The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-10-30
LUDENDORFF QUITS
ALLIES GO AHEAD
German Line Slowly Giving
Way.
ALLIED TERMS
STILL UNKNOWN

GERMAN HlGn N0liHahn'. SiiH"''
tnnr0nsly German Lines Crumbie
Under the Blows OF the Allied
Armies in France.
Tile German government has prepar
ed a reioinder to President Wilson s
last note in which, after referring to
the far reaching changes which have
been carried out and arc being carried
out i'll the German constitutional struc
ture to which the military powers have
been made subject, it declares that
Germany is now awaiting the proposals
for an armistice.
A London dispatch, however, in re-
George and Foreign Secretary Balfour
had gone to France with naval and
military advisers, says it is understood
outhoritativcly thai Tie allied govern
ments will not reveal their armisticc
terms until Germany has replied to
President Wilson'S last note which it
probably expected would contain more
than the more fact tnat Germany was
waiting for the terms OF the armisticc,
\ crash has como in the personnel
of the German high commHnl. General
lMdcndorf, rcputcd to i" the brains of
tie German armv-.hr man MlO prom
isnd The Germans hc would cruSh Great
Britain and France before the t0itcd
states could get nnLcl way ~ mill
tary sense has resigned his position as
frs; qUa"tcwMUsycr general and Fm,
pcror William has accepted his rcsigna-
ton.
simultaneously, while the German
line continues to crumblc under the
allied attacks and the German border
is slowly but gradually being approach
cd by Gcrmnny's foes, comes report
that the rcichst0g by a large majority
has passed bill placing tie military
command under the control of the civil
government
On the Eastern battle front the
British, French and Americans have
continued to make further slight gains
against the Germans; i'll the Italian
thcatcr both the British and Italians
have scored successes, while in Asatic
Turkey the British have captured
Alcppo in Syria and arc driving ahead
on both banks Of the Tigris in Mcso.
potamia with the Turks unable to
check them. The fall of Ahppo and
the continued advance up the Tigris
are moves of such strategic value that
it is not unlikely Turkish opposit ion
shortly will be entirely overcome, both
in the Holy Land and i'll Mcsopotamia.
The French armies fighting ON the
30 mile front between the Disc and
Aisne Rivers are keeping up their or
Tense against the Germans and have
made additional gains, taking several
villages and compelling the enemy to
fall back at various points.
In the region southeast of Valcn
cicnmcs around lie Qucsnoy the Germans
have delivered violent count tcr.attacks
against the British. Their chorS 10
throw Field Marshal llaig's men from
the positions they hold were uhsncccsS
full and heavy casualties were niilctcd
on the enemy by machine gun and rlilc
fire.
Tie Americans have begun the see
ond month Of their operations III the
region of Ncrdun by keeping up their
attacks against the Germans from the
Mouse to the wooded country north
of Grand Pre-. Some further progress
has been made, notwithstanding con
tin ucdstrong opposition l'y the Ger
man machine gunncrs from behind the
natural Notifications which abound
throughout this district. American
airmcn also are continuing their bomb
ing opcrations behind the German lines,
their latest effort in this respect having
been made against the territory around
Briqucnay, north of Grand-Prc, III
which l40 airplancs took part, 90 OF
them being bombing machines.
Since the Americans began their op'
erations northwest of Vcrdun moro
than 45 villages have been liberated,
an advance to an average depth of ten
miles has been made and more than
10000 Germans have been taken
prisoner.