The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-26
OUR Big ARMY GROWING
1.75O.OOO MEN SENT OVERSEAS
UP TO SATURDAY.
News From Battles Continuously
Good.-Ger1nanS Started Drive.
Nothing to Show For Effort.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Striking
proof that the German power is fast
crumbling came today in the an
nouncement by General March, chief
of staff, that the news from all battle
fronts was continuously good and
that 1,750,O00 American troops have
now been embarked for overseas SER
vice.
Just six months ago today the en-
emy flung his full military power
against the British lines in Picardy
in the great drive that was to end
the war in a smashing victory. To-
day he is fighting deperately to hold
the tottering Hindenburg line, the de-
fensive system from which he struck
that blow and back into which he has
been hurled. The side by side British,
French and American armies have
broken definitely the German often
sive power, in official opinion here.
Already the American forces in
France are more than half as strong
as the whole German army and the
tide of American fighting men to-
wards France is continuing at an
even pace.
The situation on the various battle
fronts were tersely summarized by
Gen. March today as follows:
News during the week from all
fronts has been continually and con-
tinuously good On the Western front
our new line in Lorraine was quickly
stabilized. The enemy has been hur-
riedly strengthening his line of de-
fense, the socalled Kriempild line
which lies only a mile or two in front
of the new lines on a front of about
20 miles from near Maizeray to the
Moselle River at Wanderers. We are
now ten miles away from Confians
and IL miles away from Metz.
Steady Progress Made.
"In Picardy the British and French
renewed their advance on the Cam
brai-St. Quentin front toward the old
Hindenburg line. In spite of the
concentration of the enemy forces
defending this sector, the British
have made steady progress, and the
enemy is reported to have lost very
heavily. It is now officially confirm
ed that 10000 prisoners have been
captured.
On the plateau northwest of Sois-
sons the French have continued tc
force back the enemy's best troops
until they are now within half mile
from the junction of the Maubeuge
road and the Chemin-des-Dames, and
within ten miles of Laon, which is
being shelled.
''The reports in the press about the
successful operations of the Serbian
army on the Balkan front are correct.
The Serbian army attacked the Bull
garians on a front Of 25 miles and
drove them back about 20 miles. Ac-
cording to official reports the British
have reopened activities in Pales-
tine"
The western battle wall has been
rebuilt by the allied and American
forces, according to observers here.
When the. first American army swiftly
trampled out the St. Mihiel salient,
the last possibility of a German
strategic stroke passed. The enemy
faces now straight line from the
North Sea to the Swiss border. There
are no salients to give an opportunity
for flank operations. Even if the pow
er for a counter offensive should be
found, and military authorities here
see no chance of that, the German
high command would face the costly
business of front attack. They have
nothing, it is pointed out, not single
strategic position to show for their
great drive.
Fighting Night and Day.
But it is more than restored Of
fensive line that faces them, officers
say. Along the center of the great
sweep on the front, British and
French armies are storming ahead
night and day, marrying and harrass-
ing the battered German divisions
without rest. Pershing's men stand
before Metz and Confians and against
that new threat the enemy must gath
er reserves on the new front at the
very time when every available re-
serve division is sorely useful to
meet the allied rush to the north.
Signs of further withdrawal are man
ifest along wide sectors.
In payment for their lavish expen-
diture of lives in the abortive often
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