Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-22
HOLD DOMINATING
POSITIONS ALONG
TEN-M|LE SECTOR
German Stronghold Now in
More Perilous Position
Than Ever.
ENEMY STARTS FIRES
SOUTHWEST OF METZ
Allied Success in Macedonia De-
veloping on Wide
Front
SERBS MAY CUT RAILROAD
Crown Prince of Roumania Reported
to Have Fled to
Odessa.
SERBS MAY CUT RAILROAD
INV Associated Press

lDy Associated Press
Allied troops are progressing satis-
factorily in breaking down the defenses
OF ST. Quentin. On the north the Brit
ish are lighting in the H!ndenburg posi-
tions and pressing toward the canal
between 50. Quentin and Cambraf,
while on the south the French are NOV,
ing steadily. s's,.s5
For stretch of more than ten miles
north of st. Quentin The British now
hold the dominating hills. and the pres
ent local action in the region west
OF Catelet probably is for the purpose
Oh further improving the situation, in
ANTICIPATION OF u great assault against
the Hindcnburg line The main enemy.
defenses in the region between Cam
otai and st. Quentin. both OF which are
threatened by the present British ope-
rations, are based on the canal high
way and railroad running north and
sohth on an average of about two miles
from Field Mars..al Haigs front line.
Toward lie Catelet the British are
pressing eastward on a front OF three
miles, and are within four miles Of the
town. one OF the important German
bases on this front With the Austra-
l!ans already in the HindenburE posi-
tions. other British forces are rapidly
overrunnine 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 GER
mans 70 give up Important villages
and other positions.
FRENCH ARE HAMoIERiNC
LA0N WITH RIG GUNS
II. Quentin. as u result OF the weeks
opei ations, Is in more serious"posf-
ton, from the enemy viewpoint, thai,
prooabiy at any time since the begin
ward by the British from their newly
won height positions on the northwest
virtually place the allies on three sides
OF .he town. St Quentin is an i'm
portant outpost of I.aon, perhaps the
most important enemy base In Northern
rance The Frcnch. on the south, are
ten miles from Laon, and arc ham
mering II with their big guns
southwest of Metz. where the French
ana Amerlcans recently cleared the. ST.
H'htei Sa!icnt. the Germans have start
ap ,r, in. lur'her he 70 fires Soldiers and wagon
ward and it is believed the Germans
are preparing for a possible allied at
tacK ; or retirement on their own
front thcre has been no change in the
situation. ~ to
The allied stroke In Central Mace
iona. which opened with the expulsion
OF the Bulgarians from the important
Sokoi position. is developing strccssa
fully on II wide front Further pror-
ross by the Serbs toward The Vardsr
hlNcr ana the Cskub Salcniki railroad
paral'clinS il probably will bring aboutN
rendlustment of the Austro German :
and bulgarian positions throughout the
whole th.atcr. -. s-H'e.
With trc Serbs within nine miles q.
ne railroad and the river. the onIv
artery OF communica tinn for the epan,y,
'roonS around Lake Doiran. II seems
"llhin The range OF possibility that the
rrhi.fond can be cut. From Krnyovo
I'emirN"ni. on the railroad the ter
rain is favorable and hv pressing 10
ward the Nardar the Serbs can out
nahk irilcn ana Lake Doiran. South-
%aSl aSl OF i'rilcp the Serbs are in the foot
mus or the Drcnska Planina a beiph,
south y" a'he
Adhitional Bulgarian prisoners have
neh taken by the Serbs. who also have
tp"Eateu ten more towns The Rrif
Sh ana ana ,ireeks continue their pressure
"a fhe DO: ian region but evidentiv
their activity is mainly for tho mr..
pose or Keeping the enemy occup;ed
s,'a, INA, he cannot send aid to the front
!, Is reported from Ukrninian sources
, hht the crown prince OF Roumania has
yea from .Iassy TO Odessa The reason
!or this light ia not disclosed. Re-.
IN herman reports have heen to the
erect mat an anti-Gcrman outbreak
was III progress or was Imminent In
koumania, with Queen Marie as ono 81
'he principals behind the movement