The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-17
DRIVE HUNS FROM
.ChEMINDESDAmES
ALLIES oUrFLANk DoUAI AND
PURSUE ROUTED FOE ALONG
CAMBRIA SECTOR.
ALLIES HOLD lie CETEAU
GERMANS ARE BEING RAPIDLY
HERDEo FROM BELGIUM AND
FRANCE TO OWN TERRITORY.

FRANCE TO OWN TERRITORY.
London, Oct 12.-German troops be-
gan the evacuation of the famous
Chemin Des Danes in the region
north of the River Aisne and south Of
Laon.
Fridays advices from the battle
front Indicate 1t is virtually certain
the Germans will have to- evacuate
the St. GObain forest almost immedi-
ately.
The famous Chemin des Danes, the
ridge which the Germans had believed
to be an insurmountable barrier to an
advance northward from Scissors, Is
being evacuated. while in Champagne
and along the Meuse river farther
eastward the French and American
troops are pushing further forward
/ northward their lines In the great con-
verging movement which. Is fast driv-
ing the enemy from Belgium and the
greater portion of invaded France to-
ward his own borders.
| The grip of the Germans on north
ern France has been ,oosened and the
process of herding them back to their
borders is proceeding at an increas-
ingly rapid pace under the allied lash.
Already. since the beginning OF the
July offensive. which initiated the
loosening process. the allies have
pushed the enemy back a maximum Of
forty-five miles from the Ancre near
Albert to the tip OF the present An
glo-American wedge at lie Cateau.
All along the battle front the allied
troops are advancing. From the south
of Douai to the east of Laon the en-
emy everywhere is giving ground east,
ward
! Paris. Oct. 11.-A quarter of . mil
| lion Germans now are in full retreat
between Cambrai and st. Quentin.
with the allies hot at their heels. AT
some points the advance exceeded fif-
teen miles in two days
| lie Cateau. the important junction
point twelve miles southeast OF Cam.
brai. represented Thursday night the
point of deepest penetration by the al-
lied troops. The British were the mas
ters of It,
The Americans continue slowly to
advance up the eastern side of the
Meuse. while west Of the river. in con-
junction with the operations OF the
French. they have all but obliterated
the great Argonne forest as an enemy
defense position.
Both in the Macedonian theater and
lin, Palestine the allied forGss -arc
pressing tae enemy hard, Albania Is
fast being Cleared. of the Austro. Hun
garian tr'..;s. while In Serbia the en-
emy Ia bearing Nish, harassed by the
Serbians. At last accounts General
Allenby was still driving the Ottoman
troops northward in Palestine.
Berlin. via London. Oct. 10.-"On
the battle front between Cambria aud
st. Quentin we occupied positions to
the rear. thereby giving up Cambria"
says the headquarters announcement
Talaat Pasha. the Turkish premier,
has resigned and has been succeeded
\ by Tewfik Pasha. former premier and
ex-ambassadOr al London. according
to advices received in London Enver
Pasha. the minister OF war, also has
! resigned
The German armies are In full
flight before the British, American and
French forces on the front between
Cambria and St Quentin. Cambria.
the strong point OF the enemy in this
region. has been taken by the Canad
ians in its entirety and north Of Cam
brai the Canadians have deeply pene-
trated the German line.
Out In the open east Of what once
was the old Hindenburg line. cavalry
is hustling the retreating foe in what
virtually amounts to a rout. So fast
is the retreat that columns of the al
lied troops in parade formation have
passed. through numerous villages.
completely out OF contact with the
Germans.
tween 100 and 200 guns were captured
In Tuesdays fighting and the .continu-
alton of the battle Wednesday resulted
in further large captures.
In Macedonia and Asiatic Turkey
the troops OF the entente still have tho
enemy on the rum Nowhere 10 the en-
emy able to do more than fight retard-
ing battles. giving ground when the
pressure becomes too strong.
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