Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-11
Once Formidable German
Armies Holding the Famous
Hindenburg Line, Beaten,
Turn Their Faces Eastward.
ALLIES ARE HAM MERING
AT BACKS OF TEUT0NS
Withdrawal Is Being Carried
Out Over a 35-MiIe Front;
Foch Captures Valuable
Lines of Communication.
Undated War Lead by The Associated


Undated War Lead by The Associated
Press
The men of the once formidable
German armies holding the Hinden
burg line from north of Cambria to
st. Quentin are facing eastward, de-
feated and in retreat
Their backs are the targets for the
British, Americans and French troops
who bitterly fought them, step by
step, out of supposedly impregnable
defenses and now are harrying them
across the open country toward the
German border. Nowhere is the en-
emy attempting a stand in force.
True, the German border is yet a
long distance away; but the last two
days of chase have materially de-
creased the width of the arc separat-
ing the invaders from their own
Rhine line.
lie Cateau, the important junction
point 12 miles southeast of Cambria,
represented Thursday night the point
of deepest penetration by the allied
troops. The British were the masters
of it, All along the front, however,
the British, American and French
have been steadily pressing forward
their infantry forces. taking numer-
advance of them the hoof- beats of
the cavalry horses intermingled with
the roars Of the whippet tanks and
the staccato barking. of the machine
guns inside the moving forts. So fast
has been the retreat of the enemy
that at various points the allied
forces afoot lost contact with him.
General Retreat Predicted.
The retreat which is over front
of about 35 miles, from the south of
Douai to the region east of st. Quen-
tin has left in the hands of the al
lies, in addition to the towns taken,
valuable lines of communication and
strategic positions of high Importance
and driven in a wedge that seeming
ly will force the Germans every
where from the North Sea to the Vi
cinity of Verdun to fall back South
east of Douai, one of the remaining
strong points in the German line in
the north, the British are standing
in Etrun, 12 miles southwest of Va
lenciennes, the pivotal point in the
enemys known defense line and 10
miles to the south the city is out
flanked at Solesmes.
Meantime the French and Ameri-
can armies on that part Of the line
running from northwest of Rheims to
the Meuse river still are pressing for
ward In the converging movement
with the armies in the west and grad
ually are forming the entire war the
alter into huge sack. The Ameri-
cans continue slowly to advance up
the eastern side of the Meuse. while
west Of the river in conjunction with
the operations of the French, they
have all but obliterated the great Ar
gonne forest as an enemy defense po-
sition, To the west of the forest in
the Aisne valley and still farther
westward the French also have made
further gains. Throughout this en-
tire region the Germans still are Of
fering stubborn resistance mainly
with machine guns, realizing the i'm
portance of holding back their foes
while their armies in Belgium and
farther south make good their retro
grade movement.
Albania Is Being Cleared.
Both in the Macedonian theater
and in Palestine the allied forces are
pressing the enemy hard. Albania is
fast being cleared of the Austro-Hun-
garian troops, while in Serbia the
enemy is nearing Nish, harassed by
, the Serbians. At last accounts Cen
eral Allenby was still driving the OF
toman troops northward in Palestine.
SO lightning-like are the maneuv-
ers of the allied armies on the var
ious battle fronts-fr0m the North
Sea to Verdun, in Macedonia and In
Palestine-that except to the war ex-
pert with his military maps constant
ly before him, it is almost impos-
sible to visualize the situation and
realize the swift strides the allies are
making in defeating the COMMON en-
emy. In France and Belgium in three
weeks five important cities which
had been in German hands, for four
years, have been recaptured. Dix
nude, Armentieres, Lens, Cambria
and st. Quentin are now in allied
hands, while Lille. Douai and Va
lenciennes seemingly are all but cap
tured. Serbia shortly is to be fully
reclaimed, and the Turks soon will
know the Holy Land no more.