The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-19
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF The WAR
(By Associated Press.)


Allied successes In the encireiins
of ST. Quentin and breaking into the
Hindenhurg line north of that strong
point continue. The fighting 10 go
ina on with great intensity on a
front of more than 80 miles, from
south of St. Quentin to northwest Of
Cambria.
Field Marshal Haia is driving on
north of ST. Quentin and has cap
tured outposts on the Hindenbura
line.
The Germans, apparently with the
intention Of holding up the British
advance to the south, have been
bOmbardins heavily the British lines
from Gouzeauoourt TO the Arras-
cambrai road.
At two points, one north OF St.
Quentin and the other in the area
near where General 5yng made his
sensational advance last October be-
fore Cambria, the allied forces ap-
pear to have reached the main posi-
tions of the Germans.
On this front the best n1aps fail
to show tho difficulties attending
even a minor advance. For 10
months tho Germans have been
strengthening their positions which
they considered as being almost in
vulnerable. The fact, therefore, that
the British and French. succeeded in
storming intrenohed heights and
strongly defended towns, indicates
that the blow was one in which large
numbers of men were engaged and
may have been designed as at least
the preliminary steps to move Of
more than ordinary Importance.
French, Serbian and Greek forces
have continued their advance on the
Macedonian front and have taken a
number of strongly defended points
in the mountainous region east Of
Monastir. The front is now nearly
20 miles in length and the advance
has reached a depth Of more than six
miles.
II is said that the defense Of the
Teutonic allied troops was strong at
fret, but that, as the entente armies
have smashed their way forward the
enemy has appeared TO lose his taste
for close fighting. The progress Of
the allies, however. would not ap"
pear TO indicate any general giving
way of the Bulgarian forces, which
are being assisted by German units,
according to Berlin dispatch.
BASE is THREATENED.
The fighting has been going on
sinea Sunday and the progress is
such that there 10 now a real threat
toward the city Of PreIsp, which is
said to be one of the principal bases
of the Teutonic allies on this sector
of the Macedonian front,
American troops are engaged IN
consolidatinu their new lines across
the bases of the st. Mihiel salient
which was wiped out by them last
week. The Germans are reported to
be feveriahIy working TO strengthen
their lines in this sector, but It seems
improbable that a new American as
sault will be made at once in this
region.
Il now appears that the SUCCESS
full drive of the Americans was for
the purpose of wiping out the st.
MihieI salient which stood as mem
ace to the flank of the Americans in
Lorraine and the French in Cham =
paane in case either should attack.
II may be considered therefore, as a
local attack carried out with terrific
force and now that it's ohiectives
have been reached the storm center
in eastern France may be shifted
This fact when taken into eonsi-
deration with the successful attack
made by the British and French
alona the ST. Quentin front shows
that Marshal Foch has pinned down
large bodies of the enemy forese In
widely separated parts Of the line.
The Germans are forced to heavily
man their lines from before Metz
clear down through. the Lorraine and
Vosges sectors, while there is always
very real threat at his vital posi-
tions north of Laon. In the mean
: time, the line from Rheims to VeF"
0un always pTE5GHA8 BhECf 90 81 ~
vitinu field for an allied offensive.
RUSSIAN REPORTS.
Reports from Moscow are to the
effect that the BoIsheVik forces are
retreatino on both the northern and
southern fronts. On the north they
are. beinq forced back by the entente
allied units while Czeeho .sIovak
armies along the VoIaa are also ad-
vaneina. It is also reported that the
Czecho SIovaks have taken the city
of Perm. If this is true they seem
to be on the verge of uniting the
forces which have been fighting ~
western Siberia with those which
have been engaged in the valley Of
che VnTaa river in southeastern Hus'
sia. From Perm TO kazan, where
the Czeeho- SIovaks are known TO be
is less than 200 miles, distance
which may seem great when judged
! bv the standard of the western thea =
ter of the war. but which is a rel
| ativeIy short distance in the east
where there 10 virtually no organized
resistance TO advancing troops.