Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1918 — THURSDAY WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY WAR SUMMARY.

The German armies are in full flight before the British, American and French forces on the front between Camlbrai and St Quentin. Cambrai, the' strong point of the enemy in this region, which has been taken by the Canadians in its entirety and north of Cambrai the Canadians have deeply penetrated the German line. Out in the open east of what once was the old Hindenburg line cavalry is hustling the retreating foe in what virtually amounts to a rout. So fast is the retreat that columns of the allied troops lin parade formation have passed through numerous villages completely out of contact with the Germans. More than 10,000 prisoners and between 100 and 200 guns were captured in Tuesday’s fighting, and the continuation of the battle Wednesday resulted in further large captures. In the fighting twenty-three German divisions —more than a quarter of a million men—have been severely man-handled. . The maximum depth of the advance is between eight and ten miles. The Germans are declared to be fleeing to the east on LeCateau, one of the most important railroad centers in this region. Behind them the Germans are leaving the country devastated, burning towns and villages as they flee. The victory seemingly is a complete one, and with General Foch’s strategy working smoothly in bending back the German line in one great converging movement, the Germans apparently are in a perious predicament. From the region northwest of : lheims to the Meuse river, north of Verdun, the French/and Americans are slowly but surely pushing the Germans backward toward the Belgian border. In Macedonia and Asiatic Turkey the troops of >the entente still have the enemy 'on the run. Nowhere is the enemy able to do more than fight retarding battle, giving ground when the pressure becomes.too strong. Under the avalanche of steel hurled against them on the Cambrai-iSt. Quentin sector the Germans could not live and were forced to flee eastward. Heavy casualties were inflicted on those of the enemy who had the temerity to endeavor to make a stand.. On the other hand the casualties of the allies are declared to have been relatively small, those of the Americans being less than half the number of prisoners taken by them. Where the enemy purposes to turn about will be attempted along the Vajencennes-Sedan front. After this line the only known German defensive position west of the Rhine is the Meuse river. The Americans already .are threatening to make this line untenable, having started an advance up the valley on the eastern side of the stream toward Sedan. The maneuvers -'of the French northwest of Rheims are cutting more deeply into the German line, despite the serious resistance that is being offered' by the enemy to postpone the fall of the great St. Gobain massif anti the highly important strategic positions of Laon ana LaFere, which seemingly are likely to be pinched out of the battle front by the vital operations around St.' Quentin and Eerry-au-Bac.