Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-17

treating enemy between. the Souchez
ana the Disc, are spreading out fan wise
n charging the gigantic wedge they
are driving into the heart Of the Ger
man armies.
Through the capture Of Estrun. the
British are now only 10 miles south
west of Valenciennes. British troops
are also reported in Beaumont, four
miles west Of Douai. The British are
beyond LIE Cateau. The roads running
n-ortheastward and, ~southeastward
envy traffic. Low flying allied planes
are exacting a terrible toll from the
confused masses.
The Americans. pushing on after the
capture of Busigny, have encountered
stiff resistance in the big Domanisle-
Andigny. between Bohain n
Wassigny.
To the southwark. the French are
battling along the Sambre-O ise canal
and ave approached to within five
miles of Guise.
Washington. d. c.. Oct. IL. = The
wholly unexpected extent of the Ger
man collapse between St. Quentin and
Cambria, which leaves as the enemy
stands today a great gap torn in the
center of the lines that were already
struggling to extricate themselves and
get back to a shorter front, has given
rise to the belief here that there is
even the possibility of a crushing and
immediate military victory for the al
lies.
Should the French to the south or
the British to the north also succeed
in breaking through before the Ger
mans can complete an extensive retire
whole enemy army group might be
realized. In the opinion of observers
here the situation today has almost
limitless possibilities and Marshal
Foch is virtually certain to concentrate
every ounce of power at his command
in an effort to execute a final coup
The smashing victory OF the
Anglo-American forces north of st.
Quentin may be paving the way for
early invasion Of Germany itself.
Striking hints of a wholly new enter
prise directed at the upper Rhine vail
ley have come from unofficial quarters
In France and they follow repeated re-
ports from Switzerland that the civil
populations Of the Rhine valley towns
We're being removed by the German
authorities.
Some officers here regard these re-
ports as highly significant. They give
them particular weight because it now
appears certain that the enemy will be
forced back all along the front in
northern rance and Belgium within
the mex few days.
Paris. Oct. Observation-Disclosures
on four fronts was reported by the
French war office tonight.
French troops advanced their lines
east of st. Quentin. in the st. Gobain
region, south of Laon. and i'm the Ar
gonne. Despite stiff resistance from
German rear guards, the French ad-
vanced nearly four miles east OF st
Quentin, occupying q number of vii
lagos. The first direct attack in sew
eral weeks was made in the st. Gobair
region. where the village Of Servai.
was captured.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
} French and italian troops, advancine
astride the Chemin des Danes pushed
the enemy beyond the Disc canal.
Advancing on a front Of about /!
miles in the Argonne forest and to tn.
westward. the French progressed
nearly two miles. TO the outskirts O
{ Mont st. Martin, and st. Morel and
captured the Grandpre railway sta.
ton. southwest of Termes.
London. Oct. 11.-American troop,
Icompleted the capture Of Vaux-An,
digny and st. Souplst (south Of L,
lCateau) y0steeday evening. Field Mar
shall Haig reported today.
/. North Of Cambrai afew prisoner,
were taken last night II the villas'
: OF Hem-Lenglet Con the Sensee river