The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-10
PRES. WILSON PUTS BERLIN WAR
OLIGARCHY IN DESPERATE POSI-
TION IS VIEW IN WASHINGTON
Armies of Freedom Haze
BatteredDownLong and
Deep Detenses of Enemy

Paris. oct. 9.-The Hindenburg
line no longer bars the path OF the
allies. The definite rupture OF it was
achieved Oh the first day OF the
fighting in the new development to-
yard the north of the great battle
now raging from the Sescaut to the
MauSe.
TO Anglo Saxon forces went the
honor OF storming the last remnants
OF the extraordinary maze of de-
lenses, in some places II miles IN
depth, between Cambria and St.
Quentin. Apart from this achieve
ment, the results OF the days fight
ing were notable in that the enc
my's losses must have run into tens
of thousands of men during the
days fighting III the various sectors
of the long battle front. In addi-
tion, important strategic objects
were attained.
The, allies now are in the open
country on the Cambrai-St. Quentin
front and are threatening Bohain.
an important junction OF roads and
railways, the Americans last night
having pushed within two miles OF
that place. Once the masters of Bo-
hahn, the allies. should they push to-
ward Guise. would take in the rear
not only the Laon-St Gobain mas
sif but the positions along the River
Sore, dubbed by the Germans thc
Hunding line, which joins at Chau-
mont Porcien the Bruhilde line run
ming along the Aisne.
Germans Were Confident.
Germans were so confident i'll the
strength of the Cambrai-St. Quentin
front that they neglected to organ
ize the rectangular position bound
ed on the north by the line of Cam
brai and Landrecies, and south by
the Serre position Of which Guise
is Approximately the center. As a
result of this omission, all the Ger
man positions parallel to the Ger
man frontier, starting in the east and
running as far as La Chapelle, Yer
nins and Marie, run the risk OF be-
ing raked in.
The other arm Of the trap which
is closoing relentlessly on the Ger
mns. that operated by General Gou-
raud, also has secured important re-
suits in the teeth of desperate re
sistance. While att taking the Suippe
line frontaly. General Gouraud is
turning it by marching on Machault
and Iuniville and has arrived close
to the former place. Consequently,
there is every probability OF his
reaching the Brunhide line at the
time when its western continuation,
the Hunding line is in danger.
Franco-Americans Move Up.
To complete the days work, Fran
co-American forces moved upon the
right flank of the Meuse, won back
places famous iii the Nerdun strug-
gle. and got in line with the Amer
leans on the left bank, who thus are
relieved of the calling flanking fire
which had prevented them from
moving forward.
The German position has been
rendered considerably worse as a
result of yesterdays fighting, in the
opinion of the military commenta-
tors. Major de Civrieux in the
Matin points out that the strategic
conditions alone do not suffice to
indicate the importance of the bat
tie. which aims more than ever at
the destruction of the enemy, either
in direct combat or by maneuver.
The German losses have been enor-
nous, and not only in prisoners In
single section Of the British front,
two fresh German divisions thrown
into the furnace melted away in a
few moments.
General Ludenforff delayed his
general retreat so long that. in view
of the critics, he is in danger OF
leading back merely the remnants OF
his army to the famous slope which
protects Germany.
Major de Civrieux asks:
This precipitate demand for an
armistice-does not it spring from
a vision of disaster:' q