The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-10
AUSTRIAN NAVAL
BASE DESTROYED
FivE-MILE WEDGE DRIVEN IN
CAMBRIA FRONT AS ARMEN-
THERE'S FALLS.
HUNS FLEE FROM LENS
YANks. BRITISH AND FRENCH
BREAK HINoEN6URG LINE AND
CROSS THE SoMME.

Rome, Oct 4.-American. British
and Italian warships have destroyed
the Austrian naval base at Durazzo
and the warships anchored there, &C
cording to an announcement made BY
Premier Orlando.
The attack on Durazzo occurred at
noon on Wednesday, when Italian ani
British cruisers. protected by Italian
and allied torpedo boats and American
submarines. succeeded in making
their way through mine fields and.
avoiding attacks by submarines, got
into Durazzo harbor British and
Italian airplanes cooperated in the
work.
tDurazzo is a seaport in Albania
fifty-three miles south of ScutarL 1t
is situated on a peninsula in tho Ad-
riatic sea. For some time past 1t has
been a base for Austrian operations
In Albania)
| Lens. the heart of the great co.., re
gion in northern France. and Armen.
tiepes. almost equally important as
manufacturing center, have been evac-
uated by the Germans: the German
fortified positions between Cambria
and St Quentin have been definitely
smashed and the Austro-Hungarians
in Albania, forsaken by the Bulgar-
ians, their former allies. are in full
retreat, northward from the Adriatic
sea to Lake Ochrida.
OF the reconquering OF invaded Bel
GUM and the progress of the French
and Franco-Ane erican forces respect
lively. north of Rheims and eastward
in Champagne TO the vicinity OF Yer
| dun, the tale remains the same-the
Germans slowly but surely are being
forced everywhere to give ground and
their vital defenses daily continue to
lie eaten into, notwithstanding the
strong resistance against the efforts
of the allies to close in on all sides
of the great battle arc from the North
sea to the Swiss border and compel
the German high command to recon
struct its fighting line.
| In Belgian Flanders the Belgian,
French and British troops are keep.
ing up their eastward progress In
their endeavor to compel the Germans
to give up Ostend and Zeebrugge,
their naval bases on the North sea.
Roulers, the important railway juno
tion, with its lines of steel radiatins
to the North sea and eastward to
Client. has been entered by the Bel
CLANS and at Hooglede. to the north,
King Albcrts' men are virtually upon
the Roulers- Ostend Bruges railway. Tc
the south Menin and Courtrai are Sc
riously menaced.
Across the border in France the cap
ture of Armentieres brings Lille. capi
tai of the department of the Nord
within striking distance. and the
evacuation Of Lens places Douai, the
fortress northeast of Arras. and all the
territory between Arras and Menin vir-
tually in the hands of the British.
| To the south. from Cambria to st
Quentin, the German resistance is still
strong. but the British. Americans and
French on all the sectors which are
essential to the carrying forward oi
the allied program have attacked val
iantly and withstood counter attacks
smashed the old Hindenburg positions
and materially advanced their line.
In their retreat from Albania the
Austro- -Hungarians everywhere are In
flight before the Italians. burning
towns and depots behind them. Large
numbers of prisoners and quantities oil
war material have been captured.
| Paris, Oct. 3.-The French troops
now have passed beyond st. Quentin
northeast, east and southeast OF
the town. According to the Havas
agency they hold line running along
the Somme from Tronquoy to Rouv-
roy and then along the st. Quentin.
La Fere road to the River Disc at
vandhuil The capture of st. Quen-
tin means that the cornerstone Of the
Hindenburg system has fallen.
On all the six battle fronts from
Belgium to Verdun the entente forces
are keeping up their successful ad-
vances. although the Germans every
where, except northwest of Rheims,
have materially stiffened their front
and are offering strong resistance to
further inroads upon their territory.
| Damascus. the capital of Syria, was
occupied by General Allenby's forces
on Tuesday morning, according to an
official statement by the British war
office.