South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-06
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LAY BE TAKEN
Y AMERICANS
|eat Trunk Railway System
Near Belgian Border, Now
in Hands of Germans,
is PerShing'S Goal.

ole central arch OF the German
es in France is the goal of the
Il American army which Gen.
rch. chief OF staff. said today. is
king rapid progress.
II Official dispatches show the
nericans 20 be is miles from the
arrest point on the important rail-
p, Gen. March said. Reports to-
y have indicated that despite stiff
ning German resistance the Amer
{ ms are pushing onward and the
stance 20 the goal Is being cut
wn rapidly
The American divisions at that
int" said Gen. March today. in
Eating the Mouse front on a great
a r department map. threaten the
: ain railroad line OF commuuica-
pa from Germany to the west
bnt. the railroad coming through
81 rmany and passing through Sc
~ and other places OF historic
lltary interest. Ii is the most inn
rtant single artery Of supplying
2 German army The Americans
ne reached point IS miles in
rect line from that railroad"
100000 Landing Monthly.
To back up that German effort.
IN. March showed that the flow of
2 American troops TO France con-
nues at a rate of more than a
erter of a million a month A total
1.S5000O men have been em-
8 rked ne said
Il The chief of staff plainly showed
ne indicated on the maps, the
ogress being made on all fronts.
q citation that an uubrokeu series
successes has brought 20 am mill-
~ officials here. lie also made evil
Rnt his great pride in the deeds Of
e American army i'm France. now
vital factor i'm the stirring events
hich he described.
The news during the last week
s tom all fronts has been excellent"
said. The three drives began
the allies on Thursday. FRIDAY
90 Saturday. have moved our line
8 prward on a front wider than ever.
Erecting practically the entire line
-om the sea 10 Verdun"
Reach Krjemhiidc Position.
Between the .Argonne forest and
BE- Meuse river the American army
as not only held the enemy's rein
%brcements 10 that sector, but has
riven it's way forward on it's en-
re front 20 the Kriemhilde posi-
q on. where the enemy is standing.
The American divisions at that
#oint threaten the main railroad
S0ming through from Germany and
PASSING through Sedan and other
laces of historic military intei est
is the most important single ar
- Of supply OF their army.
The Americans have reached "a
oInt is miles in a direct line from
hat railroad and as soon as the di-
Election of the drive became evident
iermany threw i'm it's path great
.=nany divisions Withdrawing them
& rom other points i'm the line. and
&hey have been held there by the
mericans when they are badly
81 eeded elsewhere
French Capture Hills.
Just west of tine Arscune forest.
zen Gouraud's French army. with
3 he second American division. has
4 likewise fought its way uorthWard
lght 10 ten miles To the enemy S
Il inc OF defense west of ChdIerauEe
& Hills have been captured which
command the enemy supply lines
Houth of Nouzeros.
The British drive on Cambria
nd St Quentin developed into q
attic for the entire Hmdeuburl
ine between those points and the
nemy has now been forced back
O or beyond this line along it's en-
3 ire length from Flanders 90 tho
zAilette. The British. aided by the
@7th and s0th American division,
E directed their assaults particularly
gainst the hills i've Co ten mile.
north OF ST Quentin. where they
5haVe swept entirely across the
enemy's zone of dctcrses ami has,
8 opened gaps i'm his lines which h.
8 has closed with great diMguitg Do
spite Of the opposition of the enemy
s Cambrai is being cnveloued ny tH,
8 advance of the British who haN,
! crossed the Escaut canal on a wide
front south OF the ciy and hay,
. reached che hills beyond
Drive Spreads Line.
The drive I'm Flanders rapiiE
. spread the line into a semj-clrcula
salient 10 miles deep By this adj
& vance. the allies have taken hae'
more than IS square miles of BEL
GUM and threaten the euemys pos
session of Ostend and LeehruEge am,
of the coal neids behind Lens. Ii
/ consequence the enemy is repo~te
TO be evacusting the two ports au
Is withdrawn from the entire see
tor from Lens 90 ArmentlereS.
The enemy has come down of
the NesIe-Aisne plateau northwes
of Rheims and has been followed h
the French 10 the Alsue canal
In the Balkans, while the Bui
garian army is retiring from Serbs
i the Serbian army has advanced rap
idly northward and is IN C1ntaC
with the Austriaus near Erauye. hal
way between Uskub and Nish.
Albania. the Austrians are retirin
and the Italians have reoccupie
/! Berat. crossing the Semeni river an
moving ia the direction OF DuraZz,
the naval base which sic attacke
the other day
OF the em rkatou of America