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eneralissimo Molds Gcr-
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aisers Forces More Deeply
Involved, Instead of Im
proving Line
Itv WAI.TPH nilHANTY
S ii , , i ,. . n ii r .most his whole front
&t Igpecial CabTp to hiemtif Public Ledger ,onfu.0,, ftH tt conS(
lit. .- fl -,. .... .... X'.... .'..I Tlnif fn
lij T'-l . VfrVnff'tlt IVIQt VU ..ril' iwrft ....... "
Ulth the reneh Armies. Oct. II
hv-. r .. . . .,,.
Vk. M "nco more MB"""1 rvK" ?"
nas placed tho encmj In a position
IU tb greatest danger, as tho rapid ad
vance of the Allied armies tt th! north
and east has created another big sallcn
fin tho battlefront of 1'r.ineV The line
t from thn rfflnn nf X'nvales to the June-
,f $? W vt(on of the Alsne nnd the Sulppe at
ii s'fXnde, which forms the pocket's bae,
la aUty kilometers long and fort
ftvo Kilometers behind Anli, the a
iJVIIkB t.AIIt'MII3 1'UIIK
" The tactics that have been charar '
Jerlstlc of every offenlvn operatcil by,
ihe Allied generalissimo have the don-1
ble advantage of InercnMng the "train i
Vl.4 .. I..
J"on the German communliatlons alre.id
sorely tried and preventing Iht incm
rom drawing benefit from his slioitcu-
.Inr line that would eiiuo could his re-
itreat be carrlid out wlthcut such omnl-
ous butfes. 1-atcHt news, though not
jmarked by anv thing ho sensational as
iho Francb.-nrltlsh leap forward toward
pulse andi,Ie Cateau, Is hardl Iiss en-
J couraglng.. .On tho extreme right the
"'Americans and Freni-h have now cleared
the eld battlefield north of Verdun and
Sthey compel the enemy to nialni.Un re Ml III) tin- mrrlmn Forres nrtbwest
rves In that area through fear of a1 ' - ",l,,,ln P,ci -'-
Hvo eastward toward tho all-vltal, "enenil I'ershlngs forces lontlnued
Brley Iron fields their attacks ngalnst the (Iirman po-
Brley Iron fields
.. Viiffhr ii net 4hu nni'imilliti nf thn
prand-l're defile has so far facilitated ! "PPO'ltlon proved even more bitter If
ttJourauda operations that his advamo , Polhle than It sin jesterdny.
.Iruards hold the line Semldc-.Mont St Thj, "Kht ng this morning was c-'Vvlartln-Sugny,
onl three miles dltant H'c'-'IIv violent en the center and nn
.'from Vouilerg Junction. On the left " ' 11n,";r St Jtnln ',n'1 u"c.'
Gouraud. in conjunction with Berthelot. ' b.0,h Jllch ,ott,,, n" n0,w ln
steadily cvercomln-r the resistance of Man " L!n1 litc afltme Landres-ct-St
strong rear uuards. surnlled with In-1 r'eorg s also Is afire The Americans
numerable machine guns
. t . i ...
Itic dun Wlthdrarrn
Counter-Tattacks arp, frequent, but the
artillery Are; Is generally confined to
lighter pieces, as It the enemy were
evacuating his big guns This theory Is
supported by fires visible ever) where
1
nortnwarci vv mi me exception or
Boult-sur-.Sulnne In the center, where a
eounter-blou prevented passage, the
.French now hold the whole north bank
..pf the Sulpfe from Bcthlnvllle to Ccnde
' fi ' Opposite .Mangln the enemy Is resist
ffr ' jjn with sttpng nrtlllerj' support, m-i-1fe
' 'chine guns awd appirently numerous In
itV 4?antrj-.
t&? "M Ife evidently trusts the fastnesses of
'la. hej SL nohlnn fores- tn bar tho Alllprl
f f progress while the foe Is completing
T5 ,5evacuatlon along the three lLnej pf rail
s' . 1 .,,, . -I, !.,- r ..
,' 'Jtheless, delay In abandoning this re-
K. r'on contains elements of possible Oer-
.Sl intnan disaster, which He hoc onlv In the
W'ltf. ' -JTMlietl pressure on ino siue ni ine pncic
5ij .. i ... . .. .. .. - .:
1 it. but In the work of tho bombing
planes against Junction nnd concentra-
tS'lin nnlnlfl nn elm linn nf rpfro.it
If mamhr nf n fnmnna hnmlilni,IUnnil. nmt.. tlm hontl.iit H.a nn.1 tlr-lit
jbauadrlll.-i attached to (lenernl noU-flng every step of the vva The Amer
Srauds nrmy gave our correspondent , Il"! artlllerv opined flu- on Hill 18J,
j5om details of the work of the last few XSal1.
P3-? . .. lallng wliat, might be termed the St
,' "As j ou Know," he sild "the bombing I Juvln-rhamplgneulle salient This was
Jplanes of the latet juurern carrv t nblltoiated lattr In tho afternoon, when
ifiyastly Increased load, and their su-1 the CJeimans retreattd from M Juvln
Bejlor speed enables us to Jgnore rr- and abandoned the hill
.Can Interferenep nroi Ideil we ifm ,- 'i"- more, severe fighting took place
Ittian interference prnviue.i we Keep, our )n r)(. nter, where the troops vveie nt
formation. It Is now possible to aim flrst unable to advance from the position
.trlth accuracy at an objective seen from gained Ihursdaj between. Mamelle
.it height of 2000 or 3000 meters and trcncli nnd llomaln It was inst 1
'photographs show that the bombs lnvarl-1 o clock btfore the American' artillery
'fcbly fall within a very limited area, had partlv silenced the Herman opposl
? ' tlon and swept with fire the treacherous
fj. Tanle A.mnng Enemies underbrush about the wood
J "The greater carding capacity of the ti.it . i i.
planes gives us vv.der rang.-, and Br ll,e ociated l're
itspeclally In the case of mass attacks rrl. Oct 12 The merlcans are
'.he enemy Is reduced to a state of such i closing In on Dun-sur-.Meuhe while their
Jt-anlc that even the fire of antl-alr- left wing la within five miles of Buzancy,
tflf eraft batteries has died away almost
!.. ithothlnir.
EA& 'I " t00k Part ln on" such operation
,, , -g4lnst Vouzlers three das ago. just
W jticfore noon. The ceiling was low and
-i 'We flew at a height of about ;500 me
!im ThorA nt-pmprl In haia Viactii ftta '
'battle planes in the clouds above us
Jvhlch had encounters with the battle-
jquadron accompanjlng us, but we aid
Vt bother.;
Cfij. ijr After plastering the station with
HjM 'iliombs, which caused tevertil fires.
t'fiZ Tfiotably one on a. long goods train on
siding, we turned our atentlon to the
(roads and smashed a cannon convoy
In tho central squire. As I say, the
j S il-nu-aircraii naileries nnue a reeDie re
?"l' ipone, and w lit n, after tho bombs
?r " it .: . ... ... . - . .
AJf fpaa Deen aroppea, we netcenueu and
vS? " Inachine-gunned the troops, the Hermans '
fran in an uiiec-uun. i
tan In all dliectlons.
-7 .i? "-risoners say in.i tne enect ot such cetia Cable to Eirning 'nbic l.eilfer
r'V, flraiae, in wnicn Domus are raineu liter- v ,, ,.,. ,,., , ,t , m
4. . Ully by thousands for a space of several ' WUT'a" ,V fv Ci-J... ., I VS. ...
ourS, Is far the most terrific thing In "''""""; ';,-"'"" " wav' 'kn
yst . I?1:.
7?4llCf Yesterday we had a harder job across
LVCfi-ithe Sulppe, .between Warmeilles and
Sv'i",1'c8- Tne lIern'ans held two roads
r iSP Ine norinwuru inai commanueu tne
Ked Mopes up trom tne rivet, and
tkurassed our Infantry advance with ma-
Chlno gun fire and rifle fire. Th$
Weather was bad, and wc were forced
ft fly at a height of a few hundred
.meters, exposed to a quick-firer barrage
Trom the woods Hut a steady rain
i-H. ,Jof small 'antl-lnfantry' bombs gradu-
-fcJ,t ..-. .-.. 1.1-
t"rjlHy quieted the foe, until wc fvre able
Br uA tfiu y uuwii uiiu ittivo ine uuiBKiris ol
I V "ciT16 wuB wth macnine gunn, which
U AffrPrmlUect the pollus to conolldnte their
($ Hooting on the northern bank"
C.i".J T asked the airman whether ho lmri
T i7?'w Jronncd ftmoke bombs, nrrnrdlni- tn tlm
y -if. J - - -w -.li
4,fti-pew method, to coer lnfantiy or tank
"niucuicni tie i rpiicu
" S i V-i niiF.nna llr lint T dan -
? , rJJ!W one of our Bfluadron usln tliem
i k S "" i'v-vt.j, "mv ncniu ui a case
LViiKr s BUUlCHfc4U,l " lo-operuuoa with
iteTVBrltlph fliers In the region of Fontulnn
slrSkntrA Dame. Thr watt a matt ,,,
-- - uiiihii uuu
urn . Birejj intuic pruieciPf? irom our
.. ... t . . .
nin wnii.il nun iiuiuinii ui nir UylJ.Cew
no (iaucrte.1 o iuiikh nau tried to turn
from the northwest, but had hpn
Checked by autt-tunk batteries furtlier
back when they came across an open
Hfju U miviucicr wiut
Una ( Hmoke hrrn
r "A smoke
screen sudden blotted out
art of the field from view
- -. ...,.- . . : "f,
lie greater part
d under Us cover tho tanks adnH
i.tnllD..i1 Wk... !.- ... ,. ..- - VVM
.Mijui.u. ..,,n, me BinoKe cleared, the
nks were rattling away at the en-
nco tu me ravine ana a few minutes
M- the enemy surrendered"." l
tober 10 "The enemy l.re4lrlnB la
w.. mu. uui muiru," said a hlffh
r1 of Oeneral OebeneVa .trr . '
tr correlondent todays -The result
ma rranco-uruish operations since
fober 1 against the series of fortified
lions mat u io maae up the Illnden
i"'" " "ivii vuuipieiea pitrclnir
famous defenses on a front of
y mllea and the pursuit of the
V (sunvinuing in the
rtMieJ
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tlntota the officer, 'Toddy we thrust
along tht wrt bank of the Olse to the
region of Xoynle, an advanco of nearly
twenty kilometers deep
"A remarkable thin li that the
nemV. I" Mill holdlnir on tn lotion mid
the St. Oobaln massif, which our ad
vance greatly threatens by deepening
the salient. True, the Germans hold
the east bank of the Olse very strongly
with artillery and machine guns. All
the bridge are broken and tho crossing
of the river and canal will evidently
ho difficult, but the British progress
northward be) ond I.e Cnteau, to say
nothing of our own, need not be pushed
touch further to make the evacuation of
the I.aon salient exceedingly hazardous.
I. Inn of Retreat Jammrd
"It Is not as easy to withdraw an army
and material as to unpack a soldiers
knapsack, and we have reason to know
that tie-ups have occurred at many
points on the Oerman line of letreat ns
n result of overcrowding ami the
activities of the Allied bombing planes
feature of the present situation Is
"that the enemy Is being forced to retire
more quickly than he Intended on al-
' ,nt Vil whnlo frnnt with rnnnlrlprAhlt
ipnnpni!). Thn vvp
i ,.. .. I.l.lll-.l -..I. ..... . .... ...at
niw itJVIIllllt'M f H 1 II IC II lj IIUIII cctll u
different divisions mixed pell-mell on our
front ve are now reaping the fruits of
"the successful hut exceedingly bitter
otingnt11f 0 (,,. Hst several ds,
: AMERICANS FIGHT
FOE'S RESERVES
- 1 Persllilis's IMeil RdieW Al'-
gonne Attack and Bitter
Battle Rages
TROOPS CLOSE IN ON DUN
Three Towns in Fionl of U. S.
Line on Mensc in
Flames
II) the .luotialeii Veil
sltlons on this front tod iv
' utnnil ho fnrn Miul Invi n
The American troops encountered ii
violent michlne Bun fire cvcrjwlure
along the front
1'rom prl'-onert taken there Is evorv
Indication that the enemv Is throw
ing ever) thing Into the battle ln a
confused wa The prisoners frtqmni
Iv nre unable to tell to what division
thej belong In other cases they re
veal that divisions, regiments nnd vtn
companies have been dissolved and
.igtln formed Into now unltH
Tho Americans csterda passed
through C'onsenvojc wood .ind captur
ed Mollevllle
The Amerlcins vesteida, depite stllT
opposition, worked their wa up the
XleuRe Thej worked their wu into
Cunel wood
On the other hand the troops on the
left had the stlffest kind of fighting In
the advance The fpund themselves
held up Miuth of St. Juvln by concen
trated machine-gun and artillery Arc
from mil 182 northeast of the town
The Amerlcins pushed forw.iid ln
plte of everything nnd begin an en
circling movement to take Hill 18J They
forced their way across the St (Jeorges-
St Juvln and moved through Xegremont
tolwest of the JIeune, sajs Marcel Hutln
, In the Kclio tie Paris Continuing, he
'sas that Imitortant events which will
change the entire fact of things may
he expected l-i this pan of the we-tern
I front
OirrrfT k TIfill ITMOUTTI V
ollUAllUll UlldEil ILEjI
ivi NftDTUflRN RllsJCf A
111 llfll 1I1U1111 IlUUVJiri
German Menace to Mnrman
Railway Has Disappeared.
Czechs Outnumbered
mpnnop.
nast has disappeared wltli the with
drnwal of the Hun troops from Finland
jour correspondent learns from an au
thoritative source that the situation of
the Czeelio-Slovak troops In northeast
ern Russia Is very serious. The Czechs
jind the Russians co-operating with them
niimlie r on this ffont perhaps CO 000 men
and thej have not et retired, although
they are faced by larger forces ofOthe
enemy Some hope Is expressed here In
authoritative quarters that the new All-
i i-a --. 4 U InVi Vina limn
J Ilulan Ooernment. which has been
I epiuuuniH-u ii- , -ti .----.....v. ..v
various iwlltical factions and seeuie co.
ordination of effort! hut Its success will
largely depend on the Czechs retaining
their hold on Kuropean Jtussla
At the present moment the L'fa direc
torate Is the strongest poiver tint hi
unerged out of the Russian chaos slnie
, . i. .... rinh.l,... lum l.nl l nin
' ine orraKuj ui uunuctimii, ui n ii
not claim the unanimous support of the
Uuimumh It In rranki ciemocrau, and
l.oti..M th. nmlr nn b reoreanlz-d
.i,.i ..t.ii.. .i nnr.,,.....Ati.
. f o n iPiiMr.ti rpuiiiini-. itiiii luiipc wuci in
I "" - - -- r
.finds po favor wlOi many supporters
of the old regime They have numerous
representatives In Paris and London,
who appeal to responsible ollicldls and
argue that Russia must find a "strong
man" to restore the shattered soc'al
sjhtem
The British action In Russia has nl-
I wa" ,,een BU'ded b a desire to abstain
from Interfering" In purely local politics
l , . .,. i i,UAi .. ..in. u
unci uaa t Ulicri lieu jiorit uiiij nun uij-
tajalng what help It can from Russian
sources. Consequently It has been cau
tious In committing itself to the Ufa
qr any other government, and has re
quired It to rive evidence of real stability
before it accepted it. It Is likely now,
however, to work with the All-Hussion
Government.
"William Penn Day'' November 7
Thursday. November 7 was today
proclaimed by Governor Brumbaugh as
"William I'enn Day." this being the an
niversary of the landing of the found
er of the Commonwealth nn the soil of
Pennsylvania. In .682. The Governor
itrce that people study th life of I'enn
anjM turn tn li b. u txuulnl nrifl ttiathr.fi
f Awe M LILLE;VC,
- DeUiunc ( l't "fX r
BRITISH
STRIKEAT
TOXJtAJL
JVXTT
opjRcncvfc
AJCGlO-ATKfe-n.1
CANS
DRIVING
AHtD
PAHI
Allied Troops
Enter Vouziers
C flntitiitrtl front l'ee (Ine
of I.e. Cateau were repti1rd We took
the village of Rrlaeste
In the ungle between the Selle Ulver
nutl the Scheldt Canal wc captured
Ivvuj this moinliiR and made progresH
on the ilblng ground cast of tile Mi
lage Strong counter attacks ln thla
area with the assistance of tanks,
vveie tepulsed West of the Canal Do
IVKscaut we daptuied rrcssles.
"rollowlng upon our deep advance
bouth of the Sensee the enemy Is has
tening the vlthdi.ivvnl from the strong
ly foi titled position held by him north
of that- lher
"We have driven tho enemy lear
guards from tho northern pen tlon of
the Drocourt Quennt line between the
Scirpe und Quleo la-Motto, nnd cup
turcd the villages of Salllv-en Ostre
ont, Vltr en-Artois, Iel lez CqUcrchln,
Drocourt and rouquieres."
RETREATING ENEMY
LEAVES RUIN IN WAKE
It) the Associated Trcn
Mllli tbp I rrncli Army In Champagne,
Oct 1 1
Ther was strong defense at chosen
points, some times prolonged with great
relstance, and at other stmts a rapid
rt'lrement, of which the first Hmptom
nliiavs Is the glow of fires on the hori
zon. Thursdiv nnd Thuisda night from
the region of Blanc Mont and the Ames
and from the heights nnrtheist of
Ithelms looking over the field where the
Hermans were still holding the better
ptrt of the line of tho .Sulppe
One of the most striking features of
the situ itlon Is the boldness with which
the enemy faced what from this side
of the line looks like grnve danger of
being tuined Vesterdav he was in two
pockets from which exit In goijd order
appeared extremelv problematical
Closelj pressed from the direction of
Cambra mid Ht Quentln along the line
nf the Olse and with elements of Oeneral
Mnngln's forces advancing across the
f'hemln-des. Dames, theie was certain
'ndlrntlon tint the Hermans were aban
doning the st Ciohaln Torest and the
region of I.aon As seen bv the map
the situation there was perilous The
same maj be sild of their positions be
tween the. feulppe and the AJsne, Wth
denetal Berthelot crowding them east
rf the line betwten I!err-au-Bac and
Dasancourt and (Itneral Gouraud ad
vancing northwest or the Argonne and
titklnr a stronger hold on the line of
communication northward to Rethel
Yesterdav morning the Hermans still
were holding most of their positions
north of the huippe Berthelot troops
hnd forced a. crossing between the east
of Boult-sur-.Sulppe and St. Ktienne,
while north of Berrj-au-Bac the situa
tion was unchanged
While the Hermans took whitever rlk
there was in clinging to this line they
braved the i-eiitlment of the world and
the consequences of which' thev have
bein warned bj the continued devasta
tion of the regions the still held
GERMANS DIGGING IN
EAST OF SELLE RIVER
H the Associated Press
Ultlillir Itrlll-.lt Vrmv In Frnnre. Oct
11 (Delnved) The enemv has begun an
attempt to slon up the Anglo-American
idvance on the main battlefront All the
bridges across tht River Selle from I.e
iteiu southward wire blown un and
lie ficrmans seem to. have been digging
In fuilousl along tHe line of the high
ground some jono to 4000 jards east
of the river which already has been
crovsed bv the British und Americans
it soeitl niiees ppirentl) the tier
nnns Intend tn make a stand here
In this lncullt all of todav's opera
lions hive been devoted to gaining tin
river crossings and establishing a firm
footing on the eist bank There has Imr
slurp nut nine gun fighting nnd the
i.ennans from the high ground of l.e
i ateau have poured a heavi tlio upoi
the wesit bank of the rljer
As soon as the Americans and the
ctvalrj entered ht .Souplvt Miuth of l.a
Cateau the) tame under n heavj (Ire
from tho (.eriiiun (run concentration It
Is reported that the eneni) BUnners fired
their weapons here over open slrhls
l.uckllv t tic It- aim was nut as good as
It might have been
untrnl strip of Ul.c
S-'oiith of here the British and thr
I-iemli have drlvtn ileeplj Into the
eneni) territory and the Kreni h now
lontrol a long strip of the west bank o'
thn Olse canal British advanced pi
trols also had reached the canal Inns,
at Longchamps, but they had made too
rapid progress and consequently re
turned The British b) their drive launcher"
this morning on the northern fringe n'
the battle area noiv are operating well
on the other side of the Scirpe River
and have reached positions Jss than
three and one-half miles from the Im
portant center of Doual The troops
are driving northeastwardly toward the
clt) at the same time and widening the
already wide salient which has been
made In the former Herman positions
There are strong- Indications that the
Hermans realize they must get out of
the entire Doual salient.
Tr to Sate llousl
It Ik not Improbable that one of the
enemy's principal Ideas in trying to
slow up the advance lrr the area south
east of I.e Cateau Is for the purpose cf
protecting his forces In the Doual Vali
ent, for every foot gained in thin battle
area increases the menace to the Her
mans In the Doual packet. The British
encountered r hard opposition In the
Scarpa operation, but notwHhstaRdfJw
,t.l t... t.. Mn. ..t.l ... r7
-w. i&sPi rtiau
M- t 'Mtf1
M- i ffWW
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F NanUud U llaiubuui Cnaleau-ietj-jyuj tSb vk wi
ct n icLjtyharUf Epernay Vi .. ... tt- X, ,
" SDeni . qS .-XV VCnnn8-B)-M JStmiMd,
ljJ touiommiers ---, y reroute.- J--BarleI)ucy-x L 1
jij v S tlry-lrriifot "lk.
THE RAPIDLY SHIFTING BATTLELINE
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,. lvii-
Official War Reports
litr.M'ii
Paris, Oct 12
The Trench this morning penetrated
Into Vouzlers They continued their
progress along th entire Champagne
fiout Thej hold the general line of
the' Retourne and the roid from
I'uuvics to ouzlers
llltlTlNII
I.Andnn, Oct 12
Out advance north of the Sensee
River continued vesterday evening.
We now hold the villages of Hanel,
Brebleres nnd Culncy Wo are east
of Henln-l.ietard ffortv and a hnlf
miles east of I.ens) and on the west
ern outskirts of Annay (two miles and
a hilf northeast of I.ens)
On the remainder of the front
there Is nothing to report beond
local fighting nt certain points.
cast of Arras and now are well Ui the
east of Vltrj-l'.n-Artols and .oelIes.
ous-Bellone
The Cerniun machine gunners have
been fighting hard In the environs of I.e
lateiu and tin-better pirt of toda was
required to clear them out I.lttle posts
or the enemy, well supplied with ammu
nition, npparcntlj had been left behind
b their commanders with Instructions
to ell themselves na dearlv a ;iosslhlo.
Thev obejed orders ond frctiuentlj
held out m mfullj m
Bv the end of the d-iv, however; It
ippeued that most of them had been
driven out or killed nnd the British
were then reported to be moving east
ward on the road between I.e Cateau
ind Razuel, some three miles to the
sotit heist, from which thev seemed to
be about 1000 jnrds distant.
On Outskirts of Forest
Norlbeattt of I.e Cutemi tlm fati-iai..,.
were In the outskirts of the town of
w.j-tv, .ihiiiiiik uieir way lorwnru
against other stubborn enemy machine
gunners
It -was during last night that the first
reports that the Hermans were digging
In were received and these were con
firmed todnj By midday the enemy
seemed to have a continuous line all the
wav from a point southeast of I.e Cateau
southward in front of Mennevret and
east of (Jrougls, while in Alsonvllle and
he area near It, fires were burning
briskly
llie enemy lp bj. no meuns sure of
holding on to his nulckl arranged line
for anv length of time, ns It offers little
protection, being slmpU a scratch of the
surface, probably protected by a few
strands of wire. .Moreover the roads to
the east are still cluttered up with enemv
troops and transport The airplanes
report that the retreat Is In progress far
baik of the present location of the
i nemy
Fatigued Killing Herman
The British aviators have become fa
tigued with the labor of killing Her
mans Diiing the last twenty-four
hours thev have fired hundreds of thou
sands of rounds from their machine
guns and dropped hundreds of tons of
bombs on targets It was Impossible to
miss
T1" roJJ between l.e Cateau and
Bazuel offered .sonie remarkable oppor
tunities for tile aviators Again and
ngiln great numbers of British planes
swooped low over this road and .emp
tied their guns Into masses of men
ind of tranport which were so thick
that the bullets could not help but take
effect The road was more than once
blocked with dead men and horses, up
set wagons and masses of equipment.
All this was denied avvaj and the re
treat continued, only to be upset quickly
again by the air attack
Bombs also weie dropjied on massed
Herman troops and masues of men and
transport In the neighborhood of Was
slgny and other towns back of the Her
mair positions
Wide flights also have been made over
the Herman rear, nnd there nre still no
signs that an) real lines of defense have
been constructed As u matter of fact,
Ihe enemy hardly has had time to con
struct suih defenses, so fast has he been
Kept on the run There nre no Indlca
tlona that the Ueimans will be able
actual to hftlt their flight here
Strength of JZnemy
Now Fast Ebbing
(ontlnuril ffont I'nie One
The Turk of Constantinople has al
was looked with' a Herman detachment
upon events- In Palestine. But Syria he
regards very dlffirentlv. While ha must
"now see that anv Idens which he may
nave nau or compensating himself for
his losseH elsewhere b securing the oil
fields of Caucasia cannot now be re
alized, he has had to send troops from
Caucasia and the frontier of Tersla
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home,; nnd General Allenhy's victory In
hamaria nas none more to nld the
Armenians and Georgians than our
abortive attempt to 'give them direct
support at Baku could ever have accom
plished. The only means of communi
cation which the Tmk has with Berlin
Is by way of the Black Sea and Odessa,
and there Is not the smallest ehnnce of
his getting help by that route. He has
therefore every reason to cut his losses
and comu to terms riunt the point of
view of the Central Powertv Turkey
may be written off as a dead loss.
The situation In the Balkans Is that
there are still considerable Austro-Ger
man forces in Bulgaria, In Serbia and
Soldiers Soothe
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collect along flic rallwnj IcjirtJiiK tol
iisn ana ucigrnde, ana tnose-wzjicanrs
already along that line nre lair-ng Dncst
on Nlsh before the Franco-Serblnn ad
vnnce. It is highly probiblo tnai they
have managed to get much of tho roll-
Ing stock on the.jnaln HnebaclclnU)
Austria, and It-mav br takenfasvcertalh
that they nre damiglng the railway line
as they fall back. - It inust,-.tbcrefofo
be some time befote the Allied iffcrces
In Serbia nnd Bulgirlu can establish n
new front on the Danubp and -(ret-InttM
touch with Rum ml i When this hap-'
pens the atrnln upon exhausted Austria
will be greatly Increase cl' sp thaVthe
outlook here for the Centnr I'oVveVs'ls'
black, nnd what they Immediately re
qulro Is tlmo to reconstitute tlie Djin
ube front und get their scattere'd forces
together.
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III Russia the position Is that, thfctiik
to tho Intervention of the Allied forces
which lnnded at Vladivostok, our posi
tion ns far as Lake Bilknl Is virtually
assured. Between I.nke Biikat and tho
Urals the Czecho-Slovaks are supreme.
nnd they control the Trans-Siberian'
Railway for Borne (00 miles west of tho
I'rals ns far as Kazan nnd Samaria. In
termittent warfare Is being1 waged be
tween the Czecho-Slovnk and the Bo'l
shevlk forces, In which the former have,
on the whole, held their own, but are in
need of assistance Between the lower
Vologda and the Caucnsus the Cpssnck",
who are nntl-Herman and utiK-OSTfcue-vlk
are In control But the whole of
the rest, of RusK,west, of the Vologda
with the exception qf Arclnngel and the
Murmnn coist. Is In the hands cither of
the Hermans or of tho llnlalievllitj ,Tbc
Hermans Uicmselics dominate southern
Finland and Russia west of the line from
Reval to the SeaofAzg( and have. con
trol of the Black' Sea. But they'hnvo
alreadj had to withdraw troops from
these areas 'f1. ?'
Ah the .position on the western front
grows more nnd more irltlcnl and the
need for protecting the Danube frontier
of Austrln becomes more pressing the
chnnces of their being able to maintain
n sufficient force In Russia and Finland
to Insure their dominion grow sj smaller,
It follows, tnen.vtnni tnd'.positlorl -of
the Central Powers can never bo more
unfavorable than . it ,1s .today, .Their
mllltury power on the w estern 'front At?
declining: that of the Allies Is Increas
ing. . Nothing cap be looked for- frotn
Turla-y. They are threatened " wrlthVn
new danger on the Danube nnd they
cannot hope to better their Jiosltlon, In
ttussi.i ah uniuMie-e means ine ces-
sntlnn of hostilities, hut carries with
It no obligation" rjot 'to reumf "of-j,IV6
w nrf are.
At- best It would allow Hermnjiy to
enter the peace" Conference ' ftltK word'
pawns ln Iinnd than she Is likely to have-
at a later date: qtwprst It would riv.c
her time to re-form her frbntsiand ri
enter the struggle In better, posture The
bargain Is so utterly one-sided tUa't5"t
Is Impossible to believe that I'rlnceMir1
cai) have believed It would be accepted
One can only guejs nt what lay behind
the offer, and at the present' Juncture
guessing Is not advisable, As we have
seen In the case, of Bulgaria,, 'fefusal
to agree to an armistice does nof Imply
refusal to continue negotiations Presl.
dent Wilson has not shut the rfboTtJand!
It remains io ue seen wneiner Ucrmnny
Intends to keep It open
' CROWN PRINCE IN HOT HASTE
Hurriedly Moes His '.Headniyir
ters from Mezicres'"
By the Associated Prti fi i
Tarls, Oct 1J Orders foUnd on pris
oners, sayH M Hutln, In the i;cho de
Paris, Bhow tint the enemy was In
structed to resist ou the Sulppe river
front until the thirteenth at least In or
der to save all tho material tiotslblojiiul
to enable the adjacent armies to con
duct nn orderls retreat, tlejieral Oou-
rauds attack upwtahls plan. Mlh(Hlgn,
the Hermans had trtehty-flv'e 'divisions
in tne cnampagne sector, twelve of which
were fresh, the fear of beln rush,!
.caused them to decline battle
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Gaptufe'of Sb-Callcd Impregnable Position, Key to Gcr-
man Flank, Is Greatest United States
Victory
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By EDWIN
' SpeciaffiabfyteEyining Public LfSgcr
t opimiwi, ;f.Sj liiWno York Tlmm Co.J
Mltli Hie Amerlran Armies 'in France,
Oct. 10 (Delayed).
If thor.oaptura of nearly nit of tho
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by far the biggest thing our troops have
yet done In a word, they have tnktn
what wao regarded so long ns an Im
pregnable position, and one for tho nos
scsslon of. which ljundjcdB of thousands
of men hne dle"d In the last four years
and two months. ,
The pftssesslon of the A-gonne forest
has vnst potentialities. It Is the strong
esf fiefeJlsW on the eastern wing- pt the
great'Ucrman salient from the sea to tne
Mnutlri 'l'rtrliitfa It la thn mnat Irrtnnr.
"taiit nSsfllin or.dl-t6, tfic Hermans- Its
icps Is most serious for the Herman com
mand, .To the Allied It Is n position no
leiu'vltiif,' ..."'' i
A glnncc ot a map showing the battle
front of tho Inst two weeks between
Rhelms nnd the Mcuse River will In
d lento t)ie deep dent that hns existed In
the f trward-movlng Allied line. That
rient'flii1! IiecAiise""jr thd Herman strom--hold
In rgonnc ,The whole enstern half
of."tfpfteraf Koclt'p move has beeh held
up "by-'the ArgontTo position ."Cow the
Otrnptris have been driven out of It by;
theTlrsf Aifief canTannv. " ' " '4
- ... Filinnetl l'lntblng lirlre
The Argonne forest Is nbout fift kilo
meters lode, extending from Hrand-l're
oft the north tOTh(-iucourt on thejiouth.
Brfore'-'our attack' on. September 23 the
line crossed the forest nbout fvventy
kllomoters south .oCXJrnnd-Pro through
Chatnde wood. The Americans had been
told that the Arron fnret rnnl,l tint
Hj?, tken Yrpntally,,nd- so, whentour
unvt: Hianea, tne piah'was to advance
up (he Alre valley on the cast and up
thcVUsna allry'on the west of the for
est, pinching it out.
.- Til.0 lLlory of I,ow' thpy "-Id It, Is one
Vt fS M-'!t stlrrlhg of the war. Across
the Torest. Which hldea n u.l.. ' I. 111.
nd ravines and dense. Jungles, ran the
.......oijmrnuurjiin?. tour kilometers
deep with trenches by the hundreds and
VyA Hnesof wlront short Intervals for
n, depth,, of two and 'n half 'miles The
rocks and trees and holes formed
shelters for the thousands of machine
guns - TJe ronds had been mined or
blown up Artillery could not be used
with eftfpt.'Tfie Oerniuns were protected
by uncounted ply. bfcH, dugouts, nnd
rendj-made positions, running always
tO'.the-woiltheni side and the crests of
thb hills, and on these hills the most
of our advance was made The Her
mans had every crosrf-trall nnd road
under the exact range of guns further
back. It mm a verltahle hell through
which tthe -boys fi-gpi Xeiv York' were
ordered "to go, and they went.
Dally dispatches and communiques
have told how slow and tortuous our
progress was Some days wc gained a
kjlometec; some days nothing: some
dasmore an the battle went on- Be
cause of the exact machine gun aim our
doughbojs hid to advance through the
wire yt.jilght, cutting- ft with pliers, nnd
they were fired on bv borho .nlneru nn,i
m?i,hHte FUnw.vhn, they made, the,
riltfli't.Jt riWlfy !. '.THfcre- 'were IrtuW
im iciuus vvnai roads there had been
four ears ago had been neglected by
tho Uermtms. who- used the-rnllronds,
and. the vvagon road had become filled
vyitbr.ondtrgraw th r. k
Adianre In Single File
It wad a case- of .ouhlng i path
"""eh the wire' and filtering through'
1 . 1. ima "a,e ,ne Hermans a
chance nvhlch they took advantage, 6f n
number of times to, get around behind
the Americana and engage In bitter
rinaVfojnnhd fightlm .On and on our
tos worked their way through Hruerle
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Ajrgonno forest tfie American troops
lav etcd erVoVnf 1hejnist''ji0tab1e
rivcblev(fbiJtt of tf!e world war.. U l
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BISHOP JOSEPH F. BERRY
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fvvood nnd jnto Aptcmont wood. This
progress, vvni made during the first two
-days. For cfght days our progress was
piecemeal, until Sunday, ten dnjs after
we had started, our renl success began
ns the'boche gave way before our never,
ceislng prcsslfrc ,
After this slices of tho Americans
the Oerman lino seemed not so strong.
On Monday wo took Cornay and the
heights west of the village commanding
the forest up to the Aire valley and
Ornnd-Pre. On Wednesday on the left
o moved up to Penus, while the Ameri
cans took tho heights ot Mareq-Jolnlng
the French at Lancon. Winning the re
maining salient presented no great diffi
culty. There was no strategic withdrawal
business about the Hermans getting out
of the Argonne forest. Regarding It so
long as safe, the Hermans had used It
for jears as a recreation place for Jaded
divisions, wearied by fighting on other
parts of the front. It was the seat of
handsome qunrters built for Herman of
ficers Theatres, bowling alleys, clubs
and big dining halls, all built of re-
enforced concrete, were found by scorea
on tho hillsides Millions of dollars must
Spanish Influenza
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REV. JAMES M. S. ISENBERG
Reformed Church
RfeV. DR. F,ORREST E. DAGER
Reformed EpUopal Churh
" REV. DR. H. A. WELLER
Evarigelical Lutheran Church '
REV. DR. ALEX. MacCOLL
Presbyterian Church
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have btin the cost of these plavgrdUtidSi
But It was not for these the Herman
command sent three of the aevtn Prus
sian Ouard divisions to hold the Ar
gonne. H was because this thorn In trie
side of France was. the key to the whote
front from the vicinity of nholnr.s to
the? Meuse and the strongest protection
to the Krlemhlld system, on which tbs
Herman command thought to stop tjje
Americans.
Incidentally between the Argonne and
the Meuse wo nre astride this line, hav
Ihg crashed through It In three places.
I repeat that It Is the biggest victory
that Oeneral Pershing has yet won. t
PETROGRAD CHILDREN STARVE
Thousands Orphaned, Homeless '
ond Without Food
By the Associated Prcst
Stockholm, Oct, 11. Infant mortality
In Petrogrnd has Increased to BO per
cent. School statistics show from 87 io
87 per cent of the enrolled children are
absent on account of sickness. The
Juvenile population of Petrogrnd will
virtually be wiped out this winter unless
food Is provided from foreign countries.
There Is similar distress among the aged
and Infirm.
There are 76,000 homeless children In
charge of Madame Lelenn, Petrograd's
commissioner of social welfare, and
President Iverdloff, of the Russian Red
Cross, facing starvation In Petrograd
nione, -Many or these children are
orphans None la more than fifteen
years old, while the majority are lets
than ten.
Last winter the American Red Cross
provided tinned milk for 60,000 children
In Petrograd, and Captain Webster, of
the Amerlcnn Red Cross, now Is
endeavoring to arrange to feed the Petro
grad children next winter in co-operation
with the Danish minister at Fetrogrftd,
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