Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-01
FORCES OF ENTENTE
. ARE SUCCESSFUL ON
. SIX BATTLE FRONTS
Bulgarians Will Evacuate
All Occupied Territory )
and Demobilize Army. sa
OPEN BACK DOOR OF AUSTRIA
TO INVASION BY ALLIED ARMY
Austro-Germans Apparently Are
Facing Darkest Days
of War.
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FRENCH CAVALRY IN UsKTB
German Positions Gradually Crun,.
bling From Belgian FIan-
ders to Verdun. s,,
OPEN BACK DOOR OF AUSTRIA
TO INVASION BY ALLIED ARMY
FRENCH CAVALRY IN UsKTB
fBy Associated Press.I

fBy Associated PressI -r>srS-
Bulgaria is definitely out of the war.
and Turkey. virtually cut off from COM
runication with her allies and her
armies In Palestine. almost annihilated.
likely soon will be forced to sue for
a cessation of hostilities against her.
Meanwhile. the entente allied forces
from Belgium to Verdun on six battle
fronts. are registering victory after
victory over the Teutonic arms. and
the enemy front almost everywhere rs
crumbling. Notwithstanding the des,
perate resistance that is being offered
on various sectors
Seeing eventual defeat staring her in
the Serbian. Italian. British. Greek and
french troops in the reclaiming OF
serbia and the invasion Of Bulgarian
territory, the Bulgars begged for. an
armtstice, reserving TO themselves Con-
G.itions. All the territory now held by
King Ferdinand's men Is to be evacuat-
mediately demobilized and all means
OF transport inside the Kingdom. even
along the Danube. Is to be given over
into allied hands. f,.sslf-
Thus, In gadditicas 10 the. isolati ON cc
vasion of Austria Hungary is lung
the time,sis not far Distant aaGf
vantage TO the full will be taken to- the
new bs Avenue through H,,S which the
Serhia and bulgaria complete. the
Anstro- -Hungarians in Albania soontWft
he put to the test. and when sthsiT
ccmplsshed. the allies will have wsId4
cd an iron semicircle about the centrst
powers from the Black Sea to the North
Sea.
Viewing the situation in all its as
pccts-tho success of the great often
sive in Belgium and France; the blot
kans: the cutting.oT "f the Turks. from
intercourse with. Germany and Austria
Hungary, except by the lorg route
Russia, and tho steady gains that are
being made by the allies in making
Russia once more n factor In the strug1
insly are faced by the .AustrosGersa
mans. lsf tss5S.
Although it had been officially am
nounced that hostilities againstS the
I'r, nch official communication of9Mon-
day night said French cavalry hadnenSSt
II is not improbable. therefore.4 that
the French are still hard after sthe (
Germans, who are known to have been
region, acting as rear guards. go
ALLIED ARMS SUCCESSFUL
AT EVERY POINT
On all the sectors under attack from
"
dun the German front is gradually
bending back under the violence OF the
attacks of the British, American,
advance isane "f of the troops Of Of King AiSese
and of Field Marshal Haig haves proc
ceeded so deeply eastward that Ger
Sea are in jeopardy, through the i'm
pending cutting of the lines Of COM
munication behind them. The famous
captured and the allied guns dominate
the plains heyond.
Both Menin and Roulers. important
Of the German armies north and south,
are virtually in the hands of the Brit
ish and Belgians, and seemingly soon
must fall.
AMERICANS AND BRITISH
GIVE HARD BLOWS
From Cambrai to ST. Quentin rtne
British and Americans again have de=
iivered successfully hard smashes
along the front. including the remains
ing portions OF the old Hindenburg
line. The Germans here are Offering
tcrattacks compelled the British on
one or two sectors to withdraw for
slight distances: The British are IN
Cambrai. having penetrated its suburbs
from the northwest and southwest
In the region OF ST. Quentin. where
British. the old Hindenourg line has
been cut and penetrated TO depth
of three miles over 4 front OF eight
miles. fstS
GERMANS EvACUATING
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
In conjunction with the OPERATIONS
of the French northwest Of Soissons
the Germans have, begun the eYacua-
tion of the Chemin- -des- Danes and the,
French. now hold half OF this famous
defensive position; Likewise. theresia
an indication that the enemy Intends
to give up the remaining positions feIa
by him along the Vesle to Rhcims...,s
In Champagne the French troops
west of the Argonne forest cverywhere
are pressing forward, and likewise TO
the east OF this position the Americans
are moving northward In unison. All
ready the big forest is Virtually OUT
nanked. and apparently soon will ba
made part OF the Franco American
line. From the st. Mihiel sectorsstt1eS
americans are heavily bombardinE
enemy troop trains which arc being
MAINTAIN. AND
CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS y
TBy Associated Presa.1s ,4s NJ.
WASHINGTON. September 3o.--ArunrsS
lean troops have maintained and con-,
solidate6 their newly captured posi-.
.