Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-22

ne IHdlH enemy aucreHSeS III tHn
region between Cambria and ST
Quentin, both of which are threat.
ened by the present British opera.
tions, are based on the canal, high
way and railroad running north and
south on an average of about two
miles from Field Marshal Haig's
front line.
In Hindenburg Positions.
Toward Lecatelet the British are
pressing eastward on a front of
three miles and are within four
miles of the town, one of the im-
portant German bases on this
front. With the Australians already
in the Hindenburg positions. other
British forces are rapidly overrun-
ming them north of Hargicourt
West of St. Quentin the French are
within two miles of the outskirts,
while on the south they are forcing
the Germans to give UP important
villages and other positions.
St. Quentin, as result of the
weeks operations, is in more seri-
Gus position from the enemy We've
point than probably at any time
since the beginning Of the war. "a,
further push eastward BY flie Brit
ish from their newly won height po-
sitions on the northwest will vir-
tually place the allies on three
sides of the town. St. Quentin is
an important outpost of Laon, per-
haps the most important enemy base
in northern France. The French on
the south are 10 miles from Laon
and are hammering it with their big
guns.
Fires Started by Huns.
Southwest of Metz, where the
French and Americans recently
cleared the St. Mihiel salient, the
Germans have started further fires.
Soldiers and wagon trains have
been moving northward and it is be-
lieved the Germans are preparing for
possible allied attack or a retire.
ment on their own initiative. Else
where on the western front there
has been no change in the situation.
The allied stroke in central Mace
donia which opened with the ex-
pulsion of the Bulgarians, from the
important Sokol position, is de-
veloping successfully on. a wide
front. Further progress by the
Serbs towards the Vardar river and
the Uskub-Saloniki railroad paral-
leling it probably will bring about
readjustment of the Austro- Ger
man and Bulgarian positions
throughout this whole theater.
May OutHank Bulgars.
With the Serbs within nine miles
of the railroad and the river, the
only artery of communication for
the enemy troops around Lake
Doiran, it seems within the range
of possibility that the railroad can
be cut. From Krnyovo Demirkapu.
on the railroad. the terrain is fay-
orable and by pressing toward the
Vardar the Serbs can outhank
Prilep and Lake Doiran. Southeast.
Of Prilep the Serbs are in the foot
hills of the Drenska planina, .
height position protecting the town
on the south.
Additional Bulgarian prisoners
have been taken by the Serbs, who
also have liberated ten more towns.
The British and Greeks continue
their pressure in the Doiran region.
but evidently their activity is mainly
for the purpose of keeping the en-
emy occupied so that he cannot send
aid to the front further west.
1t is reported from Ukrainian
sources that the crown prince ~
Roumania has fed from Jassy TO
Odessa. The reason for his fipht
is not disclosed. Recent German
reports have been to the effect that
an anti-German outbreak was a
progress or was imminent in Rom.
mania with Queen Marie as one Of
the principals behind the movement.
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