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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
GINNOST NASICH
SOKOLU.

Zahrada Ceske Sine Sokol
ma zapadni strane Sc stala wee
ra strediskem mistnich vzdale
nych sokolI jejich pfiznivcu.
Dopoledne konany spolecne
! zkousky, vitanf vzdalenych no.
stu. v poledne upraven spolec-
ny obed a v jednu hodinu 80
minut nastoupen pochod ces-
kym okolfm, ktery "a velkeho
vedra byl zkracen. Prdvod by!
velice malebny, jen ze jsme v
mem postradal; mnoho obeta-
vvch sokolh. kterf Sc v radach
Ceskoslovenske armady male
zaji. V zahrade zupni pred. v.
Prech dobre promyslene re-
ci venoval vzpominku bratrdm
sokolHm, kteri co dobrovolnfci
s'i boiovat "a svobodu vSech
narodG. ukazal ma mnoh6 vadv
a netecnost sokolH. ktefi dnes
g4cinnosti mali nahrazovat tv.
teri Sc v armada nalezaif.
Mnes jsouce moralne posilneni.
Mdeme ma dale pracovat, iak
Nam moznost a pomery budou
ffhvo1ovat.
Dale. imenem delegace 2
DAYTON. shromazdani os'ovil
sok. Antonin NovotnV. Ia dele
paci Detroit, Stana Svoboda.
ia Sloyenskv Sokol, Martin
strgbar. "a soKol Havrfeek, Bo
h4mfr Ptak, Ia Sokol. Tvrs, vi
Nrl Zeman. Ia Sokola Cleve-
lrnd Frank Rebeka.
z reef vsech vvznela k sokoli,m
VIVA k v6tsi cinnosti a ceska
vefeinost ktera ma sokolech
dada v prvnf fad6 cinnost ma
rodni, ma tez podniky soko',l
Vsemozne podrorovat a tax fl
nancne i moralne jejich praci
podpofit.
Po zaslouzenem odpocinku
rastalo cviceni.
Prvnf, zaci prostna cviceni $
praporky, cvicitel Josef Antos.
Druhe zacky, cviceni prostna .
ozdobnymi kroky. Cvieitelka So
kolka Olsakova. Tfeti, dorost,
cviceni skupinova. zupni cvici-
tel sok. A. Pliska. ,Ctvrte, zac-
ky, 'cviceni S krouzky ozdob-
nymi kroky. Cvicitel sok. V.
Panka. Pate, zacky cd sok. Ha
vlicek, cviceni prostna s ozdob
nymi kroky. Cvicittl sok. v.
Ptak. Sokolove, cvicenf prost.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
DENTISTA Sc OBESIL.

DR.. Samuel NJ. Gallager. 38
rckG starry a v els. 1877 Gras-
mere ave. bvdlici, trpel liz po
nekolik rokG civnf chorobou o
niz ved6l, ze Jest nevylecitelna.
V sobotu pos'Ial manzelku dee
ruskou k pratelnm do Toronto,
pfislibiv lin, ze brzy "a mimi
pfiiede. Vrera pak ieho spo-
leGnik DIR. Crumrine chtel Sc
pfesv6dciti, zdali odiel.. Nasel
vSak dim osvetleny a uzamce-
ny. Zavolal policie ktera po
'vnikmlti do domu naSla denti
stu obesen6ho. Sebevrah dopra
ven bvl do pohrobnickeho dsta
VII Hogan & Co., 14705 Sara
nae rd.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05

ra, cvicitel sok. A Pli5ka. So
kolky, slozity pochod, cviceni
prostna tanecnlmi kroky, Sc
stavil nacvicil sok. A. Panka.
Sokolove cvicenl ma bradlech,
koze, koni a kruhy. Krasne po
casi jako ma objednavku, potr-
valo po dobu cviceni a pax ma
vstevnfci Sc museli uchylit do
mistnosti, kde Sc pred destem
mohli uchranit.
Cvicitelove zaslouzf uznanl
IA jejich namahu, jakoz i 1cin
kujfci, kteri v tom horku tax
slozite a obtizne cviceni vyko-
nall.
Ucastnit Sc pochodu v talk
horkem po6asf jest cd sokold j
sokolek pfinesena velka obet a
sokolove sokolky tento rok
prinesli mnoho takovych obeti.
Ma jare vylet, pax uvitanf pro
fesora Masaryka, pri slavnosti
ma ctvrteho cervence, pred IT,
dnem pfi slovanske slavnosti "
/ Lorain kde Sc dosti cetne st-
castni!i a jeiich vystoupeni v
prnvodu poutalo pozornost
vsech divakd a vcera opet po-
chod a cviceni. Ceska vefej-
most pfi kazde prilezitosti. by
mela financna moralne snahy
sokolG podporovat, neb V soko-
le Sc vvkonava ia neiuzitecnei
s; prace narodni. Nesmime "a
pomenout dat uznani sokolske
hudb6, ktera zvlaste pri cvice-
ri konala obtfznou povinnost.
Doufejme. ze tento okrskovv
s'et vzpruzf silv sokolG, iakoz
| povzbudf mnohe liknave. abv
tez svou praci cinnost usnadni-
Ii a tax prikladem slouzili tenn
mladSim nastupciim. kteri mali
Ivyplnovat fidnuvsi rady nase.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
MOVE PROJEVY PRAHY
PRO SPOJENCE.
Husova o.lava v Praze.

Ceskoslovenska Tiskova Kane.
Washington, D. c.. - Neue
Freie Presse pise O oslave Jana
Husa v Prazc:
V predvecer Husovy oslavv
Goslo ma Staromestskem name
sti v Praze pred Husovym po-
mnikem k demonstraci a shluk
nutim jez celkem mely klidnv
rrGbeh.
Po devate hodin6 vecernf ta-
hli demonstranti ma namestf,
kde PEST a ifzdnf policif byli
rczpraseni. Husdv pomnik byl
ozdoben kvetinami. AZ do po-
zdni noci bylo namesti oziveno
nez nikde neporusen kid.
TAX Neue Preie Presse. Ia
to. zprava z Curychu. rovnez
nemeckeho pdvodu sdeluie, ze
doslo pfi oslav9 Husove k vel
kym demonstracim i ke krve-
proliti ze demonstranti opet-
re provolavali slavu spojen-
cum. Masarykovi a ceskoslo-
venskemWstatu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
KRAJAN OKRADEN,

Chvalne znamy obchodnfk
Bedfich Jabdrek, ktery vlastnf
grocerni a feznicky obchod v
{. 1913 Kinsman rd., byl v
noci navstfven nezvanymi no.
stv. kteff mu okno u vykladni
skrine rozbili a pax 81 dvere 2
vnitfku otevreli. Zlodeji hoto-
vych ziskali jen malo cent? a
We zbozf 81 vybrali jen dobre
uzeniny, doutnfky, cigarety,
RUNE zbozi, tax ze ztrata Sc
'nemuze urcite zjistit.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
POCHVALNA CITACE tE-
SKOSLOVENSKYCH ODDfLo
" ITALII.

Ceskoslovenska Tiskova Kane.
Washington, D. C. - Velitel
jedhoho 1seku ma italske from
te plukovnik Scaroino vydal
tento denn{ rozkaz sve brigade
"Volturno' 21. cervna:
Oddildm pechoty, delostre-
lectva zenijjnim a zvlastnim
oddilGm ceskoslovenskym da-
va ma v6domi velitelstvi. !. di-
vise:i
TEST mne, ze mohu tlumociti
obdiv vsech vojind k velkole-
pemu vystoupeni ceskosloven-
skych dobrovolnikd, vyslanych
ma tento 1sek. Ukaznsni a bez-
vadni pri vykonavani sluzby Il
mimo sluzbu, ozivovani vzne-
senym nadsenim pro svoji vsc,
pro vzdalenou svoji vlast, dpi.
ci v porobe, dali jiz We s!uz-
bach hlidkovych Jim sv6fenych
obdivuhodny priklad odvahy a
pevnosti. Pohrdajice nebezpe-
cim, vrhaji Sc "a zpsvu svych
narodnich pisni az do nepra-
telskych dratenych prekazek.
Temto udatnym mladym mu-
zGm. kteff pfisli ably nabidli
svoii krev X osvobozeni sveho
raroda, vyslovuii obdiv nadse-
ny jmenem vsech italskych vo-
.iind. Tento vzneseny priklad
ceskoslovenskych dobrovolni-
kd necht je povzbuzenfm k W.
konanf poslednich napord, KITE
re mas deli cd konecneho Wit
tezstvi!
Rotmistr Jan Seba. jenz cd
armady nasi ma Rusi pfid6len
byl k armade nasi ma italske
fronte pfse z frontv:
Ma 1seku. !. te armady wy
pravil Sc pod noe oddfl peti ma
sich hochd privest "jazyky" 2
nedaleke nepfatelske polnf stra
re. ("Jazyk" znamena We vo-
jenske cestine neb slovenstine
zajatce jenz vyslechem ma byt
pfinucen k podani zprav me-
pratelskych posicich). Naho-
+dou proti zvyfn tentokrate ra-
kouska vendetta (straz) nespa
la jeden z nasich hoch1 tro-
chu pills hlasite upozornil dru
ha ma pfekazku.
Nemec, jenz patrne rozumel
cesky, jen zoufale zarval:
Rettet euch, die Tschechen
sind da (Zachrante. Sc Cesi
jsou tady) a nekolika skoky
zmizel, a "a MIN celia asi desc
ii clenna "feldwacha". Nasi o.
vsem nezahaleli a diva '.jazyky'
prece jen privedli.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-05
ODVAZNE
PREPADENl.

Norman Walker, 2185 Cum
mington rd., a Charles A. Ca
rey, Lake Shore drive, v sobo-
tn vezli $23,834, vyplatu pro
delnfky a H. j. Walker ma Taft
ave. a vych. 131 ul., kde pres
600 delnikd pracuje ma vzdu-
cholodich a soucastkach pro
motory. Ma osamelem miste ma
Taft ave. spatrili cerveny auto
mobil a diva strazniky, ktefi je
'zastavili, re jejich automobil
must prohlednout. Pan Carey
mel u sebe balfk listkd ma W.
let ktery vcera pro zamestnar
ce byl poradan a p. Walker
mel u sebe penize. Jeden straz
mix hrozil Careymu, ze tam ma
dynamit a druhy uderil dvakra
te Walkera klackem pres hla-
WI a penize mu wal. PAX ry-
chile skocili do sveho automobi-
lu a rychle jeli ma St. Clair av.
"a po te ma vychod. Carey v au-
tomobilu lupice pronasledoval.
Ma vych. 1875 ul. wall sebou
|straznika Perry Smitha. Ma W.
chodni 152 ul. wall sebou dru-
heho straznika Edgar H. Smi-
tha a lupici pronasledovali al
ma Colt ave. PAX bandit zasta-
viii ma stanici S gasolinem. Pan
Carey re stanice telefOnoval
|policii. Lupici pax zahnuli ma
Mayfield rd., kde u IL zastav-
ky sc Jim rozbilo kolo. V te do
be pfijizdela DANA automo-
blu, ktere porucili, aby re sve-
no AUTOMOBILE vystoupila, ze
pronasleduji zlodeje, ale nez
mohli prenest penize z iedno-
no auta do druheho, Walker s
rolicajty Sc ma dostrel priblfzi-
Ii. Lupici zacali strilet z pusek
a pfi prvni rane byl postrelen
Perry Smith pax Edgar Smith
byl strelen do ruky a nohy. f.
Smith zmenil revolver do dru-
he ruky a strelil lupice prave
kdyz chtel penfze prenaset. Pc
nize pustil jeho spolecnici no
hodili do automobilu a ujfzdeli
dale bez penez. Ma zastavce Ia
automobil vypovedel sluzbu a
bandite wall viz konem, v
kterem E. Keberle, 16 roku
rozvazel grocerii po South Eu-
cid a ma venlsu Sc Ztratili.
Straznik f. Smith wal peni-
ze a byl dopraven do East Gle
veland nemocnice, odkud lieut..
Frary penize do tovarny ode
vidal. Ma sto straznikH a detek
tivG proh' lavalo okoli az 25
mil, ale ezra vecer po lupicich
nebvlc stopy. Nacelnik policie
douf'. ze bandite budou brzy
WI Latrany. Vcera sc ziistilo, re
prvni automobil ukradli v pa
tex ma rohu Euclid ave. a W.
chodni "a ul.
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L1STEK Cd SYNOVCE z
RUSKA,

ma v nasi uradovne p. Josef
Wolf. 1920 ? ave-, v Clevelan-
de. Nemohl byti postou pro ne
dostatecnou adresu dodan. Pan
adresat necht' 81 u mas laskave
jej vyzvedne.
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svOlava
Vefejnou
SCHULZ
CESKEHO LIDU
UTERY, DNE 6. SRPNA 1918
do Ceske Narodni Sine ma Broadway.

90 NeSke NdrOonl Slne ma broadway.
Vsichni, kdoz cd pocatku podili Sc ma
praci "a samostatnost ceskych zemi, jsou
zadani, by Sc do jednoho dostavili do teto
schuze, ktera ma vyznam mimoradny. Co
Cechove dokazali dobe treti pujcky svo-
body, jev dobre pameti jaky vyznam mela
tato rrace pro nasi vec ceskoslovenskou Co
tyce Sc Uspornych znamek, zdstali jsne
vsak pozadu. Jine narodnosti jsou jiz ia
tim ucelem dobfe sorganisovany. Eide trou-
faji 81 prodat techto znamek "a million dol
laru. Zustati pozadu "a jinymi, znamenalo
by dspechy, nami dosud ziskane, vysaditi
nebezpeci, ze ztrati Sc jejich vyznam. V
oclch americke verejnosti jest nam ukazat
Sc pravymi Americany. V dobe, .kdy anne
ricti hosi ma bojisti postupuji, obetujice Sc
"a svobodu vsech, nezistaneme "a Mimi
Prvni povinnosti kazdeho Cecha Slovaka
je s1castniti Sc teto schIze, ktera ma raz
demonstracni. 60
Zvlaste nase zeny ceske, ktere tolik
cennych sluzeb jiz v teto dobe vykonaly,
musl tentokrate byt pohotove.
V utery vsichni do Ces. N. Sine.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Ereeing of
u Western Belgium

10 all practical purposes the deliv-
GRANGE OF France, west of the Meuse. was
thus accomplished and the freeing of Bel
gum west of the Scheldt was achieved
Valenclennes, which fell on Saturday.
November 2, was the last French citv of
any size to remain in the Germans
hands. They had in less than two
months lost rather more than 5000
square miles of French territory and
were bound to lose another thousand
square miles in the next few days.
Within their new positions they would
hold less than 1000 square miles, as
against nearly 5000 occupied in july:
they had, too, lost all the industrial dis
tricts, together with all the considerable
cities.
After the first days of November the
story is one of swift and relentless pur
suit: pursuit by the British down the
valley of the Sambre through Maui
beuge and across the Belgian frontier
until they stood on the ground where
Field Marshal Sir John French opened
the British phase of the war; pursuit to
the Belgian frontier in the centre bv
the French armies returning by the
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
plows in Swift
~ Succession

But there is no pause, like that a,
Ludendorff. On September 1S PersbiDs
wins st. Mihiel. Two weeks later bo
strikes again, this time to the north and
Gouraud follows suit on the other s;do
of the Argonne. Then King Albert and
Plumer in Belgium strike on Septem.
ber q and %. On the latter dav Horne
and Byng join in. Then Berthelot and
Mangin, then Rawlinson, with Byng and
Horne aiding him. Then Debenev. Then
King Albert, Plumer and Degoutte',
French army III Flanders. Then. as tbs
month ends, Pershing and Gourau
again.
Now bear in mind the dates. Luden
dorff struck on March p he was fnally
checked only on July 18 and 19. -Four
months of effort precede the failun
toch opened his offensive on August s.
and IN the last days of September Luden-
dorff advises his government to make
peace proposals; the government waits
few days more, until the defeat of 0ctO-
Der 8; then it appeals to President VII
son. Events in other fields have In.
tiuenced the decision, but two months
after the opening of the Foch offensive
its success is no longer doubtful. As
the third month closes France is all
but free, the Belgian coast is free.
Look at it from the side of the OBJ.
stacles: The four lines of defence; the
innumerable switch lines, the rivers and
the canals; an opposing army which
fights well even in defeat, still provided
with all the modern weapons of war. One
of the tragedies Of this war lies in the
fact that German methods have been 50
despicable; that German courage, enduE
ance, military skill are forgotten the
horror and contempt at GermancsimsS
But this great army, these unparansls'
defences, are all mastered in less isS
four months the war is won, for evenM
there been no defeats in the East h
long succession of German revers
would have brought Bulgaria and luia
key to the point of surrender and AH-
tria to the verge of revolution,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
The Situation Three
a. Weeks Ago

Just before the end of October, then,
frontier right down to Valenciennes the
German was in his last line. Between
the Scheldt and the Sambre he held
some elements of his third line; east of
the Sambre he held his third line intact
to point of intersection with the Serre
switch line, which connected him with
his second line, which was intact all the
way from the Serre to Metz 1t was,
moreover, essential for him to hold this
line as long as possible, because it COW
cred the Metz Notwithstanding rail-
road, the only double track lateral line
Of communication left to him and the
vital line for evacuating material and
supplies, now that he was forced to quit
Belgium.
But on November l the Canadians, op-
Grating with the British First Army, took
Valenciennes, thus breaking through the
fourth German line at the point where it
touched the Scheldt, while the Americans
drove through the second German line
between the Meuse and the Argonne.
The consequences of this double disaster
were patent. The whole line of the
Scheldt could now be held for only
brief period of time, by making use of
natural obstacles like the Mons Canal
which enters the Scheldt between Tournai
and Valenciennes; the whole second line
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
NJ orth and South
l. y Systems

SO much for the four lines. They were
divided into compartments by the fol-
lowing north and south systems: From
Lille a line followed the east bank of
the Lys and the Lys Canal to the Dutch
frontier. This made it possible to hold
all four of the east and west lines from
Lille eastward, even if the British and
Belgians should break through between
the Lys and the sea in the Ypres area.
A second line followed the east bank cf
the Scheldt and served the same purpose
If after forcing the front between the
sea and the Lys the enemy should cross
the Lys.
A third switch line followed the east
bank Of the Disc, the Sambre- Disc Canal
and the Sambre River, thus enabling the
central sectors Of the German front in
France to hold on even if the enemv
should break through all three Of the
east and west lines, west Of the Sambre
provided only that the fourth line be-
tween the Sambre and the Scheldt held.
fifth switch line extended from the
second east and west line at Marie, on
the Serre, back to the third line at Hir-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

expulsion of the Germans from their
first line from the Meuse to the Aisne,
west of the Argonne. But after his first
success Foch did not insist in this re-
gion; he avoided great casualties by
methodical rather than precipitate ex-
ploitation of his first success.
One day after he had launched his at
tack on the eastern end of the operative
front, that north of Verdun, Foch threw
the Belgians and Pumer's Second Brit
ish Army against the Germans at the
other end and broke through their first
line defences between the Lys and the
sea. Again he did not Immediately insist
after his first success, and the lines mo-
mentarily stabilized themselves on a
front between Courtrai and Nieuport.
the Germans standing on a rather
sketchy second line
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Contrasting the Foch Method, Swift
and Relentless, With That of
Ludendorff
Copyright, 1918, New York Tribune Inc.

roads along which Lanzerac had retreat
ed after the defeat of Charleroi; pull
suit to and beyond the Meuse by Per-
shing's young army, whose achievement
it was to retake Sedan and by new
splendors extinguish the old, unhappy
memories attaching to that city.
By Sunday, November 10, whose Off
cial statements, in fact, close the mill
tary history of the war, the broken Ger
man armies were fleeing eastward from
the Dutch frontier to the outskirts of
Metz. They were still fighting hack as
they retired at certain points. They
were not yet routed in the narrow sense
Of the word, but their power for often
sive or even for prolonged defensive
operations was at an end. That they
could have rallied and made a success
full stand west of the Rhine may well be
doubted as a military question, even il
the nation had not collapsed behind the
army and the home front had not broken
before the military front yielded.
Now we have to contrast the Foch
method with that of Ludendorff. Both
had the same problem before them. Lu-
dendorf worked at his from March 21
to July 18. Foch opened his offensive on
August 8, and had his solution in hand
by the first day of November. Both SOL
diers were troubled by the element of
time, Ludendorff by the necessity of get
ting decision before America could take
real hand. Foch had to have de-
cision before winter stopped the opera
tions. Ludendorff had almost four
months; Foch had still week to go to
complete his fourth month when the
armistice was signed.
Ludendorff conceived that he could win
the victory by one gigantic thrust. He
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

son, thus supplying another barrier to
the Allied flood, even if it should pene-
trate in the centre north of Laon.
Such was the German system, complex
when described, simple to understand
when explained by events The value of,
the various parallel and perpendicular
lines is fully disclosed by the progress of
the offensive. The best figure is always
that of the watertght compartments of
a ship. In this case the compartments
did not serve tos keep the ship afoat
finally, but they did serve the highly
useful purpose of delaying the inrush
of the enemy flood they prevented
local break from developing into a gen
eral disaster. All through this fight
the war was one of positions, not of
movement; such movement as there was
amounted merely to the operations be-
tween positions; there was nothing to
suggest the old-fashioned war, dear to
the soldiers of all ages, the war of full
and free maneuvre.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Cermany's Elaborate Defence System
and Its Final Dramatic
Destruction
By FRANK Fl. SIMONDS
Author of ''The World War;" ''They Shall Not Pass

western end touched the Scheldt River
and were thus still tenable after Lille
had fallen.
The first of the four systems or lines
which we have come to call the linden
burg line began just north of Nieuport,
on the North Sea, followed the line fac
ing Passchendaele Ridge, which the Ger
mans had defended last year, circled
about Lille, came south before La Bas-
see, through Lens, before Douai, Cam
brai, through st. Quentin, followed the
east bank of the Disc to La Fere, crossed
the st. Gobain Forest, which acted as a
sort of central bastion, turned east
above Scissors, followed the old Chenin
des Danes works, included the forts
north Of Rheims, crossed the plain of
Champagne and the Argonne Forest to
reach the Meuse just north of Verdun.
and circling about the familiar lines of
that fort reached the Moselle south of the
outer line Of Metz forts.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

the whole German line from the sea to
the Meuse rocking. At either end the
first line was completely broken through
and the enemy were compelled to retire
to the second. Elsewhere the pressure
was less disastrous at the moment, but
the enemy found himself unable to con-
centrate against SO many wide attacks;
the Hindenburg line had fallen at both
ends and was seriously threatened by the
growing pressure of the British frontal
attack nearer the centre
On October 8, which was the decisive
day, Foch threw three British armies
against the stretch of the Hindenburg
line between Cambria and St. Quentin.
In the next three days they drove right
through this line, cut the second line be-
hind it, between the Disc and the Scheldt,
and advanced until they had reached
the third line, between the Scheldt and
the Sambre, just south of Valenciennes.
While this great drive was going for
ward Foch redoubled his activities both
in Flanders and in Champagne. In
Flanders the British and Belgians rein
forced by French army, broke through
the last line of German defences between
the sea and the Lys and began to swing
round north Of Lille and threaten the
crossings of the Lys, which constituted
the third German line. In Champagne
Berthelot and Gouraud struck north one
reaching the Aisne, south of Rethel, the
other clearing the hills north Of Rheims
and crossing the Aisne east of Laon
This movement compelled the retirement
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
TNhe Whole Line Set
H. Rocking

On the same day. Foch threw Horne's
First British Army against the Germans
in Cambrai and Byng's Third British
Army against the Germans on the
stretch of the Scheldt Canal on either
side of LIE Catelet. Here the progress
was much slower, rs the British had to
fight their way through twelve-mle
defensive zone. But material gains were
scored at once. Next, on September 80,
Foch launched Berthelot's French army
against the Germans still lingering be-
tween the Vesle and the Aisne in the
ground familiar to Americans as the
scene of the fighting of many of our
troops in July and August.
The result of these attacks was to set
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
The Last Battle Of the War-Supreme Vict

To the north the main British forces,
the armies of Rawlinson, Horne and
Byng-steadily fought their way through
the third German line between the
Scheldt and the Sambre, getting clean
through by the beginning of the fourth
week of October. They had now before
them only the fourth line, that starting
at the Scheldt and crossing to the
Sambre by Valenciennes and Maubeuge.
At this moment Debeney forced the Oise
and pushed eastward, driving the Ger
mans out of the region between the Disc
and the Serre. But the effect of this
thrust was limited. again, by the switch
line stretching from the second German
position on the Serre to the third line
at Hirson