The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-09
GERMANS FEEL BLOWS.
DEBENEY AND BERTHoLET IN
S ACTION.
Endurance of Allies Over Such ar ISx-
tended Front Proves Surprise to-
Huns.

With the French Army in France,
Oct. 4 tBy the Associated Press y
The four great battles which have
been in progress since September 90
from FLANDERS to the Meuse were. m
creased to six by the entry into ac-
ton of General Debeney's men around
St. Quentin and General Bertheiots $
forces northwest OF Rheims and ali
continue with great intensity. BLOW
after blow is being dealt the Germans
In their strongholds of the linden
burg line and subsidiary lines.
The endurance the allies have
shown IN sustaining with pndamlnlsh-
ed ardoc the severe struggle over so
extended a front against such formid-
able works surprisedthe enemy. There
are many indications that the Ger
mans expected that exhaustion would
have obliged the allies to stop for q
breathing spell long before tnls
The Germans knew they were to
be attacked, but they appear not to
have rightly gauged the reserve foEces
the allies We're to throw into the tray.
This hypothe esis partly explains the
German confusion which has Deen
uot;eeahIe at various times and places
lately.
The Germans have been Obliged 70
rake an entirely different use OF their
reserves than that planned. Eacn tih's
The results have been negative.
further eomplicating the general SIT
nation behind the German lines
One of the most important success
es Yesterday was in the fighting on
tha heights of which Medeeh Farm
is situated. (This point was captuf-
ed by American troops aiding the
French in Champagne). This height
gives the allied artillery command of
q wide stretch sloping eastward to-
ward the River Suippe and the Su1ppe
valley and the River Aisne, north OF
morronvsllers.- Guns on the slopes o.
Medeath height will be able to Dom
bard the rear. OF the German positions
on the mouth of Champagne. east o;
Rheims, and to infilade their lines
of retreat towards the north.
The German reserves brought up
to defend that height and who .,ould
not do it are continuing today to
Tr- Ee- vain CoUIiLS. 1tt<AS'>o Ia Ga S>"o' :
20 stop the allied advance.
West of Rheims, General Rerthe-
lots army now holds the entire line CT
the Aisne Canal between Rheims and
the River Aisne excepting bits in tn:
salient of Sapignuel- -Moseou and near
The road from Louvre to Courcy. The
eafiai has been crossed at La Neu-
Vile, La Godat and Loivre while the
positions in the region Of Betheny
have been improved
s. In the region Of st. Quentin the
army of General Debeney is driving
wedge into the Hindenburg line
around Lesdins Every gain Of ground
there increases the danger to the
German troops in the st. Gobian for
est and the entire region cast OF Ii
Fere.
with one after another of their
Ines of communication cut by the al
He'd forces operating in Champagne,
cn,nbined movements northward l.:
that region and eastward from St
Quentin would make their positions
gravefy critical. The enemy protec-
ton against such a manoeuver IS Z
line secondary to the Eindenburg po-
aiSion that passes by Fresnoy and Sis
some with a sharp angle from L.
Eese along the valleys of the Rivers
Serre and Oise.