The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-04
ENCH TROOPS ENTER
IMPORTANT ST. QUENTIN
Turks Said to Realize Critical Posi-
ton in Which They Find Themselves
and to be Sending Out Peace Feel
ers-Austria Withdraws Forces in
Macedonia.

ers-Austria Wlthdraws Forces in
Macedonia.
The town of St. Quentin, upon which
the Germans had so firmly bullded
their hopes of providing an insupera-
BILE barrier to the allies, at last mas
been entered by the French and
seemingly the gateway is open to
Marshal Fcch for swift advance
eastward in his task of retaining
northern France.
Meanwhile the Germans and their
allies on all the battle fronts have
continued to play losing game, ana
report has it that the Turks, realizing
their critical situation through sue
cessive defeats and the withdrawal OF
Bulgaria from the war are sending
out peace feelers.
From northern Belgium to the re-
gion Of verdun the battle front is still
seething with activity on various
fronts and with the entente forces con
tinuing to make gains against the
Germans which are seriously imperil-
ling the enemy Ines.
In Flanders the Belgians and British
in the rigion from Dixmude to Armen-
-tieres haze further driven in their
sharp wedge eastward. capturing I'M
portant towns and cutting lines OF
communication necessary to the con-
tinued holding by the Germans of
their submarine bases on the Norta
Sea.
Big Trio Gaining.
From Capbrai to St. Quentin not
withstanding most violent reactions
from the Germans, the British, Amer
leans and French again have won
heavily fortified positions of the ene-
my all along the front. Midway be
tween st. Quentin and Cambria the
remaining portions of the old Hinden-
burg Line are SLOWLY being demolish-
ed although the Germans have I'M
posed the strength cf nearlv half
million men against the allies to hold
the front, the breaking through OF
which. in conjunction with the success
fnl maneuvers in FLANDERS, along the
Aisne and in Champagne, would mean
disaster.
Between the vesle and Aisne rivers
the French have begun to push baca
the Germans north of the Aisne while
in Champagne the French operating
in conjunction with the Americans are
steadily advancing northward. Their
guns now dominate the Aire rivep val
lev running to the north of the Ar
gonne forest. while on the other side
Of the forest the Americans are slowly
coming up the Aire valley from the
south and soon will be in position
with the French to nip this great
wooded bastion out of the German
lire.
Big italian Guns Busy.
In the mountain reg'on of the ltal-
ian front there has been a consider
able increaee in artillery activity and
IL is probable that Marshal Foch soon
will harin an offensive here against
fhe Ars+ro-unnoarians
General Allenby in Palestine has
surrounded Damascus and French
cavalry is renorted to be working its
way m the Mediterranean sea coast
toward Reirut.
In the Macedonian theater west OF
Lake ochrida the Austrians are evacu-
atins terito~v in Albania, probably IN
dicatine that now Bulgaria is out OF
the war the Arst~n- -Vungarians realiza
thew are in serious nredicament far
from home and with no allies to ale
them
Peace demonstrations have been
held in Perrin in which police inter
vention became necessary. Some ex-
cesses were committed by the crowds
such as the tearing down Of statues.
The possibility of a cabinet crisis In
Germany is indtcated by the resigna-
tons of the imperial chancellor, vice
chancellor and foreign minister.
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 the
Be1gians the Germans lost virtually
all their forward defensive artillery
and some heavy naval guns. Many
men we're made prisoner.