The Carlisle independent., 1918-10-10
kaiser's Back Wal Has Fallen and his Front Wal Is
 Crvmbling Fast.
AlNDENDuRe LINE SMASHED
Bulgaria oUrrsnesss Internationally and Turkey 10 Wobbiine-et ousn- tn and Damascus captursd-
 Hume Preparing Ts Get
 Out Of Belgium.
By EDWARD ". PACKARD

The kaiser put his back to wall in the vain effort to check the allies on the western front, and the wall collapsed. Bulgaria surrendered, prac- dcaliy internationally; Turkey at once put out peace feelers: Austria Hungary cried for cessation of the war. and the Ukrainians rose in re volt against the Huns.
 Meanwhile the allies kept up their ceaseless hamnneriBg at the kaisers front wall-the HiDdenburg line-and by smashing through II at many points proved il was not the impreg- nable system of defense that the Ger mans had supposed it to be. From the sea to Verdun the battle blazed day and night. and the official reports showed an almost unbroken series of victories for the allies The Belgian army. assisted bY British troops and unexpectedly, by 6 French army jumped into the fray at the beginning of the week and, taking Dixmude and The important Wytsehaete ridge ad- vanced swiftly as far as Roulers. Thereupon the Huns began making preparations that indicated complete withdrawal from Belgium North and south of La Bassee canal they were in full flight. with the British close on their heels, and as Haig's men ap- preached Lille the enemy began the evacuation of that city. the German commander requsitioning all means of transportation to remove his plum der. Investing Roulers the allies gain ed control of the railroad to the Ger man submarine bases al Ostend and Zeebruggee an0 il was reported the foe was removing his beayy guns from the Belgian coast and that the gov ernor general of Belgium had in- structed the provincial governors to send all their archives al once to Brus- sells.
 Armentieres and Lens were aban- doned by the Huns Tuesday night
 In the attack on Gambrai the Brit ish. with whom an American contin- gent was fighting. met with desperate resistance and here and there suffer ed local reverse but they could not be long checked and pushed ahead with logged determination until they had the city at their mercy. The Huns burned vast quantities of stores in their preparations for withdrawal.
 Next 10 the south comes The St. Quentin sector, and there the French under General Debeney won great victory. capturing the city after tre- mendous fighting which was fiercest in and about the St Quentin canal. This place was one of the keystones of the Hindenhurg line sDd it's capture as sured the retirement of the Germans on wide front. Immediately north of St. Quentin the British were engaged by enemy reserves ef sforming troops and the fighting was furious Rut the British succeeded in breaking through the German The en the Beauvoir- wian- court front and created a salient that greatly helped in ihe capture of St. Quentin by the French
 Between the Dise at La Fere and the Aisne the French pushed on to- ward Laon and succeeded in passing beyond the elaborate system of water ways that comprised the chief defense of the enemy and reaching open coun- try where The tanks could operate to advantage North of Reims Foch's troops drove the iluns hack to the Aisne and the Aisne Marue canal. clearing the country north af he Vesle and re leasing a number q towns. They also gained the entire St. Thierry nassif.