| Show HUNS HERDED TOWARD RHINE D By Associated Press emissaries of or Germany German ALTHOUGH in n search of an armistice are re reported reported rev re- ported to have started for Cor France there is s as yet no official indication that they the havo reached reach cd tho rho headquarters or of Marshal l Foch tho ho man In who whose e hands lies the absolute power of or grantIng grantIng grant grant- rant rant- In Ing or denying to the last remaining combatant of ot the entente allies the cessation of or hostilities It now so urgently urgently ur UI ur- ur gently gentl requests Meanwhile the great battle hattle which ha has as Its Us purpose the driving III of or the Germans from French and Belgium e soil 1011 continues from the Meuse Ieuse river rl to Belgium Everywhere the Germans are arc giving ground and und rapidly the vast sack ack is being cleared of oC enem enemy forces Sedan famous as ns a fortress in In the Pru FIanco-Pru Prussian Franco war and the rho backbone backbone back back- bone hone of oC the German line lne of or retreat from the so southern thern portion of oC th the battlo battlo battle bat- bat tle front Is Tartly artly artl in the lie hands hand of or the American troops and with Its fall Call will vanish all the dreams of or the Germans of ot being able to fall tall behind the lino of or orthe the River filver Meuse and hold a footing un on French soil oll west of tho the Luxemburg border bOlder Also by b the capture of oC Sedan the tho lateral lines lines lines' of oC communication n WI with with 1 the great reat German fortress ts of Met 11 ire ate e cut or dominated by the guns uns s-uns- of oC the Americans and thus rendered unavailable unavailable ail una a able ble for Cor enemy use lit Krone-lit e From the west of oC the American s sc sok- sok lor tor or to lo the east of oC St St. Quentin the tho French again have driven forward liberating liberating liberating lib lib- lib lib- many additional towns villages villages vil vil- lages and ami hamlets At t somo some points Joint sinco Wednesday the they have ha penetrated to a l depth of or ten miles notwithstanding ing tho the heavy ground round duo due to rain and andI I mud and at last accounts were still sun pressing onward and meeting with only moderate resistance b by machine gun rear guards From the tIle region Ion 0 of Origny JI ny the French guns uns are now dominating dominatIng dominating ing the Important railway junction of ot which the enemy must use uso In Ina Ina a 1 retreat from the district east of ot St St. Quentin toward his frontier The TheIr Ir French now not have havo thrown cava cavalry II Into tho the action on the eastern rn cud end of oC their line where it connects connects' up with General Pershing's s 's front and are arc driving in the Germans toward towar the tho Meuse In the north field I chi Marshal north and south Kouth of or the tile old ohI ValenI Valenciennes Valen 1 cl salient Is giving the enem enemy no noI notime notime I I time for pause The rhe Canadian Australian Austra Austra- Australian lian and Scottish troops of oC his hla command have ha again bitten deeply in into Into into In- In to enemy held territory Still further north the armies of or King Albert of oC Belgium arc keeping up their pressure R against the Germans n It i is reported d that It has been decided b by the enemy to abandon Ghent lIun Study Seemingly the days daJos of oC the enemy's tenure of or allied soil In III the west arc numbered Althou Although h not b by an any means In rout he Is steadily falling back In view of OC the gains that have hae been made malIc malIch h by the French and Americans on the th southern part of oC the battle line there thelo appears appeals to be he no defensive c lines on which he will bo be e able to stand except for tor delaying action west wesl of ot the famous fa famous famous fa- fa fortified thine That Germany German at home homo considers tile this battle hattle lost is Indicated h by Internal troubles There have havA been heen demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations In Berlin a a. mutiny In the fleet leet at Kiel has taken laken place there ther has S l been rioting In Hamburg where heavy fighting fight fight- ing tug in the tho streets Is 18 reported strikes strike have broken out at Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven Wll- Wll ilI il an and tho the greater part of or I Schleswig is sal said to lo be bc in n tho the hands 0 of or the revolutionists |
