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BELGIAN ROADS
I f Refugees Relentlessly
Eastward by Re
tting German Annies
By GEORGE RENWICK
4 Cable to livening Public Ledger
9ht 19IB by ,Yfic York Tihira Vo,
Amstrrilmn, Oct. lS,
1. ,i -odn from nrusseln, Client nml
jf.'ajmtorp are roatls of misery unit
JHfpw4V o, a number of travelers who
' 'IW Jusl crossed the frontier have toll
.W. From Flandrra and the Mite tils-
ttljw. they Ky, a great flooil of
, retfttf are iourlnit eastward, and the
, jfapects are that Ilnllnnd will In a
' fjy ty be face to face with terrible.
t..HnnBiHt inue ni win cany uayfl 01
mwir, wnen exuea or tne war mreamed
fCKM' her frontier.
The .'number of refupeen cannot, of
Www, be actually rhurccI, but It Is
;ejrcl It cannot he less than a quarter
Wf A million. Theie unhappy people, pray-
.v beards, women nnd children, with such
'stlonglnjs as they can tale with them
, nYe. one traveler tells me, turned
Antwerp Into a town of tragedy. The
"streets as we.l ns the roads leading
ato It are choked with refugees.
" ?1 .intwwn tinftftlu nfa unit rAvlnita
WLt rants are filled to overflowing People
' 'are sleeping on the floors of those
places and tlioUHamls can find no tiet-
ler" place In which to lest than the
sti-eets.
.14 . Tn Ohent. rnndltlnns jiri slmlinr. nnd
P 'nifMlf tnn fu rnrtMlv flllhic- llti
Gret caravans of refugees are mixed
f up with troops nnd their material, being
driven relentlessly along by the Oer-
roans. The soldiers. It Id said, are down
i cast and silent, while, thioimh the days
Of. blaCk misery which the refugees are
experiencing one ray nf hope shines
making; life bearable: The news spreads
alone of the heavy defeats which the
Oerman armies are sustaining.
'U. S. First Army
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&'l(UBS never before equaled and placed
In natural positions of great t-trutegic
advantage. l'erh ng's nn-n drove their
'"wedge deeper Into the Krlemhlld line.
,1 '.xjkkfni? nnil nnsslnir .Ttivin nn the western
JUnk, of the weds?, cutllng through the
.( aeconamna wire ot me hi. neorges aim
).anures-et-.Hf, IlLorges defense, nnd on
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.the eastern flank of the wedge climbing
tX .the slippery slopes of Hill IS!. lying
'Veil of Banihevlllc, and hdldlng It
against all comers.
'; AH yesterday there was bitter tlght-
SntT 'or possession of Hols Chatlllon,
which controlled the Tullerle farm. The
r 'Oerman losses here were veiy heavy.
. The dark drab whlcn hung over the
countryside was p'erced many times
trery minute by the flashes of the In
numerable cannon which wc have
Tijaased back of our lines, sending peaiv
f ferma to the weanjd but determined
f'Oermiins over on the wrong side of
, '.jvo-wan ianu, 1 ne (icrman artillery
Are, Fmart In the morning, wore down
early, in tho nfternoon. Just before 3
'.o'clock the enrmv began heavy fire
th of Cunel. Our artillery, taking up
He challenge, mined d.tck two pln-lln
one. In n bitter artillery duel wlvch
e4 three hours our artillery proved
erlor to the German.
' Atrmen Io Yeoman Work
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kjy. TMamperea ny iov,.!y-ng clntwu and
lr-r rains which made It most dllllcult to
l r, our reronnaiPFance nviaiora did
V-yeoman work, fly'ng at a height nf sort
fjrardB and keeping close tab on the tier-
r man movements.
A word should be fa Id about flernnn
jinachlne-gun nest". Thee, long built
,M part of tho Krfemhild defense", were
'made of masonry and Ftrcl. They were
ot only Impregnable to rifle lire, hut
"S chella bounced off them. In
many' easei without -centlng damage.
Bren direct hits from Jn5s sometimes
failed' to. put them out. About the only
way to' best them was by surrounding.
.A-When the top of a hill Is crested with
fc these Jim bxes, the dlllloulty of nil
jf -vance Deqonies exceedingly great nnd
, tec; iimijuso ciiuiiiiuun ldib wnen at
"tempt" are made to ru&h these positions
p .rontatiy.
.-uermans in our hands seems Imbued
with the Idea that the war Is about
J ,ided r They believe nn armh-tlce Is
boui to dc signed, nut tneir uincers
''are loreachlne to them thnt ttiev miit
. 'aWllt thetr hurdest In f-t tli ti..tff Iafiiiu
iter the fatherland. Their fighting Is
Jt a quality than which the (Jennan
DBimand could ask no more In the way
f ' nMtnnnl htflv,rt np ntamln.j l.'n-
KAMVIne' the advantage of nnsttlcn tliev
Effcro tnaklng our advance peculiarly dlf
fe Hcultl It has been explained that the
,.JiGerman command pins :i great pait of
flha fate of the whole front on the sue-
iir in nommc oaca int) American
h ftehtera.
,Jv We took additional prisoners ester
ttaj. the Germans not surrendering read-
My.but generally fighting until no chance
appeared to be left.
"-''"A tribute should be paid to the bar-
vHiood of the American boys fighting
Hiia, battle, one of the bitterest of the
w: r. Most of them never lived much
Irss spent days and nights outdoors. In
suoh climate. f-r which there is no
counterpart In America Itnlti and inln, ;
nothing but tain, day after day, pene-1
ti.itlng cold all thu time, and no shel
ter except holes In the ground and pup
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October 14 There bail been nothing
like nn armistice today on the ftont
of the Hirst American nrmy. Terrific
fighting has been In progress since early
this morning, between the Argoime fot-
est and the Jleuse, u here the (leimaiij
command Is exerting Itulf to the utmost
to hold 11 twenty-five kilometer sector
ag.ilnst the hammer blows of Pershing's
llRhtlng men. j
Fresh German reserves bate put In 1
their appearance. Despite the bitter re
sistance of the enemy troops, ne made (
progress along the entire front of our ,
attack.
The Alie was ciossed cast of Grand
T're. Landres and St. Georges were1
reached Hill 288. west of Hiiiithevllle. ,
Is ours, as welt as the 'itols-l'iilhere. and j
most of the Hols Kuril Jtomagne and
Curiel are In our hands ,
le-y could clear out these nostf, and then
m,ide satisfactory progress.
1 ne Hermans arc leaving behind a
considerable number of Infernal ma
chlm s. a specialty being mines left In
diignuiM timed to explode In teventy-two
houis
A great admixture of military unit."
in some cases elenu nts of seven or eight
liif.nlr regiments. Is being captured
in our front This Indicates that the
Guiiniin commands are cut to pieces and
ate he.nir patched up hurriedly tn
nsiM our blow Hetween 70u and 8U0
pnaoners were cap'tired toda.i.
Germans Retreat
South of Lille
Ofilciul War Reports
AMKIUCAN
lleaihiunrtrrs American l'.xpedltlonary
1'iirres. Oct 16 (Delayed).
our troops today continued their at
tack on both s'.des of the Meuse, on
lounterlng stubborn resistance from a
re-enforced enemy. Kast of the Meuse
Krench and American trcopg have
gained ground. West of the river thu
fighting has Incrcnscd In violence, and
our Hoops have made aubstnntlal
gains, Including lllll " wl,,''n
changid hands three times, We have
broken the rlemhlld-Htellung line at
niw points, where our men closed with
the enemy In a series ot hand-to-liatul
encounters In which they took prls
oncis. ,
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Perl.. Oct. 1.
In the course of the night we made ,
a tltlle progress to the ntirtti of sis
sontie nnd north of Asfeld-la- IHe. w
toiied n lolent counter-attack,
strongly eupportfd by artillery. In the
region of St. Germalnmont.
The the southwest of llethcl we cap- j
tur.'d the village of Acyltniiianc. ;
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niir patrols gained ground "llh"V I
durlni! the night In the Doual-t.llle ,
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fiotn the liollcKhctn fiont Here Hrlt
Isli patiols lmvo reached thu uutsklrtB
of the town of N'i'iivclili).
Hoiilers was In goo-1 condition after
the (icrm-in ri'tlremrnt Kast of the
.TltVt lifftrM lllirlf ni l.ilnra rdnnr)tl
that the Germans were pulling back their !'"' tllc HiBi'lnuiiistMr icatl has been
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nttlllery in front
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The advance Is all the more signifi
cant, htenuee captured orders gae the
command to hold that line before the
Americans at all costs.
The crossing of the Alie was per-
luiineii unuer greai iiimciiiTies anil wiin j m(,nt
much bravery. Last night our tngl- ,,.ns
neers going up to tne infantry line at
tempted to throw a bridge across the
fifty-foot stream, but were halted by
hand grenades thrown by Germans In
trenches not more thmi 100 junta away.
This morning we put down a he-ivy
artillery preparation on the foo rlllotis
oast of Orand-I're and got two bridges
across. All day our engineers worked,
repairing these crossings as fan a
the German shells damaged them
The Americans had much dllllculty In
getting over, and also on the river south
of Hatithevllle. where the Infantry was
caught In a heavy machine-gun fire
front the Hols HantheUlIc and Hols
Itapnes
The fighting on our sector todiv was
Perhaps the bitterest on the whole front
in the lat three days. The reaon of
the German desire to hold bad; the
American army Is eaplly understood
Our sector hetween the Argonne and
the Jleuse Is the key to the German line
from west of T,aon to the east of the
Jfetihe. This menus one of the vltnl
spots of the whole front from the sea
to the Moselle, because If the Allies can
get through here much further till Germ-in
communication through Mezlero
wlll be Imperiled.
Mennre Main Siipiily I hie
Tile Mezleres r.llhoad is the center
of the foe lines of supply from I.ai.n to
the Meuse. The main line from Nuniiir
branches here with Important brunches
to J.aon. Rethel and Stenny. each of
which feeds numerous smaller railroad
lines.
While Mezleres 1 not dliectly north
of the American .11 my. cur advance
means that the foe will lose his supply
lines at lean on a third of the whole
salient from tho sea to the Mrrelle
This, of course, would foree a retire
ment all the way along thu line. There
fore the Germans be1iee they must hold
back the Americans to avert 11 mill'.aiy
disaster
The flKhtlng today took our In ops In
to a large part of the Krlemhllde line
and put them up against heavy wlte
defenses. While culling through they
weie heavily shelled with gas, especial
ly In the region of I.andres.
German Infantry was seen today haul
ing back ." field pltees. Thl Is ex
plained, perhaps, by the fact that the
Germans are very short of horacs. our
gunners having killed a great many last
week.
Hear Out Miiehlne (inns
There was bitter lighting leading Into
the Hois Hantlievllle where the Germans
had many machine guns. Our Infantry
was halted temporarily uniil the artil-
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tlniwnl -mitlnviiril of the area mulct
:it(iicl will Invoke UI(. whole IJIIc
salient.
(This despatch shows retreats both
north and south nf I.Ille. onp letlro-
bclng between that city and
and t.lno miles .southwest of
Mile I'ont-a-Vpii.lIn Is five miles north
cist of l.ens. Ilolleglieiii south of
Courtiai and northeast of Mile)
Kt-urxiiaril Actions
Everywhere the (Jerm.in.s arc fight
ing i-Mtrgtini-ct iifliotiK with lJtKe tlrn
ber.s of men Involved In the strugRle
The battle Is belntr fought In a Von
tlnuons rain, which makes thu light
ing Increasingly dlfTlcuIt. Trooiis
Moinilng nhcail lose their fontlnir 1.1
the ooze, some sinking In fur ns
their knes. The wounileil returning
from the front nre plastered with mud
Guerne has been stormed nnd taken
1 nil the llolilans have captured Bevcrn
Stutltnf. Tliev arc cast ami north of
the Uevern Canal and nre past Iseg.
hem.
The new gnlns bale further turned
the German lines both north and south
of the area under attack, and the enemv
retirement teported from the southward
Is the rfsult. Further withdrawals on
a moan scale may be expected unless i
the weather continues so bad as to nre- ,
vent further advance The enemy Is
showing signs of nervousness, and more
tires and explosions are reported.
Latest reports Indicate that the
renuli cavalry linn manages! to get
,i,-,,,,,.i, elm (lerni.iti lines. They have
reached Llchte-rvelde and now nre prob
ubly beyond that place.
lilsewhere along the front either tlrll-
Ish forces are gaining ground, but their ,
progress bus been merely tn straighten 1
the lines and to carry out consolidating j
operations In advantageous positions, j
Knemy defenses of great power were I
encountered during the day by the nrlt. ,
!sb There were wire entanglements or 1
great depth nnd Innumerable pill boxes ;
which bad to be reduced
There was an Impressive scene at
Ittiulers when the Place wtls taken. A
French major gntheted the rescued ci
vilians and German prisoners around a
ballet ed planti In the square, and as
the shells screamed overhead he played
the Marseillaise."
Did you ever hear that before?" he ,
asked tlie people of the eity. :
The civilians cheered themselves
hoarse. j
frexch inn rown
MILK FROM RETHEL
Wv the Auuciated Prew
I'arli., Oct. I -'French forces hete1
ptured the village of Ac.v-Komant.-e.
within a utile of the important raiiwa 1
Junction or Hetic 1. in me . huiiiiukii., .
the War Olllce unnoiituHel today.
The 1-rencu nave 1 rwum- nun-i
progress to tne norm ml o.b-k.ihit, nim
betweii HIsonne (east en' I.aon) nnd ,
Rethel thev rcpuisen u vmu-m e-neiuj
countcr-iittiicli near St Germalnmont.
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