The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-06

u,aHyss remaining any, AU9'A AoA7 - - III o1A
parW badly defeated on the nelo OF
: 1.,tssh hatfie. her battle line rent in twain
ana Nth chaos reigning inside her
bordars is pleading for an armistice.
;Y,h,Ys far her opportunities nave re-
eeitaa no better answer than the re-
i6onhaing of the efforts Of the allies to
rr-a,sh utterly her warriors.
The capitnlation of Turkey is be-
.1;eTed TO have been an unconditional
n,nlA The victories of the allied forces
asr snvasr the Austro-Hungarians threaten
4gofsend what remains Of the enemy
armies reeling back to their border
Jirn shattered and completely van
duished.
Nore than $4,000 prisoners have
sbesn taken by the Italians, British
French, American and Czecho-Slo-
Vsk forces, and everywhere, from the
sS1oaanfain region to the plains OF We
n9fia, the enemy is being sorely tried.
HE mountains, where stiff resist
anre had been offered to keep the
frs from entering the back door OF
znstffa, :sthe enemy's front is crack
ina under the violence Of the attacks
and important strategic positions are
beng lost. To the east of the Plave
1asal HES have driven in sharp
SVsye to the northeast OF Belluno,
HsSSIsses 20 miles from their original
.D65s1ts OF departure, and severed con-
neefaon between the armies in the
north and those of the Venetian
piasns.
over the plains leading towards
the Austrian frontier at the Isonzo
Hitter the invaders everywhere are IN
) 9Ifi fight with the allied troops
! dxessing then hard. Here the de-
! bacIe seems to be complete. The en-
sssi1ysss d. his fight is leaving behind
: latga numbers of guns and great
ca6antities Of. war stores, as he en-
dsayofs to- reach the passages over
Inc eTaeliamento River. It seems not
$ Anfpfohable that on the plains ana IL
/ she-region; east and west of Bellenno
large numbers of the enemy are des-
tined to be captured.
son the western battle front there
is sxil1s little fighting of violent
character, but the intensive operations
81. airmen seems to presage an early
return Of battles Of major import
ahee. In Belgium both the British
add the Belgian troops have made
sight gains, while the French on the
southern part Of the line in France
havs advanced their line and taken
prisoners. Aside from reciprocal ar
tsilery dueis and continued aerlal
raids By the. Americans and Germans,
tie American sectors east and west OF
Tie Meuse have been comparatively
quiet
IN the Serbian theater the Austro-
Hungarian eastern army has succeed
ed in outGistancing the Serbians and
reaching their home territory across
the Danube. In Mesopotania tn:
turkish army, which for so long held
up the British in their attempts to
proceed up the Tigris River, which
.ately has been suffering severe de-
feats, has surrendered in its. entirety
TO the British commander.
sc Through the detection Of Turkey
the plight Of the Teutonic alliance
becomes a critical one. The gateway
tosttie eastern boundaries Of Germany
and Hungary is opened by way Of the
Dardanelles and the Bosporus and
doubtless shortly allied fleets will in
wade the Black Sea and begin oper-
atiens in this heretofore unattainable
region. Such warships as the Ger
mans have aaoat in the Black Sea,
including the Russian Black Sea fleet,
will prove no barrier to the mighty
floating fortresses the entente can
impose against them.
Shattered little Roumania by the
collapse Of Turkey again is likely
soon to be inside the entente fold and
aiding in the operations against the
nations which crushed her. Likewise
the armistice which lets Turkey out
OF the war issa menace to the enemy
m Russia, and is likely to prove of
the greatest value in Quicken;ng ce-
turn OF normal conditions in that
country.
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