The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-21
BOOBIES NERVOUS IN
FRONT OF YANKS
CONTINUED from rage u

large calibre guns. Metz is the Ameri-
can objective.
But its fall is distant for it Is a
stronghold harder to crack than Yer
dun before which Germany hammer
ed many bloody weeks.
The pincer operation rather than
direct assault, will be tried as the lat
ter involves large and useless waste
Of life. The American artillery is
pounding at the town AT present A
glance at the situation in the east
gives encouragemen t to military men,
Bulgaria has been left by Germany to
largely shift for herself This fact
coupled with the striking advance
against her this week, leaves her sit
uat,on more difficult and causes spec
ulations as to whether she will wealth
er the storm Turkey can give her no
aid. for General .llenby is keeping
the Ottoman force busy in Palestine.
Incid entally the Bulgar minister
Panateroff is due back in the city next
week and whether he will attempt a
new separate peace campaign is a
subject being discussed in some quar-
tiers.
More Than 10000 Americans.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-More
than 1,750, 900 American troops have
embarked for over there Chief OF
Staff March announced today. This
is 100000 more than his last an
nouncelnent carried.
This fact, given at his weekly
press conference. supplemented his
declaration that the news from all
fronts during the past week has
been continuously and continuously
good" He located the American
forces in the St. Mihiel sector as
row twelve miles from Metz and
similar distance from Contains, an
important strategic and railroad
point west OF Metz.
The Lorraine line has been quick
" stabilized, he said, and the week
has seen only patrol action, aerial
observations and artillery firing
there.
as for the British situation, March
confirmed the capture Of over lo,,DoO
prisoners in the Cambrai-St- quentin
district and noted steady progress
despite strong counter attacks. Tne
enemy. he said, has lost heavily. ST
Quentin is now only three miles dis
tant from Haig's forces.
Press reports d. - li1S i1i1H-1i
drive we're confirmed No reports
were available from the Palestine
operations, but General March ad-
rnftted that Baku, on the Caspian
sea. IS again in Turkish hands.
4 telegram concerning the st.
MftfeI actions shows that the son
of Prime Minister Clemenceau OF
France led the first troops entering
e. YfhieI composed of Zouaves,
colonials and laboring classes. Marcn
paid tribute to the French fighting
spirit in that offensive, saying II
was of the same high character the
French always have shown.
An order of the day from General
II. T. Reed, Of the Fifteenth Scottish
division. gave thanks and praise to
The first artillery brigade OF the
Fir@. American division for aid IN
the Marine offensive.
In answer to specific question,
March located the Hath engineers,
39th division, as recently lanueo-
tho goth division as in the Nosges
and the 3sth in training sector
with the French.
Colonel Augustus MacComb has
.f,cceefed the late Colonel Kennon
AT Camp Green y. C., March an
nouDced.
Wa- department reports fail to
show that Americans are being mas
sacred or abused by BoisheFihi.
Quite the contrary is indicated ~
some Of the messages.