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Germans and Bulgarians in
Jeopardy in Macedonia;
Allies Tighten Grip on
st. Quentin.

The Teutonic allied forces
in Macedonia and Turkey still
are in flight before the armies
of the entente, while on the
highly important st. Quentin
sector in France the British
and French armies, after hard
fighting, have drawn more
closely their lines in the in
vestment of the town on the
northwest, west and south.
The stubborn resistance of
the Germans, in defense and
in counter-att has been
unvailing except to impede
the progress of the men Of
the armies of Field Marshal
Haig and General Debeney.
In Macedonia the Bulgarian and [
German troops still are faced with /,
disaster; in Palestine the remaining
Turks seem to have scarcely a
chance to escape from the British Il
forces and tribesmen who are closSI
ing in upon them east of the rivdS |
Jordan More than 10000 prisoneE |
and 265 guns have been taken by'tI !
British and yet General Allenby's all
petite for further emoluments froI
his hard campaign has not been sd
ated. III
Gauged by the swiftness of H.
strokes Allenby is delivering, ieral
his purpose absolutely to overwi
the Ottomans. And the fulfill
of his plans seems appreeiably aIu
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In no less cr% N EH1HV1lns lns
Germans and .NKHA me
Macedonian thea MMA8 Tine
Immediately on thsIHN1 Iiey-
tier, where the NNX83 Il Il
gives them groL NN@N i2- III y
sistance to the invasion y tIn4
territory through the passes; the
Bulgarians and Germans everywhere
are in rapid retreat before the Ital-
ians, Serbians, Greeks and British.
Rent in twain at several points the
enemy forces are bewildered and
operating separate units.
Respectively on the western and
eastern fanks the Italians and the
Greeks and British are fast throw
ing forward their lines in endeavors
to envelop the enemy, while in the, Z
center, where the Serbs have driven
their sharp wedge toward Ishtip,
there is no tagging, Notwithstanding
the difficult territory that is being
encountered. Rear guards of the
enemy, armed with machine guns,
are but little delaying the men whose
task it is to reclaim their kingdom.
As yet there is no news of great
activity in Albania, but a resump-
ton of operations there in conjunc-
ton with those in the east apparent-
ly cannot long be delayed.
British Take Selency.
On the French front the British
have taken the village of Selency,
a scant two miles from the western
environs of St. Quentin, and both
the British and French troops north
and south of this line have driven
further wedges into the German
front. More than 1000 prisoners
and many machine guns have been
taken by the British in these opera
tions. Numerous strong counter at
tacks were delivered by the enemy,
both at Selency and at Cricourt. but
Haig's men put all of them down,
with heavy losses to the Germans.
The Germans have also reacted
strongly in the region lying west Of
the Chemin Des Danes. endeavor-
ing to regain the territory held by
the French as menace against both
the Chemin Des Danes and the
Laon sectors. Here also the enemy
was beaten off.
Good weather has returned to the
American sector on the Lorraine /.
front, but nothing has occurred
there except the usual reciprocal
bombardments and resumption of
aerial activity on great scale. Ad-'
vices from Berlin are that there is
much perturbation in Germany over
the long-distance guns of the Amer
leans, which are shelling the areas
behind the German line. The ad.
vices say that preparations are being
made for the expeditions evacuation
of the civilians from Metz and other