Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1918 — FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY.

Ludendorff .now is swinging his retreat along a 230-mile front around the pivot in Lorraine. In Belgium the Germans cannot stop their flight until they have reached the western approaches of Antwerp They may have to fall back behind that bulwark. Ostend has fallen, Zeebrugge has been abandoned, the Belgians are. in Bruges and may succeed in cutting off a portion of the German army. The Germans are in rapid flight along the eightydive-mile front between the sea and Le Gateau, closely pressed by Marshal Foch’s armies. Lille has been passed, Douai has fallen and the Hindenburg line has apparently been rendered valueless by the French, American and Britiish advance to the south which has cleared the Germans from the Selle river, which constituted one of the principal barriers. Here the maximum advance is reported at two miles. Whether die Germans will be able to get back in safety to the Antwerp-Charleroi-Mezieres line remains in doubt. Any considerable advance by the alles will cripple the German communications and make escape almost impossible , , „ -. Pershing’s troops north of the, Argonne have again pushed forward, bravign, miserable weather and fierce machine kun resistance They are'two miles beyond Grand Pre and have captured Champignelle and penetrated the Grand Montagne wood. This sector is one of the most critical on the whole front for here a ■quick advance by the Americans would so cripple the German transport lines as to make a debacle practically inevitable.

Mrs. Mary E. Travis went to Monon today to visit her daughter.