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me United States on July Z agreed
| to allied action in Russia and prepa ra-
tions were begun for an allied military
expedition into Siberia. On the same
day Count Won MirbG, h, German am
has ado 70 Russia, wn; s'l,ii ut Nos
COW. On July it WIS announced thai
| the thurman coast of Russia hat
thrown off bolshevik rule and invited.
aid from the allies. During July the
| first reports came from Russia of the
execution of the former czar by n local
soviet and these reports later were
confirmed.
General Foch opened the second
phase of his counter-offensive on Au-
gust when surprise attack was
launched on 20-mile front in Picardy
the allies gaining seven miles at some
points and taking 1000 prisoners. The
following day Haig's men gained II
miles in Picardy and the next day the
French. attacking on a 2O-mile front,
wiped out the Montdider salient.
Foch Hammers Foe.
Then followed series of sledge-
hammer blows on all portions of the
front, all fitting into the general
scheme of attack worked out by the
master mind of Foch. On August 30
l-assigny fell and the former Somme
front was restored. British and French
armies. aided by American units. con-
tinued the smash on the Somme front
and on August 80 the Germans were
hurled across the Somme. The British
took Bapaume and We're close to
Peronne. Rove fell to the French and
dozens OF small towns were wrested
from the invaders. Further north the
British smashed the Hindenburg line
and forced the Germans 10 begin a re-
treat from the Lys salient
On September -, the First Ameri-
can army. under the direct command
of General Pershing, began a brilliant
action which wiped out the difficult
st. Mihiel salient in three days. The
Americans took 10000 prisoners in
this action.
Serbian. French and Italian forces.
on September 1S, launched a big drive
against the BulgaYs in Macedonia AL
most simultaneously the British broke
the Turk lines in the Holy Land The
Turkish army was shattered, and by
81 had lost 5000 men in
prisoners. In the meantime the allies
smashed the Hindenburg line along Il
22-mile front in the ST. Quentin sector,
and IL was announced at Washington
that the United States now had 1.75O,-
300 men across the sea TO aid in crush
ng the crumbling armies of the enemy. |
The first decisive break in the ranks |
IF the central empires came on Sep |
ember %. when General Malinoff. |
commander of the BRlgar armies |
which were routed before the advanc- |
ng Serbs and French. asked for an
,rmistice. On September 80 Bulgaria
accepted the armistice terms pro-
,osed by the allies and surrendered
Teutons Move for Peace.
Turkey moved for peace on October
and the German people were thrown
nto panic as they saw their allies
rumbling. Prince Max. who had now
ecome German chancellor addressed
note to President Wilson. asking that
teps be taken Immediately to conclude
n armistice and to open peace nego-
ations President Wilson answered
Y asking whether he spoke for the
eople or the then rulers of the empire
nd whether the proposal was based
n an acceptance of the presidents IA
eace points. Meanwhile the drive on
lie west front continued and the Ger
ans We're driven from much ground
lat they had held since 1914. The
indenburg line was smashed at many
,ints. PerShing's men broke the foes
ain line of defense west Of the MeuSe .
nd after days of bitter fighting clear
the Germans out of Argonne forest
he Germans We're forced to abandon
e Chemin das Danes and to retreat
long line from Laon as far east {
Argonhe.
Germany sent another note to Pres h
ent Wilson on October II, acceptinr (
e latter's IA peace principles and {
ging the president to transmit its |
oposal for an armstice to the allies l.
ince Max assured the president that
reason of constitutional changes +
e existing German government spoke c
r the people. President Wilson re- II
ed two days later. rejecting the Ger
IN proposals. declaring that any arm II
ice must he granted by the military L
and must guarantee the $
ntinued supremacy of the allied
ms. N
The answer of the allied armies 70 p
, German peace proposals was TO
liver still harder blows at the retir> OF
!, enemy. In the north the Belgian F
NY. led by King Albert. co-operat. |,
with the British. began to sweer
! Germans from the Belgian COAST L,
October Il the Germans were driy- -,
from Ostend and Bruges and the n
tiSh OCCupied Lille Tha ,,h,,, :,