The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-05
Armistice Granted to
Austria-Hungary Af-
ter Days of Pleading
GERMAN SITUATION =.
~,..-, SEEMINGLY CRITICAL
Greater Part of Army May Be
Trapped Before Men in France
and Belgium Reach Own Bor-
der-Bolgrade in Hands Of Z
Serbians.

Serbians.
Austria-Hungary is out of the
war. -
Deserted by her last ally, Ger
many fights alone battle which
means ultimate defeat or abject
surrender. TX = -. ''
After days Of pleading an armis-
tice has been granted Austria-Hun-
gary whose badly defeated armies
in the Italian theatre are staggering
homeward under the violence of the
blows of the entente troops.
Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, which
the Italians always have claimed
was their own, has been captured
by them: Triest, Austria's princi-
pal seaport on the Adriatic, over
which there has been such bitter
fighting, now flies the Italian flag,
and Belgrade, capital of Serbia, has
been reoccupied by the Serbians.t
In France and Belgium the Ger
mans are being sorely harassed by
the British, French, Americans and
Belgians, and there are Indications
that a debacle is about to occur. :
The Argonne massif, which has
proved great obstacle to the ad-
vance Of the French and Americans,
at last has been cleared Of the ene-
my, and the entire line appears to
be crumbling. American airmen re-
port that the enemy in front of the
Americans is retreating northward
and that the roads are densely pack
ed with troops, artillery and trans-
port. ..
Likewise southeast of Valenci-
ennes the Germans are retreating
before the British, who are in close
pursuit and taking numerous prison.
ers. North of the Aisne in Cham
payne the French continue their
pressure and have taken several inn
portant villages, large numbers of
prisoners and great quantities of
war stores. .,.
the advance of the Americans and
the French on the southern part of
the battle front, taken in conjunc-
ton with the operations Of Field
Marshal Haig and the Belgians in
the north, threatens to prove the
eliminating blow to Germany's at
tempt to hold ground in France or
in Belgium. Indeed it is not i'm
probable if the advance from the
south continues as rapidly as it is,
the greater portion of the German
army will be trapped before the
men can reach their border. The
situation of the Germans seemingly
is critical ore.
Although the Austro-Hungarians
have been given an armistice they
are still being bitterly attacked by
the Italians, British, French, Ameri-
cans and Czecho-Slovak troops in
the mountains and on the plains and
will continue under chastisement
until Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
when a cessation of hostilities will
take place.
Entire regiments are surrendering
to the Italians in the mountains and
large numbers of the enemy are be-
ing made prisoners on the plains.
Heavy casualties are being inflicted
on the retiring troops.
Many additional towns have been
reclaimed. In their swift drive
against the Austro- -Hungarians the
allied forces have up to the present
taken more than 100000 prisoners
and have captured more than 1900
guns. So rapid has been the ad-
vance over the plains that Italian
cavalry already has crossed the Tag
liamento River and entered Udine.