The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-10-11
AMERICANS AND FRENCH TAKE
5000 PRISONERS ON
MONT BLANC
AMERICANS ADVANCE z MILES
Situation Critical for Enemy.-Fires
Everywhere In Rear Indicate Fur
tber Observation-Disclosures Con-
eested With Fleeing Teuts
twar Review for October -

American and French forces In their
victorious advance on III" crest OF
Mont Blanc, In the Champagne, cap
tured 1000 prisoners according 10 the
Echo de Paris.
The Americans have made an hd-
vance Of three kliometers talInost tNo
miles) la the Argonne.
Nowhere are the armies Of the leu
tonic allies being permitted 10 rest.
On The fronts of Flanders, France,
Italy. Albania aud Turkey. the enemy
siill continues To lose ground, or Is
being compelled To throw strong re
Inducements into his battle line to
hold back his aggressors.
Bad Roads Delay Progress.
In Belgian Flanders the Belgian.
British and French troops are SIN
driving forward. although their speed
has been somewhat lessened by rea-
son of the bad condition Of the ground.
The enemy Is swiftly evacuating the
salient between Armenti~res and Lens
and the British now are standing only
q scant six miles southwest Of Lille
over " trout VI tpui ~
tween wayrin and Equinghem, at the
former place having gained n position
astride the Lens-I.ille raiiroad.
cambrai Soon to Fall.
Notwithstanding violent counter
attacks and line strengthened by
fresh reserves The British between ST.
Quentin and Cambria have materially
pressed eastward from the region of
l.e cnrelet and 10 the north have I'M
proved their positions In Cambria so
well that apparently this important
town soon must fall. Taken all In all,
the situation OF the Germans Ia this
region seems To he critical and the
crisis nj hand Far to the rear aerial
observers report the roads eongested
with retreatlng troops, who are being
hnrassed by the machine gun fire Of
the airmen. As In Flanders fires are
everywhere To be seen aud IL Is evident
the enemy, realizing that he must give
further ground, Is vigorously applying
the torch.
Around Rheims The French have
further extended their gains north
and northwest of the cathedral city
where they are all along the Aisne
canal. 10 the east In Champagne
American forces are fighting with the
French between the Sulppe river and
the Argonne forest. In addition 10
holding their original battle line inside
and east of the Argonnc forest. West
of the Argonn~, with the aid OF French
tanks. the Americans have taken the
important height positions of Blanc
Mont aud the Medeuh farm and press
ed farther northwnrd.
French Better Positions.
simultaneously the French have nd
ynneed their front eastward around
Challrrange and gained better posi-
tIons for their operations up the rail
way toward VOUCHERS and in Keeping
the Germans inside the northern
portion OF the Argonnc forest by IN
enfllading fire through the Are val
ley, while the Americans press north,
ward through the forest driving the
enemy before them. The latest reports
nre that the Americans have advanced
the eastern side of the grent wood ara
slowly pressing northward Through
out this entire region the Germans are
resisting most stuhharnly.
Italian Cavalry Busy.
In the mountain region In northern
Italy the Italians ga several sectors
have attacked aud defeated The Aus,
trianS. while IN Albania the AnStro.
Hungarlabs are iu fast retreat before
the Italian armies. Italian cavalry Is
working far IN advance of the Infantry,
hnrassing the enemy. The Somenl
river la western Albania has been
rrnSSsd aud the enemy supply center
invaded
In Palestine the Turks have been
driven far beyond Damascus. with the
British >till ou their heels hurrying
them.
More Peace Rurors.
Reports are Ia the cffect that Aus.
having invited Holland 10 request the
b"iiigerents 10 participate In negotin.
ilous. The Hungarian preIuier. who
has arrived ia Vienna with a number
81 Hungarian statesmen. IL quoted
AZ saving that the iiungarians ''agalu
are hhoring untirlngly In the inter
esiS of peace and ". are already nego
tiating"