The Great War.1553d Day

accomplishment was almost inconceiv- Front ably difficult under the violent enemy THE RECEDING French fire. LINE Official Statements - Military Comment Advanced Le Quesnoy Falls Is By William L. McPherson FRENCH pushed forward a mile beyond that To Allied Armies town as far as the village of Milly. (Cowriaht. 1918. N**' York Tribun* ImJ to 7 Miles PARIS (NIGHT)..Our troop* con¬ The of 5 tinued to the troops Major General Sum- After Hard pursue enemy through¬ merall's corps reached the river at Fight THE German government has > the French Chaumont Por- out the day on an extended front be¬ Cesse WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN reaching tween the and Luzy and mopped up the sent to the front to miles north of Chateau Sambre and the Meuse. forest or' Jeunet. The important FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Nov. 5 By delegates cieu, eight Our armies, breaking down local re¬ road centre of Beaumont fell before The Associated PreBs)..Fighting yes¬ receive the armistice terms Porcieu. Guards of Germans sistance, made an Rear important advance, our victorious forces, who on terday centred around the walled town now in which exceeded ten kilometres (six to the Bois pushed of Le and in and about the Marsha! Foch's hands. Their The American drive north of Ver¬ miles! at de L'Hospice, two miles Quesnoy Are Pressed Close by certain points, and freed north of that in great Mormal Forest, a stronghold of mission will not interrupt hostili¬ dun is still running at full speed. numerous localities, with their civil to.Tn, capturing the in the the population. their advance the village of Le- enemy. Early day Brit¬ ties. Nor will their stay within the The divisions of the First Army Debeney's Troops tanne. At Beaumont we liberated ish pushed their line forward on either The enemy, harassed our ad¬ side of Le and it was Allied lir.js be We shall know which are on the west vanced by 500 French citizens, who welcomed Quesnoy, plainly long. operating guards, was obliged in the our soldiers as deliverers. seen that its fall was a matter of only a within a couple of days, probably, bank of the Meuse River pushed course of his precipitate retreat to The advance of few hours. abandon and the past two days whether Germany is to ihead again a of guns considerable ma¬ has carried our line to points within In order to avoid fighting in the going accept yesterday couple Gouraud Speeds Up terial, which it is to place the British the forenoon "a peace of violence" or to balk at miles. reached enumerate. impossible five miles of the Sedan-Metz rail¬ during They Chemery and Everywhere prisoners road, one of the sent an airplane message to the de¬ to Meuse remained in our main lines of com¬ it and continue the war. Maisoncclle, just below Raucourt. Advance hands. munication of the German armies. fenders, demanding their surrender. East of the Sambre we reached the Between This message was ignored and the bat¬ Political man.uvres inside Ger¬ They are now only seven and a half eastern outskirts of Beaumont and the Bar, tle continued. When Nouvion and 7\1ajor General Dickman's corps, in nightfall came many indicate that the miles south-southwest of Sedan. Road Is Regnaval forests. close liaison with the French the Germans, realizing tne hopeless¬ Kaiser's ad¬ Further south we Fourth ness which is in view from the Vervins-Avesnes have taken Fon- Army on its left, pushed forward of their situation, surrendered. herents are trying to force an im¬ city plain taine-les-Vervins and the town of under About a thousand of the were of Vervins. Our heavy artillery and machine enemy mediate submission in order to save heights which they have captured. Reached by Cavalry advanced elements gun fire through the rugged forest taken prisoners. From have «cone beyond the Serre. We areas Within the neighboring forest of the dynasty. William II seems to Chemery the American line hold and La Correrie. beyond Stonno. The villages Mormal First Army Hary Further of Yoncq, Le Besace and Stonne the British pushed forward be ready to impose any sacrifices on stretches a little south of east to the east, after having occupied Montcor- were taken. rapidly despite many machine gun net, we pushed our lines nests. Several tanks sent his people which will to main¬ Meuse near Mouzon. At this point Le beyond We have taken west of the were in with help Hocquet, Renneval and Dolignon. Meuse to-day the infantry and rendered great ser¬ tain the Hohenzollern it is only about four miles from the WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN An Italian in iifty-one additional guns, in succession. corps, operating making a total of more vice mopping up batteries of rapid- What he vital FRANCE, Nov. 6 (By The Associated clos«! conjunction with our troops, since than 150 firers. By evening the British had dreads most is exile. Metz-Thionvillc-Montmedy-Me- crossed the Hurtaut River de¬ November 1. zieres railroad. (10 V. in.)..The French armies and Thirty of our worked halfway through the wood and -..*.¦-a-¿3fe.3_I_J Prince \on Bülow, his ex-Chancel- Press) spite stubborn resistance the en¬ bombing 'p'anes exe¬ this continued their forward bound to-day of by cuted a successful raid on Meuse morning advance. In renewed attacks t !or, has written a nice On the east side of the Meuse made another emy, stormed Rozoy-sur-Serra. and The town of C'atillon, on the western against he retiring Germans, the Allies yes¬ just personal to seven miles all along On the on Raucourt this morning, dropping testimonial for General forces have from five front north of the Aisno over two tons of bombs side of the canal, offered considerable terday occupied the shaded areas. The Americans just west of him. and various Pershing's east of Guise to their our arc more than twelve kilo¬ with good resistance, but the was thje their front from troops effect. Reconnaissance and place captured Meuse River are within si of scene political groups in the are cleared the bank of the river down metres and a half pursuit at an hour. With this a? fighting pht Sedan, of the famcus empire with the American forces (seven miles) sqiii-'rons carried out early town a to a north of Dun-sur- junction north of Chateau Porcien ,on the ful many success¬ foothold the British got some pontoons Prussian victory in 1870. passing resolutions declaring their point just of the Meuse, pressing close upon missions, machine gunning ene¬ west general line of La Hardoyo, the my troops and across the canal. desire to see him retain the throne. Meusc. Their campaign for Sedan left by the Germans, southern outskirts of Chaumont- greatly assisting the As the wore on the rearguards advance of our day the enemy re¬ If he can on is rapidly moving to a climax. in full retreat. Porcien, Doumely. Begny, Herbigny infantry. Seventeen sistance weakened along the Mormal tion. Aviators also report that the last] get peace conditions They who are and enemy airplanes were shot down and of the enemy's troops left on Shaft are miles north of General Debeney's troops, tramping the railroad between Rethel and two enemy balloons burned. Forest sector. The Germans had not Stenay Unveiled by which do not rob him of his person¬ twenty-seven drenched the con¬ Liart. Seven expected an attack on such a scale two trains toward noon, while thirty through mud and by of our 'planes are big were al over-lordship, he will do his best the line from which they started. downpour of rain, captured The town of Rethcl fell into our missing. and were not prepared to withstand it. trucks seen fleeing from the tinuous forests. The possession. Pushing further north The fighting due east of Valenciennes town, which stood deserted before our French for Yanks to bear up stoically against the hu¬ And they have had to overcome by Nouvion and Regnaval BRITISH as arrived in the taken over this front indicates with admirable spirit our troops was not heavy. Enemy forces began on troops they vicinity miliating conditions on his persistent effort the most difficult booty more reached at -1 o'clock in the LONDON (NIGHT).Wo to withdraw of the river bank opposite the town. imposed that the enemy's retreat has been, afternoon pro¬ Sunday night toward the Memory of First Three to Die faithful natural obstacles as well us the re¬ than that of yesterday. the villag-e of Dyonne, six kilometres« gressed along the whole battlefront Annelle River, and the British troops Considerable train movements were subjects. precipitate to-day in spite, of a over also observed from Diedenhofen cast Honored of Prisoners captured say that the retreat north of Rethel. In this region our rsin. heavy continuous pushed forward rapidly the evacu¬ by Lorraine on Hindenburg, crying "We will sistance Hindenburg's best troops. for a distance of fifteen cavalry a of 77's Sharp fighting has taken place ated territory. South of Rombies Ger¬ ward, on the main line of the big rail¬ «ill continue captured battery at. a number of the never !" is still Sedan, where Napoleon III sur¬ miles farther. and one of 105's, taking prisoner points with German man machine gunners resisted strong¬ way toward Audun-le-Roman, indicat¬ Anniversary capitulate retreating. ur twenty Gouraud'smen three the rearguards, and some hundreds of ly, especially about the ing that the enemy was making prep¬ The British armies on the front rendered MacMahon's army in 1870. The march of General officers, gunners and capt¬ have been high ground to NANCY, Sunday, Nov. 3 (by The As Meuse went on the uring the teams. prisoners taken by us. cast of, Sebourg, where the British aration abandon, if necessary, this has been a name of ill omen in toward the during On our our rail con- sociated Press)..The southeast of Valenciennes are now with increased speed. After work¬ To the: right we progressed to the ight troops, pushing gained a footing, but were driven back all-important communication memory of the day forward, captured and a counter all the west of the three first American almost up to and French memories for nearly fifty all night under heavy shell and ma¬ general line of Vauzelles, Aubon- In Cartignic by desperate attack. necting territory soldiers to fall it Bavay Maubeuge ing the construction of court Marbaix. the centre, driving the Meuse. France under the have cleared the vears. It will become one of the chine gun fire in Sorcy, Banthemont, Ecordal, from his was American flag wa They Mormal For¬ for infantry and artillery over six kilometres north of enemy hastily constructed Th> theory strengthened by the honored bridges Attigny, defences on the east bank of the congestion of the enemy transport on to-day, the anniversary o est and driven forward east of it tc glorious names in our military an¬ the Aisne and the Ardennes Canal, they Guincourt, Jonval and Chagny-les- we American-Manned their Sarnbre, have crossed the river the roaos further north near Mouzon deaths, by the government o the outskirts of which nuls if the First Army can take it crossed the swollen stream in force and Omont. above Berlaimont and have and southeast Sedan this Hautmont, this In the west of captured of afternoon, Lorraine, where they fell. an intervenes. took up their advance morning, region the Bar Levai and where we have Tanks Play Part in where the within a The lies about two miles southwest oi lieiore armistice rear River, after Aulnoye, aviators, swooping town« in the c throwing back the guards, taking having taken Vendresse taken The rail¬ ma¬ department into the Rethel and the broken to the prisoners. important hundred yards of the ground, used Meurthe-Moselle erected a monumer Maubeuge. Maubeuge was formerlj Rethcl and advancing country north, way junction of Aulnoye is in our Latest Offensive chine guns and bombs among in an distance, of six we carried our lines as far as Orni- dropped Bathelemont, but the bon a French fortress of the first class pocket for average possession. WITH THE the masses of men and horses and wa¬ bardment the heavy a Prisoner a miles and liberating twenty- court, which is ours. AMERICAN ARMY IN village is still unde: Connolly and half Further north we have crossed the FRANCE, Nov. 3 The gons with terrible effect. Probably a going leaves it still but fell an easy victim to the Ger with the greater part of PARIS the Avesnes-Davai east (By Associatec evacuated. Tl four villages, (DAY).- -During night Hoad of Mormnl tanks, French hundred horse-drawn wagons in one military authorities were man Uteir inhabitant?. wo maintained contact with the Ger¬ Forest and reached the to [Press)..Two-man buil' unwilling high-power artillery in the firs) Lieutenant Stewart Dow Connolly, of railway but manned by ar convoy were attacked while moving allow any procession or In some towns were found men of man while the south and west of where Americans, played toward the gathering weeks of the war. In this th« Air Forces, former junior whom the Germans had rearguards who, fighting, Bavai, important part in the offensive of Fri eastward Carignan, possibly monument, so only Leon Mirma region the Royal military age. continue to retreat on the whole sharp fighting is taking placs within day and with th( with the purpose of entraining for a Prefect of the British have the north-and amateur who was re¬ recently brought back from behind front. this the a short distaïce of the town. Saturday. Working Department; William passed golf champion, Early morning infantry, the- tanks captured two vil¬ quick rail flight in the direction of Sharp, the American ! south from t< missing, and later dead, has their linet«. French again resumed the advance. lages and seevral hundred Metz. Le Brun, Minister of Ambassador; highroad Bavay ported The cavalry of the 1st Army had East of the Sambre Canal we have GERMAN prisoner! eral Blockade; Ge Avesnes. written to his father, Edward M. Con¬ reached the road from and overcame the resistance of nutner When the American 'planes appeared Leroy Eltinge, Ge this afternoon occupied North of Marie we . eral representing of the National Company, Avesnes. A considerable Barzy. BERLIN (DAY). There were cus Gorman machine gun nests. through the mist dropping bombs the Pershing, and the of On the southern side of the fores nolly, Surety Vervins to have passed beyond Marfonta'ne. and on the Scheldt drivers, stricken, deserted the who dedicated Mayor Nanc for offi¬ number of prisoners and immense Voharies. Italian infantry engagements Three- platoons of tanks attacked ant panic the shaft, were prcsei have taken the from the German prison camp troops, fighting lowlands. captured the of Landres-et-St vehicles and fled into the fields, leav¬ A ceremony took they just importan He was booty fell into the hands of the French with the have taken Le On village the to of the in place this afterno cers at Karlsruhe. brought the French, the battlefield between the Georges :n desperate fighting. On( ing convoy the mercy the City Hal! at Nancy, at whi j railway junction of Aulnoye, when 11. armies during day. Thuel and reached the Hurtaut Scheldt and the Oise we have with¬ was airmen. speeches down wounded and fighting August in the last forty-eight Brook platoon commanded by Lieutenan were made. This ceremo the Le railroai Developments southeast of Montoornet. drawn from the enemy. The enemy Churchill a former If the combatant enemy troops re¬ would have been held Cateau-Maubeuge It was his first bombing expedition. hours seem to have made it impossl West .of Rethel the French Peters, Yale Uni before the mor the line have who intended yesterday after tht versify athlete, and the other two wen mained in force anywhere within the ment if the public had been crosses the lateral railroad fron An anti-aircraft shell killed his ob¬ ble for the Germans to utilize occupied on the north bank vast area covered our air¬ visit allowed for re¬ Darby, strongest artillery fire, to resumí !n charge- c.f Lieutenant Lloyd Calla by low-flying Bathelemont. Valenciennes Avesnes t bis rudder con¬ of t..t- Meuse except temporary of the Aisne. Between Rethel and his assaults, attacked men were unobserved. M. through server, destroyed right here and there to ense their position! han, of Casselton, N. D. In order t< to-day they Mirman said it was in Lorrai tank and sistance Attigny French detachments have which had been evacuated. In f take the town the tanks had to The few seen in the village of Brande- that the first Hirson. These two railroads havr trol, punctured his gasolene Tctreat to another position. With the crossed the Aisne at gi Americans fell, and His General several points. further advance in the evening h< through strong barbed wire entangle ville were probably incendiaries, as the was also in Lorraine that the first however, been of little use to th wounded him in the hip. 'plane Meuse turned by Fershing's More to the right we have reached was our ii was later seen All American gr Ger¬ solid line which engaged by rearguards merits, overpower machine Run nest village burning. offensive was w descended out of control and four forces the only upon the outskirts of Lametz and pushed isolated combats which assumci to the continuation of out the launched, Germans for the last couple o can fall back is the Rhine. outside and within the village am signs pointed ing trreat St. Mihiel salient j man swooned down upon It. One the Germans on as far as the outskirts of La large proportions in the Morma force their the debri the enemy retreat, which may possibly weeks. flyers .-«- Cassine northeast of way through memórate the sec« dived in front of Connolly's forward Le Chesne. Forest and southeast of Landrecies strewn streets. end at the German border. historic event," said the prefect, "w In the Oise-Serre region th In the evening the enemy position ment which is to be gun. AMERICAN ran west of pla French made an ac Main German Bavai, along ihe easteri Allies in Suburbs of j'monç the ruins of Flirey, on the 1 extraordinary "I gave him burst from the front 6 edge of the Mormal Forest, east o from which the vanee, five or wrote his "and WASHINGTON, Nov. (Morning). Landrecies and east of Guiso. Crossing Meuse, started." victorious ofTens j averaging six mil» gun," lie to father, Line -Between the Bar and the Meuse Town Holds Out took and are the shots hit behind his ei1 Supply (he first American continued its Between the Oise and the Meus Americans Advance Ghent; M. Mirman expressed They Vervins drivin watched army also we have out Nov. 6..The latest in¬ est France's hi he went down in flames.*' advance where it was op¬ carried large move LONDON, regard for the United States. J the demoralized Germans back o ginc until Cut by Haig northward, monts. The enemy followed in th formation regarding the military sit¬ >>^sador A renewed burst of anti-aircraft posed by .strong resistance Our Toward Vital Line to that the Sharp also delivered an Hirson. A similar gain was made i troops are in th«. Boise du Fond dc course of the dav and west of th uation at Ghent goes °hov? dresó. shells enveloped Connolly, bringing Aisne reached the line o Allies have reached the suburbs, but the sector north of the Aisne Rivei him down into a German trench. Continued from I Limon, whence the line extends general out. page through the Flabu, Maisoncelle and Marle-üizly-le-Gros-Ecly. East o that the town itself is still holding Chemery. the Aisne we are in fighting contac By Wilbur Forrest It is possible that, like Lens, Ghent of ammunition and much other ma¬ with him north of Le Chcsne an Í.S>x-¡a¡ Cable tc The Tribune) will hold out for some time, until a On the line of the Meuse which movement has terial. we now hold from the Bois de west of Beaumont. Stronjr cuera 'Copyright, 1918, Now York Tribuno lue.) successful encircling attacks near Beaumont and Letann WITH been accomplished. The Germans continue their rear L'Hospice, inclusive to Sassey, and THE AMERICAN FIRST on the height to 'the east of Mily, were repulsed. ARMY IN PURSUIT OF THE guard actions on the rugged hills South of Dun the Americans ad ENEMY, and thence to Dun-sur-Meuse, there Nov. 5 the Told Soldier Son Died; and wooden districts east of the Meus.-. was severe artillery and machine pun vanced across the Meuse, under (Delayed'!.-. Unimpeded by the violent protecting fire and pen« waters of the Meuse, thanks to the :>Sair.3t which the Americans are ad fighting during night. trated the highly efficient work of the engineers, Was Home on Leave France-American units operating woods and heights eas the He vancing steadily. ir the difficult terrain cast of the Memse between Milly an American troops steadily enlarged of the their gains east of this stream lit:S0 p. m..Gc-man resistance Meuse agains't positions long held by Vilosfjes. We threw back the en< to-day. has informed my who was on To-night our guns are pounding the The War Deparment against American pressure west of the the enemy on the front, Sivry to the advancing Fontaine Germans and Mrs. Sullivan, of -161 West Nine¬ Bois de La Grande were in the centre of the bntt'efmnt, an their last hope of remain¬ Mary -Meuse stiffened considerably to-day. Montagne, the ing in northeastern France and south¬ teenth Street, that her son, Private heavily engaged. recaptured Bois de l'Epinoi James of the Marine The Germans are artillery, gai contests The flghtine ended on the ( ern Belgium--along the Mezieres- Sullivan, Corps, using During successful air yes¬ ridge line. died from disease in France on Octo¬ and machine guns. terday afternoon three additional heights east of the Meuse. On th Sedan-Montmedy-Metz railway said east bank of the Meuse we beat o Disorganized and harassed our ber 3. Mrs. Sullivan yesterday where cn'-my 'planes were brought down. by son was not dead. In of The village of Beaumont, renewed < gunfire and followed our that her proof S. American attacks east closely by Se Al! of our Aliman Olli. machines returned. she submitted the fol¬ there are more than 400 French civil¬ Sivry and in the Bois de Etraye. troops, the enemy is giving up posi¬ h'er statement WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (EVEN- tion after position, though lowing: ians, is the particular target of the First under Lieu- stubbornly. most recent letter from = ING).- The Army, ITALIAN Mis main forces arc? apparently moving First, her MADiïSON AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Germans. All last night they deluged tenant General Liggett, has con¬ toward the German border, while the her son reports him perfectly well. tinued its success. ROME..At 3 p. m. Monday oi Second, he isn't in France ¿^t all, but Beaumont with poison gas. had reached Slurlorno tl lighter elements are engaged in what if Crossing the river south of Dun- troops in appears to bo the task of hold¬ stationed at Quantico, Va. Third, Tlhtrty=iourtih Street Street Another formidable enemy defence a Venostra Valley, the Passo Del hopeless X he it con-I Tín¡!rty=ñfth sur-Meuse under heavy artillery ing back our who forded the he died on OctoDer kept une, on which the Germans planned fire, which wrecked the Mendola and the defile of Saloni troops, cealed from his mother, for he was to make a frequently Meuse tens of thousands. stand, was smashed by the newly constructed bridges, the in the Ad ige Valley, Cembra in tl by home on furlough on that day. Americans late Tuesday when they cap¬ of General Hines's Aviso Valley, Levico in the Early to-day American aviators flew tured the town of in the bend troops Major Sugai low through the rain spotted fires burn¬ Lctanne, corps fought their way up the slopes Valley, Fiera di Primero in tl in- the towns M the Meuse south of Mouzon. From of the east bank. the Cismon Valley, Pontebba Plez2 ing of Mouzay, Harau- Yanks Are Mistreated Detanne the Breaking mont, Brandeville, Romagne-Sous-les- line extends along the enemy's strong resistance, they capt¬ Tolmino, Gorzia, Cervignano, Aqu Cotcs and other Meuse through Pouilly and Inor and ured Hill Hill eja and Grado. places, and they later GENEVA, Nov. 6..American prison¬ Have arranged another 292, 260, Liny-De- low to extraordinary swooped enousrh our in¬ eastward. vant-Dun and drove him from the The movements provided for 1 identify ers in Germany are being badly mis¬ This lin» was of the new de¬ the fantry skirmish linen generally east of of the of the part Bois de Chatillon. During the af clauses of the armistice wl the region between Dun-sur-Meuse and treated in spite protests fences along the Meuse from Stenay ternoon our gains in this sectoi Austria-Hungary are being carri American Red Cross. Americans arriv¬ northward to Sedan. An Sivry, advancing up the hills in the di¬ the at elaborate were extended northward; Dun-sur- out. During yesterday no war ope rection of Damvillers. Hill south¬ ing at prison camps Limberg, reach system recently had been com¬ Meuse was and our line nt.îrm vue ri»nnrfpd. 292, Parmstadt and Giesnen have their captured east of Dun-sur-Meuse, regarded as one pleted, along with numerous wire en¬ of the clothes stolen and their boots replaced tanglements, concrete and enemy's most formidable de¬ with wooden sabots. The Am^'-nn dugouts fences of the Meuse in this re¬ miles of concrete emplacements for Associated Press) (7 p. wi.)..The which had to be caught onto the valley Red Cross shiDDed clothing to replace top gion, fell after stern resistance. Des¬ that which was stolen. neavy machine guns. In some places crossing of the River Meuee and the of the wall edging the canal, so that 'ne ultory machine gun lire and shell fir- A protest was made to Major Gen¬ emplacements were onlv fifteen capturo of the town of Dun by the the swimmers could pull themselves up came from the unseen who Women's yards enemy, fled eral Friederich, of Dresses inspector apart. Americans will go high in American by means or ropes. It would have FianiteQ dense timber to prison¬ In their retreat east of Meuse been a by lands er-, but he replied that the eouipment the history. hard enough task for men un¬ the as ". we to military east, expected, the Germans art soldiers in captivity is considered (sizes 34 to 42) Germans, according reports The orders were to send over one disturbed by the enemy's guns, but its fighting more desperately for this posi reaching American headquarters, are first, and if it failed to send booty. aestroying property and cutting down brigade trees another and others one after the other along the roadwavs. American if this became necessary. It was with Wators reported to-day that the high- dash that the Americans tackled the rif0m Stenav northward to Olizy- Theoretically they had the at $29.O<0) »ur-Chiers is blocked every few yards problem. for five »y treea across the road. The destruc¬ choice of crossings anywhere and miles. Actually they were limited to tion begins just beyond Stenay where of a mile extends northeast and north from one one point, two-thirds 0 three of mud lay between the river itself and miles. the This additional assortment will be ors sale \ No the canal that roughly parallels placed Re«t for Germans river. As an indication of the plight of the T'fre Germans were too firmly en¬ to=day (Thursday) in the Ready=to=wear "creating Germans it Í3 known that on trenched at all other spots. They had «. entire weatern front the enemy has with trenches Third Floor.