The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-11-07
From Belgian Frontier to Aisne
River, Germany's Shattered
Armies Fleeing Rapidly.
MUNITIONS ARE LEFT
So Preclpitate Is Flight II is Difficult
to Determine Exact Location Of
contendinq Forces-Ghent 10
Invested BY Allies.

Foch has the terms Of armistice
for Germany and awaits appIiea-
tion by the German military COM
mand In the field for them.
The government at Berlin 10 %
Informed In a note which Secre-
tary Lansing handed to Minister
suIzer, Of Switzerland, announc-
ing the Allies have declared their
willingness to make peace on the
principles enunciated by President
Wilson.
London, Nov. 7.-Forced to a re-
alization of impending peril by the
progress of the British southeast OF
Valenciennes and the French and
Americans south of Sedan, Germany'a
shattered armies are in rapid retreat
from the Belgian frontier to the Aisne
river. So rapid is the retirement that
1t is difficult to determine the exact
location of the contending forces along
this IS miles of front.
British forces have cleared the bar.
rier Of Normal forest and threaten to
drive a wedge between Mons and Mau.
beuge. To the south the French have
launched an attack that has forced
the enemy back from three to four
miles, while along the Meuse the
Americans, in close cooperation with
the French, Just to the westward, have
overcome stubborn resistance by the
enemy and moved still nearer the
Sedan-Longuyon railroad. -4s. h.
Foo Abandons Munitions. !
There is evidence that the Germans
are not carrying out the orderly re-.
treat that marked their retirement
from the Marne and the Somme sail.
ents. Batteries of field guns, with
horses attached. have been captured
and vast quantity of munitions,
which could be moved quickly under
ordinary circumstances, has fallen in
to the hands of the Allies.
To the north, Client is closely in.
vested by the French, Belgian and
British troops. The fighting there is
apparently between German rear
guards and the Allied forces, for civ.
ilians are said to be close behind the
lines, and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
watched the beginning Of the assault
against the city.
Scheidt Crossed Everywhere.
The line of tho Schedlt is no longer
any protection to the enemy in Bel.
gium. 1t has been crossed everywhere
from Client to Valenciennes. and it is
probable that Allied troops have been
flung across the canal porth cf cNn-.
Between Ghent and Brussels there
are no great natural obstacles, except
the Dendre river, which will aid the
Germans in conducting defensive op.
erations, and it seems probable that
the enemy will not turn at bay until
he reaches the Namur- ur-Brussels-Ant
werp line, which is saiG to have been
prepared for grim struggle.
Americana Probably Smelling Sedan.
American forces north of Verdun
have crossed the Meuse at three places
and have gained ground on the east
side Of the river. This advance is
most important, for 1t threatens the
Sedan-Longuyon line at a new point
and removes from the Germans the ad.
vantage Of having position on the
flank of the American forces advanc.
ing northward on the western side OF
the stream.
Sedan must be under artillery fire
from the medium caliber American
guns.