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Show I. Allied Victories Compel Germans Ger-mans to Change Their Battle Lines. TICKLISH OPERATION Tremendous Pressure Brought to Bear by Combined 1 Foch Armies. j PARIS, Oct. 19. The Germans are still on tlio run. The victories of this week have obliged them to make a , conversion of the front on -which they are engaged and that is a ticklish operation op-eration under the tremendous pressure to which they arc being subjected. 'General Ludendorff Is swinging back 'his whole right, using as a pivot tho plateau through which runs the canal from the Olsc to the Sambrc, with the forests of dc Mormal and du Nouvlon as supports to his rear. He has concentrated con-centrated all his available forces there and notwithstanding the stout blows delivered by General Rawlinson and Dcbeny the pivot holds. Hard Race Is On. . The situation may thus be summed as a race between the allies seeking to knock out this prop and the Ger " mans trying to get back on the back i 6f the line of tho Escant, Ghent and, Valenciennes without too much damage. dam-age. They will attempt to make n stand on this lino in all probability is the shortest line available but tho odds seem to be against the enemy. King Albert Pushing Hard. King Albert's armies are pressing Ludendorff hard. He may bo driven further and faster than his plans have been laid for and, in addition to that, he has the task of finding troops to ' cover another weak spot namely the Stenay gap, the back door to tho Rhineland through Luxemburg which is being tirelessly -assailed by General Tiouraud and the American armies. Notwithstanding all his efforts, the German commander has not been able to prevent this slow but sure Franco-tVmerlcan Franco-tVmerlcan advance. |