Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-18
DRIVE MAY FORCE KAISER
TO RECALL PART OF ARMY
Battered Force of Little King
dom Captures 5000 Prison
ers in Great Drive. a
HEAVY BLOW TO COME SOON
Ahead Slowly In Desperate Strug-s
glo for ST. Gobain Forest. =,

a fresh gain of ~ least a mile has
been registered in the last twelve hours
by the right wing Of the american army
in lorraine, PershinEs combat patrols
at last accounts from the front we're
approaching Wanderers. only little more
than Il mile from tho German border
and halfway between Pont-a -MplSSofl
and -Ioscllc. -
Against tn? american left the Ger
mans have been rcactins in the last
twenty-four hours but with no great
viEor and without the slightest sue
cess.
\ further German retreat in the yal-
Icy of the Moselle is indicated by b1rI-
ing towns. For the present pershins
from the front and the comments OF
military critics hint at important de-
rclopmcnts before many days arc
passed
While the Serbs and their French
allies arc Wrestling from the Bulga RS
some OF the strongest positions they
have held in Macedonia for the past
two years. Marshal Foch's forces are
nibhlinGs successfully at the German
lines on the western front In the face
OF more determined resistance. .-..y@
The Near East furnished tho most
sensational news OF the day, however.
The offensive which has been launched
there seems not only the most sue
ccssful. but the most pretentiops In
that further advance by the Franco
Serbian troops Will necessitate the re-
call oil inc divisions Wnlcn
have been loaned to Emperor William
&c bolster the Tcuton resistance, in
France and Flanders
An official Serbian rcpor: declares
that the reconstructed army OF the bat
tered. but not beaten. little kingdom
has taken not only 5000 prisoners. but
an important park OF cannon.s Tho
EulSars admit having retired. bit de-
clare the attack has been checked Ito
the north OF Gradeshitsa. There is
nothing to indicate. however, that the
advance Of the Serbs and tho French
has been definitely held up.
The lull in the lighting in the west
Is regarded by military critics a s mere-
ly the preclude TO further heavy blows
and French armies.
BRITISH ADVANCE LINES -
IL ST. QUENTIN REGION
The British advanced their lines
slightly at several points. They ARE
making steady progress in the invest
ment OF ST. Quentin. a difficult task
even under most favorable conditions.
General Pctain's veterans are fo-G-
grim and desperate sirussic for, the
81, Gobain forcs:. which the Germans
lave bccn ordered to hold at all COSTS.
Not only is the position 4 natural cit
IN every way their ingenuity could .ds-
wise. Notwithstanding the difticultyssot
their task, however the French stre
Another victory has been recorded
for tho American. British and Fccnch
on the newly constituted eastern front.
pctachmcntS OF the allies have routed
Bolshevik forces i'm the vicinity OF
ArchanEel. and it IS reported many 9f
the Red Guard officers went over to
the allies when their men fed In panir.
Thc Austrian peace note appears Al,
history " The binaI S and 'H1t "%@istaEaS1e asssn
refusal OF President Wilson 10 parley
with the central powers except upon
seems 10 have voiced the sentiments OF
the reply of the Unitcd states suftice
for ALL as they did in the case Of tho
papal peace proposal.
ACTIVITY INDICATES
HUGE INFANTRY PREPARATION
Aerial activity in the region from
I.aon to Metz continued intense. and
large-scalc infantry operations on this
front: French aviators have accounted
for sixteen captive balloons and twelve
enemy arplanes.. while allied bombing
SQuadrons have been drenching enemy
railway functions and other targets of
fcctively. 'NFI
American front southwest OF Metz is
very strong. The belief thar the encniy
is digging. in in the Hindenburg limo
is strcnsthsned by the, fact that his
been followed by infantry attacks.
This also is borne out by the report
that the Germans are burning towns
between Metz and the American front.
An American patrol in raid made
early Tuesday morning in the general
region of Haumont. northwest -vof
captured FIVE aoncomrIts-
stoned officers and killed seven other
none commissioned officers. The German
prisons said they had received orders
20 hold their positions unless strong
" attacked. The noncnnmissionedao off
frers were from An officers schoofsin
tho vicinity OF Contains. They said
they had been ordered 20 the frontifor
practical experience. ~
AP'rlL,ERS
UErLlEs TO CHALLENGP
tRy Associated prcsa,l Sl,3S
AMERICAN ARMY ON THE Lon.
TAINE FRONT. September IT.-Amer-
can artillery, infantry and aSistors
made emphatic replies to-day to7sths
icrman challenge all along the newly
established line. The enemy 'bonabard. =
ID certain points with vigor and thysu
Quantities of gas. largely os tho mus.
ard variety. while airplaneS epdeaV.
u ded to force their way throush the
.crial detenses. but evidence H,ves
wholly lacking that tho Gern,anstcos,
emplate any attcmpt to regain .fha
orritory they have lost. Their hjri,
ommand apparently, ia tends a = 6hrTxs