The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-16
GERMANS on THE RUN.
MEN COMPOSING ONCE FoRAf1D-
Sc ABLE ARMIES NOW FAC
rs EASTWARD.
British, Americans and French Push
Ing Steadily Forward, Taking M
Merons Villages and Towns-Valu-
able Lines OF Communication are
@ Gained.

German armies holding the linden
burs line from north of Cambria to
ST. Quentin are facing eastward, de-
feated and in retreat. Their backs
are the targets for the British,
American and French troops, who
bitterly fought them, step by step,
out of supposedly impregnable de-
lenses and are now hurrying them IN
the open country Nowhere is the
enemy attempting a stand in force.
True, the German border is yet a
long distance away; but the past two
days OF chase have materially de-
creased the width Of the area separau-
ing, the invaders from their own Rhine
lire.
LIE Cateau, the important junction
point, Il miles southeast Of Cambria,
reported Thursday night the point OF
deepest penetration by the allied
troops The British were the masters
OF il. An along the front, however,
the British, American and French
have been steadily pressing forward
their infantry forces, taking numer-
nus towns and villages while far In
advance of them the hoofbeats OF the
cavalry horses, intermingled with the
rdars OF the whippet tanks and the
sfaccado barking of the machine guns
inside. the moving forts. So fast has
been the retreat of the enemy that at
various points the allied forces afoot
Mst contact with him.
The retreat, which is over front
Z. tho C013fh 0f
DQuai to the region east of st. Quen-
tiashas left in the hands Of the allies,
mssaddition to the towns taken, valu-
able lines of communication and
strategic positions Of high importance
and drives in a wedge that seemingly
VII force the Germans everywhere
srom the, North Sea to the vicinity OF
Vsrdun to fall back. Southeast OF
Douai, one Of the remaining strong
points in the German line in the
north the British are standing IN
g Efurun, 12 miles southwest Of Valen-
cieunes, the pivotal point in the enc
u,y,s known next defense line and ~
miles to the south Of that city is out
fanhed at Solesmes.
Meantime, the French and Amerl-
can Arnaies on that part Of the line
running from northwest of Rheims to
TIE: Meuse River are still pressing for
Ward in the converging movement
with the armies in the west and
gradually are forming the entire war
theater into huge sack. The Amerl-
cans continue slowly to advance up
the eastern side Of the Meuse while
west OF the river in conjunction with
The operations Of the French, they
haze all but ob1iterated the great
Argonne forest as an enemy defense
p0sition. TO the west of the forest
III the Aisne valley and still farther
westward; the French also have made
further gains. Throughout this en-
tire region the Germans still are offer
ing stubborn resistance, mainly with
neachine guns, realizing the import
ance OF holding back their foes while
their armies in Belgium and further
south make good their retrograde
Increment
~ Both in the Macedonian theater
and in Palestine, the allied forces are
pressing the enemy hard. Albania is
fast being cleared of the Austro-
Hungarian troops, while in Servia the
enemy is nearing Nish, harsssed oy
the Seryians At last accounts Cen
eral Alienoy was still driving the
Ottoman troops northward in Pales-
t.as
So ightning like are the maneu~
vers of the allied armies on Ape va
riaus battle ronts-frdm tbf .tn
Sea to yerdun, Il MacedoA in
Palestine except to the< ex-
pert and his military maps cons htly
before him, it is almost impossible TO
visualize the situation and realize
the swift strides the allies are making;
in defeating the common enemy. In
France ano Belgium in three weeks
five important cities which had been
il German hands for four years have
been recaptured. Dixmude, Armen-
there's, Lens, Cambria and st. Quen-
tin are now in allied hands, while
Lille, Douai and VaIenciennes seem
ingly are all but captured. Servia
shortly is to be fully reclaimed and
the Turks soon will know the Holy
Land no more.
"A Call to Seryice-Boys' Working Re-