Licking Valley courier., 1918-10-31

gans, the French and some American
divisions, drove forward relentlessly
and before the week closed were chas-
ing the last Of the Huns out of Valen-
ciennes. To the south of that city. in
the direction Of Maubeuge and Mons
the British made smashing attack,
breaking through the enemy line of de-
fense on wide front and threatening
to outilank the line Of the Scheldt
which, further north, had held up the
progress of the allies to some extent.
BY cutting the banks of the Scheldt
canal and other waterways the Ger
mans Hooded the country. The cap
ture of Mons and Maubeuge would be
serious to the Germans, for those cities,
which are united by railroad, have
been the principal German concentrn-
ton and supply points on the Ardennes
front. East of lie Cateau, where the
Americans are fighting beside the Brit
ish, the allied progress was rather
slow.
The fall Of Client in the near future
seeming certainty, the Germans were
evacuating IT. and the Belgium govern
ment decided to establish itSelf In the
recovered city of Bruges.
IA
fine -fTenrf fiyve La6n TegiOH
/ moved forward somewhat, but the nd
vance there was slowed up consider.
ably during the week. In the Cham.
I payne the Huns We're keeping up the
most determined kind of resistance,
and the Americans in the valley of the
Meuse We're hearing the brunt Of the
/ severe fighting. Ii was the hardest
kind Of work, and ut times thf Yanks
had 10 fall back, but always they re-
turned to the combat and carried their
Oblectives. Powerfully organized ma
chine gun positions were encountered
everywhere IN that region Of ravines
and hills and forests, and to take these
without too much loss II was neces.
sary to mHncuyr' past them and at
tack from the tanks and rear. Farther
west. tn The north uf Grand Pre-. the
Americans were engaged in equally
severe fighting, but there. too, the!
were slowly overcoming tho stubborn
resistance Of the Huns. In this the!
were materially aided 10y the big bomb
ing squadronS Of the mir forces whlcl
not only continually harasSed the en-
emy in the lighting lines hut made re
peated raids on his bases and suppl.
trains.
ID
One-fourth of Gcmany's available
military strength has been placed Il
the Champagne and MeuSe sectors I
hold back the Americans and Frrnc
there, and the task these allied armie
are doing, while not Showy. is of tr,
mcndOus Importance and dinicult!
The Huns are trying desperately {
save the Notwithstanding railwu
system, IN which depend all thci
communications in that region. II
n satisfaction To know that the Anne
leans are giving n mighty good II,
count of themselves there and tina
while their own losses are not Smal
those of the enemy are vastly large
ID
In the near East matters progreSSc
favorably, the allies driving the Au
trinns ncrthwUrd and reaching Il
= Danube on the Roummniun horde
, thus completing the isolation of Tu
, key from the central powers, \ fu
, lher advance tn OrSovu will open Il
, way for an invasion of Austria.
/ Montenegro the process of clcurr
, out the Zoe went forward rapidly.
: KruShcvuiZ, in the center or Serb
!, German forces were strongly reSiS
:. Ing the advent Of the Serbs towul
, Belgrade.
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( Turkey, which Is more than rcut
g to make peace, has II new Schen
$ Plans are hclng discussed To NAL
g COnstantlnuple a free port and Ill
/. mantle the foriiiicatlons Of the Ia
g donclles on condition that the ulli
|. guarantee the continuance Of COnstn
il tlnoplc as the capital of Turkey.
II is also proposed To grant autonomy
q Arabia, Syria, Armenia ana the Je
|. ish part of pale,i inc,
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The Germans seem To delight In vi
latng the SENSE Of dcctncy OF clviliz
4. people. The latest example of II
, propensity is the naming of Baron v,
~ der LancSen MS head OF Il commlsSi,
!, Of neutral residents Of Brussels whi
: is to investigate charges Of unnec,
~ sary devastation during the retire
,s from Belgium This baron play L
:. leading role In the murder of ldi
:. Cnvcll, ignoring the representation
i. Brand Whillock ana refusing to sa
the nurse from death.