The Red Cloud chief., 1918-11-07

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gians, the French and some American
divisions, drove forward rclentpssly
and before the week closed were chas.
Ing the last of the Huns out of yal.n.
ciennes. To the south of that city, In
the direction of Maubeuge and Mons,
the British made a smashing attack,
breaking through the enemy line of de-
Tense on wide front and threatening
to outflank the line of the Scheldt
Whlch. further north, had held up the
progress of the allies to some extent.
by cutting the banks of the Scheldt
canal ana other waterways the Ger.
mans Hooded the country. The cap
ture OF Mons and Maubeuge would be
serious to the Germans, for those cities.
winch are united by Il railroad, have
been the principal German concentra.
ton and supply points on the Ardennes
front. East Of lie Cateau, where the
Americans are fighting beside the Brit
ish, the allied progress was rather
slow.
The fall Of Client In the near future
seeming certainty, the Germans were
evacuating 1t; and the Belgian govern
ment decided to establish itself In the
recovered city of Bruges.
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The French In the Laon region
moved forward somewhat, but the ad.
vance there was slowed up consider
| ably during the week. In the Cham
| payne the Huns were keeping up the
most determined kind Of resistance.
and the Americans In the valley of the
Meuse were bearing the brunt Of the
severe fighting. 1t was the hardest
kind of work, and ut times the Yanks
had to fall back, but always they re-
| turned to the combat and carried their
detectives. Powerfully organized ma.
| chine gun positions were encountered
| everywhere In that region of ravines
| and hills and forests, and to take these
| without too much loss II was neces-
| sary to maneuver past them and at
tack from the TANKS and rear Farther
| west, TO the north of Grand Pre-, the
| Americans were engaged In equally
severe fighting, but there. too, they
were slowly overcoming the stubborn
resistance Of the Huns. In this they
| were materially aided by the big bomb
Ing squadrons Of the air forces which
not only continually harassed the en-
| envy In the fighting lines hut made re-
| peated raids on his bases and supply
| trains.
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One-fourth of Germanys available
military strength has been placed In
the Champagne and Mouse sectors to
| hold back the Americans and French
| there, and the task these allied armies
are doing, while not SNOWY Is of tre-
| mendOus importance and difficulty.
| The Huns are trying desperately to
save the Notwithstanding railway
system, on which depend all their
communications In that region. 1t Is
n satisfaction to know that the Amer
| leans are giving mighty good ac-
count of themselves there and that,
while their own losses are not small,
those of the enemy are vastly larger.
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favOrably. the allies driving the Aus
trians northward and reaching the
Danube on the Roumanian border,
thus completing the isolation of Tur-
| key from the central powers. A fur
| Their advance to Orsova will open the
| way for an invasion of Austria. In
Montenegro the process Of clearing
out the foe went forward rapidly. At
Krushevatz, In the center of Serbia,
German forces were strongly resist
ing the advent Of the Serbs toward
| Belgrade.
Turkey, which is more than ready
to make peace. has new scheme.
Plans are being discussed to make
Constantinople free port and dis
mantle the Notifications of the Oar
danelles on condition that the allies
guarantee the continuance of Constan-
| tinople as the capital of Turkey. 1t
is also proposed to grant autonomy to
Arabia, Syria, Armenia and the Jew
ish part of Palestine.
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The Germans seem to delight In vio-
lating the sense Of decency of civilized
people. The latest example OF this
propensity is the naming Of Baron Won
der Lancken as head Of commission
Of neutral residents Of Brussels which
10 TO Investigate charges Of unneces.
sary devastation during the retreat
from Belgium. This baron played a
leading role In the murder of Edith
Cavell. Ignoring the representations of
Brand Whitlock and refusing to save
! the nurse from death.