Gunnison news-champion., 1918-10-04
GREAT week
OF VICTORIES
GENERAL FOCH FIGHTS SIX
BATTLES AT ONCE AND WINS
EVERY ONE.
A Quarter Million Germans Taken in
IS Days; Huns Fight Desperately
Bulgaria and Palestine Being Clear
ed Of Eneay.

This has been the greatest week of
victories since the war began. At last
the mastery generalship of Foch,
combined with the speed and power of
the new American army is beginning
to make itself felt, while French, En-
Rlish, and Belgians are plucking up
heart and throwing themselves into
the fray with the feeling of confidence
which belief in victory close at hand,
always brings.
Fighting six great battles all at
once on the western front General
Foch has justified the confidence of
the allies in his supreme genius. Ev-
cry battle has been q victory, altho
obtained at great cost of life and
against an enemy still strong, deter
mined and fighting desperately.
On the south end of the German
salient in Champagne and north of
Rheims, the Americans under General
Light. are striking north just west
of Verdun. They have taken over 10.-
600 prisoners and are outfianking the
great forest of Argonne and pushing
up the Meuse river toward Belgium,
only fifteen miles away.
West of the Argonne forest General
Gouraud is battling against another
wing of the German Grown Prince
armies, making slightly less progress
than the Americans, but taking more
prisoners. The French blue devils are
almost at Monthois and approaching
Grand Pre-.
Adjoining his army to the north Of
Rheims, General Berthelot is driving
the Huns of the famous "Road Of the
Ladies'" where the French stood hast
n.l~, asniuD vtoro M
ground the enemy holds that he cap
tnred in his spring drive. Further
North General Magnin (whom the
British soldiers believe b really Kit
chener) is steadily outhanking / aon
and captured 81 QuentiA day bsfore
Thirty milea further toward the'
coast General Byng has passed CAM
brai, the goal Of BritiSh hopes for
three years, and Germans are in full
retreat, but, in typical Hun style, have
burned this great city to the ground
before they left. II Is now proposed
to single out q German city, for every
French and Belgian town destroyed
and mark it for burning when we pass
the Rhine.
But the sensational hattie Of the
west front is in Belgium, where King
Albert's men, assisted by Haig, is driv-
ing thru to Roulers and Menin and
will soon push the Germans entirely
out of the coast submarine bases Of
Ostend and Zeebruges. -
Bulgaria has surrendered uncon-
ditionally, agreeing to disband her
troops and retire from Servia and
Greece. However, General Macken-
son, the ablest Of German generals
has arrived at Sofia, the capital, with
25O, 900 German and Austrian soldiers
90 that it is impossible yet to esti-
mate whether the allied troops from
Salonika can get in between both
Austria and Turkey and assist Rou-
mania and Russia at this time or not.
In Palestine, as well, the English and
French under General Allenby have
Annihilated Turkish armies aggregat-
ing 1O0, 1000 men, captured most Of the
men and swept up Syria to Damascus
and Beirut.
In Russia the Bolshevilkis are rob
bling and numbering the rest Of the
population, but help is coming from
the north and west to stamp out these
highwaymen, who are nothing less
than brutes from the savage age Of
mankind, when every mans hand was
against his fellows.
Altogether It is the greatest week
Of the war. May the news continue
and our boys never stop, no matter
what peace terms are offered until the
Beast is tracked to his lair in Berlin.
Since the allied ofensives began on
July is and up to Sept. 80 they have
captured PAS, ,A94 men, 5,518 officers,
$500 cannon, several hundred mine
throwers and $4,000 machine guns.
They have captured 10000 men and
1000 guns during the last week.
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