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MEDFORD, OI.lXiON, THURSDAY, OCTORKU J7, 1918
NO. 177
OSTEND OCCUPIED BY FORCES OF ALLIES;
LILLE FALLS " 1CM1 flpll MEWli
MMtui ninrn d ntu ur mm mm
UMIldUnLU
TO BRI1ISH
Allies Enter Chief Manufacturing
Citv of Northern France as Ger
mans March Out Citv Not Dam-i
aaed bv Departina Enemv Allied
Aviator Sees Street Crowded With
Citizens Wavinq Welcome and
Troops Follow.
YANK
I
HPS
Capture Accomplished Under Ter
; rific Hardships Attack Made
Without Artillery Preparation-
River Waded and Swamps Crossed i
and Germans Surprised. "
BELGIAN mm
MAP SHOWING SCENE OF ALLIED ADVANCE IN FLADERS
i- - -r Jft
Enemy Secminalv Contemplates Mak
ina Four Jumps Back in Retirement
From Lille-Douai Sector Artillerv
Already on Wav Bruues. Tur
coing Emptied of Civilians.
LONDON. Oct. 17 Lille has been
captured the British.
BRITISH IIKADQCARTKRS IN
FLANDF.RS. Oct. 17. (Renter's.)
The Germans on lcnvimr Lille, which
was enptured toilav bv British forces,
did not set tiro to the buildimrs in
the citv or cause unv explosions. .
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY TN
THE LILLE SECTOR. Oct. 17.-111
n. in. Bv tihe .Associated Press.)
South of the citv of Lille lode- the
British are before the Lille-Douai
riiilwnv almost its entire IciiL'th n:ul
probably have crossed it in the neLib
liorhood tit' Oit'iiies. about mid-wuv
hcLweon the two cities. Several I Aire as tliev untreated. The enemy's i
hours uiro thev were onlv n few liun-surnrise was unfeigned when tho
dred vards from the northern sec-.Americans smashed into his posi-
: WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 17.
10 a. m. (By Associated Tress.)
Tho capture of Grandpre by General
Pershing's forces was accomplished
under terrific hardships and with a
heroism not hinted at In tho official
announcement of the taking of this
stronghold of tho Germans north of
the Argonne forest.
The Americans took tho town pri
marily by outwitting tho enemy by
attacking without artillery prepara
tion, which the Germans had expect
ed, by wading the river Aire at four
nolnts Instead of building bridges, by
struggling thru almost Impassable' iBnurentlv orders for this movement
mud step by step until suddenly on WL.,.U unpolled because the Herman
top of the amazed Germans and ly J liiuli command wished to sine us
driving them into a retreat after mni-h, terial as possible. All pris-
hand-to-hand fighting. oners complain of u luck of sup-
Surprlso I'lilelKncd f j Pile
Tho Americana had moved to a I ,
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
BELGIUM. Wednesday. Oct. Hi. I!) p.
in. Bv the Asoscintcd l'ress.l
Withdrawn! of the Hermans from the
Lille-Douai sector becnuie more rapid
dnilv. 'I lie enemv seems lo coiitcm
"bile letiriiur at least '.i't miles on
this front, probably in lour imnps.
Bccau of dcnl'oiits inflicted on
the Germans in I'landers. u retirement
has now become of greatest urgency.
Enemv artillery in the Lille area is
heinir moved hack five miles.
As a matter of fact it has been ex
pected that the enemv withdrawal
would benin sooner than it has. hut
Lille Not Destroyed
ille ilself will not lie destroyed bv
Gcnc-ms. nrisuners sav. tlmniji
tion of the line east of Ilarrin.
British Drums Beat.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FLANDERS, Oct. 17. (Renter's.)
British drums were beating thru the
streets of Lille this morning, while , , , for(ed
British patrols advanced east of the without attracting tho attention
city in contact with the retreating o ln0 uermans, the Americans then
Germans. The evacuation of Lille wa(ie(i n(0 the cold wuter, which
and the British entry into the city I ,.,,.i,,i . .,nir waists and even
higher, and pushed across the stream.
point within n short distance of;
Grandnre am. he Germans i . - ,,,.,,,;,,,, ,,,.,:,, W isn-S ,,,.,.
stroyed the bridges over the shallow , . . . . . .,, , (il,r.
Aire as the5.reatcii 1 lie enemy s . js no( ilmirnl.
able that Hie hiirhor German com
'niiinil is hcuiiiniii!' I" realize the hor
'ror H'nt would sweep over the world
I if beautiful Lille should be leveled.
Hons
Tho Amcricnri attack began at G
o'clock in the morning. The men
moved forward in the shelter of the
forest, reaching the Aire at four
j points agreed upon where the stream
was one of the most dramatic events
of the war.
At 4 o'clock this morning the Ger
man commandant at l.tllo ordered all
the inhabitants of Lille to assemble
as promptly as possible. As they
hurried thru the gloom of tho streets
they observed the garrison marching
out. They were told to go out to the
British lines and meet their friends.
Then came the rhythmic tramp of In
fantry which gradually died away.
Tho Germans had departed from
Lille.
At dawn n British airman flying
over tho city beheld a most amazing
sight. Tho streets wero thronged
with civilians who were frantirally
waving handkerchiefs and shawls.
Not a soldier could bo seen. Tho
aviator quickly turned and carried
tho news back to tho British lines.
1'atrols advanced Immediately and
entered the city.
On Other ITonts
ASSOCIATED PRESS. Oct. 17.
Llllo has been captured by the Brit
ish. Allied pressure on all sides of tho
salient of which Llllo was the center
W- compelled the enemy to give up tho
city, the largest town of France cap
tured by the Germans and for four
years an important unit of the enemy
defense system.
The fall of Llllo comes almost sim
ultaneously with the launching of on
offensive by Field Marshal Halg
against the new Gorman defenses
south of Valenciennes. His troops
are storming forward south of Lc
Cateau against the Sello river, where
Cross Mud Flats
On the northern bank they found
broad mud flats Into which they sank
half way to their Knees. Tho Ger
mans by this time had discovered
their approach and opened a bitter
machine gun fire, but tho Americans
pushed steadily on. Beyond the mud
banks, which wero crossed slowly
and with the greatest difficulty, tho
Americans found the Germans and
closed witli them In a desperate bay
onet hand-to-hand fight. Rifles often
were used us clubs and each man
struggled to down his individual op
ponent. At 11 o'clock the Americans had
completely overcome the enemy, had
driven him Into the woods north or
tirandpro and were ill possession of
tho Important rail head.
t'hanipiglieullo Itcurlicil
In Its successful advance north of
tho Argonne forest tho American
first army has reached Champigne
niliv one mile north of St. .luvln. A
liiiln further east toward the Mouse
Americans (ruined possession of IhcH
Cote do Chatltlon.
East of the .Mouse tho Americans
moved forward in the Hois do i.a
Grando Monlagnc, the summit of
which they now hold.
The British, however, will he sure
that prisoners' statements that the'
citv will be snared are correct onlv j
when thev themselves are in Lille and
find it undefiled and iiniliimaiied.
Prisoners sav orders have been
L'iven permiltiiiL' all civilians of Lille
except men of military use to remain
their houses if thev so desired.
This miiv he true, hut soldiers on this
front, haviii'-' been eve-witnesses ol
German crueltv. barbarism and hue
of dstruction. are inclined to be skep-
tcal.
Remove I ivlliuns
Brmres. Tnrcoi-r and Roubiiix have
been emptied of nil civilians and the
Germans have removed their military
establishment from these cities.
All submarines have been hastily
ronioved from the base al Ostcinl unci
it seems that (leiiniin naval buses all
ulom; the llehiiin coast me lieinu
miiile ready for instant removal.
Four new. hut tried German divis
ions, have appeared in the' Flanders
buttle. All the prisoners ruptured
complain bitterly Hint lli-v are hcinc
compelled to continue filihtin" stead
ily without rest. Many of them have
been conlinuouslv rctreuliii'-' or liuht
inir since Aturust 8.
serai
Itlnck lino ic-prc-sonls battle line bc foi o nllieil offensive lic-gall. White
lino Is today's bailie line.
GERMAN D
E
ENSE CRUMBLES AS
ALLIES PUSH FORWARD
T
0 COAST
CAPTURING SUBMARINE BASES
TURI
British Fleet ani French Cavalrv Ent er Ostend Germans Carrv Out Doub
le Retirement in Flanders With Courtrai as Front Retreat Well Plan
ned, but Manv Prisoners Taken bv Allied Pursuers Seventeen German
Divisions Beaten Back and in Danqcr of Rout Riaht Wina of Ger-'
man Defense Driven From Sea.
LONDON, Oct. 17. Ostend is re
ported clear of the enemv, savs a
statement from the British ndiniiallv
today.
LONDON. Oct. 17. Admiral Keves
of the British navy landed at Ostein!
this nflenioim. savs an official mi -luiiinceinent
from the udinirultv.
The uclniirul was preceded bv mem
bers of the ropal air force who land
ed lit Ostend this murium:.
LONDON. Oct. 17. French env
alrv palrcds. savs the Eveninir News,
reached Ostend loclnv unci relumed
wilh the report thai no (Icrinnns were
lo be seen there.
tho retretilimr Germans on this front
was reported today to have re-ostah-
lishcd contact with the fleeins: enemv.
It is considered that if the present
rule of advance is sustained the licl
uiun const should bo free of the Ger
mans within u verv few duvs.
Munv additional' prisoners, havu,
been captured. Tho British operutiiiL'
in Flanders, whose principal iob bus
been support intr tho Bebiiun unci
French flunk, have nlono cnpturel
4,11(10 prisoners and l.'icj Kims sinco
tho operations bemin.
The roads in the rear of tho Ubl
iiian itnnv lire jammed with prisouerH
mid ruptured war inutcrlul.
lOlieiny Hurled Buck
PARIS, Oct. 17. 1 p. in. (By Aa
Roclated Press.) British, French and
llcluinii armies, under commune! oft
linnwr of Kout i
PARIS. Oct. 17 The whole of the
Geruiiiu n rm v of General Von Arniiu'
rctrent from the North Sen to-
1 Ail.nrt r Ihn llitlirians. havol.i... i :n.. i.. i u i
iviufs ........ k w. . .. . jiiiu icuhiii ill i.iih;, iiiiviim iic:ii uuiti-
iniido a most liiipoitunt advance In ( n la,k in(( ovur,lruwII uv t1(, aiea
UlOir OllOnSIVO 111 l-lllimu.o llttllCKS tOllllV.
HUNS PREPARE FOR FRINCH ELIMINATE
Hi
AMSTKRDAM. Wcdncsdnv. Oct.
(lenaan newspapers ner prcpar-
i nil the public for an uniioiinceincnt of
Turkey's surrender. The Frankfort
Gazette prints a dispatch from Con
stantinople lo the effect that far
reacbiiiL' events were inipciuliiM.' there.
J 2.
resumed this morniiiK. i.ouunu
Sixlo von Amlin's army was thrown
bark with heavy losses and Its posi
tion is precarious.
'
LONDON', Oct. 17. British forces
entered Courtrai diirluK yesterday's
riKhtlnK, the war office reported to
day. More than twenty vilhiBes wore
captured by tho allied forces in'Ilel-
Kliim ihn lliK the day.
PARIS, Oct. 17. On tho
front of the Ohio and tho
entire
Sorre,
i
where the Germans aro boliiB driven
from the pocket north of l.uon, tho
French last night maintained contact
with the enemy, suys today's war of
fice report.
(Continued on Pago 6lx.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 The vol
untary censorship ban upon Informa
tion of shipping movements on tho
Pacific coast was withdrawn today
with the approval of the navy depart,
ment. Kxcept In the case of trans
ports and munition carriers, the navy
withdraws Its request that newepa
pers refrain from publishing the
movement of merchant ships in and
out Of Pacific ports.
KILLED By LENINE
1'AliIS. Oetj. 17. A Russian wire
le-s niecsiiue in Kii'.'li-li. dated T-ar
skoe Si lo H :'-'' P. m. October 1"). re
ccived here, reports the lolluwnn; in
fnrmalxiu us hanie' been rccipcd
from Kkatenubiin::
'AccordiiiL" to the ol ticiul ile liira-
tinlls of the soviet chid-, Mcliolns
Uoiiiiinoir has been tried nd con
demned to ' lie will be shot ilur-
iiil' the ninht "1 the sixteenth.
The Nichnlu- lioiiianolt rctcrrc.i lo
is supposed to be Grand Duke Nicho
las, the lormcr cnnunuiidcr-iii-cliict
of the Russian urniv.
LONDON. Oct. 17 Serbian troops
continuiliK Ihelr encTKclic campaign
for ilrivlr.K out (he Ausiro-iicrnnia
tones remalniim on Serli.au soil,
have captured the town of Alexinat..
on the Morava river, 1 ."i miles north
west of Nlsh, says a Serlilun official
statement received hero today. Thirty-two
nuns have been taken in the
tig lit inn beyond Nlfh.
GERMANY IS BENDING;
HELP TO BREAK HER
LONDON, Oct. 17. (By Associat
ed Pruss.) BolKlan forces, under
command of Klni! Albert, which
crossed tho Yser river, nro machliiK
on Ostend, a suuport on tho lliiBllsb
channel.
Tho Belgians also inado progress
In tho roKlon north of Thninoiit and
advanced In tho direction of Thlelt.
The retirement is nssmiiiii" the pro
portions of u rout. Seventeen divis
ions comprise the urniv of Von Ar-nitii.
Resistance bv the Gennans i3
ruiiili! in ir all uloiiir the hiiltlefront
except in the region of the Ai"onno
and iiotrlberii ChainpaL'iie. There
American troops under Generals Liir
uett, Cameron and Billiard, and
French troops under General Goiiroud
are cnunL'ei! in desperate liehtiiur.
The Prussian (luiii'ds. cediiu;
irroinid inch bv inch, lire dviiiL' hut
not surrcucleriii',', in an effort to suvu
their riaht win;:.
IN
Latest reiHirts
Nicbolns said he
Crimea.
irand
Pill"
llukc
n the
I'AUIS. Oct. 17. French forro
have entered the city of I'irot, ill
tferlila. the war oftlce reported to
night. Pilot is on tho railroad be
tween Nlsh nnd Soda, and Is 1 miles
from Hie l.ulgarlHii froiil.
ROMK. O t. 17 Italian troops ad.
vanillin: in Allwnla on Monday occu
pied Tiriiii:. 17 miles northwest of
Klbasan, the Italian war oftlce an
nounced today.
J. .1. Camber of Ashland, was a
Medford visitor Thursday, having
tome In from his Buck Lake ranch.
WASHINGTON', ()-t. 17. '(icniiMiiy is IipikI-ino-.
Moiv pressure mid slip will Itretik," suys Seerc
liirv LiiiisiiiKiu ii .st;itcineiit tmlity wiii-niiis; the naliuii
Hiit'tllie v;ir is'iidl civer tui'l l!uit Hi'' r'onrlli l.n'rty
loiiti must lie it sneecss tit it time when every (lulliir
ns well us every iiiiiii ami t,rmi eciuiits iimre tliitii ever
before.
Mr. Liiiisiii's stitlemeiit follows:
"Our men in France sue driving forward. Our
roveniiiieiil is redoubling its ell'ort to seiicl men and
munition! oversells. The battles ate ;niin well, but
they iiiiiI jro better. Tin' war is niol over, 'i'his is
no time to slacken eri'orl or-to fail to do our part here
at home. To keep up "Dd increase the pressure on
!he rclnatine: (iei-maiis is the only certain way to
win. 'i'o d" Ibis the government must; have all the
nioiiev i! needs. W'e are ii.ked to loan it, iind we itre
asked" I" loan it now.
"The fourth Liberty loan w ill put. new unities in
I'Yaiiec. it will stipjily our men with munit ions; if
u ill dest roy every hope of the imperial icrmaii uv
enimeiit. i'f troc'.s iind iis followers; it will make
vidoi v sure.
"(ieriiiany is bctidiiif.'. .More ressnre iind he
will break. Kvery 111,111 counts, every jrim counts iind
everv dolhir eotints more tochiy than ever before. The
(,'iiverniiicnt must have the money it needs. Loan it;
lo your country. J )o your part to win tlie war."
Ti 1 :
Double Retirement
BRITISH IIKADOlARTI'.RS
FI.ANDKRS. Oct. 17. ( Renter's.)
The tier s arc carrviliL' out a dou
ble retirement ill Flanders with Cour
Irai us the pivot. The onlv point on
the iioilberu front which the Germans
are resistiiiL' today is ut Court rui.
Bcl'.'ian and I 'rcncli troops, pivot -ill'.'
on l.ombaellvzlc. earlv today bc
uaii to pub stcaclilv northward to
ward the Belgian coast.
The (ierinaii relireineiit mil rs lo
be metbiMlicnl ami well orminized.
1 1 low far or now last 11 is uouiv us
linains to be seen. Around Coiirlrni.
I in nter. the ciiciip' is liehliiii' n
'stroiM.' di'lnviiit; notion so us to rover
i In- flunks.
Many Prisoners Taken
with 'fin: ai.i.ikd aumif.s in
FI.ANDKRS. Oct, 17. lltv Hie Aso
...... , . . 1 l'ress.l The nlliecl ill tout rv
ill 1 1,,' center of the inlvanci
'lits
fan Outftiiuk Huns Now
PARIS. Oct. )7. The lute of tho
Gei'iiiiin defenses iiloiiir the BelL'iiin
1 st and in the ureal Lille industrial
a ri'ii has been sealed bv the continued
ndviiucc of the allied armies under
Kimr Albert on the ilO-milo front 111
Flanders. The significance ot tho
evacuation of the Belman line is fur
urea tor than the uain of Flanders lor-.
riliirv wit li its many airdromes unci
submarine buses.
The extreme riahl wiiur of the Ger-,
man defenses in the west lias been
wrenched awiiv from the protecting
sen. llencclortb the immense . lino
which has lii'i'ii buliresscd bv the sen
on one cud and bv the Swiss frontier
011 the other, lorciii:' the "Hies nl-
wnvs to nlliiek I'ronlnllv can be out
flanked.
It is believed here Unit I be allied at
tack in Flanders did not surprise tho
Geiiiiaiis but the mpiditv of the ml -voiico
did. 'flic enemv now is power
less lo retrieve the situation.
'fhe opcralions in Flanders 1110
bun ti . i lo put vital effect on the wbolu
western line While the British ut
lack iicroi the l.vs will briie.' about
the evacuation of Ille Lille salient.
LONDON, Uedncudliy, Oct. 111.
Approval ot President Wilson's an
swer Is voiced by the Maiicliestcir
Guardian In mi editorial printed to
day. The newspaper says:
"Tho president's words aro worthy
of n great man speaking on 0110 of
the very greatest occasions. To our
mind they meet in every way, alike
In what they said and in manlier of
su.siug it, Hie needs of 11 innuietpous
hour. There was need of such a man
urn! it will bo lo the lasting glory of
American institutions to havn pro
clui-ed and plnced 111 til high ill pow
-er."
(Continued on Page Six.)
PARIS, Oct. 17. Outbreaks
imalnst the t'.ernians have occurred
In northern Rumania, In tho province
of Moldavia, sios n dispatch to tho
Journal from .iirirh. The population
sinleilnly assumed an openly hostllo
aitliudu to tho German authorities,
according to the advices, which como
by way or Bucharest.
In several districts theru have been
clashes between kinds of Rumanian
peasants and Austro-Gcrtiinn torcee.