Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-22

Just six months ago today the enemy flung his full military power against the British lines in Pieardy in the great drive that was to end the war in a smashing victory. Today he was fighting desperately to hold the totter. ing Hindenburg line, the defensive sys. tenn from which he struck that blow and back into which he has been hurled Side by side, British, French .and American armies have broken def initely the German offensive power fin official opinion here. Already the American forces in France are more than half as strong as the whole Ger man army and the tide of American fighting men toward France is continu- ing at an even pace. The situation on the various battle fronts was tersely summarized by General March today as follows:
 News during the past week has been from all fronts continually and continuously good. On the western front our new line in Lorraine was quickly established. The enemy has been hurridly strengthening his line of defense. the so-called Kriemhild line which lies only a mile or two in front of our new line on a front of about twenty miles from near MaiZeray to the Moselle river at Vandires. We are now te nmiles away from Conflans and twelve miles away from Metz.
 Tn Picardy the British and French renewed thei~ advance on the Cambrai f.. Nn -1A Hindenburg line In spite of the con- centratiOn of the enemy forces de- lending this sector. they have made steady progress, and the enemy is re- ported to have lost very heavily. It is now officially confirmed that 10000 prisoners have been captured.
 ''On the plateau northeast of Sois- sons the French have continued to force back the enemy's best troops until they are now within half mile from the junction of the Mauberge road and the Chemin Des Danes, and within ten miles of LaOn, which is be ing 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 British have reopened activities in Palestine"
 The western battle wall has been rebuilt by the allied and American forces, according to observers here. When the first American army swift ly trampled out the St Mihiel salient the last possibility of a German stra- tegic stroke passed. The enemy faces now a straight line from the North Sea to the Swiss border. There are no salients to give opportunity for flank operations.
 Even if the power for a counter of. fensiye should be found-and military authorities see no chance of that-the German high command would face the costly business of frontal attack They have nothing, it is pointed out, not q single strategic position to show for their great drive.
 But it is more than a restored Of fensive line that faces them. offici- als say Along the center of the great steep at the front. British and French armies are storming ahead night and day. marrying and harassing the bat tered German divisions without rest Pershing's men stand before Metz and Conflans and against that new threat the enemy must gather reserves at the very time when every available reserve division is sorely needed to meet the allied rush to the north. Signs of further withdrawals are mani 
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