The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-19
HAIG is HURLING
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tCOntinue0 from rage One-)
French armies facing the Hindenburg
line north and south of st. Quentin,
won important successes on Wednes-
day. At two points, one north of st.
Quentin and the other in the area
near where General Byng m: de his
sensational advance last October be-
fore Cambria, the allied forces appear
to have reached the main positions of
the Germans.
Stormed Powerful Defenses.
On this front the best maps fail to
show the difficulties attending even a.
minor advance. For eighteen months
the Germans have been strengthening
being almost invulnerable. The fact
therefore that the French and British
succeeded in storming intrenched
heights and strongly defended towns
indicates that the blow was one in
which large numbers of men were en-
gagged and may have been designed to
at least the preliminary step to move
of more than ordinary importance.
French, Serbian and Greek forces
have continued their advance on the
Macedonian front and have taken
number of strongly defended points in
the mountainous region east of Monas-
tir. The front is now nearly twenty
miles in length and the advance has
reached a depth of over six miles.
Bulgar Base Threatened.
It is said that the defense of the
Teutonic allied troops was very strong
at first but that, as the entente arm
les have smashed their way forward,
taste for close fighting. The progress
of the allies. however, would not ap-
pear to indicate any general giving
away Of the Bulgarian forces, which
are being assisted by German units.
according to a Berlin dispatch. The
fighting has been going on since Sum
day, and the progress is such that
there is now a real threat toward the
city of Prelep, which is said to be one
of the principal bases of the Teutonic
allies on this sector of the Macedonian
front.
YanI<s Strengthen Lines.
American troops are engaged in con-
solidating their new lines across the
bases of the st. Mihiel salient which
was wiped out by them last week. The
Germans are reported to be feverishly
working to strengthen their lines in
this sector, but it seems improbable
that a new American assault will be
made at once in this region.
Was Menace to Allies.
It now appears that the successful
drive of the Americans was for the
purpose Of wiping out the st. Mihiel
salient which stood as a menace to
the flank of the Americans in Lor-
raine and the French in Champagne
in case either should attack. 1t may
be considered, therefore. as a local at
tack carried out with terrific force,
and now that it's detectives have been
reached. the storm center in eastern
France may be shifted suddenly.
Bolsheviki in Retreat.
Reports from Moscow are to the ef-
feet that the Bolshevik forces are re-
treating on both the northern and
southern fronts. On t;.e north they
are being forced back by the entente
units while Czecho- Slovak armies
along the Volga are also advancing. 1t
! is also reported that the Czecho-
Slovaks have taken the city of Perm.
| If this is true, they seem to be on
| the verge of uniting the forces which
have been fighting il. western ST.
IBERIA with those which have been en-
gagged in the valley of the Volga river
! in Russia