St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 4, 1918

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be] re ae . 4 oe « ey oe es Poa % «2 : we SSE yo Iimsittns Tide Sop -_—~ . —-_— Eh. 2ih tae ee ee MS 8 NOVEMRET ' vi awe Naa i RRR cl de me a! ES. Para a ) . ’ 4 ? - ‘ Ls a tt s ri ON thon 2 | —==—— the war at 9 o’clock this morn- ing. in Rome and Vienna—the armis- Progressive Map of Great American Advance At that hour—3 o'clock p. m. : tiee prepared by the Supreme | War Council and accepted by the Austrians became effective. Ger- many thus is left to battle alone until such time as she, too, ac- cepts the armistice terms now in preparation at Versailles or sur- renders. In advance of publication of ire conditions under which Aus'ria joined the ranks of Germany's «ther once vassal states—Bulgarta and Turkey—military men here believed they not only would render the Aus- trian armed forces utterly harm:es, but would furnish an index tc the terms on which Germany may end her hopeless struggle. Biv the Associated Preas. PARIS, Sunday. Nov. 3, 6:50 p. m. —Official announcement was made here this even'’ng that an armistice has been signed with Austria. Hos- tilities will cease at 3 o'clock Mon- day afternoon. The conditicns of the armistice will be published on Tuesday. Official announcement of the sign- ing of the Austrian armistice reached the Premierr while they were in ses- sien in the apartment of E. M. House. President Wilson's personal representativ.. this afternoun, and gave the greatest satisfu..ion. It was arranged that the vonditions of the- ade unas | armistice would be promptly. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Nov. 3. 6:12 p. m— An armistice wiih Austria was signed this afternoon by Gen. Diaz, the Ital. jan commuander in chief, according to an official announcement made here this evening. The text of the statement reads: “A telephone mossage has been re- ceived from the Prime Minister in Paris, saying thet news Lar just come that Austria-Hungar:, the last of Germany's props, hus gone out of the war. The armis‘ic. was signed by Gen. Diaz this afterm.oon and wilt come into operation tomorrow (Mon- day) at 3 o'clock. The terms will be published Tuesday.” ITALIANS CAPTURE TRENTINTYROL AND LAND AT TRIEST By the Associated Press. ROME, Nov. 4.—-The entire Ital- ian front continues to move forward, the War Office announced today. On the mountain front from Tonale to Lake Garda, west of Trent, the Italians are progressing rapidly and are advancing on Riva and other points west of the Adige. -—— —— By the Associated Press ROME, Sunday, Nov. 3.-—The Italmans have occupied Ronercto and captured Trent, one of Austria's chief fortified towns in the Tyrol, accord- ing to the War Office announcement tonight. Italian forces hav: landed at Triest and the Italian tri-color is flying from the casiie and from the tower of San Giusto. Italian cavalry have entered Udine. The Italian first army in ite ad- vance on TJrert captured enormous quantities of material and innumer- able prisoners. Mntire regiments are surrendering. Italian and allied forces 'n their drive in Northern Italy have cap- tured 10,000 Austro-Hungarians, the Itallan War Office announces. More than 2200 guns have been taken. Vienna Report on the Occupation of Tricst. By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Novy. 4.—The occu- pation of Triest by allied nava) con- tingents was in response to an in- vitation from the committee by tor- pedo boat, according to Vienna tel- egrams received here. A difficult sit- uation had irisen in the town, while danger is threatened Triest because of the Austrian troops streaming back from the ‘ront. ‘ It was reported from Pola, the Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, yesterday, that Triest would be oc- cupied by an American fleet. On Sunday it was reported from Paris that the Jugo-Slav leaders, af*- er having seized the \ustro-Hunga- rian fleet at Fiume, had sent a wire- less message to President Wilson, ateting their readiness to hand over the vessels to the United States Gov- ornment or representatives of the al- lied nations. No Harvest Help, Ends Life. ey + sued | a-agny-les Omont >A) n Ps my ne et” * SARATOGA. Wyo.—Hahs Christ- ensen, a farmer, ended his life in his shack because he could not get help | to harvest his unusually large crops. His body was found by market ager.ts wishing to buy his grain. AMERICANS PUSH ON AND ADVANCE | LINE FIVE [iILES. Centinecd From Page One. > — ~~OArtaise le- Vivier ~ ~ -_ ae DE DIEULET Laneuville-sur ‘Dieulet —- ~_Beaufort val-Bop des D t- ctaaeinlitbes t-Dun R | © Murvanx yDun cla Maisennette iCroix dv Min, a vento oL | oF uptaine Sassey sur-Meu ZY Milly-d | devant Sawey% -le-Petit , °Tronsol Fme.~— 7 Ivoiry Fhinonvile / villeo la Renarde. : -e Or =" (dee 445 owt, \ qiery Sits Xt Dimarré - Givet & ; The operations started Sept. 26 with our troops on the Vauquois line. The impetus of the initial attack carried them to the Grand- pre line in the first 10 days. Then the resistance of the enemy stif- fened to such -an extent that the battle settled into terrific local en- | gagements with the line fluctuat- | ing from day to day. On Friday last the second heavy attack alorg the entire line from Grand Pre to gf LIEGE the Meuse was launched by Gen. yor i | Pershing in connection with the a | French, who attacked from Grand- | Pre east to Semuy and beyond | The first attack was a double ee _ ve * ‘the cgay and then, in quick succes- | sion, Bu-ricourt, Nouart, Le Chamyy | 'Haute and Le Cha npy Bas were oc- ciupied by the .imericans. 'yance of Gen. Pershing’s troops has reached the little lake in the center | | of Belval Wood. | On the extreme right the Ameri-| Gees | |car~ were north of Montigny-Devant- | |'Sassey. From ~~ ere the line ran to | Meuse River. It has not been a day of fighting as much as of pursuit. The Ger-| | mans are not retreating in great dis- (order. and their withdrawal cannot | | be called a rout. but it is certain’! /that the General Staff and the field | | officers have lost control to a certain | | | extent. — a * ' ’ , nett hak * the 5 > lua uceurt> 'during last night. The left wing. ‘continued its advance with little in-| —— ——e— ———— ' terruption. even after darkness had | ———— Se a ' ——— SS confusion. Several complete bat- { hills fallen. The Americans x .ind the German lines seem?) nwoylt-Au--Bois at 4 teries and whole battalions have been/|to indicate the reluctance of those! mor ing. captured by our troops. Number of prisoners now exceeds 5000 and the tumber of guns more than 10. “During the past three days we have already penetrated to a depth of 12 miles on an eight-mile front and gained heights which enabled us to bring the fire of our heavy artillery on the important railroad lines at Mont Midy, Longuyon and Ccniflans. “Since Nov. 1, 17 German divi- sions have been identified on the front of the attack, nine of which were in line on that morning; and additional divisions have reinforced | control of dominating! roads are filled not ohly with slowly! the line since the beginning of the | attack in a futile effort to stop our progress. In addition to regulars there were in this attack divisions composed of National Army troops from Texas and Oklahoma, from Kansas, Mis- Mexico, from New York, from New Joreey, Maryland and West Virginia. from Maryland, the District of Co- lumbia and Virginia.” American aviators late today re-| Plunged down the streets with fixed ported that the Germans to the east} D2yonets, shooting as they went. The of the Meuse appeared to be in ful); GeTmans stood their ground only for The aviators’ messages said ® feW moments. that all roads running northward, terval. carted retreat. were packed with troops, and trucks. The American aviators went as far; the woods and ravines between ene- | my machine gun crews and the ad- vancing Americans. Throughout the | | day the American as Remoiville. They reported that the roads southwest of Remoiville are choked with traffic. retreat of the enemy east of the! the entire front. A Bava- Meuse is aa follows: The aviators’ repor: regarding the) »O™mbarded the German lines along) ferent pt agree that difficulties “At Remoiville a troop train of 19 with its personnel, horses and mate-/|cars was leaving. northward bound. rial, complete.” The dispatch follows: “Headquarters American Expedi- tionary Forces, Sunday, Nov. 3 (eve- ning).—-The First American Army continued its successfuf attacks to- day, capturing in its advance the fol-. lowing villages: Boult-Aux-RBois, Au- truche, Bellevilie-Sur-Bar, Harri- court, Germont, Bar, Authe. Fouse, Sommauthe, Belval, Nouart, 8st. Plerremont, Barricourt, Tailly, Halles, Montigny, Sassey, Chatillon- Sur-Bar and Bleulles-Sur- Bar. “Heavy losses have been inflictea on the enemy due to the continuous Dlows during the past month and by the surprise and force of the re- newed attack on Nov. 1. Statements of prisoners show that his organiza- tions have been thrown into great > | We saw ereat 'troops along the railway siding crowds of enemy We fired upon them and they fired brek with incendiary bullets. All north bound roads out of Remoiville were Pil d with troops.” According to previous reports vat least fvur Austro-Hungarian divi- sions were opposing the French and Americ: ne east of the Meuse in this sector. East of the Meuse from north of R° -olville, where the roads are chok»d with ret cating Germans. ‘uv north of ~ na on he east bar.» of the river, where the railway yar ts are filled with troop trains teavinwz for the rear, the Germans are fal!- ing back. (From Remoiville to Ste- nay is about eight and one-ha!f miles.) The artillery fre from the | anj| between the Americans and the Ger- . ber of guns and other booty is stead- ‘the heights overlooking the Meuse in command to yield to the evident Gesire of the men in the line to with-. draw Sy ; _ _tof the town by wagon and who had Equal activity is displayed behind escaped by the time the Americans the American lines, but it is of Op-| had made their way through the posite character. Far to the rear the town in the gloom. There was some opposition, artil-. heels of the retreating enemy. who' were heard leaving thé northern ena moving convoys, but with truck ) ler’ “ring and rear-guard fghting at: a ph heater oem “canara Sarricourt and Nouart. but it was| ; ose who, in Sete ane ° | some cases, in trucks, ar «onl | aulckly swept away. After cleaning . ee , ms Bre Keeping! up Tailly last night. the Americans ms the mat pace set by the FORePEnS | took Hill 268 an@ a little , a shingly light,: nr 1 compared with the size of the oper- ; — hye ys ete Seay The village of Le Champy Haute) ation. There has been fighting by . eis ; the enemy, but of a half-hearted | was taken early this morning, mark- | anes except in + tae bad, wee Ly a ing an advance of five miles north- brief intervals, strong stand re, *°" | ward from Bayonville. The Ameri-| made by little ebthesne tol rhea cans did not stop there, but pressed | One of these was at Barricourt, ra : whic was occupied just after 4 he , , captured o'clo this morning, the southern 56 machine and 12 guns of 77 edge of the village having been tak- vy”) enteye pcm lly here ena PP oteag hg? | | . maliber, was reported today to have | en 8S: ’ . PY ine: aturday night The distance largely increased its booty. The troops on the right, like those | on the left and center, also continued | to move forward, although less rap- | idly than the others. The heights of Montigny, four miles north of Clery- ie-Petit were reached at noon. When the Americans occupied the height it was seen that the Germans had evacuated the region immediately to the north. From the left flank to the right! / there are evidences that the German | .,.. efficers are trying to hold their men | 1eavily | , to their task, but reports from dirf- | Saturday 2170 men, division which on 79 officers and mans was-less than 300 yards. Or- dered to advance, the Americans It was a bloody in- Only a few of the Germans escaped. Scores of small fights occurted in artillery i have " wh! *h the Gervoans have a Rv the Aesociated Presa. | - — WITH THE AMERICAN ArnMY| OT] QUJ[S POST-DISPATCH NORTHWESD OF VERDUN, Bun- | Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER Ee eee nem Seee ORO | nee meup hy the, Pat oners were captured by the Ameri-| ing Co.. Twelfth and Gilve Street cans in this sector today. The num-. ; Member Audit Bureau of Circulationsa MEMEER OF THE ASSOCIATED Pp The Associated Presse is aaclusteeis an titied to the use for republicativn of aij news dispatcher credited to oF net other. wise credited im this omper, and aiso the loca: fewr Oublished nerein. aif rich republication of special dispatch are alee reserved RATES

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