The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-10-02

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which the Germans had so firmly
0lilded their hopes of providing an in
FFsSsuperable barrier to the Allies, at last
has been entered by the French, and
ssseemingly the gateway is open to
harshal Foch for a swift advance
eastward in his task of reclaiming
Northern France.
n Meanwhile the Germans and their
n N,5allies on all the battle line have con-
tinued to play losing game, and re-
sport has it that the Turks, realizing
their critical situation through sue
K cessive defeats and the withdrawal of
Bulgaria from the war, are sending
out peace feelers.
33S 3I3& From Northern Belgium to the re-.
IssSgion of Verdun the battle front is still
g seething with activity on various
S fronts, and with the Entente forces
50 continuing 20 make gains against the
VI NGerniahs which are seriously in,peril=
$$Ilng the enemy lines,
n" Flanders Drive Progresses
.S In Flanders The British in the re-
i 2ioli from DiNnlude to Armenticrea
have further driven in their sharp
j wedge eastward, capturing important
Il towns and cGtting lines of commune
lScation necessary to the continued hold
1ing by the Germans Of their subma-
gine bases on the North Sea.
i' From Cambria to St. Quentin, not
withstanding most violent reaction
= from the Germans, the British, Amer
& leans and French again have won
heavily fortified positions of the en-
! emy all along the front. Midway be-
tween st. Quel tin and Cambria the
Ss5remaining portions of the old linden
D burg line are slowly being demolished,
although the Germans have imposed
4 the strength of nearly half a million
against the Allictd troops to hold the
n front, the breaking through OF which,
a#5in conjunction with the successful
Ii a83manoeuvers in Flanders along the
Aisne and in Champagne would mean
/ disaster.
1 Between the Vesle and Aisne rivers
the French have begun to push back
Ge mans north of the Aisne, while
81 in Cha,Npague :he French, operating
5z8Sin conjunc:' on with the Americans, are
steadily advancing northward The
AAllies now dominate the Aire river
a&Argonnc forest, while on the other
3 side of the forest the Americans are
3 slowly coming up the Aire valley from
!. the south, and soon will be in a posi-
6tion, with the French, to nip this great
5!6woded bastion out of the German line.
W& Blow Coming in Italy
s In the mountain region of the Ital-
8S ian front there has been a considcra-
.8 Vie increase j. artillery activity and
II it is probable that Marshal Foch soon
will begin an offensive against the
Austro- -Hungarians.
"T Gen. Allenby in Palestine has sur
rounded Damascus and French cavalry
B is reported to be working it's way up
2 the Mediterranean . seacoast toward
Beirut.
In the Macedonian theater west of
b. bake Ochrida the Austrians are evac-
uating territory in Albania, probably
indicating that, now Bulgaria is out
of the war the Austro- Hungarians
realize, they aret in serious prcdica.
ment, far from home, and with no al,
lies to aid them.
Peace Riots in Berlin
If Peace demonstrations have been
u held in Berlin, in which police inter-
'@ vention became necessary. Some cx-
cesses were committed by the crowd, q,
such as the tearing down of statues.
& The possibility Of Cabinet crisis in
Germany is Indicated by the resigna-
tons of the imperial chancellor, vice
chancellora nd foreign minister.
IS In the recent fighting in France and
: Flanders the German losses in men
" killed or wounded and in guns cap.
tured have been enormous. TO thu
Belgians the Germans lost virtually
all their forward defensive artillery
and some heavy naval guns. Many
men were made prisoner.