Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1918 — TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

Germany’s war of “defensive” is on.- ‘ _ . From the Dutch border to Switzerland, and ffom Switzerland to the Baltic cspa, Germany is practically in a state of siege. Enemy forces, the recognized Czeeho-Slovaks even, are reported to be fighting on German territory. On the west front Germany’s armies are facing military disaster. Two great drives, one by the British and French on a forty-mile front south from Valenciennes, the other the continuing American-French drive toward the Mezieres-Sedan-Montmedy railway line, threaten to break up the enemy’s entire army organization. Field Marshal Haig, in an attack on a thirty-mile front from Valenciennes southward, reports officially an advance of f/om two to five miles with the capture of 10,000 prisoners and more than 200 'guns. To the right Gen. Debeney’s First French army made a co-ordinate attack, advancing two miles on a ten-mile front, taking 3,000 additional prisoners and more than fifty guns. This advance brings the allies to within ten miles of the great fortress of Maubeuge and thirteen miles of Mons. To the left of Marshal , Haigs forces, French and American divisions in the Audenarde sector have advanced to the Scheldt and are making ready to force a crossingfi reports state. On their left, British forces have forced a crossing of the river. -In Belgium King Albert’s army is officially reported to have entered the outskirts of Ghent, While unofficial reports state that the city has fallen. On the Aisne-Meuse front Pershing’s First army has advanced to within nine miles of Sedan and five miles of Montmedy, tfao of the most vital German strongholds. American artillery has cut the German supply line at Montmedy and Conflans, forcing the enemy to detour supplies over a roundabout route. Sedan *is under direct artillery fire. More than 5,000 prisoners have been captured by the Americans, who have liberated forty villages. Enemy resistance is reported to be stiffening. Italy, completing the details of putting into effect the armistice which puts Austria out of the war and opens the “back door” of Germany to the allies, reports the capture of 300,000 Austrians and the practical destruction of their army before the armistice was signed.