Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-11-09
AUSTRIA.HUNGARY
HAS SURRENDERED
HUNS, DESERTED BY LAST ALLY,
MUST FIGHT ALONE OR LIKE
WISE SURRENDER.
ON The BATTLE FRONTS
The Allied Armies Are Pursuing the
Germans Who Are in Retreat
Everywhere and Badly
Disorganized.
Austria-Hungary is out of the war.

Austria-Hungary is out OF the wal
Official announcement was made il
Paris Sunday that an armistice ha
been signed with Austria, hostilitie
ceasing at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon
Deserted by her last ally, German!
fights alone a battle which means ul
innate defeat or abject surrender.
After days Of pleading an armistic'
has been granted Austria-Hungary
whose badly defeated armies in th'
Italian theater are staggering home
ward under the violence of the blow:
Of the entente troops. =.
Trent, in the Austrian Tyrol, which
the Italians always have claimed as
their own, has been captured. Trieste
Austria's principal seaport on the
Adriatic, over which there has been
such bitter fighting, now flies the Ital
ian flag, and Belgrade, capital of Ser
bia, has been reoccupied by the Ser
bians.
In France and Belgium the Ger,
mans are being sorely harassed by the
British, French, Americans and Bel
gfans, and there are indications that a
debacle is about to occur. The Ar
gonne massif, which has proved Q
great obstacle to the advance of the
French and Americans, at last has
been cleared of the enemy, and the
entire line appears to be .crumbling.
American airmen report that the Ger
mans in front of the Americans are
retreating northward; that the roads
are densely packed with troops, artil-
iery and transport.
Likewise southeast of Valenciennes
the Germans are retreating before the
British, who are in close pursuit and
taking numerous prisoners. North of
the Aisne in Champagne the French
continue their pressure. and have
taken several important villages, large
numbers of prisoners and great guam
titles Of war stores.
The advance of the Americans and
French on the southern part of the
battle front, taken in conjunction with
the operations of Field Marshal Haig
and the Belgians in. the Ifofth, threat
ems to prove the eliminating blow to
Germany's attempts to hold ground in
France or Belgium. Indeed, it is not
improbable, if the advance from the
south continues as rapidly as it is now
doing, that the greater portion of the i
German army will be trapped before
the men can reach their border. The
situation of the Germans seemingly is
a critical one.
Although the Austro Hungarians
have been given an armistice, they
were bitterly attacked Sunday by the
Italians. British, French, American and
Czecho-Slovak troops in the mountains
and on the plains.
Entire regiments are surrenderfng
to the Italians in the mountains, and
large numbers of the enemy are being
made prisoner on the plains Heavy
casualties are being inflicted upon the
retiring troops. Many additional
towns have been reclaimed.
In their swift drive against the Aus
tro-Hungarians allied forces have up
TO the present taken more than 1000 |
prisoners and have captured more
than 1900 guns. So rapid has been
the advance over the plains that Ital- |
ian cavalry already has crossed the |
-agliamento river and entered Udine |
An armistice between the allies and |
Turkey was signed Thursday. at Mu-
dros, en- the island of Lemnos, in the
Aegean Sea, 1t is officially announced.
The terms Of the Turkish armistice,
which are new in operation, include
the free passage of the DardaneIles to
the allied fleet, Sir George Cave, the
home secretary, announced in the
house Of commons in London.
Other items, it is learned, comprise
he occupation of the forts of the Oar
ianelles and Bosporus, necessary to
secure the passage of the allied war
ships through the Bosporus to the
Black Sea.
The victories of the allied forces
Dver the Austro-H -Hungarians threatens
o send what remains of the enemy ar
nies reeling back to their border line
hattered and completely vanquished.
Farther south the French are con-
inuing successfully their process Of
eveling the old salient between the
erritory easy Of ST. Quentin and
lethel. Additional progress has been
aade by General Debeney's troops,
Notwithstanding the violent resistance
I the Germans. On some sectors the
.sr144ans are slowly retreating.