The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-15
ADVANCING ALLIES SEE
ONLY BACKS OF GERMANS.

British, Americans and French Push
ing Steadily Forward, Taking
Numerous Villages and Towns
The men of the once Formidable Ger
man armies holding the Hindenburg
line from north Of Cambria to St.
Quentin are facing eastward, defeated
and in retreat. Their backs are the
targets for the British, American and
French troops. who bitterly fought
them, step by step, out Of supposedly
impregnable defenses aud are now
harrying them in the open country.
Nowhere is the enemy attempting
stand in force.
True, the German border is yet a
long distance away but the past two
days of chase have materially decreas-
ed the width Of the area separating
the invaders from their own Rhine
line.
lie catean, the important junction
point. 12 miles southeast OF Cambria,
reported Thursday night the point OF
deepest penetration by the allied
troops. The British were the masters
Of it. All along the front, however, the
British, American and French have
been steadily pressing forward their
infantry forces, taking numerous
towns and villages while far in ad-
vance Of them the hoofbeats OF the
cavalry horses, interuingled with the
roars OF the wn1ppet tanks and the
stacatto barking Of the machine guns
inside the moving forts. So fast has
been thesretseat OF the enemy that
at various points the allied forces
asoot lost contact with him.
Valuable Ground Gained. s.
The retreat, which is ove~ front of
about IS miles, from the south Of
Douai to the region east Of st. Quen-
tin, has left in the hands of the allies.
in addition to the towns taken, valu-
able lines of communication and STRAIT
egic positions Of high importance and
driven in a wedge that seemingly will
force the Germans everywhere from
the North Sea to the vicinity of Yer
dun to fall back. Southeast Of Douai,
one Of the remaining string points in
the German line in the north the Brit
ism are standing in Eturun, 12 miles
southwest of valenciennes, the pivotal
point in the enemy's known next de-
fense line and 10 miles to the south Of
that city is outflanked at Solesmes.
Meantime, the French and American
armies on that part of the line run
ming from northwest of Rheims to the
Mease River are still pressing forward
in the converging moment with the
armies In the west and gradually are
aSorming the entire war theatre into
huge sack. The Americans continue
slowly to advance up the eastern side
OF the Meuse while west Of the river
In conjunction with the operations OF
the French, they have all but obliter-
ated the great Argone forest as an
enemy defense position. TO the west
Of the forest in the Aisne valley and
still farther westward, the French
also have made further gains.
Throughout this entire region the Ger
mans still are offering stubborn re-
sistance, mainly with machine guns.
realizing the importance Of holding,
back their foes while their armies in
Belgium and further south make good
their retrograde movement.
Albania Being Cleared.
Both in the Macedonian theatre and
In Palestine the allied forces are
pressing the enemy hard. Albania is
fast being cleared Of the Austro-H Hun
garian troops, while in Seryia the enc
my is nearing Nish, harrassed by the
servians. At last accounts General
Allenby was still driving the Ottoman
troops northward in Palestine.
So lightning like are the maneuvers
of the allied armies on the various
battle fronts-from the North Sea to
Yerdan, in Macedonia and in Palestine
that except to the war expert and
his military maps constantly before
him it is almost impossible to visual
lie the situation and realize the swift
strides the allies are making in de-
3eating the common enemy. In Francs
and Belgium in three weeks FIVE i'm