Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-08 | Page 6 | Fighting at Sedan

FIGHTING AT SEDAN. The American army on the Sedan front has been doing some remarkable fighting in the last few days, crossing of the river Meuso being one of the chief features. It was at Sedan that Napoleon III saw his hopes go glimmering glim-mering when the French were compelled to acknowledge themselves beaten in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-'71. So for sentimental reasons we should like to see the Amer-can Amer-can troops take the town before be-fore an armistice is signed. They are almost sure to turn the trick in the course of a day or two if given the opportunity, for the Germans, although al-though fighting desperately, do not seem able to make a stand. Neither do they appear to be offering effective effec-tive resistance to the onslaughts of the British and French in other sectors of the long battlefront. -As a matter of fact, ever since the allied armies got into their stride the Huns have been pushed back in northern France and Belgium. A few days more of fighting and the retreat would undoubtedly turn into a rout. That is probably the reason why the Berlin government is so anxious to get out of the war. A just and lasting peace will bo welcomed all over tho world. At the same time there are millions of men and women who would have no regrets if the Germans Ger-mans were to be driven pell-mell back into their own country instead of being granted the privilege of laying down their arms and withdrawing under guard of tho allied forces. No one, however, how-ever, wishes to sacrifice a single American Amer-ican life after the object for which' the United States entered the war has been accomplished. So if peace comes before our boys take Sedan we shall not grieve.