Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — HUNS STILL RUNNING [ARTICLE]

HUNS STILL RUNNING

Retreat Is Becoming More and More Precipitate. Allies at Foe's Heels—Mons Suburb Taken—Yanks Capture Two Towns. London, Nov. 11. —Field Marshal Haig’s forces are closely following up the retreating Germans along the entire front In Flanders. The official statement by the war office announces that the British troops have occupied Faubourg de Bertaimont, on the southern outskirts of Mons, Belgium. “We are approaching Letize and have taken Renaix,” says the official statement. With the Allied Forces In Belgium, Nov. 11. —There are many indications that the Germans do not intend to make a- protracted stand this side of Brussels and Charleroi. Paris, Nov. 11. —French troops renewed their pursuit of the Germans. The French official statement says the retreat'of tfie enemy is becoming more and more precipitate. Everywhere along the line the Germans are'abandoning great quantities of war materials. Cannon, numerous vehicles of all descriptions and in some instances entire railroad trains have been captured by Foch’s forces. With the American Forces on the Lorraine Front, Nov. 11. —The Second American army launched its initial attack in Lorraine. The villages of St. Hilaire and Marcheville were captured.