V '.- "'j. ,,& .if ,'r '1 iff tl !' ,'': ij . t - EVEI-TNG PUBLIC LBDGEB PHILADELPHIA, ' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEK 6, .1918. . i AMERICANS FORCE MEUSE CROSSING t tike Pontoons Cnnturcd at Marnc to Win Way Over River 4 t WEST BANK IS CLEARER V f Engineers, Working in Cold Water to Armpits, Build Bridges Under Fire By EDWIN L. JAMF.S Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CojivrtoM. in, bu Stw York Tlmm Co. Willi the Amerlrnn Army In Vrnnce, Kov . 1 Accepting the challenge of the ner mann who threw In heavy ronervei In nn attempt to hold the lino on the Meurte from fllvry to the north, the American First Army turned eastward yesterday, cleared the went bank of the river from Slvry up to beyond I'oullly and, using pontoons thrown across In , the dark hours of early morning, effected J passage across the Meuse at three points below Stenay. Pershing's men crossed In force, throwing the Hermans back from their defense on the Canal do 1'Kst, t" east of the Meuse Our sweep took us through the forest ' of Dleulet. We cleaned up IaneuUlle took Cesse and Luzy and pushed on to the outskirts of Letanne. reaching the west bank across from Martlncourt, Inor and Poullly. Oeneral Llggett's men last night Mere 1 fighting on the outskirts of Stenay, lesi than one kilometer distant from the main part of the town. In the center we broke the new Oer I man line of reslstanco running from I Stenay to Omont when we pushed be' i yond Beaumont on the north of the Beaumont-Stonne highway, cleaning out I the Bols de St. Perremont, j Our attack on the left carried out i the line to Tannay and on beyond Into j 'the Beds du Mont Dleu, and the loner J end of the forest of Mazarln. Our troops In th region of Stenay b are four miles from the main Lotiiruyon- S Metz-Sedan railroad line and twelve . miles from the Belgian border. In the I region of Stonne our front line Is some t eleven miles from Sedan, historic Inter- iert In which Is peculiarly keen as ap plied to the present situation. Dan Reported Evacuated r Dun IS reported to have been evac- iuated by the enemy. At last reports some Clermans were still In Stenay, but i In a perilous situation because of our I advance. For weeks the German com 1 mand has been Issuing orders that j Americans are not on any account to ' be allowed to crors the Meuse. ' It appears to have been then the plan to withdraw on our left while holding I" our right on the Meuse. Our sudden and successful attack has smashed this defense lino at a vital point, for a con 99 WITHOUT CONSIDER A TION, GERMAN EVACUATION ORDER Retreating Troops Ordered to Ruthlessly Seize, All Men, Horses and Cattle Soldiers Ordered to Re Captured in Sabotage Program ny EDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CopiHefit, Itlt, bv Xtu) York Tlmfj Co. Willi Hie American Army In Trance, Nov. 1 (delayed). Tearing nn attack and realizing that In tho present military situation It would mean nn Allied alliance, the Ger mans were today systematically with drawing war materials from the front, taking away everything not strictly for Immediate defensive use. Not only were they doing that, hut they were also stripping villages anil towns which might be seized by Amer icans. Ilorsei were being col railed and driven rearward All Implements and food useful to them were being stolen. .Moreover, all the malo civilian popula tion between tho ages o fourteen and sixty wero being rounded up and car ried nway. With so much talk of evacuation, one may call attention to the following order Just captured by the Second Army which relates to tho treatment of territory be hind the retreating armies: "The evacuntlon of mato population capable of bearing armi, ns well ns of cattle, haw been only partially carried out because of the passive resistance of population and the reduced forces nt the command of tho local commandants. The co-operation of troops, therefore. Is necesary. "The division commander will on this FOCH NOW COMMANDS ALLIES ON ALL FRONTS Announcement in Parliament Is Cheered ns Are Terms of Armistice L'lTALIA RIMANE SUL CAMPO DI BATTAGLIA orTcTs to nT. 'uniu to Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger irlct systematically and! Cowloht, tt, bv A'eio Vorfc Tlmrs Co, nrrnnnt trails nreh each district systematically deliver under gunrd to the comman dent's hcadduartcrs concerned all men from 14 to 60 years old, together with all cattle, for transportation. "A concentration camp will bo es tablished near each headquarters for T.nndnn, Nov. 0 It Is significant of tho temper of th" British nation ns represented by parlia ment that the two points In the nr nnnnrnmpntfl tnfwtn bv- Ttntmlnp T. Civil eKL,,m"Zn.M rtc! Oronr. In tho House of Commons n-V Stockades will similarly bo arranged for I-ord Curzon In tho House of I-ords cattle. "The cattle will bo taken to the nenrest slaughter house. All cattle fit for food will be seized Houses will be formed In columns and will be used by head qusrters for tho collection of provisions of all sorts. The headquarters nuxlllary sen Ices will direct tho work of theso columns. which uroused the greatest applause were tho fourth military clause In th nrmlstloe with Austria giving the Allies the fren. use of Austro-Ilungarlan com' munlcnttons for continued prosecution of tho war ngalnst Germany uiul the statement that Marshal Foch has beer Unanimously placed at the head of all If more horses are found, these may the forces operating ngalnst Germany on bo used to complete the authorized strength of the horses of the unit con cerned No horse will bo left In the country "Tho purpose In view cannot bo ac complished except by proceeding with out the slightest consideration." This order was Issued after the Ger mans began to talk of their willingness to evacuate territory This, perhaps, nil fronts. Next to these, Lloyd George's descrip tion of how the Versailles conclusion regarding Germany's iippllcntlnn for nn armistice were transmitted to President Wilson with tho request that he Inform Germany that application ns to terms should be mado to Foch aroused the most cheering. In the lobbies of Parliament and out Lc Armi Sarnnno Dcpostc Dopo Abbntlutn lc Resist- enza Germanica ruMlnheil unit rtlBtrltiiitM Undrr TKHMtT NO. 3lt AuthnrlaM by the set nt OctnMr n, IHIT. on.nle at the PoMofflca of Phlla ilolnhln, fa, 11' order of tht rrentrtrnt, a. s. liimt.rRON, I'oitmattrr General, moetraziont. Titttl ' nrgn en In segno ill glubllo od 1 carrt elettrlcl hanno clouto tfspendert il 04tV1t.tr posslbtlltall a clrcolars per la folia eh gremlscc le vie Durante lo celebrazlonl acroplanl e dlrlglbltl volano sulta cltta' celtamlti florl. Vn comunlcato del Mlnlstero della Ouerrn nnnunzln minnto apprcssp: "La sopenslono dellc ostlllta' contro rAustrla-t'nghcrla ha tempornneamen to sorpeso' la nostra nvanzatii, II ncmlm ha salvalo Fiolo una plccola parte della sue nrmate ncl Trentlno. 'Prima tlelle oro 3 pom. ill lunodl' lo nostre colonne impsnrono tuttl gl ostn roll o si stablllrono dletro II ncinlco nella Valle dcH'Adlge, chludcndo Tunica via it Bcampo per sso " t"wi"Bes kWSH u,Eifi ?.,. 1 alderable advance In the region of Stenay i would give an opportunity for sqeezlng trie enemy out of tho strong hills north. east of Verdun. Up to yesterday the Germans who hold the east bank of the .MUse more or less Imperiled our rapid advance on the other side of the river. There is a story of stajlng qualities jl ana Dravery or Dom nougnnoys anu en- j gineers In the crossing of the Meuse, j Monday we forced the river and got it small detachments across, which the Germans drove back. Twice we got a bridge over, only to have It destroyed. J? Under cover of Intenso darkness Mon- day night we got a largo number of pontoons along the west bank and, start ing soon after midnight, our engineers threw three bridges across near Brleul ' les, many of them working In cold water up to their armpits. Hearing a noise, the Germans stnrted machine-gun and artillery flro going. TVe rushed patrols across, which met the Qerman patrols and beat them back - The Oerman counter-attack after the crossing also was rtopped. By this time enemy shells had f wrecked one of tho bridges, so tho engi neers put across a fourth to give the requisite three. By the time it wns c''dayllght our men were marching across In force. I am not permitted to tell how many thousand we ha'd over at noon. fi To the north, near Clery-le-Petlt, we effected another crorslng and still one I mare was made. Despite continuous shelling all day, we used the crossings with little Interruption of serious conse quence. Our troops which crossed met ! heavy fighting nil afternoon ns they pushed the Germans back over "lie canal, where hundredr of the r y were 1 drowned. Heports were received late In the day that the Germans were hurrledlv pulling Imck their light artillery from heights lust ahead of our forces In the defenses northeast nf Verdun nt the forest of Woere, which resist attacks from tho south and west Our successful cross Ing of the river, of course, makes a menace from the north and west. Captured Pontoons Vsed Incidentally, tho pontoons used In the crossing were those captured on the Marne In July When the Third and Twenty-eighth Divisions on July 15 met the last great German drive nnd hurled it back, the enemy left In our possession hundreds of sheet-steel boats, which they had crossed. After we captured I-aneuvlMe Monday, the Germans blew up the bridge over the river at Stenay. By special contrlvnnce they attempted to dam the bridge by filling arches of the bridge, but met with only partial success, our bridges holding over the widening stream. This flooding also added to the difficulties of bridging the canal east of the river, which was finally accomplished at a number of strategic points, enabling the Americans to cross oxer land land pursue the Germans to the hills. Aviators report heavy movements be hind the German lines east of the Meuse. indicating that re-enforcements have been shifted to a new attack front. The German retreat Is leaving an Im mense nmount of material in our hands, of which a survey cannot yet be made. Thousands nnd thousands of shells have been captured, with nearly 200 suns und several thousand machine guns. The Gcrman are leaving the country desolated, civilians having been moved north weeks ago. We have not learned definitely whether there are civilians In Stenay, but believe there are not. The Hun has despoiled all villages, taking way or destroying everything of value, leaving a dreary waste behind him, nnd daily adding to the size of his job when on the day of reckoning he sets about repairing the damage he has done In France. A few hours' good weather the last two days gave our airplanes nn awaited opportunity. Wo bagged thirty planes Monday anil twenty-seven yesterday. Sixty bombers, protected by 100 pursuit tlanes, bombed Montmedy Monday, and yesterday forty bombers, protected by about seventy-five planes, repeated this mission. Iteconnolssance planes did good work nil day nnd German re-enforcements coming up enst of the Meuse were con tinually harassed by our aerial machine .gunners IRISH QUESTION SHELVED i: was the kind of evacuation tney were i -- ".." n.........., ..n .,.. ... talking about no horse to be left In , the terms of the armlstlco Imposed upon tho country-all food to be seized Austrla-Hungary and at the imllcat tins ! given of the character of the Versailles decisions. Tho general belief in that Foch's terms In conjunction with those of tho British Admiralty for Germany, n i . m .: .. T .,:.! if the intter nsus ror mem, win run on Commons licjCCta Motion 1 rovid-, nlm0t ,,imlnr ,nes to those dictated lllg for Sclf-Uctcrnunntion to Austria, certain differences In the Inniliin. Nov fi ftcr a discussion nature or tne situntion wnicn would lasting nil throughout the dav the House of Commons yesterday rejected, by a vote of 191 lo 115, a motion made by John Ulllon, chairman of tho Na tlonai'nt party, that the Irlh question should bo settled without delay on President Wilson's principle of solf determlnatlon. As first proposed the motion naked that Great Ilrltnln should not enter the pence, conference until the Irish question was settled. This met with lgorous op noHltlon from lMwnrd Shortt, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Andrew Honor Law, Chancellor of tho Ex chequer, who nrgued that the war had raised questions far transcending home rule. Mr. Dillon then consented to amend his motion follow Germany's acceptance being taken Into consideration. Itnmn, 6 novembrn, II Ooverno llnllano ha nnnunzlnto die "Itnlla rlmarrn' ferma In campo per I suol Allenll flno a cho la reslstenrn "ermnnlcn para' complemento nbbnttuln Vn dlspacclo da Trieste ha nnnunzlnti che plroscafl Italian! hanno hbarcato contlngentl dl truppe rtellc Isolc Palmate ill Llssa e I-agostn, sopra lo quail e' statn Issata la bandlera llnllana. Navl ila guerra Italians o cacclalorpedlnlero hanno sbarcnto truppo onche a Flume. IAmmlragllo Mlllo o" stato nomln.ito tovemntore dellc Isole, e I'Atnmlrngllo Cngnl per Flume. La nnl Flllberto e San Hon sharcarono le truppe a Flume. II Grnernle Petlttl dl llnrctn, coman ilantfl dell,, tnrri. Itnllnnn che OCUParO- no Trieste ha assunto II goiernatorato mllltarc della cltta. I marlnnl Itallanl hanno nnchi- occupato tin certo numero ui isoio deirArclpelngo paimnio r?lrrii IWriniflvlnnit ,11 TrentO si 0P- prendo che la cnwillcrl.i llnllana. alplnl ed nrtlgllerla cntmrnnii nella cltta' nllo ore 3,15 pom. ill domenlca Lavnnzatn della Prima Armatn su Trento fu rapldlssltna o plu' dl 20.000 austrlncl eomnreso II rnmando della 15-ma. Pl vlslonc. furono fnttl prlglonlerl. I.n bandlera Itallnna fu Issata sul Castello del Huon Conslgllo trn 1'cntuslasmo Indcscrlvlhllc della popolazlnne. OH af farl anno pospesl per le celebrazlonl del In vlttorla tupra gll nustrlacl. In Itoma cd In altrc cltta rontlnunno senza Interruzlonc le intus'nstlehe dl- Ilsly Will Continue in War Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger oiwrlaM, Itlt, lv Xco Yotk Time Co. .Milan, .Nov. 6. The Home Govern ment announces that Itnly will remnln in tne field stendf st to her Allies till Germany's resistance la hopelessly tiroken. "j- iinmif! !! iimiii I t! 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