Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-12
GERMANS MAY ESCAPE
SALIENT IN WHICH HUN FORCES ARE BEING SURROUNDED NET WORK OF RAILROAD AND HIGH WAYS SO THAT hosT OF THEM MAY GET AWAY

UNDATED WAR LEAD CBy the As soeiated Press)-On the wings of nee essity the Germans are flying east ward from their old battle positions from DOuai to La Fere and north ward from La Fere to the Mouse river. Their flight is toward some haven of safety from the talons of the allied hawks. which everywhere are menacing them.
 Meanwhile there have been sent broadcast further reports that Aus tria Hungary and Turkey. seeing that the trend of events spells ultimate defeat. have informed Germany tha. they will accept President Wilson's peace terms. Notwithstanding the ad- vantages that are being achieved over
 w ioOmmOn enemy on the battle fronts and he peace feelers in the air. President Wilson, Secretary Lans- ing. Secretary McAdOo and in fact all the high officials of the government. are warning the American eitizenry that the situation is critical and that everyone should rally to the support of the fourth Liberty loan
 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. The famous Chemin Des Danes. the ridge which the Germans had believed to be an insurmountable barrier to an advance northward from SoissOns. is being evacuated. while in Champagne. and along the Mouse river farther easteward. the French and the American troops are pushing further forward northward their lines in the great cOnverging movement which is fast driving the enemy from Belgium and the greater portion of invaded France toward his own borders.
 DOuai now is completely outflanked by the latest operations of the British while between Cambrai and St Quen- tin the British and Americans are still chasing the enemy. To the south the French over a wide front have crossed the Disc river and conjunc- ton with the retirement of the en- emy from the Chemin Des Danes. are forcing the Germans to give up the great Gobain forest. the bastiOn at the bend of the line. where it turns eastward. and also the stronghold of Laon. the keystone of the entire south ern German line
 While from the war maps it would appear to the casual observer that the Germans in this bend of the elbow are likely to be cut off, it seems more probable that they will be able to use the railways and high roads leading in all directions from LaOn like the main branches of a spiders web and affect their escape without great losses in prisoners Nevertheless the retrc- grad movement here of necessity must have a strong bearing on the stability of whatever new line the Germans may choose to stand upon. and their still relatively strong fronts in Bel gium and from Verdun to the Swiss border The Italians are taking a great part in the driving of the enemy from the Chemin Des Danes.
 East of Rheims the Suippe river has been crossed by the French at numer- ous places. West of the Argonne for est. which now is held by the French and Americans. the Germans are in re- treat and number of additional towns and villages have been taken by the forces. East of the Argonne and along the Mouse valley,
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