| Show r P PORTION OF f fI I IS TAKEN BY Y MEN Important Town To Toof of Captured b Ly by r British British- xin in in Smashing Drive Across l Road T L X 1 v. v 8 The S.-The The capture of or orthe the Hie important town of A and the occupation or of the 1 western e portion of ot Tournai m are aie e reported in inField inField Field fiel Marshal 1 Units Unit's official communication com com- tonight Both north and south of Avesnes the tho British troops 1 1 r b. b tl t Y t e i road The text of or the statement follows folloW's Despite the tho very difficult weather r. r our troops advancing ad in a driving rain have ha made substantial progress pros on the front south of the Conde Comte canal On the right we wo have o captured d A and have e passed the line of or ortho tho the A Avesnes Maubeuge l road both north and south of or the town In tho the center we have cleared Hautmont and ire rc approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap the railway west of or Mau- Mau hi On the thc left we 11 have taken Malila- Malila quiet Fn Fay Franc lc Dour and and are advancing along tho the Mons- Mons Conde canal Farther north his by br our OUI advance on this battle front the enem enemy has hai commenced to withdraw W south of or Tournai Wo 0 have o I captured Coude Conde and crossing the tho SO south of or the town of or Antoing have o taken La LL and amid AVe Ye hold hol the western portion of or Tournai Since the first of or November o we have havo captured prisoners and guns I I I French Keep Up U Rushing Drive Paris Nov 0 S. S The S.-The The French troops are aro continuing to press the Germans having hav hav- ing t driven the enem enemy from further of or the tho large areas arens on 11 the southern part battle front according to official issued tonight The Tho text lext of or the communication follows follows follows' fol tol- lows lows' Our troops continue to pursue the tho enemy rear guards During the time da day wo wog liberated a large zone of oC French ter territory and numerous inhabitants On tho the left we accentuated our progress cast east of or the Capelle road rOld We Yo have ha advanced ad our lines near the fortress fortress of or More to the tho cast east we have hac reached al at numerous points the south bank banI of or tho the Thon river lher Between Origny an and we have established bridgeheads on the north bank On our right wo we are aro alon along the Mouse Meuse from to the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood hoo of or The rhe number of or prisoners taken since yesterday exceeds ex exceeds exceeds ex- ex 2000 Lv Everywhere E cr w here the enemy Is la abandoning guns suns and material Aviation During combats in October October October Octo Octo- ber our aviators took part In the important im tin- fighting and were engaged a against the time German aviators charged to protect the time retreat of ot the enemy troops and to hamper our progress The German airmen showed themselves particularly particular a aggressive o with machine guns Kims against our Infantry and batteries bat bat- teries O ln Owing to tho the superiority of or their me methods of or shooting and the skill an and 1 vigilance of or the personnel the tho air all formations havo o contrIbuted contributed con con- largely el in making the enem enemy pa pay dearly for tor his audacious tactics tactic have ha been Thirty tJ Thirty German German airplanes shot down by our outposts or auto cannon while four tour enemy airplanes were put of or control an and obliged to abandon their missions lons Army of or the east On the tho Danube between and Semlin and on time the o Cha between Semlin and amid Mitro the Serbians have hae taken a foothold on the northern bank after l having resisted resist resist- I r ed fd t the tha h German n forces force n which are arc falling aIling back after destroying the tho Neu atza bridges on the Danube The Tho Serbians arc are continuing their pursuit toward the tho north They have havo been received as lib orators by the population Numerous liberated prisoners carne came to Join them In In Bosnia the Serbian forces have havo retched reached and aro ago marching on o being called by the local Continued on Pa Page e 2 2 IK Kaiser iser Clings to His Throne Despite Pleas Continued From Irom Pago Page I 1 in the ke e of this city reports Their officers command of the sailors were them under tinder the tho I Internal C Collapse V Of Germany Looms I n fly Universal Service l V Amsterdam Nov o S. S S. S From the maze of or fragmentary rag dispatches that came across the borders of the German empire before the iron lid of censorship censorship censor censor- ship was clamped down upon every scrap of news that does docs not emanate from the government ho itself three re reports reports re- re ports stand out oui a as showing sho ng Germany may utterly collapse internally even C before she has a n chance to answer Fochs Foch's armistice terms V The o r reports ports are arc 1 That I-That That a republic has bas been proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- I claimed In BavarIa Ba I 2 2 That That th the German Gibraltar Gibraltar Gib Gib- rallar Is in the hands of oC naval na rebels i who ho have o hoisted the red flag on ten other Important coast bases ases and control control con con- trot the whole of Germanys Germany's North sea I and Baltic coasts I 3 The 3 The wide nation cr cry for the kaisers kaiser's abdication has crystallized Into an ultimatum by tho the tass tas's majority major major- It ity bloc and by tho the socialists sepa sepa- ra t ely Day of or Grace Gl Given cn It appears that one day of or grace race at atthe tho the most remains for the kaiser to go o voluntarily before h ho is swept a away The rhe ultimatums also Involve ol renunciation 1 tion by lh the crown Clown prince of oC his right to the throne Tho The entire fleet at Kiel Kid completely complete I under control of or rebel sailors who have ha hauled down tho imperial naval ensign and hoisted the red rell flag of or revolt re In its place has steamed ou out t of or the tho sr great at port upon a n. mysterious mission The ships ship's officers aro are doing the tho mutineers mutineers' bidding those thOM who balk are arc killed Of OC the tho high seas fleet Cleet only ono one squadron the tho third commanded b by Admiral Ad Ad- I Ad-I mimi miral at last accounts re remained remained re- re loyal loval to the tho kaiser re-j re Prince Henry Flees Flee The emperors emperor's brother Prince Henry Henl nominal commander In chief chic of or the whole German na navy was forced to flee from Kiel Klel in an automobile It flew lew tIme the red flag but failed to deceive e the tho rebels A group roup of or marines chased it and fired several volleys at the royal roal occupant whose fato ate I la Is unknown Practically alt all Gorman German coast towns including the three free Cree cities Hamburg Ham Ham- burg Luebeck and Bremen are aro In the hands of or tho time revolutionaries From dozens donens of or places blood bloody riots are reported women Joining In Iii the I street ba battles At Flensburg a Prussian seaport In SChleswig tho the well known Captain Koenig was killed when he attempted t to o raise the kaisers kaiser's lag flag according to toa toa toa a Copenhagen dispatch rho The only well voll known captain by that namo name i is Paul Koenig skipper of oC tho the submarine submarino merchant cruiser Deutschland which twice crossed the tho Atlantic two years ears ago no In Jn larin daring voyages to American America n nT While murder and destruction are re reported reported reported re- re ported holding sway at man many places the naval revolt on out the tha whole appears to have o been comparatively bloodless The Tho same samo iron discipline that held the kaisers kaiser's naval na personnel pet together i through four years oars of oC terrific strain I and har hardship seems to have ha aided th the themen themen i men In lit putting II into effect their long long- I waited coup with unprecedented swiftness swiftness swift swift- ness and success From a military standpoint the upheaval up up- hea al in Bavaria If Ie based on facts opens the gravest est menace to German Germany Establishment of oC a republic in the second lar largest est 1 kingdom of oC the tho empire Is far more than a a. slap in the face laco of oC autocracy It means repudiation not oni only of oC aged King ICing Ludwig III and of ol Prince Princ Leopold who succeeded Jim llin- lenburg denburg as commander jn In chief of or tho the eastern front and as such put pill Russia sla out of uC the tho war var war but it must have ha a a. I direct perilous effect upon tho the morale of ot Germanys Germany's western armies now boIn boIng bo- bo I In lug Ing told by to hold out for tor Gods God's sake salco until we make mako peace peace For one half of oC that western vestern front frontis is commanded b Crown Prince by Rup- Rup of or Bavaria Ba What hat his armies will say when tho they learn the illustrious throne heir hell has been reduced to mere mero Herr Rupprecht 1 is 18 for forthe forthe forthe the present a matter o of speculation Bavaria's troops next to those of or Prussia's have ha been the theer er very backbone backbone back back- bone of or tho the German arm Of OC more powerful build and greater stubbornness stubborn stubborn- I ness ness especially In defense than defense than the tho average a Prussian the Bavarian Ba has hasI I held lucId an honor place in all theatres of or orI war war the for decades Prussia's I jealous rival has suffered accordingly in loss o of life Ufe Bavaria Is the one ono part of oC the empIre which never ne did succumb to Prussian domination The Theer er very struggle against a that domineering rival has made every Bavarian Davarian inherently a rebel I If she once cuts loose so students of or Germany Gennan have often orten said there thore Is 15 no stopping her The Tho Bavarian arm army Is la In time lime of peace under command of oC the Bavarian Ba 1 king 1 n who also has solo sole command of the Bavarian fortresses Bavarian rian troops enjoy enJo certain distinct privileges I l leges such as special uniform marks not accorded V an any other Prussian non Ian units ts Tho The Bavarian arian army Is estimated cd ed at about I It was a sop to Bavaria more than anything else that Count was made chancellor and during his regime short though it was wa much of tho hostility that had arisen between Bavaria Da and Prussia was smoothed over Bavaria has strong leanings s. s bot both to the Vatican vatican the the bulk of or the population Is Catholic Catholic and and Austria Austria- lIun Hungary an i Lately I there has been talk of or the Austrian German state jush r- r entering a union with Bava Bavaria Ba Ba- va varia ri a. a As to the he kaisers kaiser's attitude altitude toward the demand for tor his abdication the tho Agenda Libera of oC Rome Homo learns ho he has expressed his n willingness to resign n I if all U other reigning so sovereigns and prin cs abdicate simultaneously |
