Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-09
GERMANS BATTLE
LINE CAVES AS
ALLIES ADVANCE
British Tear Big Gaps in Famed
System.
FRENCH SMASH VITAL FRONTS
Pierce Defenses at st. Quentin; Reims
and East-ItaIian Army Thrown at
Foe and Austrians QUIT Alba
MIA Without Struggle.


London. Oct 4-AuStrian troops
have been withdrawn from Albania.
the Austrian war office announces, ac-
cording to dispatches from VIENNA
Berat has been taken by the allies the
| statement says.
Italians Smash Foe
Rome. Oct. 4.-Taking advantage or
| the collapse which eliminated bui-
| garia from the war, Italian troops
| have begun smashing offensive
| against the Austro-Hungarians in AL
| bania.
The general battle opened on tues
| day over a front of 80 miles. from the
Adriatic eastward to the Osum river.
Hindenbure Line Eliminated.
London, Oct. 4.-The entire linden
burg line from the North sea to Cam
bria was virtually eliminated In
series of smashing Offensives.
The coal city of Lens, center OF
Frances famous "bIack district" was
| abandoned by the Germans without
a shot.
Armentieres likewise has been evac-
| uated. The whole front between the
two towns, a stretch of II miles, fell
| back and is still in retreat.
BeIuians in RouIers.
Roulers, the great German base In
| Flanders. was reported in flames, hav-
/
mans to the south.
A Belgian armOured car has entered
| Roulers as the vanguard of King Al
| bert's army.
To the south the French are rapid
| ly Outf1anking La Fere. That place
| captured, only the two hinges, Lille
| in the north and Laon in the south
will remain of the Hindenburg line.
Laon already is gravely threatened
| by the French, who are only five miles
| to the south of it.
In the week ending Wednesday the
| allies have captured 10000 men and
| 1000 guns on the western front.
The principal attack was launched
by British infantry and tanks along
| an eight-mile front from Sequehart to
| the canal north of Bony in the st.
| Quentin sector, and was completely
successful. Field Marshal Haig re-
| ported.
Dead Litter Ground.
Tie British troops smashed large
| and vital section of the Hindenburg
| line between st. Quentin and Cambria,
| occupied many additional towns and
villages and took 5000 mere prisoners
| and numerous guns.
Australian troops are fighting be-
| yond the Beaurevoir line in the st.
| Quentin sector.
The Germans are retiring toward
| Montbrehain Thus the Hindenburg
system has been definitely passed.
The battle continued throughout
the day, English and Australian di-
| visions driving deep into the enemy
| defenses. The ground over which the
| British troops fought their way against
| the inevitable swarmS of machine
| guns was Uttered with German dead.
The advance has reached depth OF
|
follows that the principal Hindenburg
| defenses here have been shattered.
few hours may see the British all the
way on the other side of the great
German defensive system.
| In the north, besides abandoning
Lens. the Germans have begun a re-
treat on practically all the Armen-
there's sector, and appear to be In full
| flight.
British troops have entered and are
now passing through Lens.
| Aubers ridge, south of Armentieres,
/ has been taken. and the British are
( east of there. Indications are not
I wanting that the Germans have been
/ forced TO begin one of the wars
( greatest retreats.
Menace U-Boat Base.
The troops cooperating with the
Belgians have taken villages near
Roulers after hard street fighting.
They have forced the Germans we'll
back and are still going. The Ger
mans must get out of the Belgian
coast as far as Ostend, if the advance
here continues, as it gives every sign
of doing.
lie Catelet, the link between Cam
brai and st. Quentin, is officially re-
ported in British hands Its capture
is due primarily to the brilliant work
done in that region during the past
week by the Americans, whose dash
led TO the enlightenment of the town.
The British also regained Seque-
hart. which they lost to the counter