The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-28
AMERICAN And
BRITISH TROOPS
WHIP B0LSHEv|KI
,Soviets Put to Rout Near Arch
angel; Allies Also victors on
Balkan and French Fronts.
SERBS GAIN five MILES
French Cooperate With Soldiers Of
King Peter In Advance on 12-Mile
Front--U. s. Blows Force
Retreat In France.

Every true American will stand be-
hind President Wilson's statement that
Germany can have peace only on Amer
lca's terms-"Uncondit surren-
der" Pass the word along.
Petrograd, Sept. 18. = American,
British and French detachments are
reported by the Pravda to have met
the bolshevik forces in battle on the
Archangel front. The bolshevik troops
after an initial success were repulsed
by British re-enforcements and fed
In panic. A number Of the bolshevik
officers, the newspaper says, deserted
to the British.
omsk Declares War.
Olavanna, Y. A., Transbaikalia, Sept.
18.-The Siberian government at Omsk,
a fortified town of Asiatic Russia, has
ordered the mobilization Of the 1913
and 1919 classes.
Details of the manner In which the
Czecho- Slovak forces fought their way
Siberia were obtained at the
field headquarters. The Czecho-Slo-
vaks seized Novo Nikolaievsk on May
26, but 1t was only on June il that Ir-
kutsk was reached.
In the battle OF MIsovoya the boil
SlaeYEls farEes 40 coSnp Iate rains
0tf III 6B OH tIleIF forces, sstiSaA ksf
to number 10000, some 5000 were
killed and 1000 taken prisoner. The
others fed into the woods and their
defeat demoralized the troops farther
east.
On August 10 at Troitskovasavsk
1000 Magyars, who had styled them
selves "internationalists," surrendered
to Colonel Linevitch's detachment.
The trophies taken by the Czecho-Slo-
vaks included four steamers, several
barges and number Of automobiles
and horses.
Polish Divisions Forming.
Hardin, Sept. 1S.--A movement ex-
ceeeding, perhaps, that Of the Czecho-
Slovaks is being organized by Polish
officers to form a Polish division to
fight In Siberia westward to their op-
pressed fatherland as integral units
In the American army.
According to conservative estimates
an army Of more than 100000 trained
militarists is Immediately available in
the regions Of Hardin, Nibolsk and
Vladivostok.
London, Sept. 18.--Allied successes
along the front in Macedonia may in.
dicate that the period Of quiescence in
the near East is at an end: Strate-
gists have pointed out that great Of
fensive on this front would have i'm
mediate results in determining the DO
sition of Bulgaria and Turkey as allies
Of Germany.
The gains made by the allies along
the center Of the Macedonian line
would seem to indicate that there was
plenty Of power behind the blow and
that 1t may be followed up by other
attacks which will shift the scene Of
action for the time being to front
which appears perilous for the en-
envy.
Five Mile Advance for Serbs.
London, Sept. 18.-Serbian ana
French troops continued the offensive
n Macedonia and have progressed
more than five miles, according to a
Serbian official statement received
lere. The advancing allies have occu-
lied an important series Of ridges.
The allied troops have captured
more than 5000 prisoners and "a
runs. Their casualties have been
light.
The allies are moving forward on q
'ront of more than u miles and have |
aiken the village Of Gradeshnitsa, 20 |
niles east Of Monastir.
Take Artillery Division.
With the American Forces In Lor-
'aine, Sept. 18.-An American patrol
n a raid made early In the morning in
he general region Of HGumont, north
vest Of Thiaucourt, captured five non.
commissioned officers anil killed seven
,ther noncommissioned officers. Pris-
,ners taken report that the entire ar
illery of the thirty-first division was
,aptured in the American operation
IN this front. The division that was
lsed to bear the brunt of the attack !
n the lunge in the salient east of st.
Mihiel, 1t appears, was the thirty-f1fth |
Austrian division. It was ordered to |
holding action until all the
German troops were withdrawn. In
of this 1t suffered very |
leavy LOSSES especially in prisoners.