The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-09-21

that the halt Of the Huns approximate
Nv on the Hindenburg line will be only
temporary. Indeed, it is believed they
cannot stay there long If they
would. For many weeks they have
been hastily building new lines of de-
Tense farther east, and Marcel Hutin
in the Echo de Paris says they are now
constructing a supreme line from Ant
werp to Metz and are putting the Ant
werp forts in defensive condition.
Their present line depends on Douai,
Cambria, st. Quentin and Laon, and
farther to the southeast, on the Chemin
DIES Danes. Douai already was be-
ing evacuated last week and the air.
drome moles east Of it were being dis
mantled. The British, fighting fierce
" and repulsing heavy counter-attacks.
were advancing steadily through Hav-
rincourt, Pezieres and ~Gouzeaucourt
and forced q crossing of the Canal du
Nord, thus taking the main defense of
Cambria on the southwest. st. Quen-
tin was the goal Of a race between the
British and the French, the former
winning Vermand, Attilly and Wendell
les and closing in on the important
city from the northwest, while the
French southwest Of the objective
crossed the Crozat canal and took a
number of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Travecy on the Disc, just north of La
Fere, and from its heights were Die
to dominate the latter town, which was
reported to have been burned by the
Germans. This operation, together
with the French advance eastward
from Coucy-le-Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides the forest and mas
sif of St. Gobain, the chief defense of
Laon. Withdrawal Of the enemy from
that forest, which is full of guns in
strong defensive positions, might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diff
cult.
At the western end of the Chemin
DIES Danes the Germans were fighting
furiously in the region of Laffaux,
where they were trying to regain pos
session Of the dominating ridge which
the French and Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops were
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all in vain.
Although the ~stupendous German re.
treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted skillfully and the enemy line
a not been broken through, his ar
mics maintaining contact with one an
other, it has been in every way a most
expensive operation for the Huns. In.
addition to the loss Of great numbers
of guns and immense quantities of ma
terial, captured or destroyed, they
have lost more than 100000 men, the
majority of whom, fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the army Is
being gradually broken by relentless,
continuous and successful blows de-.
livered by the allies, the supply Of
lighting electives Is getting low, and
the people at home are becoming daily
more dissatisfied and restless. Cap
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men are put back in the ranks before
they are cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re-
cover their strength and health. Aus
tria has reluctantly responded to the
call for aid and in the quieter sectors
Austrian divisions are placed between
German divisions, or Austrian soldiers
are used to fill out depleted German
regiments. This is taken to mean that
there will be no renewal of the Teu-
tonic offensive in Italy this year, If
ever.
The war department announced that
Americans have been landed at Arch
angel to take part with the other al.
lied forces there in fighting the bolshe-
Wiki and re-establishing order in north.
ern Russia. These troops are from
SOM of our northern states and MANY
OF them speak Russian. Hitherto the
only Americans there were marines
and sailors.
In PetrOgrad, Moscow and other
cities of Russia proper the bolshevik
government is struggling desperately
against the ever-increasing counter