Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-04
EVERYTHING GOING GOOD.
Looks Like German Grip On France
and Belgium Is Broken.

has been in progress from the North
sea to Eerdun. since Thursday oil last
week, with the advantage generally In
favor of the Allies. is now coming to n
close with results most disastrous To
the enemy. -.
The fighting has been terrific all
along the linc. The Allies have hurled
themselves with tremendous force
against the Germans 1T all OF the
strongest and most vital parts of their
defenses, and although there - no as
counting the fierce strength of tho
German resistance, the Allies have been
irresistible.
II is known that the losses on both
sides have been very heavy. Thou
sands of Germans have hcen captured.
and many more thousands have been
killed. Some figures as to the German
losses in prisoners have been given.
They run up to twenty and thirty
Thousand, and are certainly no less;
but how i.uch more II Is not practical
Bile to say. The Allied losses in pris-
oner.; have been comparatively light;
but il H. known that their losses III
killed and wounded, while not nearly
so great as the Germans. must be
quite severe. Following is the Asso-
ciatcd Press summary Of the situation
as it appeared yesterday:
Again the Germans are in retreat
on an important sector of the western
battle front in France The scene OF
the new retrograde movement Is
wide front north and south Of rsL
% TSe continuation by the entente T.
lied forces to their brilliant achieve
ments in Restoring Belgium, Flanders
and the expulsion Of the enemy from
further territory in France from the
region of Cambria to Verdun evident
ly has brought the Germans TO the
realization that the great bend In thc
line from Menin to the west OF Arras
Is likely TO prove another such trap
rs was the st. Mihiel salient unless
they are fast enough Of foot to move
eastward, giving up Lille. Lens and
Douai, and straightcn their line from
the vicinity of Cambria to Belgium.
On all the other six battle fronts from
Belgium 10 Vcrdun the Entente forces
are keeping up their successful ad-
vanccs. although the Germans every
where. except northwest of Rheims
have materially stiffcncd their front
and are offering strong resistance to
further inroads into their territory.
Wedge Driven Deeper.
In Belgian Flanders the wedge Of
the Belgian, British and French troops
has penetrated still farther eastward
and southeastward firm Dixmudc and
only a few miles more will be required
by the Allied troops TO give them po-
sitions by which Ostcnd. one of Ger
many's sea basis. will he made unten-
able and. indeed. the entire North sea
coast now in German hands put In
jeopardy British warships arc now
violently bombarding the coast, and
the Germans are reported to bc NOV
ing their heavy guns eastward. fear
ful Of their capture.
Many additional towns have been
CAPTURED by the Allies in this region
and numerous prisoners have been
taken. The important railroad juno
ton point of Rouleris all but In the
hands OF the Allies. while southwark
from Roulers. the British have cut the
Roulers- Menin railroad at two places
and are in the process of investing
Menin.
The French are now in full posses
sion of st. Quentin and have passed
on eastward. The entire Hindenburg
system between st. Quentin and
LcCatclet has been completely smash
ed by Field Marshal Haig's forces.
with whom the American are brigaded.
and further ground has been won in
the outskirts Of Cambrai and north Of
that city. At one point north OF ST.
Quentin the British were forced to
give up n village under a heavy coun-
ter-attack by fresh German troops.
A band Of Americans who had outdis-
tanccd their fellows in arms were
surrounded on one sector by the Ger
mans, but were released after two
days, during which they killed many Of
the enemy who sought to capture
them.
ST. Thierry Massif Captured.
Northwest Of Rheims the st. Thierry
massif has been captured and north
of the cathedral city the environs OF
Betheny have been reached by the
French. The Germans along this
front are In retreat OF their old 1877
line and the French have reached the
.Asne canal at several points.
THE French in Champagne and the
Americans on their right have made
further gains against the Germans in
the clearing out Of the Argonne forest
and pressing northward on both sides
of the bastion.
In Palestine the British have occu-
pied Damascus and taken more than
1000 Turks prisoners.