Republican farmer., 1918-11-08

Tn Belgium American troops have reached the Scheldt on a wide front southwest front and reported to be west of the Eeckee, seven miles south southwest of Ghent. The German sit uation around Ghent is becoming hazardous.
 West of the Mouse the Germans now are in a serious position through the successful American and French drive of Friday which placed them in a pocket in the forest of Boult, north of the Argonne. General Gouraud's men resumed the offensive Saturday and are pressing through the wooded region west of the Boult forest. The French and Americans have captured tContinued on Page Two)
 more than 4,400 prisoners.
 Allied armistice terms have been handed the Austrians by General Diaz. whose victorious troops continue to push the enemy back on a front of ! more than 125 miles from Lake Garda to the Piave. Between Asiago, and the Piave the Allies have advanced to tfees Brenta at Grignon. The AuStrians ap- parently are fleeing precipitately
  ing thousands of prisoners and hun dreds of guns to the Allies. East of the Piave the Italians Brit ish and Americans are pressing toward the Tagliamento along the en- tire front. North of Saeile they are
 well east of the Livensa which river also has been crossed south of Sacile. North of BelIuno the Italians are pressing onward into the Carnic Alps, | outf1anking the hard pressed Aus trtans in the Venetian plains to the south. North of the Adriatic the Italian Third army is pushing ahead rapidly with the Austrians before them in an apparent rout. It is re- ported the Austrians are evacuating 1 Udino, the principal fortress on the | Venetian plains west of Gorizia. The Allied armies in Venitia have cap tured additional thousands of Aus | trians.
 | italian naval units also are active against the Austrian coast along the
 Adriatic More than 1000 square
 miles of Italian territory has been hb- erated by the Allies up to Friday. Italian Headquarters East of the
 Piave, Friday, Nov. 1-Scenes Of desoIatfon are being encountered, by the Allied troops advancing through Venetia. Dwellings have been
 wrecked In the storm of shells pour ed upon the country, while window
 shades have been carried away. The uncuItivated fields are rank with
 weeds.
 As the Allied troops move ahead
 they see that they have a great op7 portunity to throw the enemy in dis- astrous retreat from Italian soil.
 The movement east of the Piave l is being carried out by the Eighth
 and Twelfth Italian armies, with a
 number of French and British. The Austrians are fleeing from l Udine, about 50 miles east of the Piave. They have abandoned a
 great quantity of war material in the
 region Of Udine, which was Italian | headquarters before the 1917 retreat. The destruction of the Austrian armies continues apace along a front l of 125 miles. On every sector of the iong front the enemy is giving
 away before the smashing blows of | the Allies.
 1 when tHe dudIto pass was tdheH | the way was opened to Beiluno and 1 the Austrian armies were separated.
 Simultaneously the Fourth Italian
 Army renewed its fierce attack on Monte Grappa region so as to hold l there the nine divisions and reserves | between Feltre and Fonzaso, endan- l gering both points. The Quero- FeItre pass was captured and the enemy is falling back, not attempting l to defend itself
 1 In the Trentino the Austrians are
 seeking safety through the valleys Of
 the heavy mountainous region around i Trent. East of the Piave the Aus | trians are retiring toward the Tagliaes | mento, especially hard pressed by the i Duke of Aoestas' army on the south,