The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-11-07
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alien enemies. especially as they were per-
mitted to leave the plantation and return
at will.
American forces fighting on the verdun
front Friday of last week captured more
than twelve towns and upward Of 5000
Germans
The Serbian army reoccupied Belgrade
the capital of Serbia on the 3d. The Ger
mans and .Austrians retreated to the north
of the Danube.
Every person imprisoned during the war
In Austria for seditiOus utterr.nces against
that government has been liberated, accord
ing to dispatch of the 9th.
\ dispatch dated the 7th tto-dayD from
copenhagen states that Il revolt has broken
out at Hamburg. Artillery firing was turned
upon the people, but the rioting continued.
The French and British adyanced Mon
day on thirty-miIe front in the Sambre-
|. Disc sector and captured 10000 prisoners
and 200 guns, according to an official
report.
Turkeys peace proposals were accepted
by the Allies last Thursday and an armis-
ticc. effective ut noon that day. was signed.
ton page two the reader will find the terms
of the armistioe published in fuli.)
According to dispatch from Paris, dated
the 9th. the operatic-4s Of the French army
that day yesterday netted one of the
greatest advances recently made. They cap
tured the important towns of Vervins, Mont
Cornet and Rethel.
\ dispatch of the I'd from Vienna states
hat Arrf
withdrawn from the western front, and the
Germans. fearing that the Allies win march
through Austria, are digging trenches and
erecting fortifcations along the Bavarian
frontier
A dispatch from London dHted the 5th.
says the British armies between the
Aeusc and Scheldt Rivers defeated twenty
five German divisions Monday. Several
thousand prisoners were taken and a large
area of territory reoccupied. The Germans
are retreating on seventy -fve-mile front
Along the entire battle-line in France
and Flanders the British, French and Amer
lean troops have made important gains, and
are giving the enemy no rest, according to
dispatch from general headquarters, dated
the 9th. The enemy forces are in slow re-
treat. but at some points offer sharp re-
sistance.
l~ 1t announced last Friday that the
Austrian retreat had become an utter rOut
along much of the Italian trent and that
the enemy losses had increased to an alarm
ing extent. More than 700 captured guns
had been counted at that time. The day
| before the total number of prisoners taken
in the drive on. that front was given as
$4,000. @as
| \ dispatch frnsa the. Sedasx front dated
the 7th to-day mt 1.45 o'clock pm, states
| that the American troops entered that part
of Sedan that lies on the west bank Of the
Mouse. The principal German lateral lines
of communication between the fortress of
| Metz and Northern France and Belgium
now are either cut or unavailable for use by
| the German army. The great wedge which
| the French and Americans have driven into
| the German lines west of the Meuse is now
| within four miles of Sedan. The troops are
| moving on Sedan. Railway connection has
| been cut, large quantities of ammunition
and commissary stores have been captured.
Desperate fighting continues east Of the
Mcuse, and the Germans are retreating
slowly.
During the week the Allies have been sue
ccssful in every engagement, continually
advancing and driving the Huns from
stronghold to stronghold, until they are
now practically in the last ditch The
latest dispatches in the afternoon dailies
indicate that the end of the war is near.
German officers, bearing flags Of truce, have
appeared at the frontier. and perhaps an
armistice will be signed within the next few
| hours. If not, the war will continue, but 1t
| will necessarily be short; as the German
| army is nearly exhausted. and the people
are in state oOf munity in various parts
! of the empire.