Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-10-11
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FINALLY PIERCED
For First Time in West the Allies
Are Definitely Through All the
.Enemy's Prepared Defenses.
LENS ALSO TAKEN IN DASH.
of Berat Followed Bulgarian
CoIIapse-Socialists Make
Peace Demands

Paris.-Lens, the heart Of the great
coal region in northern France, and
Armcntieres, almost equally impor-
tant as manufacturing centre, have
been evacuated by the Germans; the
German fortified positions between
Cambrai and st. Quentin have been
definitely smashed and the Austro-Hun-
garians in Albania, forsaken by their
former allies, the Bulgarians, are in
full retreat northward toward their bor-
der from the Adriatic Sea to Lake Och
rida
Of the reconquering of invaded Bel
gium and the progress of the French
and Franco-American forces respec-
lively north of Rheims and eastward
in Champagne to the vicinity OF Yer
dun, the tale remains the same-the
Germans slowly but surely are being
forced everywhere to give ground and
their vital defenses daily continue to
be eaten into, Notwithstanding the
strong resistance that the enemy is
imposing to make null the efforts of
the Allies to close in on all sides of
the great battle arc from the North
Sea to the Swiss border and compel
the German high command to recon-
struct its fighting line.
In Belgian Flanders Belgian, French
and British troops are keeping up their
eastward progress in their endeavors
to compel the Germans to give up
Ostend and Zeebrugge, their naval
bases on the North Sea.
Roulers, the important railway juno
ton, with its lines of steel radiating
TO the North Sea and eastward to
Ghent, has been entered by the Bel
gians and at Hooglede, to the north,
King Albert's men are virtually upon
the ROulers- rs-Ostend-BrugeS railway. TO
the south, Menin and Courtrai are
seriously menaced.
Across the border in France the
capture of Armentieres brings Lille,
capital of the Department Of the Nord,
within striking distance, and the evacu-
alton Of Lens places DOuai, the fortress
northeast Of Arras, and all the terri
tory between Arras and Menin virtu-
nlly IN the hands of the British.
To the south, from Cambrai to st.
Quentin, the German resistance Is still
strong, but, nevertheless, the British,
Americans and French on all the Sec
tors which are essential to the carry
ing forward of the Allied program have
ya7iantly attacked and withstood coun-
ter attacks, smashed the old Hinden-
burg positions and materially advanced
their line Sequenhart north of st.
Quentin, which the Germans in q vio-
lent counter attack recaptured from
the British Wednesday, again has been
taken by the Allies.
Vienna announces the withdrawal
Of all her divisions from Albania be-
cause Of the collapse of Bulgaria. The
capture of Berat by enemy forces also
is announced.
While LGndon diplomatic circles de-
scribe the Turkish situation as "mOv-
ing" Austria appears to be the present
theatre of the peace movement threat
rning the Central Powers.
n the Austrian Chamber Of Deputies
peace discussion was opened by the So
calists, who presented their terms for
ending the conflict, which include
league of nations, no anneXations, the
restoration Of Serbia, Montenegro and
Belgium, revision Of the bucharest and
nrast-Litovsk treaties and autonomy
for each nation in AuStria-HunSary.
At the same time Emperor Charles con-
Fcrrcd with his chief of staff, premier
snh foreign ministers
The general view in London is that
Turkey will make no definite peace bid
until she learns Germany Is unable TO
extend help to her,