Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-15
GERMANS IN RETREAT.
But They Arc Giving Back stead'l}@F1
Orderly Manner.

The German battle line in France
continues to bend under the attacks OIL
the Entente Allies. But nowhere mas
il been broken. The enemy almost
everywhere is in retreat toward new
positions But his retreat Is orderly
and the British, French and Americans
are being compelled to fight their way
forward slowly In the face OF enemy
machine gun detachnents acting as
rear guards.
Highly important strategic positions
have been wrested from the enemy d!
the British and French, while on their
sector OF the front the Americans
have further advanced their line on
both sides of the Meuse. obtaining inc
detectives they sought.
The British advanced after days oil
hard fighting had brought them al
last to the gates of Douai, which has
long held back the British from clos
ing in upon the great bend in the line
which has Lille as its center and whicn
has been considered by the military
expcrts as the keystone to the Ger
man defense system through north
ern Belgium to the sea.
To the south the French have blot.
ted out both La Fere and Laon and
the greater portion of the st. Gobain
massif standing I'm the elbow where
the line runs eastward TO the Swiss
frontier. Here also the Germans for
weeks had stood, fighting desperately
realizing that n successful advance
by their foes would shattcr their mill
tary plans in the south and proDabi!
compel swiftcr retirement than Is
being carried out and probably make
untenable the entire Meuse line. to
which il Is believed they arc gradually
making their way.
By the successes OF the British and
the French the entire German line
from Rheims to the Belgian frontier
is made decidedly more unstable and
with the new advance OF the French
and the Americans in the Champagne.
and along both sides Of the Meuse
northward. seemingly the enemy. for
n few days at least. will have to has
ten his steps eastward and northward
to prevent the great converging man
nuvcr from capturing large numbers
Of prisoners. especially In the pocket
from the region northwest OF Rheims
to La Fere. Here. however. the enc
my. seeing the ultimate fall OF Laon,
may have used the great net work or
railways there and successfully with
drawn n majority of his forces toward
Mezieres.
Along the Aisne in Champagne the
French have forced their way across
the Aisne at various places and are
almost upon the important railway
town Of Rethel, whence 1t Is only n
step to Mezieres, while north Of Vou-
Ziers they are continuing to battle
their way forward toward Sedan. In the
bend Of the Aisne more than So local
tiles have been liberated by the French
and several thousand citizens freed
freed from bondage.
Since the offensive began 21.567
Germans have been made prisoners
and 600 OF their guns captured.
With the situation in France and
Belgium highly satisfactory to the AL
lies. the operations in Serbia and AL
hania likewise daily are being carried
forward successfully. Nish. the cap
ital Of the little kingdom after the
invasion by the Austro- Hungarians.
have been recaptured by the enemy
driven to the hills north Of 1t. The
Austro- Hungarians are slowly but
surely being driven northward In Al
bania and now are being engaged in
the region Of Ipek. 80 miles south
west Of Novipazar.