The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-13
GERMANS ARE BACK
ON THEIR OLD LINE
DAY FIGHTING, HUNS ARE
FORCED BACK TO MEUSE.
British, French and Americans Arc
Still Hammerno Forward, the
Foe Desperately ContestlnQ Every
Foot Of Ground.

LOndon.-It is just a month since
the real battle Of 1918" crashed loose
with Rawlinson's stunning blow to the
Teuton army facing Amiens. Up to
that date Fochs campaign, begun July
IS, had been counter-ofTensive.
Every hour Of every day and night
since the Germans have been with
drawing, retreating, fleeing, with the
allied line of attack gradually spread
ing to front of 140 miles, from Ypres
to the west of Rheims.
AT last, the great German retreat on
Sunday began to show signs of halt.
The enemy has his back to the wall,
breach of which will send him stagger
ing back to the Meuse and the Belgian
frontier. Indications are that he means
to avert, or at least to stave off, such
disaster to his armies of INVASION
AS an illustration of what has hap
pened within the last thirty days it
should be said that at Villeveuue the
Germans are nearly thirty-seven miles
to the east Of Amiens. On August
they stood, east Of Corbie, only little
more than ten miles from that great
allied base.
TriumphaI March Of Allies.
AS this glorious month of the allied
triumphal march winds up, the British,
French and Americans are still ham,
mering forward, but from clean pur-
suit the campaign is changing into
new battle, in which the foe apparently
means to defend every foot in desper-
ate delaying combat.
Generally speaking, the enemy is
back of the Hindenburg line. Now we
shall see whether he can hold It," was
the summing up Of the situation on the
French battlefront given by an officer.
The French officers DO not believe
that the Germans can hold the line
Rear-Guard Fighting
The fighting throughout the week
has all been Of a rear-1uard Character.
AT times it grew very brisk as the al
lies pressed the Germans closely. The
enemy was then compelled to stand
and fight to protect the main army
and to effffect the safe withdrawal of
guns and supplies. In the last few
days the enemy artillery has been re-
plying so vigorously that the allies be-
lieve the Germans expect to make a
stand at the Hindenburg line. Evi-
IDENTIFY the guns are now empaced
along this line.
For days the Germans chung to their
bases at Peronne and Ham while they
drew back their supplies. Peronne
The first to fall, was taken by the
British. Several days later the enemy
evacuated Ham, and the French swept
forward with rush, aligning them
selves with the Franco American ar
mics which, to the south, had pressed
close to the old line.
Americans Are Busy
North of scissors the Franco-Ameri-
can wedge at Juvigny and Terny- -Sorny
had driven deep into the enemy's side,
outflanking his positions on the Vesla
river. AT the critical moment when
the whole line was threatened. the
enemy, who, in the meantime, had re-
moved his guns, withdrew suddenly
from the Vesle river, permitting the
Americans, who had been held up there
for month, to cross.
American troops took part in a
fierce battle in Flanders capturing the
heavily fortified position of Voorme-
Eeele south of Ypres.