The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

chine gun nests in the regions OF Ro-
magne, Cunel and Somlneraine.
Paris, Oct 15,-French troops are
Keeping in contact with the Germ g ns
on the whole front of the enemy re-
treat, the war office announced today
me French have reached Chateal-.
FOREIGN, five miles west Of Rethel and
is miles north of Rheims
More than $500 civilians were de-
llVered from German domination when
.l-aon was captured. The communique.
said:
Many Towns Taken.
East of La Tere we reached the
south bank of. the Serre as far as the
station of Courbes flour miles north
east of La Fere).
our line passes Couvron. Aumen-
court SQUIRT, WAS, Aulnois.. souslaon.
Marchais. Further east our line ap-
breaches Camp De Sissone, La Malai-
son and illes-Devant- Lee Tholr,
where it rejoins The old line at the
Alre-Alsne canal"
St. Goban Massif Crushed.
London, Oct. sl4.--The last great
German stronghold in France is ia he
hands OF the allies
III.
the cornerstone of the enemy's defen-
slVeS systematic most powerful ti1e
world has even known, was wrasted
from the invaders Saturday and yes
lerday. The big west front salient ex-
lending te Ding from the region of Cambrai
10 Ferdun, is thus crumbling for it's
entire length and the Germlns are,
staggering back toward the impa ssa BILE.
ArdenneS mountains,
To the north there still remains the
so called Valenciennes lines 1t il, still
practically INFESTED. by allied blows.
but its hasty construction cannot have
rendered 1t comparable with the Him
denburg system. which was four years
in building.
Last Paris Threat.
With the fall of ST Gobain forest,
from which Paris was so long bonn
barded by long range cannon. both
Laon and La Fere, were occupied. by
the French, Passing these cities the
French, and Italians are ~; vancing on
the whole 35-mile front, I,tween the,
Disc and the Aisne.
The allies are thus within less than
70 miles of the vital enemy center OF
Hirson, at the western tip If the Ar
dennes, seizure of which VII definitely
split thesGerman armies. Ere 4ch troops
advancing eastward IN the Sulse re-
gion are about il miles fro, Iirson,
while those, pushing mort eastward
iiOHl LdOn :lfe WltHln Ii mics OF the
town. ~
Americans Clear Aisne I, md
To the eastward of Laon t,8i French
and Americans have practical cleared
the Aisne bend of Germans anfi the fall
OF Rethel and Attigny is imminent if
they have not already been occupied
Still farther to the east the Americans
apparently are still encountering re-
sistance between the Argonne and the
Meuse.
British and American troops east Of
Cambria. are UP againstSa system Of
new defenses which may bc tho OUT
works of the Valenciennesgline. Fight
ing in this region has not been produc-
tive of important gains For several
days. Northeast of Cambria, the Brit
ish have pushed to within eight miles
of Valenciennes itself, while to the
westward, Douai, is practically liz Biit-
ish hands.
Occupation of Nish by Serbian
troops is officially admitted by both
Germany and Austria. The Serbs are
advancing northeastward and vest
ward from the city. In the Salonikt
region the Greeks are rapidly reoccu-
plying their invaded territory.
The AustrianS, eyacuating Albania,
are now nlenaced on three sides. In add
dition to the Italians advancing from
from the west, the .Austrians
are now being llarassed by Formidable
bands OF Montenegrin irregulsirs IN the
rear. Vienna reported encounters with
these new forces near Ipek.
Since July Is, the allies on all fronts
are estimated to have taken 4sl,a60
prisoners.