The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-03
SURRENDERS ABSOLUTELY
BULGARIA LAYS DOWN ARMS TO
ENTENTE ALLIES.
Allied Armies On Six Battle Fronts
hTake Material Advances.-At-
tack From Belgium to Verdun.

October bulgaria is definitely
out of the war and Turkey virtually
cut off from communication with her
allies and her armies in Palestine
almost annihiliated, will probably
soon be forced to sue for a cessation
of hostilities against her.
Meanwhile the Entente Allied
forces from Belgium to Verdun on
six battle fronts are registering vic
tory after victory over the Teutonic
arms and the enemy front almost
everywhere is crumbling notwith-
standing the deperate resistance that
is being offered on various sectors.
Seeing eventual defeat staring
them in the face through the swift
progress of the Serbian, Italian, Brit
ish, Greek and French troops, in the
reclaiming of Serbia and the invasion
of Bulgarian territory, the Bulgarians
begged for an armistice, reserving
themselves no conditions. All the
territory now held by King Ferdi-
nand's men is to be evacuated, the
Bulgarian army is to be Immediately
demobilized and all means of trans
port inside the kingdom, even along
the Danube is to be given over into
Allied hands.
Austria's Back Door Open.
Thus in addition to the isolation of
Turkey the back door to direct in
vasion of Austria-Hungary is flung
wide open 20 the Allies and doubtless
the time is not far distant when ad-
vantage to the full will be taken of
the new avenue through which the
enemy can be reached. With the
debacle in Serbia and Bulgaria COM
plete, the Austro-Hungarians in Al
bania soon will be put to the test and
when their expulsion to their own
borders is accomplished the Allies
will have welded an iron semi-circle
about the Central Powers from the
Black sea to the North sea.
Viewing the situation in all it's as
poets the success of the great Of
fensive in Belgium and France; the
blotting out of the war zone in the
Balkans; the cutting off of the Turks
from intercourse with Germany and
Austria-Hungary, except by the long
route through the Caucasus and
Southern Russia and the steady gains
that are being made by the Allies in
making Russia once more factor in
the struggle-the darkest days of the
war seemingly are faced by the Aus
tro-Hungarians.
Uskub Entered.
Although it had been officially an
nounced that hostilities against the
Bulgarians ceased at noon Monday,
the French official communication Of
Monday night said French cavalry
had entered Uskub, one of the most
important communication centers in
Serbia. It is not improbable, there
fore, that the French are still hard
after the Germans who are known
to have been fighting with the Bull
garians in this region acting as rear
guards.
On all the sectors under attack
from Belgian Flanders to the region
of Verdun the German front is gradu-
ally bending back under the violence
of the attacks of the British, Ameri-
cans, French and Belgians. In Bel
GUM the advance of the troops of
King Albert /and of Field Marshal
Haig have proceeded so deeply east
ward that Germany's submarine
bases on the North sea are in jeop-
ardy through the impending cutting
of the lines of communication behind
them. The famous Messines-Wyts-
chaete ridge has been captured and
the Allies guns dominate the plains
beyond.
Menin and Roulers Doomed.
Both Menin and Roulers, import
ant railroad junction points for the
supply of the German armies north
and south are virtually in the hands
of the British and Belgians and SEEM
ingly soon must fall.
From Cambria to St. Quentin the
British and Americans again have de-
livered successfully hard smashes
against the German strong points all
along the front, including the remain
ing portions of the old Hindenburg
line. The Germans here are offering
most strenuous resistance and in
counter attacks compelled the Brit
ish on one or two sectors to withdraw
for slight distances. The British are
in the process of cleaning up the town