Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-24
begun a retreat which seems to threat

begun a retreat which seems to threat
en- disaster.
Over a front of over 80 miles the
Teutonic Allies are streaming back in
disorder which is said to be indescr1b-
able. On the west they are trying to
astir but Prilep is outf1anked by the
advancing Serbians who are now
marching on the city. The railroad
from Uskub to Saloniki, running along
the Vardar valley and forming the
chief artery of communication for the
Bulgarian forces around Lake Dorian
has been cut by the Serbians who
the enemy resistance appears to be
completely broken and h French
and Serbians are moving northward
at a rate which indicates the absence
Of any organized resistance.
The disaster which threatens the
Teutonic armies on this front is one
which may change the whole COM
enemy armies appear to have been
split in twain and forced to retreat
nOrthward rel mountain roads which
are, in a majority of cases merely
paths. 1t is probable that the retro
grade movement will spread to the
eastward of Lake Dorian and involve
he whole front.
There is every a to believe that
the Turks in Palestine are in q posi-
ton similar to hat in which h Tell
tonic forces in Macedonia find them
selves. Advancing British and French
and Arab forces appear to have en-
veloped a large portion of the Sultan's
armies n to have broken the resist
ance of those which were not trapped
along the Jordan by the rapid progress
of the Allies along the coastal region.
st. Quentin, the center Of the Hing
denburg line between La Fere. on the
south and Cambria on the north ap-
pears to be doomed. French units
have reached h Disc river between
Venduil and Travecy, while the Brit
ish seem to be in a position to launch
a blow along the line to the north of
the city which will make a German
retirement imperative. Already St.
Quentin appears to have lost its tactic
al value to the Germans. The Somme
canal, n Of the integral parts Of the
defense of the city is nov under di-'
railroad lines must be under constant
bombardment
Northward along the line. the Brit
ish LAY made a new advance at
Epehy, west of Cambria, but the fight
ing here has not taken on the avage
character as that further south. Ger
man counter attacks have been re-
PulScu ny ll1o bt1llS1l WHO uO1U oil
the ground O. in recent fighting.
While the fighting on the Aisne
front has not been as spectacular as
that further north, the French are
maintaining their pressure against the
German positions just to the west of
Chemin des Danes, the famous road
running along the crest of they hills
north Of the Aisne which has been
the scene Of terrific fighting many
times during the past two years. The
position held by the French through
Allamant and Sancy would seem to
threaten. the whole German position
north of the Aisne.
In the far east, the Allies have been
victorious owe the Bolshevik forces
and the Austro-Hungarian prisoners
Of war who are fighting under the
Soviet standard. The city of Blagovest-
chensk on the Amur. river, 375 miles
west of Khaborovsk has been taken
by the Allies. Since Chita was wrest-
ed from the Bolsheviki the Allies have
moved eastward 1875 miles and occu-
pied the city of Nerchinsk.
Along the American sectors Of the
front in Lorraine. patrol encounters
and artillery duels have been report
ed. Bad weather has virtually put a
stop to operations there for the past
few days.