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VOLUME XX.
HUN RETREAT FROM LILLE SALIENT CONTINUES;
BERLIN ADMITS EVACUATION OF STRONG POINTS
WATSON CONTEST IS i
TO OE DECIDED BT
lOTH COMMITTEE
Caucus Votes Against Taking
Matter to State Committee
Judge Hill's Contest Before
Convention in Macon
BT BOOEM WIXTEB
(jouraal STt-aff Carrwpondtut.)
MACON. G*.. Oct. 3.—lt was nearly
11 o'clock before the state Democratic
convention was called to order this
morning Following prayer by Dr. Doug
las. of Macon, the convention elected
Nathaniel F. Culpeppers of Meriwether
county, as temporary chairman. Hiram
Gardner, of Putnam county was then
elected temporary secretary.
The committee on credentials and the
committee on rules were then announc
ed by the temporary chairman. The
committee on credentials was as fol
lows: W. J. Willie, chairman; S. C.
Groover. Hollis Fort, 8. J. Slate, A. J.
Fleming. Joseph S. Calhoun. D. Owens,
A. S. Chamblee. H. J. Quaince. L. D.
Shannon. , .
The committee on rules was as fol
lows: J. J. E. Anderson, chairman;
W. A. Covington. H. M. Weaver, C. F.
McLaughlin. Walter Pharr. W. P. Wai-,
lace. E. E. Lindsey. J. R- Tweedy, L.
E. Tate. A. E. Massengale. J. D. cope-;
land, Earl Camp.
While these committees were in ses
sion in anterooms. Temporary Chair
man Culpepper delivered an eloquent
address, reviewing the achievements
of the Democratic party and eulogizing
President Wilson as the greatest stales
man of the age. His references to the
president were greeted with prolonged
applause. The credentials committee
- brought in a report recommending that
the delegates named by the governor
be recognized as the duly accredited
delegates This report was unanimous
ly adopted.
Watson Contest
Shortly before the convention was
wailed to order the delegates from the
Tenth congressional district held a cau
cus And parsed a resolution declaring .
that the Thomas E. Watson contest ,
should be decided by the Democratic
executive committee of the Tenth dis
trigt. The vote of the resolution was ,
18 to 5. Major Charles E. McGregor,
of Warren county, formerly a Watson
lieutenant, but now at outs with him,
stated that he indorsed the resolution
Supporters of Congressman Vinson,
led by William H. Burwell, of Sparta,
were planning to fight the Watson con- ,
test rignt from the jump on tne floor ,
of the convention, taking the position :
that it ought to go back to the Tenth
district executive committee, and that
the district committee's action ought |
and must be final in the matter.
Judge Hill is here with Judge Spencer
R. Atkinson, of Atlanta, and other sup
porters. John D. Humphries is here
with W. Carroll Latimer, who is acting
as his attorney. The latter contends
that the action of the Fulton county •
executive committee in overruling
Judge Hill's contests was final and de
cisive. and that Judge Hill has no right
of appeal to the state convention or
state committee. On the other hand.
Judge Atkinson contends that the office •
of judge of the superior court is not a
local office but a state office voted on ;
by the entire state in the general elec- j
tlon. and hence Judge Hill Joes have
the right to bring his appeal to the
state convention. >
In well-informed circles it was pre
dicted that the convention would refer
both contests to the new state execu
tive committee, that this committee
would send them to a sub committee. '
and that this sub-committee would
overrule both contests
Flynt Permanent Chairman
Pending the report of the rules com
mittee. the temporary chairman enter
tained nominations for permanent chair
man and J. J. Flynt. of Spalding coun
ty. was unanimously elected upon nomi- I
nation of A. B. Conrer. of Decatur
county; seconded by Felton Hatcher, of
Bibb county, and Judge H. W. Hopkins, i
of Thomas county.
Hiram Gardner was then elected per
manent secretary of the convention.
The rules committee then submitted a
report recommending as usual that the
parliamentary rules of the general as
sembly of Georgia be adopted for the
procedure of the convention.
In regard to contested nominations
the rules committee recommended that
all such contests be immediately re
ferred to the state executive commit
te without debate, the state committee
e have tpower o act. This immediately
brought a resolution from W. H. Bur
well. of Hancock, floor leader for con
gressman Carl Vinson. proposing to
an,end the committee's report by pro
viding that the contest by Thomas E.
Watson in the Tenth district should be
referred to the Tenth district execu
tiv ecommittee with power to act finally.
In accepting his nomination: Govern
or Dorsey delivered a very brief speech
in which he renewed his pledge to dedi
cate his best efforts to the service of
the people; spoke of the state’s unprece
dented prosperity, and expressed his
gratification that Georgia’s loyalty and
patriotism, questioned because of the
misrepresentation by some in high of
fice. have been abundantly vindicated by
the results of the recent election.
William J. Harris nominated
William J. Harris was then nominated
by his campaign manager. Dr. L. S.
Ledbetter, who spoke of his lifelong
friendship for Mr. Harris, of his strug
gles In boyhood against adversity and
• of his sterling qualities as a citizen and
a man. He spoke of the brothers and
nephews of Mr. Harris who are now in
the military service of the nation, and
gave a glowing recital of Mr. Harris'
record in the federal government.
A mention by Dr. -Ledbetter of the
name of Mrs. Harris, who is a daugh
ter of the late General Joe Wheeler,
was received by the convention with
gracious and prolonged applause. Mrs.
Harris was seated in the convention
kail.
In conclusion. Dr. Ledbetter present
ed Mr. Harris as a man who measures
up to the fu+l stature of a man, as a
friends whose loyalty has never been
disputed, as a partiot who exemplifies
the finest traditions of his family and
his state, and as a public servant who
will never shirk a duty la'd upon him.
Liberty Bonds Bought NOW Are Exempt irom Taxation.
Full Associated Press Service
ANTI - MILITARIST
IB NEW CHANCELLOR
? OF GER MANY, REPORT
Prince Maximilian, of Baden,
Opponent of Junkers, Suc
ceeds Von Hertling, Berlin
Paper Says
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 3.—Prince Maxi
milian of Baden has been named Ger
man imperial chancellor, according to
Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin.
A council meeting took place at the
chancellor's palace in Berlin last eve
ning. according to advices received here.
Emperor William presided and the meet
ing was attended by Field Marshal von
Hindenburg, who had come to Berlin
With the emperor. Former Chancellor
von Hertling. Vice Chancellor von Payer
and several state secretaries attended.
Prince Maximilian of Baden Is a
man whose peace views are known to
be opposed to those of the pan-Ger
mans. He is the recognized head of ths
Delbrueck moderates and is a man about
whom the anti-militaristic elements of
the empire may gather in an effort to
bring about a negotiated peace.
Prince Maximilan Alexander Freder
ick William was born July 10, 1867. His
father was the brother of the reigning
grand duke of Baden. Max's wife was
Princess Marie Louise, Duchess of.
! Brunswick-Luneburg. Her family claims
I to be o fthe royalty of Great Britain.
CONFLICTING REPORTS
ON TURKEY’S ATTITUDE
LONDON. Oct. 3.—Turkey has noti
fied Germany that she intends to pro
pose peace to the allies, a Zurich dis
natch to the daily News declares.
Germany is said to have replied at
some length, partly in a menacing and
partly in a pleading tone. Turkey’s de
cision is believed imminent.
The dispatch further says that Ger
many has declared her intention of oc
cupying Bulgaria militarily.
A Central News dispatch from Paris
states on the contrary that the Turk
ish ministerial council has decided to
i maintain the alliance with Germany and
’ Austria-Hungary. > .
PRINCE IS FAVORABLY’
CONSIDERED FOR PLACE
BASEL, Oct. 3.—Prince Maximilian is
j favorably considered for the German
I chancellorship, accordin gto south Ger*
man papers, which say that Konstantin
Fehrenbach. president of the reichstag.
and Vice Chancellor von Payer have
definitely refused the place.
RECOGNIZE STATUS OF
ARABS AS BELLIGERENTS
LONDON, Oct. 3.—The allied govern- ,
me nt? have decided formally to recog
nize the belligerent status of the Arab |
I forces fighting as auxiliaries with the ;
allies with the common enemy in Pales- |
tine and Syria.
BULGARIAN PRISONERS
MI ST WORK FOR ALLIES
MILAN, Oct.' 3.—Bulgarian prisoners i
wil continue to work for the entente un
der the armistice terms, the newspaper I
Secolo learned today, while at the same |
I time Bulgaria must release all entente
prisoners. _ .
The armistice also provides for the
j withdrawal of Austro-German troops
from Bulgaria within four weeks.
OCCUPATION BY' ALLIES
OF BULGARIA PROGRESSING’
P KRIS. Oct 3.—Occupation of Bui- ;
garia by allied troops is progressing
normally, according to Marcel Hutin, of
the Echo de Paris.
Bulgarian troops resist at certain
(•oints. he says, but submit as soon as
1 they are apprised of the fact that an
armistice has been signed- German
troops which have been fighting in .
Macedonia are moving northward and
appear to be organizing a defensive line .
along the Danube. They have already ;
fortified the Rumanian hank of the river •
i-nd it appears that communications be- ■
tween Sofia and Constant!pole have fri
, ready been cut. 1
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ITALIANS OPEN
DRIVE IN ALBANIA
ON THE AUSTRIANS
WASHINGTON, Oct.. 3.—The Italian
| army in Albania has launched an of
fensive against the Austrians there,
cables to the Italian embassay stated
I today.
The purpose of the offensive is to
demoralize and destroy the Austrian
1 armies in Albania with a view to facili
tating the expected surrender of Tur
key, the cable explained. General Ser
rero. operating three columns, is ad
vancing victoriously with the object of
effecting a junction with the left wing
under General d’Esperey. The Aus
! trians are resisting vigorously, aiming
; to hold the allies in check at all costs
: until reinforcements arrive.
The advances already made by the ]
Italians from the south folowing close:
on the heels of the retreating Austrian |
army, is threatening the latter with i
isolation from the north.
LONDON. Oct 3 —(3 P. M.)—Aus->
: tralian mounted troops operating in the I
. region northeast of Damascus, In Syria, I
' on Wednesday charged and captured a'
I Turkish column. Fifteen hundred pris- j
■ oners were taken and two guns and for- I
ty machine guns were captured, accord- j
: !ng to an official statement issued today j
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918.
112 AMERICANS DIE
WHEN NAVAL SHIP
TAMPA IS SUNK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The United
States ship Tampa, a former guard cut
ter in naval service, was lost off the
English coast September 26, with all
on board, while on convoy duty.
Ten officers and 102 enlisted nten of
the crew, one British officer and five
civilian employes, lost their lives.
A navy department statement today
announcing the disaster says the ship
was sunk at night in the Bristol chan
nel and that reports indicate that sh<
was struck by a torpedo while escort
i ing a convoy.
Captain C. Satterlee, of the coast
: guard, commanded the cutter. Appar
; ently there were no eye-witnssses to
the sinking. The navy’s report says
an explosion was felt after the Tampa
had gone well ahead of the convoy about
8:45 p. m., and that later quantities of
wreckage, one of the Tampa's life
belts and bodies of two unidentified
officers were found.
Reports of the disaster, which oc
curred just a week ago, began to reach
Washington today as the result of pri
vate messages sent by the navy de
partment to the families of the men
lost. Then the department made the
following anouncement:
SENT TO FOREIGN WATERS
AT BEGINNING OF WAR
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 3.—The cutter
Tampa "was formerly the Miami. Her
namH was changed about three years
ago when she was placed on patrol duty
on the west coast of Florida with head
quarters at Key West. She had been
used consirerably in patrolling ice lanes
in northern Atlantic waters, in ac
cordance with the international agree
ment before the United States went into
the war.
On the declaration of war she was
sent to foreign waters and it is under
stodd she was in the Mediterranean and
near- Gibraltar part of the time.
A number of her crew were from this
city and the parents of fourteen of
them have been notified by the navy
department that their sons are missing.
V ESSELS REPORT U-BOAT
200 MILES FROM U. S.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 3.—Re
ports of a German U-boat in operation
200 miles off the Atlantic coast were
brought here today by two merchant
vessels. Both vessels reported they re
ceived S. O. S. calls, which told of
shelling by a U-boat, but neither was
able to catch the position or name of
the vessel under attack.
Twenty-Two Workmen
Are Killed by Train
CLEVELAND. 0.. Oct. 3.—Twenty- !■
two workmen were killed instantly and |
two injured early today when a fast I
Pennsylvania train ploughed through
them as-they were leaving a work train
at Bedford, near here.
A heavy fog is said to have obscur
ed the train's approach.
200,000 TONS OF
COAL PROMISED
CONSUMERS HERE
BY THEODOBE TILLER
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.—Apprehensive
that there may be a coal shortage in
Georgia and particularly Atlanta, Sena
tor Hoke Smith today made representa
tions to the fuel administration which
brought the routing of a large consign
ment of coal to the Georgia capital.
Other shipments to Atlanta and various
Georgia cities, it was promised, will
follow.
Senator Smith ascertained that coal
mine in Alabama and Tennessee were
shinning coal to far-away northwestern
states, while there was a danger of a
coal shortage nearer home. He insisted
that near-by localities should be sup
plied by the southern coal fields and the
fuel administration recognized the logic
of such shipments. Senator Smith was
assured that approximately two hun
dred thousands tons would be routed to
Atlanta immediately and that other
shipments would be made to relieve so
far as possible any fuel shortage in
Georgia cities
ATLANTA CONSUMERS TO
BE TAKEN CARE OF
When informed by The Journal of
the above dispatch from Washington,
M. E. Patterson, assistant fuel ad
ministrator for Atlanta, stated that this
will mean that local consumers.are cer
tain to get their pro rata share of coal
this winter. He said that Henry B.
Kennedy, Atlanta fuel administrator,
took the matter up with Washington
through Senator Smith some time ago
because the lump coal appeared to be
moving slowly in the south. Mr. Pat
terson was very much gratified at the
outcome of Senator Smith’s appeal and
said that it will help the fuel situa
tion greatly here.
QUARTER MILLION
BOCHES BAGGED IN
FRANCE SINCE JULY
PARIS, Wednesday, Oct. 2.—From
September 10 to V?epfember 30 the al
lied armies in France and Belgium have
captured 2,844 officers, 120,192 men,
1.600 cannon and more than six thou
sand machine guns, an official state
ment issued here tonight said.
From July 15 to September 30 the
allies in France and Belgium have cap
tured 5,518 officers. 248,494 men. 3,-
669 cannon, more than 23,000 machine
guns, and hundreds of mine throwers.
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CITIZENS OF ALSACE
MOVED OF ENEMY:
0. S. BLOW FEARED
Foe Retreats Before Yankees
West of Verdun —Part of
Powerful Defense Line Is
Reached by Pershing’s Men
GENEVA, Oct. 3.—German military
authorities have begun to remove the
inhabitants of Alsace, according to the
Democrate, in expectation of a Franco-
American attack on the frontier.
The inhabitants of twenty villages, in
cluding Ferrette, Goutavon and Winkel,
already have been sent to Bavaria. Some
of the villagers have escaped to Switzer
land.
Fear of disorder is rampant through
out Alsace-Lorraine, not only among the
civilians, but also among the military
forces. Food Is scarce and little fuel
is available. x
The German authorities in Alsace-
Lorraine. the Democrate adds, are afraid
of a general uprising in those provinces
when the allies cross the frontier.
ENEMY WITHDRAWING
FROM FRONT POSITIONS
BY FKANK J. TAYX.C2
WITH THE AMERICANS WEST OF
VERDUN, Oct. 3.—The Germans, it
was further indicated today, are with
drawing from their advanced positions
to the Kriemhilde-Stellung line.
Their retreat is protected by strong
ly-placed machine gun positions in the
difficult terrtain between their advanc
ed line and their new defenses.
Artillery fighting increased consid
erably early this morning.
The weather continues cold and the
roads are drying rapidly, improving
fighting conditions.
AMERICAN FORCES
ADVANCE IN PRUSSIA
ARCHANGEL, Tuesday, Oct. I.—(By
the Associated,Press.) —American troops
now hold the furthest point south
reached by any of the allied forces In the
advance southward from Archangel.
This point is a small village thirty-five
miles south of Shenketrsk, on the River
Vaga. The Bolshevik stronghold of
Velsk is only forty miles away.
From Velsk the Bolsheviki send out
small gunboats from which they land
parties to attack the Americans. The i
Bolsheviki, however, always flee to the
shelter of the gunboat when attacked.
The inhabitants near the American
advanced post are largely of Bolshevik
sympathies, as those opposed to the
Bolsheviki fled to Shenkursk to the
protection of the allied and Russian
forces. A party of about 100 peasants
is doing splendid work scouting for the
allies.
Thirty-five miles south of Shenkursk
would place the American troops in the
government of Vologda. Velsk. or
Bielsk. the Bolshevik base, is 200 miles
north of the city of Vologda.
FURIOUS FIGHTING BY
I'ANKS AT ST. QUENTIN
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
THE ST. QUENTIN SECTOR, Wednes
day, Oct. 2. —(By the Associated Press.)
—American regiments fighting in the
Hindenburg line along this sector or
the front have seen some of the hard
est fighting of the war. It was a fu
rious, desperate struggle into which
they plunged. They fought day and
night in groups and single-handed, in
and out of shell holes. They showed
gallantry, self-sacrifice and devotion to
duty unsurpassed by any other troops.
From the instant they leaped from
their trenches they ran into snipers
and hordes of machine guns. German
infantrymen, spurred on by their offi
cers, stood up before them, offering
hand-to-hand combats.
Some of the stories of the men who
fought tell of the terific nature of the
struggle. One Brooklyn regiment took
’ and retook a position known as the
“knoll” three times. The battle swung
I back and forth with the men so close
to each other that rifle butts were just
as effective as anything else.
On the first assault the Americans
rushed forward and * suddenly met
masses of machine guns which wen
camouflaged and held their fire until
the Americans were close upon them
The Americans went right on and were
on top of the guns before they began
firing. The Germans did not continue
their murderous work long. A dash, a.'
leap, a flash of a bayonet and a stab
of flame from a rifle and one nest after
another was silenced and the Americans
plunged on.
KRIEMJIILD-STEELING
LINE REACHED BY U. S.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Wednes- ;
dav, Oct. 2.—(By the Associated Press.)
—American units reached the Kriem
hild-Steelung line at one point today.
Just south of Brieulles they advanced
: to a spot where they established actual
contact with this famous enemy sys- ;
The so-called Kriemhild-Vteelung line
which the American front faces today
is part of the general German defensive
M-stem beginning at Douai,. continuing
south of La Fere and thence east to
the Meuse. Crossing the Meuse the line :
extends eastward by the way of Etaln ■
and runs across the St. Mihiel salient ;
to the Moselle, which it reaches just
south of Pagny. When the St. Mihiel '
salient was reduced by the Americans
the enemy was forced behind this sys- |
tern in that vicinity.
On the greater part of the front be
tween the Aire and Meuse rivers th’e
enemy is cither on or immediately in
front of this line. On this front the ene ,
my’s main combat zone was bounded '
on the south by a line of resistance
along Lairfoon ravine and on the north
by the Volker-Steelung line. This ex
cer.tionally strong system originally
began east pt' Montfaficon and ran
south of that city through Ivoiry, Epi- ,
nonville and the woods east of Eclis- i
fontain. *
The Americana have already broken ;
through this principal zone of resistance
and so arc facing the Kriemhild- ;
Steelung system. From the west to the •
east along this front the system runs
(Continued on Page 2, Column 2)
NUMBER 107.
CHALLERANGE FALLS;
FRENCHARENEARING
. TOWN OF CRAONNE
I
Armentieres and Lens Evacu-
ated and Allies Are Within
Seven Miles of Lille—Huns
Retreat on 20-Mile Front
BERLIN, Oct. 3.—(Via London.) —
Lens was evacuated by the Germans on
Tuesday night, the war office announc
ed today.
Armentieres was evacuated the sama
evening.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—(Summary of
European War Cables.) —The evacuation
of Belgium appears to have begun with
a German retreat on the twenty-mile
front between Armentieres and. Lens,
which the British are closely following
up.
This retirement already has reached a
maximum depth of two miles. The Ger
mans have given up strongly organized
positions which they had maintained
ever since trench warfare began, and
which rendered a portion of ‘this sector
the most thoroughly stabilized on the
wjiole northern part of the west front..
The British, pressing forward on this
front, are within about seven miles oi
the important French industrial and
communication center of Lille, the civil
ian population of which is already leav
ing under orders of the Germans. 'Ar
mentieres has been practically
ed and its fall is expected hourly. Tffe
enemy is reported to be burning Koul
ers, at the apex of the Anglo-Belgian
wedge farther north, which also has
been nearly encircled.
Field Marshal Haig renewed his at
tacks north of St. Quentin this morning
where yesterday the British nearly ef
fected a break through by smashing a
breach thrdugh the Beaurevoir-Fon
soir.me subsidiary defense line. A coun
ter attack yesterday closed up the hole
and won back-the village of Sequehart
for the enemy. Haig apparently is de
termined not to permit the Germans to
again consolidate their positions there.
The French continue to drive ahead in
the Champagne and west, of RJieims.
Challerange, which formed one of the
i Germans’ principal defenses on the
I western ring of the Argonne forest, has
been captured.
General Berthelot is rapidly clearing
the enemy out of the angle formed by .
the Aisne river and the Aisne-Marne
canal, northwest of Rheims. He is now
within five miles of Craonne.
In losing Challerange the Germans
lost command of the railway running . .
through the Argonne forest at Grand-
Pre. The line was the main supply lihe
of the Germans facing the Americans
east of the Argonne. .
In withdrawing in the Lille salient the
Germans are endeavoring to get out of'
the giant trap which Marshal Foch has
constructed. ,
While hammering the formidable
Cambrai-Loan line b ythrusts in Flan
ders and from Rheims to the Meuse he
is bending back the German flanks. The
German supply lines are menaced by the
allied advances on the flanks and should
they be cut the German situation would
' be most desperate. It would seem, how
-1 ever, that the retirement, unless to a
great depth, would be of little ultimate
I avail toward putting off a retreat ail
along the line from the North sea to
i •
From Julv 15 to September. 30 the
allied armies in France and Belgium
' captured more than 254.000 prisoners, 3.-
I 200 guns and 23,000 machine guns. From
I September 10 to September 30, 123,000
I men, 1,600 cannon and more than 6,000
1 machine guns were taken.
With Damascus lost to the British,
I Turkey is again reported to have unof
| ficiallv approached the allies with pro
posals fd ran armistice.
In Austria the demand for peace is
assuming a more definite phase. Baron
von Hussarek, the Austrian premier;
has made an address before tha lower
house of parliament in which he ex-,
pressed the belief that efforts to end the
war would be continued by Austria and
outlined some of the problems M»hich a
peace by negotiation would involve.
HUNS CONTINUE RETREAT
ON TWENTY-YHLE FRONT
; LONDON. Oct. 3.—The Germans are
j retreating on the 20-tnile front between
’! Armentieres and Lens, Field Marshal
I Haig announced today. They are evac-
I uating highly organized positions which
they had held since the beginning of
trench warfare.
The. retirement already has reached a
maximum depth of two miles and the
i British advance is continuing.
! The Germans have fallen back to the
! line of Cite St. Auguste, Douvrin, east •
of La Bassee, east of Aubers and west
of Bois Grenier. ' (Cite St. Auguste is
i about a mile directly north of Lens.
Douvrin is a mile and a quarter south
i east of La Bassee. Aubers is four
; miles north of La Bassee. Bois Gren
ier is two miles directly south of Ar
mentieres). |
The text of the statement reads:
“The progress made by the allied
offensives in Flanders and before Cam
| brai and St. Quentin, combined with
■ the heavy losses inturred by his troops
i in their endeavors to resist the suc
i cessful attacks, has compelled the en-
I eniy to undertake an extensive with
; drawal of his line.
“From Lens to Armentieres the en
-1 emy is evacuating the highly organized
• positions held by him since the coni
meocenient of trench warfare and which
i he had hitherto defended with the ut
most resolution.
I "This movement, which was not un
i expected, is being followed up closely
by our troops, who are maintaining con-
■ slant touch with the German rear
guards, inflicting many casualties and
taking prisoners.
“On the front of the retirement we
' have alreadj- reached <he general line
;of Cite St. Auguste, Douvrin, east of
La Bassee, east of Aubers and w west of
; Bois Grenier. The advance is* contin
. uing. .
I “Yesterday evening the enemy attacks
!ed our positions north of Cambrai. He **•
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