New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
REORGANiZED SERBIAN ARMY,
AIDED BY FRENCH, TAKE
THREE sTRoNGHoLps.
YANKS lombard METZ
PERSHING'S VICTORY BRINGS
AME RIcANS TO THRESHOLD
OF GERMANY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Ill Offensive vi TIE bul8dIlduS vi Ius
Saloniki front by the r~eorganized Serb
ian army, in cooperation with French
forces, and the capture Of three
strongly fortified Bulgarian positions
communication received from Saloniki
The positions taken are Teak, sVetre
mix, 'Dobropolie and the mountain So
kul, which the Bulgars had held foI
the past two and one-half years. and
were regarded as their strongest
places. -
The guns of Metz, chief defensive
work on the western frontier of Ger
many, and n of the strongest fort
resses in the world, and the guns OF
the American artillery were engaged
in a mighty duel Monday.
American cannon are blasting the
gigantic web of railways centering at
Metz with a storm of steel, while the
German guns have taken the advanced
positions, gained in the American
drive. under their fire.
The Americans thus have liberated
from the grasp of the Hun territory
miles in area.
The Americans extended their gains
between the Mouse and Moselle rivers
on Sunday. advancing two miles on a
thirty-three-mile front.
Norroy and Vilecy (the latter only
about fourteen miles from Meta are
in American hands and patrols are re-
ported to have advanced far ahead of
General P%ershing's main force.
The Americans now hold a straight
line in front of Metz. running from a
point on the Verdun- Etain road, near
Abaucourt to the Moselle near Vilecy.
Austrian prisoners captured by the
Americans are bitter in their denunci-
alton Of the Germans. They accuse
the Germans of leaving them in the
lurch. Austrian officers declare they
were not warned of the American at
tack and that repeated requests for
ammunition were ignored. The Ger
mans, they add, gave their entire at
tention to extricating themselves from
the salient.
The number of German airmen has
suddenly increased tremendously, but
is still insufficient to meet the British,
French and American forces. Tons OF
bombs are being dropped on the Ger
man military positions far in the rear.
London, Sept. 16.-The British have
captured Maissemy, northwest OF st.
Quentin, together with the trench sys-
TEN to the southeast and east of that
place. Field Marshal Haig makes this
announcement in his night report.
Paris.-''South of the Oise,' says the
war office announcement Sunday
night, I'VE maintained our positions
against violent counter attacks. We
captured the plateau east of Vauxail-
Ion and the crest northeast of Celles.
sur-Aisne. The prisoners taken by us
since Saturday morning exceed $500"
London.-Gen. Pershing's army, &C.
cording to Sunday afternoons news,
is making fine progress. Since Sat
urday afternoon it has advanced from
two to three miles on a thirty-three-
mile front, and the fortress guns of
Metz have come into action against it.
Powerful air attacks are being con-
tinued around Metz, according to the
statement issued by the air ministry
Sunday night. The stations and
tracks at Metz-Sablons and Courcelles
have been attacked, as we'll as various
enemy concentration points.
The American line at noon Sunday
ran through Norroy, on the Moselle;
Doncourt and to Abaucourt,
on the old line.
The process of cleaning up the st.
Mihiel salient was continued by Gen.
troops, who SO far are re.
to have effected the capture Of
than 10000 Germans as the re-
suit of the clean-cut drive of the
American First army.
Further progress was made by the
in the region northwest of st.
Quentin, the London war office an
nounced.
General Pershing's announcement
hat the Americans advancing on the
two sides OF the st. Mihiel salient had
been able to form a juncture in TWEEN.
.y-seven hours after they went over
he top. oc~casioned no surprise among
army officers.