Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-24
GOT THEM ON THE RUN.
Allies Now Far Outnumber the Ger
mans.

Allies Now Far outnumber the Ger
mans.
Striking proof that the German man
mower is fast crumbling came last sat
urday in the announcement oy Geh,
eral March. chief OF stan. that the
aws from all battle fronts was con.
tinuously good and that l,'eo,oVo
American troops had now oeen efh-
barked for overseas service. ~
Just six months ago Saturoas .n
enemy flung his full military power
n gainst the British lines in Picardy IN
the great drive that was TO emu rhe
war in a smashing victory. 10,
Jay he is fighting desperately 10 hola
Tho tottering Hindenburg line, the de-
fensiye system from which he Struck
thar blow and back into which ne mas
been hurled. The side by side BRUSH.
French and American armies nave
broken definitely the German onensNe
power In official opinion In washlns
ton' Already the American forces In
Eronce are more than half as strong
as the whole German army and the
tide of American fighting men toward
France Is continuing NJ an even puee.
The situation on the various oattie
fronts was tersely summarized oy Geh'
March Saturday as follows:
News during the week from all
fronts has been continually ana CON
tinuously good. On the western front
o,,r new line in Lorraine was quickly
stabilized, The enemy has been hur-
ricdly strengthening his line or de-
fense. the socalled kriempild line
which lies only u mile or two IN 'front.'
of the new line OH front or ABOUT ~
miles from near Maizeray to the MO
selle river at Wanderers. We are now
ten miles away from Confians anu
twelve miles away from Metz
Steady Progress Made.
In Picardy the British and French
renewed their advance on the cam.
brai-St. Quentin front toward the ola
Hindenburg line. In spite OF the con-
centration of the enemy FORCES de-
Tending this sector, the British have
made steady progress. and the enemy
is reported to have lost very heavily.
II is now officially confirmed that TO-
900 prisoners have been captured.
ION the plateau northwest Of Sois-
sons the French have continued 10
force back the enemy's best troops
until they are now within half mile
from the junction OF the MauDeusc
road and the Chemin -des- DANES. ana
within ten miles OF Laon, which Is be-
ing shelled
"The reports in the press about tn"
successful operations OF the Serbian
army on the Balkan front are correct
The Serbian army attacked the buI
garians on a front OF % miles ana
drove them back about 20 miles. Ac-
cording to official reports the Brltisn
have reopened activities In Palestine
The western battle wall has heeh
rebuilt by the Allied and American
~ nhSnrNprS WASH
ington. When the first American
army swiftly tramplcd out the st. Mi
hiel salient. the last possibility or
German strategic Strok" passed. Ih'
enemy faces now straight line from
the North sea to the Swiss border.
There are no salicnts to give an op-
portunity for flank operations. Even
# the power of Countrr-oHcnSlN'
should be found, and military authori-
tics here see no chance or thar. the
German high command would face the
costly business OF front attack: IneS
have nothing. 1t is pointed out, not Il
single strategic position to show Tor
their great drive.
Fighting Day and Night.
But it is more than restored Often
sive line that faces them, officers say.
Along the center Of the great sweep
of the front, British and French
armies are storming ahead night and
day, marrying and harassing the bat
tered German divisions without rest.
!'CrShing'S men stand before Metz and
CONTAINS and against that new threat
the enemy must gather reserves on
this new front at the very time when
every available reserve division ls
sorely needed to meet the Allied rush
TO the north. Signs Of further with
al
tors.
In payment for their lavish expendi-
ture Of lives in the abortive offensive.
the German leaders have been COM
PEELED by formal decree to reduce the
fighting strength Of every infantry
unit from $50 men to u battalion OF
$50. In no other way could the drain
be met. Every German battalion or
company when ut full strength must
face an Allied or American unit Of the
same type which is at least Is per
cent stronger in fighting men.
There appears good reason to be-
lieve that the German losses in pris-
oners alone since the tide turned
against them in July would reach up
toward 100000 were the truth known.
The losses In guns and other material
have not been computed.
With this steadily increasing supe-
riority in both manpower and war
material at his command military au-
thorities feel that perhaps the most
striking assets Marshal Foch has ac-
quired in his two months of swift and
victorious counterblows Is the power
to take the enemy by surprise at will.
Foch Has Forces.
No longer need he wait for months
or even weeks to organize an attack OF
hnt ky.lltt 4 q n
sible almost overnight to bring up the
men and the mobile artillery for
thrust ut any sector. Under the direc-
ton of the great French leader the
whole front virtually is kept in con-
slant state Of preparation for attack.
But desperate as the situation must
appear TO the enemy leaders on the
west 'front.' as General March pointed
out Saturday. II is only the main thea
ire OF reverscs for him. on every 9TH
or front the Allied forces are hitting
hard against Germanys Allies. The
Bulgarian army in Macedonia has been
broken and disaster Of an irretrieva-
bic nature may come to the army
there.
In Palestine Turkish forces have
been routed by the British. In Siberia
events are swiftly shaping for the re-
storing of an eastern front which will
in turn be a front OF Allied attack. In
Italy there Is flicker Of activity
which may mark an Italian drive
against foe discouraged and still ex-
hausted from the Austrian failure
along the Piave this summer.
Military officials, both Allied and
American, are very cautious In pre-
dictions. They have been unable to
conceal completely, however, their
growing elation and there is no doubt
that many Of them in Washington are
looking forward to new and greater
successes before winter slows down
the fighting.