Show TONS TEL TURN AND SEEK NEW DEFENSES I By Dr Associated mITE men n of the tho once formidable German Ger- Ger TIlE 1 I man armlet armies holding the thc burg bun line lino from north of or to St. St Quentin are facing eastward de defeated do- do and In retreat Their hacks backs are targets for the tile BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish American and French r troops who bitterly fought ought them step tel by step out of supposedly ly Impregnable defenses I. I and now aro ato harrying them across the tho open countr country toward the German Gorman bor her der Nowhere Is the tho enemy a attempting a a. stand In force I I True the German border horder Is la yet a along along t lon long distance awa away but tho the past two days of oC chase have o materially material de- de I crea creased ed the width of or the area arca separating separating In ing the lie invaders ln from tram their own Rhine Rhino line L Le IA tho the Important junction point twelve miles southeast of or represented Thursday night the point of deepest penetration by the allied troops Th The British were the masters of or It It All along the front however howe the British American and French have have- been steadily pressing forward their Infantry forces taking numerous humorous towns and villages while far In advance ance of or thorn thom the hoof hoor beats of or the cavalry horses horles Intermingled led with tho ho roars of the Whippet tanks an ait and the lie j staccato st barking of or the machine guns Juns Insl Inside tho the forts So e moving fast fallt has hns been lieen the retreat of or the tho enemy that at al various arlous points the allied forces afoot atoot lost contact with nith him nt hare A Strategic Ic Line Iines The Tho retreat which Is over o a front of or about thirty five miles from the tho south of or Douai to the lie region ea vast east t of or St. St Quentin has s left lert In the hands of or orthe the tho allies In addition to the towns taken taleen valuable lines of or communication tion and strategic positions of or hl high h Importance and driven In a wedge that seemingly 8 will ill force the Germans ver where from tho the North sea to the tho vicinity of or Verdun to fall back Lack Southeast Southeast South South- east past of or Douai one of ot the remaining strong points In the German line south south-I In Inthe Inthe inthe the north the British are standing In twelve miles southwest of or Valenciennes the pivotal point In the I enemy's known next defense line and I r ten miles I e to the south fouth the city Is outflanked oulI outflanked out out- flanked at Solesmes Meantime I anthne the tha French and American I armies on that part of the line run- run ring r-mg from Crom northwest of ol rheims to the tho Mouse river arc are still pressing forward In the tho converging movement with th the armies in th the west and gradually are I forming the entire war wal theatre Into Inton n R lingo huge sack The Americans continue j lowly Jowly to advance up tip tho the eastern side Ide of ot th the Meuse w while wilo lIe west vest of or the rive In conjunction ith Ith the operations of or orthe the French the they have hae all but obliterated aed th the great Ar Argonne onne forest as an enem enemy defense po position To th the e west of th this forest In th the alle valley and farther futher westward iho tho French also havo made further gains Throughout this entire rc region lon the Germans still tre are offering stubborn resistance mainly main main- II ly iy with machine guns Un realizing theor the tho Importance of or holding back their foes foe while their armies In In Belgium and farther south make good their retrograde retrograde retrograde retro retro- grade movement Allied Strides Stride Swift Itt Both In the Macedonian theatre and andIn andIn andin In Palestine the allied forces are arc pressing pressing press press- ing InK tho the enem enemy hard Albania is fast being cleared of or tho the Austro Austo Ian troops while In Serbia the enemy 1 Is IK nearing NI Nish h harassed b by the SerbIans Serb herb ians inns At last accounts General Allenby was still driving the Ottoman troops northward In Palestine So like lightning are the maneuvers of Iho tho ho allies armies on the various battlefronts froni from the North sea to Verdun In Macedonia and In Palestine I that except to the war export expert with his military maps maIlS constantly before him It Is almost Impossible to visualize the situation and realize the lie swift strides the tie allies are making In defeating tho the common enemy enem In France and ond Belgium in three weeks five hc Important cities which had been In German Gelman hands for tor four tour years cars have havo been recaptured Dix Dix- mude Lens Cambrai and St. St Quentin are re now In allied hands while Lille Douai and Valenciennes seemingly aro are all but captured Serbia shortt shortly Is to lo be lie fully reclaimed antI and the Turks soon will know the hol holy lan lanno land no more |