The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-08
Many Miles of Territory Are
WreSted From BOche.
French Press on Toward
Mezieres To-day.
NEAR TO The FRONTIER
YankS Command the Situation
at Sedan Now.
Allies Continue Advance &
Last Few Days.

Germany's arm;stice plenipotenti-
aries having entered the French lines
under a white flag Thursday night,
met Marshal Foch at o'clock, French
time, Friday morning. From him they
will receive the armistice terms of the
allies and the United States. The his
toric meeting occurred in little viii
lage in the Department of the Aisne.
Germany will be given seventy-two
hours in which to reply to the terms
presented by Marshal Foch. 1t is de-
clared there will be no cessation of
hostilities. The German delegates will
not be permitted to haggle. They must
| accept or go on fighting.
F., British, French and American troNps
maintain the pressure which has driven
the enemy from many square miles
of French territory in the past week.
! On the north the British are moving
on Maubeuge and Mons and aye less
| than three miles from Maubeuge-
/ While the Americans command the
situation at Sedan, altho they appar-
entity do not hold the entire ctfy, the
French are pressing on toward Me-
zieres. and have occupied Sing1y, fsfg
| than eight miles to the south. Elses
| where on their front the French arm
| les continue the rapid advance of the
| last three days. At no point Are the
French more than thirty miles from,
| the Belgium frontier, and at most
places the distance over which they
still have to drive the invader is much
i less.
Virtually all the German navy is in
the hands of revolutionistS who also
are reported in power in Hamburg,
and most of northwestern Germany
i adjacent to the North sea. Revolts
! ,Ie<1 t. CS-1 -
and Tilsit and Wilhemshaven.
! Rains Geetard Battle.
Torrential rains have been falling
over the fields of France where the
British and French are in close pur-
! suit of the Germans This rain has
/ hampered the enemy's retreat very
seriously and while it has also slowed
down the allied advance. the Germans
are apparently in grave danger of be-
ing utterly crushed.
! The British are, seemingly within
cannon range of the railroads north
and northeast Of Hirson, leading into
Belgium. If this is a fact, the Ger
mans must attempt to make good their
escape thru the wooded rough
/ Ardennes region. This country is de-
void OF railroads. and has only medi-
i ocre highways over which the enemy
/, may withdraw his trains of supplies
and munitions and his artillery.
Artillery Is Active.
By the Associated Press)
With the American Forces on the
! Sedan, Nov. 8.-Beyond artillery and
machine gun fire. which was particu-
larly active in the region of Sedan,
there has been little to report from
the battle front since Thursday might.
No infantry acton has been reported
! on any SECTION of the American front.
/ Try for Stand.
With the American Armies in
France, Nov. S.-The Germans are
trying % make a stand behind .the
; Meuse.
Artillery firing is going on on beth
: sides of the river, particularly in the
region of Sedan. Further south~there
is considerable machine gun fighting
French OfficiaI.
(By the Associated Press)
Paris, Nov. S.-French troops re-
sumed their advance along the whole
front this morning. The war office
today reports that French units have
reached the railway junction of Liart
about twenty miles north Of RetheL
On the right, where the French line
joins the Americans, the French early
today captured Singly. less than eighi
miles south of Mezieres and Frenois
hundred prisoners and much materia
were captured.
Italians in West.
= Rome, Nov. Ton the west front
the Italian second army has been par.
. ticipating in the offensive since No
vember A. the war office announced
today.
Moving from the Sissone region, Il
I has passed thru enemy defenses be
tween Chivres and La Rochelle. ant
has occupied LIE Thael and Rozoy
Sur-Serre.
"0n the Italian front, we have en-
, tered Marano and Bolzano-'
\ Capture Two Villages.
= London, Nov. S.-The British ar
continuing their advance along tn
active battlefield. Field Marshal Hal,
' today announced the capture of tw,
81 villages in the region. between Mon
II and Maubeu- e
: Call for Statements
n Washington. Nov s.-The comp