of German Lion which is momentarily expected to march, bas during the day advanced ten region is crumbling. In the direction of North of that river we have driven the barbarity, cruelty and bestiality in the fall

a mga kilometres at some points taking prison the Aisne the army, under General Gou enemy's rearguards from the northern

re gained villages,

The Allies emerged into open country ars and capturing material. We crossed raud, realized a considerable advance and portion of the Drocourt-Queant line, between the Bearpe and Quiery la Motte,

On the eve of the retreat the enemy in the neighbourhood of the courer of the the Saippe, captured Bertricourt at certain points advanced as much as ten

Aumenarcourt-le-Grand, Betancourt, the kilometres soltant and have captured Bailly en Ostrovent, smash iture befouled and looted Louchey River: Vitrien Artois, Izel le, Sequerchia, Dro

He destroyed all the em The whole of the high ground south-east Lales sur-Suippe, and St. Etienne-sur-On Saturday the French captured Vonniers and numerous villages, in spite court, and Feuquieren

mes on which the villagers and east of Laon bas been evacuated

of obstinate resistance Franco Italian also the Mise salient.

troops bave increased their advance in (of the advance.

Chemin des Drumes, of which they now occupy one-half, se far as Cernayan Ison- noise The British have progressed between St Quentin and Cambrai to the north of the Sensee,

BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES.

Field Marshal Bir graphing yesterday

Dom October 19th

aucd, our Edvance. Bensée Hiver

We now hold the villages of Hamel;

Brobieres and Cuincy, a

Wd'ar now cast of Heringand

and are on the western outskirts

There is local fighting at certain points, wha

on the remainder of the front.

Thus, by midday, the French Ed another seven miles in the neighbourhood

fed out that the enemy retreat

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whole of the enemy's first positions of the Suippe are in our hands, MORE VILLAGES OCCUPIED.

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P-le-Pinos, in the

iver dwhich

DOUAT SALIENT SMASHED IN szyba. Dothi salient is being smashed

*English have Larené Vitry-en Artois, ourt and Fouquieres, and they are a kilometres from Dodai itself