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Show RETREAT OF ENEMY MAT BECOME ROUT GERMANS COMPELLED TO ABANDON ABAN-DON ENTIRE BELGIAN COAST AND ARE FALLING BACK. Terrific Attacks of Americans and French in South Places Whole German Army in Jeopardy Un-less Un-less They Can Be Stopped. Paris. The last week has brought further reverses for the Huns. The Hermans have been compelled to abandon aban-don the entire I'.elgian coast, ami are said to be evacuating Brussels, the capital of the invaded country. Lille, Hie greatest manufaci unng city in northern 1'Ynnce, together with numerous numer-ous other important points lias been taken by flic British. The American troops have captured ilranii Pre. French cavalrymen are reported in the outskirts of Client. The British and Belgians in the north and the French and Americans further south are slill launching terrific attacks, but the poilus and Yankees are meeting with more resistance t linn he Tommies and Belgians, for the reason that if tlrv former for-mer break through the whole Oermnn army will lie placed in jeopardy. The present situation is serious, and it seems probable that Ludenilorf I is attempting at-tempting to withdraw his forces to a new line of defense without having the retreat turned into a rout, an ever-present ever-present danger. The presence of a new American army in the field under command of Major (leneral Billiard, recently in command of the Second corps of the First army, indicates that it is the purpose of General Focli to pursue his advantage and keep the Germans on the run until they surrender, or at least as long as the weather lasts. During the week the Serbians have driven the enemy out of Nisli and are continuing their advance. The British, French and Greeks have also been engaged en-gaged in the same theater of war. and have been successful in their operations. opera-tions. The Italians have captured the Albanian port of Durazzo after inflicting inflict-ing severe punishment upon the Aus-trians Aus-trians and capturing many prisonets and much war material. In the meantime. mean-time. General Allenby has been active in Palestine. British cavalry has advanced ad-vanced far to the north and northwest of Damascus, imiMias readied Tripoli, near the Mediterranean coast, forty-five forty-five miles north of Beirut, and Horns, eighty-five miles north of Damascus. The Ottoman forces now face the danger dan-ger of being caught and crushed between be-tween General Allenhy's armies, as they were in the early days of the offensive of-fensive north of Jerusalem. Turkey's surrender is expected most any day. |