The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
AMERICANS DRIVE
GERMANS BACK
IN TWO DAYS FIGHTING PRNE-
TRATE PUP LINES TO DEPTH
OF THIRTEEN MILES.
French and English Make Great Gains,
During Past Week and kaisep's
Army Is Withdrawing to
New Line of Defense.

With the Army in France.-Tho|
Germans have been dealt one blow
after another during the past week, but
the feature probably Of greatest In
tsrest to the American people was tha|
determined attack of the Americana
troops, under the direct command Of
,, General Pershing, upon the Germans
In the st. Mihiel salient. The primary,
detectives were quickly reached, thei
salient was cleared Of the enemy, and
the Americans are now pushing for
ward in the direction of Metz, tha1
great German fortress taken from the,
French nearly half a century ago. The
movement 10 one Of the master strokes
Of the whole war, for If the Germans
lose Nets and the Briery iron mines.l
they will bs greatly handicapped I'M
their efforts to withstand future att
tacks to be made by the sallied forces
on all the fronts. In two days Of fight
Ing the Americans penetrated the Ger-
man lines to Z depth Of thirteen miles,.
and captured numerous towns and viii
lagos. The number of prisoners takenl
exceeds 10000, which is approximately
the strength Of two enemy divisions.
The French troops also were active
IN various other sectors, and on Satur-
day morning Field MARSHAL Fochl
launched an attack aimed at the St.
Gobain massif, defending the German
citadel Of Loan. The attack was made,
on both sides of the river Ailette and
In the region of the Aisne to the south
and southwest. !:
The important height, Mont-des-
Singes, and the towns of Annemont|
and Sancy, have been taken, and tha|
advance at this point threatens thel
right flank of the Chemin-des-Dames.'
On the Aisne front the French are re-
reported to be making satisfactory
progress.
Haio Hammering at Huns.
Field Marshal Haig has continued
his successful operations on the Brit
ish front during the week. There has
stiffening of German resistance in
the north and the British have re-
pulsed repeated counter-attacks, maxi
ing slight gains from time to time. The
so-called Hindenburg line has been
crossed at one or two points, and the
military critics have predicted the
withdrawal of the kalsers army to a
new line o.. defense as far back as the
Mouse river. Cambria is one of the
British detectives, but it Is also the
evident purpose of Field Marshal Haig
to regain possession of the French
coal mines and manufacturing cities in
northern France.
There has been some activity on the
Italian front for some time past, ar-
tillery duels being constant and raids
frequent. No battles have been fought
and no distinct advantage gained BY
either side.
Chaotic conditions continue to pres
vail in Russia. Petrograd was reported
burning few days ago, and II was
said the people were being massacred
by wholesale. Later reports were to-
the effect that the capital city had
been taken by the anti-revOlutionists.,
One of the London papers claimed to-
have authentic information that the!
former empress and her four daugh-
ters had been assassinated by the Boil
sheviki, but the story has been off,
cially denied.