Show l LILLE LILLEf f Allies Win New New- Ne v i Ground Des Despite i Strong tron Defense ense Hole faltered Battered Bat Through German Line in West Vest Threatens to Become le Fatal atal Retreat of Enemy Continues I By Associated Press f Paris Oct 4 The 4 The Americans have made mad an advance of three kilo kilometers k o meters almost two miles in the Argonne London Oct Universal 4 4 Service learns from an authoritative naval source that there are significant signs of the Germans practically abandoning abandon ing ino the whole of the Flanders coast as a a. shipping and U-boat U base Moreover there is every indication of an e early complete abandon ment of Flanders The big guns are already being removed With the American Army Northwest of Verdun Oct 4 4 The The Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans r resumed the attack this morning west of the Mense Meuse and advanced their lines from two to five kilometers They captured Hill north o of- of Ex Exermont and the villages of Gesnes and Laforges In the face of heavy artillery and machine gun fire Illinois Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin western Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia troops have forced the enemy enemy back to the position south of Foret wood Universal Service LONDON T ONION Oct Oct 4 Only Only six si miles separate the B British from rom Lille the hc 1101 northern them pivot of what a week ago was tile life Hindenburg line t. t i i t i i i i T i 11 f ff f 1 J 1 j On six separate but iii ent fronts ron non alone t the e Omi g gline 1 line lino from tl th marsh s of I to o the her male Q J of Vrr J dun h b battle K J are ra fn ing n ton ht j Everywhere the allies are re attacking and where they thoy are arc nob noli ba battering batter baiter- in ing their way forward th they y arc are crushing German The tc front o of fronts for the moment is that be between Cambrai and the r region rc- rc gion Rion northeast of St. St Quentin There British have hae hacked backed away the last barriers harriers in the rear of the line slashing o a n seven mile breach into this last German line of resistance between 1 and Beaurevoir Late today British horsemen were reported entering le Fresnoy Grand eight miles northeast of St. St Quentin If strong strong- infantry forces are arc able to follow the th mounted troops through the gap and gnp and on only a a. wall of flesh can stop them then them then what remains of f the Hindenburg line to the north and md south will be outflanked here presently I FURIOUS COUNTERATTACKS BEATEN OFF By Associated 1 Press With the British Army in France Oct 4 There 4 There has been fighting of df I the most furious nature along the British front today This has been true espeCially along alone the Beaurevoir line in the region east cast of Le Catelet The Germans have launched six powerful counterattacks during the past past twenty four hours hO As a result of of one of them the British withdrew withdrew withdrew with with- drew for a moment from Beaurevoir Itself and from to the western outskirts of the village For these attacks the Germans used two divisions di which bich had bad been released d from the line through the capture by hy the French of or St. St Quentin All the other counteroffensives es failed utterly At the end cud of th them m the he bodies hodies s of Gorman Lerman dead w Were ere cie piled high as a result of or the rifle machine e gun gUll and shell fire and the British were in possession of vital ital lines of 01 the German defense The fhe breech breedh that has hus been made mado in the defense system here is a naJ OW one as yet For that reason the armored cars oars which went out ont to it last night o reconnoitered deeply ly aroun around new positions and then returned The rue Germans now seem to be mo most host t active on either side of the breech Apparently they fear that efforts will he ue ma made e to widen riden it Meanwhile the roads and railways everywhere in the rear are ure crowded with t bound traffic The civilians ci are being evacuated from many towns Jn Li Flanders today the advance ance of f the allied troops se seemed med slow v because because be be- be cause the bad roads and md soggy ground nUll made e it almost almost- impo impossible sible for them to negotiate t the terrain at Ulan many places The soldiers fighting here are hero are caked with mud Many of them thew have Kaye had to wade hip deep through the oo ooze e while fighting the their theira 1 a way a forward Again there has been fighting in the tile streets of or the southern portion of the town to 11 aroun around which the British lines are ore sl slowly slow sloW- W- W 1 ly hut but steadily being drawn It is expected that the town may lOay fall faU at atUl Ul any time In the lie Lille sector clor the tho Germans are arc falling back eastward leaving only l rear guards behind hin to protect their retreat t as is apparently they are h hen ea d c cd r rt t ht f lH t e t ed cd eul e. e I I Added 11 Gains Reported 1111 in St. St Quentin Region London Loudon Oct 4 The I. The British have driven their lines Imes within six miles of at Lille Lillo at Wavrin arin and according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to JO Field Marshal Halg's s communication com COIn issued tonight Between Lens and the Germans are ara continuing their retreat Some further ground bround has been ta taken en by br the British between Cambrai and fit St Quentin where where- there has hag been hard liard fighting Tho The text of or the communication follows lol- lol fol follows lows Jows I Fighting I of ot local char character has taken place toda today in the thc neighborhood of oC north of oC Gouy and amI south CJ of ot Cambrai j. j Our Our troops troop progressed the tho On On the Lens sector en enemy's my withdrawal continues Our troops have reached and m. m London Oct 4 I IA A A t supplementary supplementary- statement from Com Meld Field Marshal Half says In operations undertaken by tho the second British ann army in III Flanders on tin the o of September and subsequent da days the ninth twenty ninth and thirty fifth ty divisions rendered distinguished 1 ice Un Under er most unfavorably unta conditions of oC weather the they advanced ance 1 to a a. depth or of over oer nine miles across extremely Continued on r rage Tage e S 3 s. J BRITiSH TROOPS ADVANCE E ON UN LILLE l Continued from page Se 1 difficult country clearing the tho whole I ridge e cast and southeast of or Ypres and taking a a. prominent part In the capture capture capture cap cap- ture of or more than prisoners and guns gunn Tho The ninth division on the first t day of or tho the attack took five live miles cast east of Its starting point and three days later ter reached On the I first day the twenty-ninth twenty division pa passed beyond Mt and captured l having advanced ad over ver five the miles along tho road On the right the tho thirty-fifth thirty division passed far tar beyond our old positions of or 1917 1317 and took Zandvoorde I Foe Hurries Troops and Stores to Rear With the British Forces in France Oct 4 There Thero There Is tangible evidence that the Germans German realize their position northeast of ot St. St Quentin Is extremely precarious Roads in tho the rear of tho the thoI I breached line are congested congest congest- ed cd with traffic and railways are Jammed with material moving eastward i at a great rate pate On some somo roads BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish aviators have observed a straggling stream of ot civilians who are being hurriedly hur hur- sent pent from the thc rear The lino line having been pierced tho Germans soon noon if U not now no will find the greatest difficulty In ar arresting arresting ar- ar resting the tho progress of ot the thc British Prisoners sa say the they were given orders to hold on to the last moment In order to give Ive the Germans an opportunity to construct a line at Valenciennes British thrusts between Fresno Fresnoy and the er KI show that the Germans Ger Ger- mans are holding on with desperation there probably In an effort to save eave some of or their material and heavy guns gUlls French Tal Tanks s Aid r American Advance French Headquarters in France Oct 4 The The brilliant attack of ot Thursday which resulted In the capture of or Blanc- Blanc mont by Americans was supported by French tanks French and Americans Capture More l' Towns Paris Oct 4 In 4 In tho the fighting in Champagne ne the French and Americans have advanced about two and a half IC miles north of Auberive and about five miles northeast of or Py Somme taking a number of or villages according to the French official communication issued tonight The rhe railroad town of or Challerange has has been evacuated but has not b been en occupied b by th the enemy Both artilleries artiller artiller- ies les arc are firing iring upon It French Belgian-French Are Advancing l Lines Lines' Havre Oct The 4 4 The Belgian communication communication Issued tonight sa says say's the Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- gian sian and French have ha slightly pressed forward their lino In the direction of and American Aviators Display Usual Valor By Ity Associated Press With the thc American Arm Army Northwest of Verdun Oct 4 The The American aviators avi aviators avi- avi again covered ered themselves cs with glory and performed d almost the tho Impossible Impossible impossible Im Im- possible in today's drive Dawn broke brolie with mists heavy o over the trenches and the country countr across which the Americans were wore to bOo go and It was hours before the weather eather clearer cleared sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- to permit of or any observation to speak of ot Tho The splendid liaison that marked the days day's operations and which was nearly neary near near- ly y Ideal under tho the circumstances was duo in groat part to the work of ot tho aviators a who countless times risked their lives In reconnoiterIng attacking I the r retreating tre Germans and bringing I back reports To this was added the fact that the German fliers seemed I for once inspired b by deviltry dare-deviltry and bravery bra equal lQ the American ala avla- aviators a la- la tors tors and during tho the entire morning particularly In the center of or the action ac action action ac- ac tion they swooped over the heads of ot the American infantry on only a few tew hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred metres above the earth oarth using machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns guna with telling effect until driven ot off I Chiefly because of or this daring the I I German Gelman losses wore Wr unusually heavy and even tho the American anti aircraft b batteries accounted for seven machines which th they brought down without trouble at the short hort ranges rang the they could use One more moro German plane fell to the prowess of or an infantryman who was carrying an antitank gun captured captured captured cap cap- a n few tew moments moment before and which he turned on an aviator just overhead bringing him down Instantly Temporarily y yin in in ni German Control Kf By A Pros Press With the British Army In France Trance Oct Out 4 It H It Is now HO definitely established d that the thc Belgian Behlan troops did not actually actually actu actu- all ally hold but because It was wasat wasat wasat at the peak peal of or the wedge which they had driven en Into German lines here th the tho advanced nd troops troop were drawn In a little lit little little lit lit- tle In view of oC tho possibility that the G Germans had a slight opportunity of ot cutting them there off orr Meanwhile tho the wedge In this r region slon has been beon widened so HO that it se seems ms that at the tho proper time the Belgians will take talce up their Houle Roul- Roul e cu position again ala Apparently the they can do this at an any time the they desire From civilians freed treed from the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans In Flanders It was learned learnell toda today that the kings of or Wurtemburg and I Saxony both narrowly missed having something happen to them at Dadi- Dadi northwest of ot a L few tow days ago o Both monarchs were in n the I town when the British Rims gains tUII suddenly upon it with a whirlwind bombardment bombard bombard- ment They fled In a hurr hurry and as fn II as Is known managed to get awa va safely some Home ome enlightening Information was gained from Crom these liberated Flemings Flemins Some of or them from hem said that p ever cr er since the tho Germans first cameto came amp to their town In 1914 4 they had forced all civilians to sl ell on tho the floors while husky husk Germans occupier occupied their boils T eight Twenty of or the villagers were killed by the thc Germans German One Ono of ot these was taken out stood against H it awall wall and shot Tho The villagers wt were rc fed fert b by tho the American commission for re relice relief relief re- re lief lice In Belgium they said but tho the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans all always ays took tills this food awa a away from Crom them and gave them their own German German Ger Ger- man rations which Invariably In were bpd bad and unfit to eat lt ll was as on the of September that tl the tho o Germans ordered the villagers of or to ev the place but many of oC them hid In cellars or In II the tho suburbs of the town where th they re remained remained remained re- re until the British Br ent entered The Tho Germans told tollI the villagers that they would like to surrender to tho Scotch troops but that the Scots Scot's had hail the nasty nash habit of cutting the tho throats of the tho Germans wh when n tho they caught them anti and therefore tho they were afraid to take tak taka a chance Tho The Germans the tho villagers said also allo told them terrible things the British would do to the tho villagers when they entered the town According to the tho villagers ers many German German German Ger Ger- man horses have died in Flanders be because because because be- be cause there was no food of or an any kind for them and antI the tho German automobiles ar are running on their rims because the Germans have no tires Enemy Clears Out of Fort Forty r Villages Bj Dr Universal Service Geneva via Ill London Oct 4 Fearing I. Fearing a Franco American Invasion the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans are arc evacuating evacuating- the civilian populations populations populations pop pop- of or more than forty towns and villages in Alsace The more Important towns being evacuated aro are Colmar and Altkirch Berlin BerJin as Al Always ays Claims Victory Berlin via London Oct Vigorous 4 4 enemy attacks on both sides of ut Roul- Roul I ers north of or St St. Quentin at the Chemin des Dames Dame and in Champagne were re repulsed repulsed repulsed re- re pulsed sa says the evening report from general headquarters Between th the Argonne and the Meuse Ieuse renewed American attempts to break breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough through failed Decoy Decor Balloons Are Arc Sent Up UI b by Press By Dy Associated With the American American Army rm Northwest of ot Verdun Oct I Decoy I.-Decoy Decoy b balloons are arc being being- used by the Germans to attract American aviators seeking eel ln observation balloons The decoys are surrounded by antiaircraft batteries and are kept I nearer the ground s than the regular balloons the Germans tl figuring on the American aviators descending low to attack successfully When the aviators aviators avia la tors are near the decoys the antiaircraft antiaircraft craft clatt guns and swarms of ot machine g guns ns open fire tire Tho The Americans discovered the trick tricka a few rew days after the Germans put It Into operation and consequently the Americans now avoid tho the decoys decos It has been estimated that only one In three of the tho German balloons balloon ar am are oc occupied occupied oc- oc by observers I British Fliers Drop I Tons of Bombs London Oct 4 The Thc The British airmen have played a big part in hi the successes on th |