Show ANS STA TART t BELGIAN RETREAT T If AT ON HUGE HUG CALE HUNS RUN SO I f FAST AST ALLIES i LOSE TOUCH E Evac Evacuation tion of Invaded adel Count Countr Country 7 Indicated as Foe i oe j Approaches j O Holland Boi Border del Americans Take falie Rail Kail Junction at C Grand Pre Ile 1 f 4 J By Associated Press WITH WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM Ir r Oct 10 The The German Germane have ha slat sla started ted a retreat on a tremendous scale scalo from om northern Belgium um French ca cavalry is approaching g seven miles from the banks of tb th t Ghent Bruges canal al The canal itself itsel is only ten miles from the border bor er o. o of 01 Holland Rolland So fast is the llie enemy retreating ting ing that the French British and Belgian infantry try at least in in the thc center of or the battlefront have lost touch with the enemy rJ Belgians nd advancing ad astr astride dc the Bruges es and Ostend 71 roads have ha defeated the Ger Germans who arc retreating rapidly This undoubtedly is oue one o of the wars war's greatest g and most vital ital victorio for the gallant little Belg Belgian an army abl ably assisted by crack French am ant British troops now has driven the despoilers of its country from a Jarg section which the Germans have haye occupied since the early arly cl days clys ys of tile tho wa wal and has gained positions o of such importance that the Germans may have t tabi td t al' al abi iun un the entire coast of Belgium 1 i M cr r nf j f preceded receded b- b by a Po fa fur of rencil cavalry alry h has s l left ft area in h lj i nr tb important city o of Lille Lillo and the great mining ruining and manufacturing districts o um OJ Tourcoing ng Roubaix and Tournai in ni ini a salient L which is is' growing deeper ever er hour fin and which the enemy cannot hope to hold French Cavalry in Dashing Charges The French cavalry ca which is on the crest of the allied advance has done don marvelous work Today it galloped forward more than ten kilometers frequently carrying out charges with a n. dash usually associated with upon isolated posts of enemy machine gunners which vainly attempted ti tm hold up its advance Sortie Some of these gu gunners taken prisoner said the were totally unable to un understand er tand why the war was going on oli and why i the thc were called upon to continue fighting One officer said saidYe We Ye have haye offered all the terms in the world for peace nobody seem scent to accept them Resistance where It has been b by tho the enemy has been fierce tierce for or in these places It o has hns been the purpose of or the com comman commanders man manders ders of or the tl fleeing Germans to g gah ali time in which to remove their mute mate rials Stubborn tigh fighting tinS tinS' has been re reported reported ported especially from front tho the rc region lon o 0 The battle batlle here has bean beel I from street to street and house ti t. house and la large lage e numbers of ot the tho en enI ent t I em emy have been Killed Some Belgian I forces have havo swept around the thc city II li order to cut tho Clio roads at the tho rear an all' al also albo o assist t in bottling up lip the enema trying to hold out in the tho city It itself elC Tho The Germans had placed machin guns In the thc windows of or houses an all' cellars and fired tired murderous streams o 0 bullets into the thc advancing advancing- Belgian el but were unable to stop them Th Del Belgians lans fought with a dOJ'S dogged d deter detor i such as only troops I I to regain their outraged cd country countr coul I e display Nothing could stop thorn them The rho British following up the re rc retreating retreating treating Germans and overcoming tin the rear guards are reported as and a as having captured bin Lin Belles aches along the Lys The Belgians Ians athe a atho nl the tho time this dispatch was filed tiled wen reported to be past s and nc nd to have hav reached Ie positions on the other side of 01 o and both of or which they captured Northeast 1 of was stormed and taken anti the Belgians were still going The Linselles position Is IN most val val- for the place being northwest of or of the allied troops are aie gr grad gradually duall d- d outflanking the entire Lille sa salient salient salient sa- sa from which there are further signs that the enemy Is withdrawing As s a n matter of ot fact tact his troops in this this- salient are In un an extremely precarious position Thc They must get out rapidly or face faro disastrous con consequences TH A thousand moro more prisoners and many more cannon cartoon have ha been captured The Germans at man many J places especially In III Inthe Inthe the northern part of the battle battle- area seem to be surrendering freely treely Mummy more moro civilians have been rescued from time tho towns tou-jiH and districts captured and little J 16 processions of these ro straggling straggling gling rearward out of or range of ot tho the guns bUnD and out of the wa way of the tho fightIng fighting fight fight- Ight- Ight ing troops Stories are aro beginning beginnIng- to come buck back of or how hot lI liberated Belgian women ha have 0 seen their sons ons brother or husbands going forward torwald Into battle Quite Quito a n number of or civilians also have beep been rescued from front and Its environs en- en the Germans hain having loft left In such a n hurr hurry that the they had no time to remove remo the civilians who wanted to stay and take a chance of ot being liberated Tolla Today these men women and children are aro again walking on tho the free tree soil of ot France I ITJI TJI Tho Tio Germans appear to be making strenuous efforts to save savo their munItions munitions muni munI- ions and equipment and their material the accumulation of or four years cars from the lime coast const districts of ur Belgium Bellum The Tho Continued on Pate Page 3 GERMAN i RETREAT ON HUGE SCAlE BEGINS Continued Continued From Page PaJe 1 roads behind the Germans are littered Jittered with nil all sorts of ot transport and allied airplanes are ro al again ain playing h havoc oc wj h tho the retreating enemy enem Joe Foe Dr nn Without Rent Relit The Theca weather ca today was as cloudy cloud i lu but ut t thus far Car no 0 more rain has fallen However However However How How- ever Flanders Is mud from one ono end to toI the the theother other and nd thi this condition makes I movement mo difficult for tor the allied troops The ooze and soft sott make it Jt doubly difficult for Cor the enemy to tomoO I move mote back Therefore the allied soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers have havo put up with great groat hardships hardship for tor they realize that they have o the en enemy enemy en- en emy only on tho run in tho the most vital Ital section section section sec sec- tion of or the tho west front and do not desire desire desire de de- sire to let Jet him have ha a chance to re reassemble reassemble re- re assemble his tattered units Outside tho Infantry has progressed about three miles mites and here have been comp compelled to fight their wa way forward orward for Cor the Germans had orders to hol hold 1 on to tho last the they did so Not ot man many of ot those who had been stad sla- sla 1 with machine guns to tr try to hold up tho the advance ld of ot tho the allied troops managed to escape At tho the positions the French cavalry ca has begun to come Into a countr country country coun coun- tr try wh where rC tho the ground and roads are lre harder ludder allowing them to operate more treel freely It Is through h this gap that the Germans throughout the entire Belgian n coast system must go If It the they wish to tos s vo st.-vo vo themselves providing pro of ot course t tie e advance continues Incidentally of ot advance ance hero the er e every yard rard narrows enemy's escape gap rap Americans Capture i Strategic Center With tho the American Arm Army Northwest of ot Verdun Oat Got By B 16 By the Associated Press Tho Tho American troops occupied tho the town of or Grand Pre Pre on the tho north 1 bank of oC the Alro Airo river rl north of ot the Argonne forest Since Sinco early last night rain has fallen fal tal- fallen tallen len over the entire field of oC combat converting converting converting con con- toads loads and trenches in into to muddy mudd canals Aviation was as impossible toda today today- and tho artillery fire was directed entirely by maps except In rare Instances when direct fire was used Grand Pre Pro Is only a a. village and Its Us normal population Is la l less than 1500 1600 but the thc place Is of or great grent strategic Im Im- It is the Junction of or the railways railways rail rail- wa ways s 's feeding a a. great part of or the Ger Ger- German German man army and lies at nt the foot of ot the valley alloy extending northward 1 at nt the en entrance entrance entrance en- en trance of or which the Germans have ha fought so 50 stubbornly British Forces Approach Lille I London Oct 16 The H.-The The British forces In tine the sector between Douat and Lille have made mado further gains all along the front and driven en their line to within about two and a halt half miles southwest and three e and three-quarters three miles west of Lille LUle according to Field Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Halg's s communication issued to to- to night The text of or tine the communication follows follows fol tol- lows Wo e carried out a successful tul local operation last night In the tho Solle Solla valle valley capturing tho the village a of or Saussy and more than prisoners On the Douai LIllo Douai-LIllo front tho the enemy Is continuing his hits withdrawal closely followed b by our troops who have havo I reached the general lino of oc Car ln MarIH Les Maugro and nd Sharp fighting has hns taken place at nt different points between the tine enemy's rear guards and our advance detachments Some prisoners have ha been taken Tho The British second arm army under command command command com com- mand of ot General Plumer operating co with the Belgian and French forces or es In Flanders in the course of ot the past three lays days have havo realized rIH an advance o of more than eight miles Toda Today our troops crossed the tho Lys Ls between and In towns and villages captured b by the second sec sec- fI second Cond C- C ond arm army in Flanders many civilians have o been found and freed from the domination of ot the enemy More than 1000 prisoners and upwards of at guns already have haxo been taken In In th these se successful stul operations the tho ninth division dl forming fanning a part of oC the command of ot General Jacobs Jacobs' second corps has again J CO fought ht wh great dis dis- distinction Valuable and gallant has haa been rendered also b by the Twenty- Twenty ninth Thirty fifth Thirty sixth and first Forty divisions dl as well as 88 other divisions dl en engaged Berlin Declares Foe Is Ruthless Ma Yin London Oct Del 16 The Th war ar office communication Issued this evening even en ing follows follows' Northeast of oC Routers on the Sells Sello sector near Haussy Hauss between the Aire and the Meuse and on tho the eastern bank of ot the 1 Meuse enemy attacks failed tailed The Tho town of Denain five rI and a a. half halt miles southwest of Valenciennes which is if filled with French refugees lies under under under un un- der tho the continuous faro of ot the hea heavy En English lIsh artillery Yesterday the tho enem enemy shelled the welfare center centor of at Lisso eight miles from Laon which v had been carefully the spared by us during war Yanks Win Till Glory In Champagne e Drive By Dr r al S Service O With the American First Arm Army Oct 16 Military Military experts agree that the part played b by the Americans in Conjunction conJunction conjunction con- con Junction with tine the French fourth army in tho the Champagne Champagne drive constituted the tine most Important operation undertaken en ell b by American troops up to date While the French on the Yankee right and loft were WE held up by strong German forces in the the- enem enemy's 8 second line Jine of ot defenses tho the American second division dl attacking on a mile 21 front west of at Somme-Py Somme smashed the Ger Ler- Lerman German German GerI I man defenses and penetrated to a depth of ot nearly four tour miles mlle capturing the fortified heights of ot Blanc DIane Mont and h farm This rapid American advance coupled with hea heavy French frontal pressure I turned the German positions in the mountainous regions east cast of ot and compelled a rapid enemy retreat Tho Americans have been fighting Inthe in th the tho Champagne since October 2 2 General General General Gen Gen- eral commanding the Twenty Twenty- first I French rench arm army corps has expressed high pral praise e of oC the second American di division division dl- dl vis vision ton and and and- of ot another Yankee division whose number cannot 1 bo ho e given at this time lime This latter lahe division dl had its baptism baptism bap bap- of at tiro on tho the Champagne front and stood It splendidly British Progress In Iii Palestine London Oct 16 British ca ah cavalry has occupied Tripoli forty-five forty miles north of ot Beirut and Home horns about five eighty miles north of ot Damascus accor according to toan toan toan an official statement on operations In Palestine issued tonight 0 Enemy Is Aided By Bad 1 Weather T I ea ea l i t r AVIth the French Arm Army on the AIsne Oct 16 16 D' D By the Associated Pi ess Fa Favored by bad weather and bad roads loads which are slowing up the advance of or orthe the allied supply trains the Germans appear disposed to make a stand for Cor forthe forthe the time at least on the line from tram the there re region lon north of at Sissonne to Bethel General Debeney's forces Corces ha have made madea a slight advance ance west of ot passing the Serre and arriving before the marshes which the enemy is utilizing utilizing utilizing ing with the aid of ot a well-sustained well machine gun un fire file to stop their forward march The German artillery has also I Increased In Its activity In tills this sector North orth of oC Sissonne the French troops now snow are aon along the bank of oC the draina drainage drainage drain drain- a age e canal which constitutes the ad- ad defense positions lions prepared red I there as a secondary line of oC retirement I from the line Further east cast the Germans supported b by a violent artillery tire fire counterattacked i tacked the French troops troop under tho the command of ot General This Thill reaction was of oC no a avail General Gull- Gull men maintaining their thell line a quarter of oC a mile east of oC the lie road rOld from St St. to General took look Ac- Ac on th this south bank of or the southwest of ot Rethel HetheL The Fine Germans are shelling the tear rear areas all alon along the lines linos and ap sp- spear appeal appear pear peal ear to be reinforcing their line strongly strong strong- ly J Ij y with ith machine guns Allies' Allies Follow r t 1 U Up P Belgian Successes British Headquarters In Flanders Or Oct t 16 16 Throughout last nl night ht in III the moonlight ht the allies continued tirelessly tireless tireless- l ly to follow up tip their splendid successes In Bel Belgium lum At 9 a n tn m. m tOday Belgian co cavalry ca yaIr pa patrols patrols pa- pa were reported repotted to be within n. n t kilometer kilometer kilo kilo- meter of ur The allies wen wei were said to be more than half way through the wood and the Infantry to I have reached rached a point near olde where the they were cro said al to be advancing ad all along the tine northern outskirts of at and through h the tine center of ot Last night the Franco Belgian lan infantry tr try were on the general line of or pt and ond Haentze th thence nce to a point 1 0 10 ards east of or the tho flouters I road and to the tho station b bj by i Bevc Beve to the south of or Iseghem the Lendelede Len Len- |