Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-19
FIGHTING IS GOING ON
WITH GREAT INTENSITY
ON THIRTY mile FRONT
Field Marshal Haig Driving On North Of St. Quentin and
Captures 0utposts Of Hmdenbwg Iiue--Germans
Heavily Bombarding British Lines
GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED
Associated Press Summary , p. m.

Allied succeeacs m the rnciroiinv n
81 Quentin and breaking into Tho HIM
denburg line north ~ That strong poiut
continue
The fighting IS eoing on with proat
intensity on a front pf moro than thirty
miles from south Of - Quentin ~ north
west Of Cambria
Flcld Marshal Ifaig ig driving On
north nf ~ Quentin and has captured
outposts ~ the lliudonburv line Tho
Germans. apparently With fhe intention
If holding up ihe British advanre IN ,he
south. have hocn bOmbardrnv heavily
the British limos from Gourraucourf 10
the Arras-Csnbrai road
NAY PpRrEvn HE,vIrp prow
For eighteen months iho Germans bsv-
been strengthening thor portions. vrh,rb
they consider as being almost iny-ilrcr.
abie hr feet. therefore 'hqt tho
British and French succeoded IN vtorrning
en'rcnchrd heights and strongly de-
Tended towns Indicates tho blow, ,rq- mr.
N which large numbers ~ rnen -rrre rn-
gagod and may have beon designed ~ az
least the preliminary sfnp to y move ~
moro than ordinary importance
French, Serbian and I,rrok fnr~r- have
continued their advanoe an Tho Mare
DOMAIN front md have taken rurr,her ~
strongly defended points in The noun
famous region east ~ Nopaatir Tho
front now Is nearly 70 miles IN lenpth
and the advance has reached depth of
over SIX milas.
HUNS FIgHT WITH HrLgARs
u = said tho idefehso l,f tie TcIfonie
allied troops was very zfrong ~ 6rsf
hnt, as the entente armies have smashed
their way forward the enemy has an
peared 10 lose his taste for close Sighting
\ The progress ~ the allie= however
would not appear 70 Indicate any general
giving way ~ The bulgarian forces.
which are being assisted hv German units.
according to Berlin dispatch
I he hghtlng has boen going IN -inoe
sunday and the progress "a such that
ithere Inow " real threat toward the
city " Prclcp. which s sad ~ ~ obe "
The principal hascs of the Teufnntr frc,ous
on this sector of tho NIaocdnnan front
AmcncaB troops 1re engaged iu con
7olldasnR their new limos qrrnes tho hase
oi the ~ MihIel salient. which was v1pod
ont nv hom last week Tho Germans
arc Strengthening their lines m this sector
ENENY PINNED powN.
Vow that tho objectivcg ~ the kncri-
center IN eastern France may 10 shifted
suddenly Tins TACT rhcn taken atn
consideration with he successful attack
made by hc British and French along tho
n Quentin front, hows that Marshal
foch has pinned down llrgc hodIrs x
thc crctny forces IN widely separated parts
Oi he line
The Germans arr .orccd IN heavily
man heir lines from before Metz clear
down through the Lorraine and NosQes
sector while here always IS verv rcal
threat at hIs vital positions north uf Iaon
The line from Rheims 70 Ncrdm al9~nys
presents itself as an inviting field for 3n
allied offensive
BolSHEvIK FORCES on RETREAT
Reports from Moscow are 10 the effect
that the BolshcWk forces are retrrating
on both the northern and southern
fronts. On he north they are beng iorcpd
back by nc entente allied units, while
the zeChO-Slovak armies along The N0ga
also arc advancing.
It also Is reported that tho Czecho-
~lovaks have taken the city Of Perm. aud
seem 10 be on the verge of uniting -hc
forces which have been fighting in western
siberia with those which have been en-
gagged in the valley of the NOga 1ver
IN southeastern Russia. From Perm fD
kazan, where the Czecho-Sovaks are
known TO be, is less than 200 Mules.
liz BRITISH STILL ADVANCE.
i British troops in desperate lighung ,rp
piunglng farther into the Hndnnburg line
/ north Of St Quentin. while west oi Cam
brai they have wIthstood vicious German
counter ATTACKS The enemy Is making
every effort to retain his positions on the
thlrty-mile front and 10 check he ncN
allied move, which threatens st. Quentin
and Cambria
/ Several thousand wards of the Him
! denburg outpost line WAS .n British hands
this morning in the Nilleret sector, south
west Of LeCatelct
In Macedonia the Bugarians are IA
flight northward before the ~crbians
/ and French Hurled from important
heights the enemy now has been forced
back twelve miles and Tie pursuit con-
tinucS
SERIOUS MENACE 10 GERMANS
How serious was the menace d ths
/ Continued ou page 5