The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
ONWARD TO VICTORY.
SUCCESS FOR ALLIES IN ZONES
OF BATTLE.
While Both Germany and Austria
Hungary Tell OF Anxiety to End
Fighting Armies Of America and
Entente Continue TO Land Hard
Blows on An Fronts.

| Fighting Armies Of America an'
| Entente Continue TO Land Har'
| Blows on All Fronts.
While both Germany and Austrl;
are seeking to secure cessation o
ihostilities and Turkey also is reported
/ to be favorably disposed toward
peace, the entente allies troops OF
| all the battle fronts are giving no hees
/ to peace proposals but are. continuing
without mercy to drive their foe:
before them.
And in all the battle zones the allie:
are meeting with marked success. II
France the German battle line i
slowly disintegrating under, the VIC.
lence Of the allied offensive; in North
ern Italy Observation-Disclosures are
being forced back by the British
French and italians with heavy loss.
es in men killed, wounded or made
prisoner; near the shores of the Adrl-
ATTIC in-Albania the Italians are driving
the Austrians towards the Montene-
gro frontier, while in Asiatic Turkey
both in Syria and Mesopotamia, the
British are fast clearing the TURKS
from their former strongholds.
Although the Germans in France
and Flanders still are st, snuously re-
sisting the allied attempts to break
through their line, they are giving
away steadily under the force OF the
attacks. In the other theaters there
apparently is not the same disposition
to offer stubborn denial of the right
of way except possibly in the noun
tain region of Italy, where an attempt
is being made by the allied forces to
open the back door to Austria. -
3 South Of valenciennes in France
Field Marshal Haig's forces. not
wilhstanding stiff opposition, have
advanced their line in the general op-
Grafton which has in view the capture
of yalenciennes. and are pressing on
toward -1ons and MauDeuge in the
general converging movement that is
going on between Belgium and the re-
gion north Of Yerdun.
Further south, from the Disc River
to the region Of Rethel. the French
have gained a. signal victory by fore
ing a retreat Of the enemy in the big
salient north Of Laon and are threat
enI1g 10 cause the collapse of the en-
tire German line eastward through a
fast turning movement. American
troops have been thrown into the line
near Rethel and have advanced nearly
a mile and take numerous prison.
ers. The German war Office admits
the success OF the thrust Of the
French between the Disc and the
Serre Rivers. saying that the German
lines were withdrawn. Sunday night
to a front west Of Guise and east OF
Crecy. !:
In connection with this general
movement the. Americans northwest
of verdun have begun an operation
which possibly may have important
results. For the first time since the
Americans entered the war they have
opened fire against the back lines Of
the enemy with their new long range
guns and are heavily bombarding
Longuyon, some 8 miles distant from
the American first line positions. It
is over the territory through which the
American guns are throwing their
shells that the &c. mans have been re-
their lines eastward and
should the blasting process prove eff
fective in blazing trail along the
Meuse for quick advance by the
Americans it is not improbable that
q German retreat from the region Of
st. Quentin northeastward toward
Luxemburg will be necessitated. J;
On the northern Italian front hard
fighting is in progress between the
Brenta and Piave Rivers. Along the
Piave the allied troops have been
successful in crossing the river, in
fiicting heavy casualties on the ene1
my and taking more than 5000 pris=
oners.
IN Albania the Austrians have been
driven by the Italians in the region
of Alessio which lies 20 miles south
cast of Schtari Just south Of the Mon
tenegro border. In Servia the Aus
trians have evacuated Kraguievatz, 81
miles southeast Of Belgrade and are
Still in retirement towards the Dan
ube.
The Turks are fast being driven GU
of Mesopotamia, having reached
position more than 155 miles north
Of Bagdad, while in Syria Genera
Allenby's troops are keeping in Close
contact with the Ottoman forces nortf
of Aeppo.
Allies Masters in the Air.
An Allied Aerodrome in Fr~lce
Sept. 80 Correspondence Of The AS
sociated Press)-Entente air su
premacy is admitted in German doc
uments recently captured. A German