Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-14
GERMANS ARE BACK
ON THEIR OLD LINE
AFTER MONTH OF NIGHT AND
DAY FIGHTING, HUNS ARE
FORCED BACK TO MEUSE.
British, French and Americans Are
Still Hammerine Forward, the
Fee Desperately contestlng Every
Foot of Ground.

London.-It is just a month since
the real battle of 1918" crashed loose
with Rawlinson's stunning blow to the
Teuton army facing Amlens. Up to
that date Foch's campaign begun July
Is, had been a CONFERENCE.-The.
Every hour of every day and night
since the Germans have been with
drawing, retreating, fleeing. with tho
allied line of attack gradually spread
ing to front of 40 miles, from Ypres
to the west of Rheims
Al last, the great German retreat on
Sunday began to show Signs of halt.
The enemy has his back to the wall 2
breach of which will send him stagger-
ing bach to the Meuse and the Belgian
frontier. Indications are that he means
to avert, or mt least to staye off, such
a disaster to his armies of INVASION
For days the Germans chung to their
bases at Peronne and Ham while they
drew back their supplies. Peronne,
the first to fall, was taken by the
British. Several days later the enemy
evacuated Ham, and the French swept
forward with rush, aligning them
selves with the Franco-American ar
mics which, to the south, had pressed
close to the old line
Triumphal March of Allies.
As an illustration of what has hap
pened within the last thirty days it
should be said that at Yilleveque the
Germans are nearly thirty-seyen miles
to the east of Amiens. On August 8
they stood, east of Corbie. only little
more than ten miles from that great
allied base.
AS this glorious month of the allied
triumphal march winds up, the British,
French and Americans are still ham
mering forward, but from a clean pur-
suit the campaign is changing into a
new battle, in which the foe apparently
means to defend every foot in desper-
ate delaying combat.
Generally speaking, the enemy is
back of the Hindenburg line Now we
shall see whether he can hold It," was
the summing up of the situation on the
French battlefront given by an officer.
The French Officers do not believe
that the Germans can hold the line.
Rear Guard Fighting.
The fighting throughout the week
has all been of rear-guard character.
AT times 1t grew very brisk as the al
lies pressed the Germans closely. The
enemy was then compelled to stand
and fight to protect the main army
and to effect the safe withdrawal of
guns and supplies. In the last few
days the enemy artillery has been re-
plying so vigorously that the allies be-
lieve the Germans expect to make a
stand at the Hindenburg line. Evil
IDENTIFY the guns are now emplaced
along this line.
Americans Are Busy.
North of scissors the Franco Ameri
can wedge at Juvigny and Terny-Sorny
had driven deep into the enemy's side
outflanking his positions on the Vesle
river. At the critical moment when
the whole line was threatened. the
enemy, who, in the meantime, had re-
moved his guns, withdrew suddenly
from the Vesle river, permitting the
Americans, who had been held I'D there
for a month, to cross.
American troops took part in a
fierce battle in Flanders, capturing the
heavily fortified position of Voorme-
zeele, south of Ypres.