Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1918 — TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

-New allied gains at widely separated places on the western front increase the certainty that the Germans soon will be forced to readjust their lines generally from the NoYth Sea to the Swiss border. Haig is drawing tighter his net around Lille and Douai. Petain has driven to' the Aisne and captured Berry-au-Bac at the eastern end of the Chemin-des-dames, thus imperiling the enemy hold on Laon and Craonne, their two principal bases at the bend in the old Hindenburg line. Pershing is again advancing in the Argonne-Meuse sector. The fall of the four bases mentioned above would inevitably force a wide retreat, while further advance >y the Americans up the Meuse would cut communications so vital that the Germans would be forced to evacuate practically all the territory' they lold in France west of the Meuse.

There are accumulating signs that the enemy is preparing for the re? treat and that he expects it soon. Great fires and explosions continue behind the German lines, while troops have been observed moving back airdromes, supplies and military equipment in general. Unfavorable weather and the necessity of bringing up supplies to armies over terrain badly cut up by the battles of the last few weeks have slackened the allied drive somewhat, but there are no signs that the pressure is any the less. On the contrary, Marshal Foch is everywhere maintaining pressure and nowhere allowing the enemy a breathing spell.