Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-09-12
GERMANS ARE BACK
ON THEIR OLD LINE
AFTER MONTH OF NIGHT AND
DAY FIGHTING, HUNS ARE
FORCED BACK TO MEUSE.
British. French and Americans Arc
Still Hammering Forward, the
Foe Desperately Contestng Every
Foot of Ground.

London.-It is just a month since
the real battle of 1918" crashed loose
with Rawlnson's stunning blow to the
Teuton army facing Amiens. Up to
that date Foch's campaign. begun July
Is, had been Il counter-offensive.
Every hour of every day and night
since the Germans have been with
drawing, retreating, fleeing, with the
allied line of attack gradually spread
ing to front of 40 miles. from Ypres
to the west of Rheims.
At last, the -reat German retreat on
Sunday began 20 show signs of a halt.
The enemy has his back TO the wall, a
breach of which will send him stagger
ing back to the Mouse and the Belgian
frontier. Indications are that he means
to avert, or at least to stave off, such
q disaster to his armies of invasion.
AS an illustration of what has hap
pened within the last thirty days II
should be said that at Villeveque the
Germans are nearly thirty-seven 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
Triumphal March of Allies.
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
new battle, in which the foe apparently
means TO defend every foot in a 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 Il rear-guard character.
At times it 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. Evj-
IDENTIFY the guns are now emplaced
along this line.
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 Carer the enemy
evacuated Ham, and the French swept
forward with a rush, aligning them
selves with the Franco-American ar
mics which, to the south, had pressed
close to the old line.
Americans Are Busy.
North of scissors the Franco-Ameri
can wedge at Juvigny and Terry Sorny
had driven deep into the enemys 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 up there
for month, to cross.
American troops took part in n
fierce battle in Flanders, capturing the
heavily fortified position of yoorlne-
zeele, south Of Ypres