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CURRENT EVENTS

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THE WAR

THE WESTERN FRONT

October 2.-The Paris Matin announces
that the Germans are evacuating Lille
and that all means of transportation
have been requisitioned to take away
the booty.

Paris reports St. Quentin in the hands
of the French and that the troops have
also entered Moy. Good progress is
being made in the Argonne and to the
west. Two thousand prisoners were
taken between the Vesle and the Aisne.
In admitting the loss of St. Quentin, an
official Berlin statement says the Ger-
man troops were withdrawn to positions
in the rear.

A dispatch from British Headquarters
states that the whole of the Hinden-
burg system below Bellicourt tunnel
is now in British hands.
British relieve an American contingent
in an advanced position between Cam-
brai and St. Quentin which had been
surrounded by Germans for three days.
The ground was strewn with German
dead.

General Pershing reports that the booty
taken by our troops in the advance
between the Meuse and the Argonne
includes 120 guns of all calibers, 750
trench-mortars, 300 machine guns, 100
heavy tank-guns, thousands of artillery-
shells, and a vast quantity of small-
arms ammunition.

October 3.-Paris reports that from Sep-
tember 10 to 30 the Allied armies in
France and Belgium captured 2,844
officers, 120,192 men, and more than
6,000 machine guns. From July 15 to
September 30 the Allies have captured
5,518 officers, 248,949 men, 3,069 can-
non, over 23,000 machine guns, and
hundreds of mine-throwers.

A French official report states that the
gains made by the French armies oper-
ating from St. Quentin to the Argonne
have closed the only avenue of escape
for the Germans on the west side of the
Argonne Forest and cleared the country
north and west of Reims. Over 2,800
prisoners were captured.

Of the original population of 56,000 in
St. Quentin, wires an American corre-
spondent, not an old man, woman, or
child has been left by the Germans.
Hale or sick, young and old have been
carried away.

London reports that British attacks have
again shattered vital German defenses
between St. Quentin and Cambrai. The
Germans have lost heavily in futile
counter-attacks and many prisoners
were taken. In Flanders the Germans
have evacuated Armentières and Lens,
both of which the British occupied.
British and Belgian troops have cap-
tured several villages in the neighbor-
hood of Roulers. The number of
prisoners taker, by the British in the
St. Quentin fighting is estimated at
5,000. During the week ending to-day
the Allies ca
ptured 60,000 men and
1,000 guns on the Western Front.
A dispatch from French Headquarters
states Chalerange has been taken.
The troops have advanced to the
southern edge of the village of Mouron,
closing the western exit from the Ar-
gonne Forest to the Germans.
October 4.-London receives information
of indications of an early German
abandonment of the entire Belgian
coast. R emoval of guns from the
Flanders
coast has already begun.
The British make more progress north-

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In the advance on the crest of Mont
Blanc the Allies captured 3,000
prisoners.

Another dispatch states that the Amer-
icans are astride the Kriemhilde line,
the last organized defense system be-
tween them and the Belgian border.
The Germans continue retreating in the
Armentières sector. The British are
now well to the east of Lens.
October 5.-Paris reports that the Ger-
man retreat before Gouraud's Army
is perceptibly quickening. Fort Bri-
mont is captured by the French troops.
French and Americans make gains of
two or three miles during an attack on
a 30-mile front between the Meuse
River and the Monts of Champagne.
Berthelot's Army has crossed the Aisne
Canal at new points and reaches the
outskirts of Bermevicourt. In five
days this army has captured 2,500 men
and 31 cannon.

General Haig reports the enemy giving up the high ground north of the wedge the British hold through the German defensive system. The British take La Terrière and a section of the Hindenburg line and are across the Scheldt between Crevecourt and Le Catelet. Preceding their withdrawal, states a Paris dispatch, the Germans set fire to Douai and many villages near Cambrai. In the Belgian offensive, which began a week ago, 10,500 prisoners and 350 guns were taken. The entire Flanders ridge was won in the first forty-eight hours.

October 6.-An Amsterdam dispatch states
that the Germans have removed their
guns and coast defenses from Knocke
and have fired the wharves and docks
at Bruges. Work has been stopt at
Zeebrugge and the entire garrison of
Moerkerke has been withdrawn.
The Franco-Americans under Gouraud
make eight-mile gains near Reims,
forcing the enemy to abandon power-
ful positions. On the British front
an attack northeast of Arras resulted
in the capture of Fresnoy. One thou-
sand prisoners were taken in the fight-
ing of October 5, when Beaurevoir
and Montbrehain were captured.

A dispatch from the Champagne front
says the American advance has been
easier. Four and a half miles have
been gained from the starting point
and up to this afternoon 1,700 prisoners,
including forty-eight officers, have been
captured.

October 7.-Dispatches from the front note that the Americans have forced the enemy out of Chatel-Chehery, northwest of Apremont; Franco-American troops have taken St. Etienne on the Arnes, and other forces penetrate Hauvince, north of the river. Berlin announces officially that General Pershing has begun a new attack on the fifteen-mile front between the Argonne Forest and the Meuse River. The French have captured Berry-au-Bac. Attacking northeast of Arras the British take Oppy and Biache-St-Vaast. Laon in flames indicates that the Germans intend soon to give the town up. October 8.-Three tremendous blows are dealt the foe in France. British, French, and Americans tear away the last defenses of the Hindenburg line on a twenty-mile front between Cambrai and St. Quentin, advancing an average distance of three miles, with a maximum penetration of five miles. General Pershing's Army, including French units, assault on a seven-mile front east of the Meuse above Verdun, gaining two miles. Gouraud's Army, in which many Americans are incorporated, attack on a front of four or five miles from Machault, north of St. Etienne, and advance two miles.

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If we were ruled as the Hun rules, gasless Sundays would not have been requested-they would have been ordered, with dire penalties for disobedience.

But we are not Huns-thank God! Here in America the people govern -reason rules.

Given the facts, the American people think out their own answer.

Prodigal use of gasoline threatens a shortage. The Fuel Administration summarily could have ordered us not to use gasoline on Sunday-and made us obey.

Instead the fuel authorities asked us not to use our cars on Sunday, unless it was absolutely necessary. Voluntarily the American people made Sunday a gasless day.

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Prodigal use of Weed Chainsthe unnecessary use of cars in bad road weather-means a shortage in Weed Chains.

There must be no lack of power and traction for trucks and essential passenger cars.

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