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New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
American Women in
St. Mihiel Gave Aid

PARIS, Sept. 23.-~Two days after the
relief of st. Mihel, and Immediately
after the visit Of the President Of
France, Mrs. Laura Forest, of st. Paul,
MINI, and Miss Evelyn Hooker, OF,
Cincinnati, arrived in the little citv on
the Meuso. They were the first Amer
lean women to visit st. Mihiel after the
dlslodgmcnt of the Germans.
Mrs. Forest and Miss Hooker belono
70 the American Fund for French
ounded. They were at an American
hospital behind the lines during the
American offensive. and when the news
was confirmed that st. Mihiel had been
taken lhey immediately sent a wireless
dispatch to headquarters asking for
permlsslon to visit the city the next
day. This permission was refused, as
the day had been reserved for the
visit of Pres dent Poincare, but they
We're informed that they might proceed
to St. Mihiel the following day.
during my two years OF war work" 8"
SAID Mrs. Forest to The Associated
Press, Il have seen sad sights and sad
people, but never such sights or such
people. Our motor car was quickly
surrounded by women and children.
half mad with joy, and vet so worn.
tired. starved, cowed and abused that
sustained animation was imposeible
One after another they would claim
our attention with his or her story of
JOY at the sight Of friends Of their
land But each time the look of iov
promptly died out, to be replaced bv
one OF pathos as another person re
lated his experience"
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heroism in an air fight August 13 in
which he saved another machine from
destruction and later, by great ingenu-
ity. brought his own riddled plane
safely within the British lines.
This officer" said General Perish
ing's report, lied two other machines
on long photographing reconnois
>ance. They were able to take all
photographs required, but were at
tackled by six Fokker biplanes.
During the combat Lieutenant Bon
nalie broke off combat with an enemy
and ilived to the assistance of British
machine in trouble. He drove off the
enemy plane. regardless Of the bullets
which were ripping up his own ma
chine.
"Eventually, however, his tail planes
and his elevator wires were shot away
and his machine began to fall in sid1
dash slips.
an its damaged condition Lieutenant
Bonnalie's machine was tail heavy and
he therefore had his observer leave his
cockpit and lie out along the cowl in
front of the pilot. In this manner he
recrossed the British trenches at low
altitude and righted his machine suii-
ciently to avoid Il fatal crash"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
BuLgars Euacuate Entire Line
From Doiran to the Riuer Vardar

Oghluiar. Hamzali. one kilometre south
of Bog0ance, and west of the Nardar
are advancing on Mrzenci in touch
with the Greeks at Gaurinchet."
The Italian statement reads:
In Macedonia we are overcoming the
resistance of covering parties and the
difficulties Of the terrain. On Saturday
night we continued the pursuit Of the
enemy who is in retreat. At dawn,
after an average advance OF about
twelve kilometres and the capture of
sixteen villages. we reached with the
left wing and the centre the line Of
Chairi- Dobrush shovo- Musa Oba and car
ried a. the right the strong position
Of Mount Bobishta. We took numerous
prisoners
The statements issued last night from
the War Office in Paris says:
EASTERN THEATRE, Sept. 21-
The success achieved by the Allies in
Macedonia is takino the character Of a
great victory. The French and Serb
ian armies are making rapid progress
in the centre. toward the middle Var
dar valley, and are advancing on the
whole front of $50 kilome tres, between
Monastir and Lake Dorian. The en-
emy is in precipitate retreat. and is
being pursued vigorously by all the
Allied contingents.
"Northeast of Monastir the line OF
Mogila Nanatlartbi and Kalyan has
been reached. Further north Serbian
troops are marching toward Prilep and
have reached the Vardar from Gradsko
10 Demilkapu. They have thrown
some elements across the river to the
LETT bonk.
''In the lower Nardar Valley Allied
forces have PASSED the line OF koynsko
and Zurinchet, on the right bank of
the river They have also taken
Guevgueli and all Of the first enemy
positions as far as Lake Doiran.
Enemy rear guards are being re-
lentlessly pursued. Upon the roads in
the region of Monastir, Kichevo and
Prilep enemy columns are retreatine
IN indescribable disorder and are bonn
barded without respite by Allied avi-
ators. number Of villages and de-
pots are in flames. Prisoners, cannon
and enormous quantities of material.
which it is impossible to estimate, has
fallen into our hands. We have, in
particular, captured on the Vardar
Valley Railroad, locomotives, three
complete trains and two pieces of long
range artillery mounted on trucks. In
many places demoralized Bulgarian
units have thrown down their arms.
/ Our progress continues over the whole
| front of attack
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24

ERMANY'S minor satellites
n arc going down to defeat to-
gcthcr They attached them
selves to the German cause not in
fulfilment Of any outstanding po-
litical obligation, but ~with cold
blooded calculation and an eye to
profits.
Ferdinand the Crafty got his divi-
dends without much delay. The Ger
mans delivered over to him within
three months the Macedonian terri
tory owned by Serbia-the great
prize he had lost at the end Of the
Balkan wars. Turkey expected
Egypt. the Crimea and Persia. She
has received in part payment so far
only three petty districts in Trans
caucasia. But she has meanwhile
lost Arabia, Mesopotamia and Pales-
tine, and she is about to lose Syria.
And the Bulgars are now at last
being chased out of Macedonia and
may soon have to defend Sofia itself.
The Bulgar defeat is almost as
crushing as the savage blow dealt
in Palestine to the hopes of the
Young Turks. General Franchet
d'Espcrey, d who commanded with dis
tincton the French army on the
right of Foch's in the First Battle
Of the Marne, has retrieved the long
record Of Allied disappointments
in the Balkanss His reorganized
armies have smashed the vyhole Bull
garlan front from Lake Dorian west
to the Albanian frontier. The Bull
garian armies west of the Nardar
have been separated from those east
Of the Vardar. The only hope left
OF restoring contact lies in swift
retreat out Of Southern Serbia. And
it doesn't look now as if new east
and west Bulgarian line could be re-
established anywhere south of
Uskub.
General d'Esperey dislocated the
Bulgarian right and left wings by
his drive in force down the valley of
the Cerna, just as Foch's blow dislo
Gated Won Moltke's armies. Franco
Serbian columns have pushed forty
miles through the mountainous re-
glon between the Cerna and the Var
dar, and have reached the junction
OF the two rivers at Grodsko, about
fifteen miles south of Veles (Koprii
luO. This was the northernmost
point reached by the Intellectual AL
he'd expedition of 1915 to succor
Serbia. There the insufficient French
and British forces were halted. They
were never able to establish connec-
ton with the main Serbian armies
driven west by Won Mackensen and
the Bulgarians into the mountains of
Albania
Astride the Vardar at Grodsko the
French and Serbians have cut the
Salonica-U u skub railroad the main
feeder to the Bulgarian front from
the Vardar east to Lake Doiran.
i hey have also cut the branch road
southwest to Prilep, The Bulgarian
base north of Monastir.
The Bulgarian 1st Army. on the
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the quickest and most complete Of
the entire war. is counted as having
definitely deprived the Turks Of Pa
lcst,ne. In addition. besides the per
sonnci of their army, the defeat has
cost them an immenSo amount of war
material.
SO far as is known the Turks on
;his front only had four airplancs
and these have been capturc,i
The victory of General Allenby is
hailed as u model la CONCEPTION and
execution. his conSumatc use of cavalry
being especially praised bc tho mill
tary critics.
The Immediate effect OF the victory
is likely to be the liberation of the
Holy Land, for it is anticipated that
General Allcnby will have little diff
Guilty IN entirely clearing northern
Palestine aud be able to relieve his
communications by establishing a base
at laifa. whence the railway runs
TO Beisan and Damascus. Thus the
whole Turkish railway system IN south
crn Syria is controlled by the Anglo
French forces in Palestine.
The Turkish disaster, it is pointed
out, is bound to have the most pro
found reaction in Constantinople aud
Sofia and likewise to compromise the
situation Of the Turks in Mesopotamia.
1t seems probable also that it will
terminate the Turkish adventures IN
Persia and the Caucasus.
"Thc Daily Telegraph which dc
clares the existence of the Ottman
Empire is imperilled by one Of the
master strokes of the war. points out
Sh~t General Allenhy struck unex-
pectedly early, and has all tN, cam
paigning still before him. "Thc Morn
ing Post urges tina. diplomatic
effort be made 10 dotach Turkey from
.ho Control poworS
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Raids by Canadians
On the Canal du Nord
Net Many Prisoners

WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES N
FRANCE, Sept. 23.-The week on the
Canadian front has been one of active
watchfulness marked by continued pa.
trolls and raids on both sides Of the
Canal du Nord. There IS an evident
intention on the part of the enemy to
hold the east side Of the canal to the
end, as one of the remaining strong
lines in his possession.
One post has been taken and retaken
no fewer than four times, and the oper-
ations have netted the Canadians a
number Of prisoners, even the German
raids resulting in prisoners to the Can.
adian forces. Aerial activity, both by
plane and balloon, has been uninter-
rupted. Several German planes and
balloons have fallen to our pilots. II
is confirmed that the German pilots
are using parachutes.
Our artillery has dominated the sit
uation, frequently neutralizing the
German batteries and causing many
fires. as well as destroying observa-
tion points and bridges, OF which there
are many in this district.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24

LONDON, Sept. 23.-West of the
Nardar the Serbian forces on the Bal
kan front have cut the railway line to
Prilep, which is the main line of Ger
man communication in this region.
Serbian infantry units are now in the
mountainous region. They advanced
twenty-five miles in one day. The num-
Der of prisoners and the amount Of war
material captured increases daily
As the result of the heavy pressure
of the Entente Allied forces, the enemy
has evacuated the whole line from Dol
ran to a point west of the Vardar
Serbian troops have cut the main
railway line between Uskub and Sa-
lolica and are on the western bank of
the Nardar River. according to the Ser
bian official statement Of Sunday.
The Serbians have captured between
5000 and 10000 prisoners and 120 guns
'fhe Evening Standard" says it learns.
The report from the British War
Office reads
Serbian troops il Il victorious ad-
vance are forcing the German and Bull
garian reinforcements to retreat. The
Serbian troops this morning (Sunday)
reached the river Nardar and cut the
main railway line between Uskub and
Salonca
Our troops have crossed the Crnreka
the Drenska Mountain range?) and
have cut the railway between Gredsko
southeast Of Uskub) and Prilep. which
is the main Inc Of communication of
the German army.
All the surrounding enemy sectors
are feeling the seuuences Of having
their lines of communication cut. Our
advance from September Is up to to-
day amounts 20 d total of sixty-five
kilometres forty milcs).
"1nfantrY units have now reached the
highest part OF the very mountainous
regions and advanced forty Kilometres
"tASTERN THEATRE, Sept. 21.--
During the day of September 21 the
French al q Serbian armies have broken
across thc massif of Drachevishko
Serious resistance is being offered BY
BulEa ri;-' rcar guards reinforced BY
German troops.
ror:h ef "c4aroi and Navadar. ane
reached the Nardar in the direction o.
Negctin and Dcmirkapu.
"1hc crcmv has destroyed much
ltwcntN-lYc miles in ono day. The
fumbor ot prisoners and the volume O
vnr matorial are Increasing contin
uslly."
A supplementary communication is
sued i'm London Tonight follows
"a tho result OF attacks and con
tirual heavy pressure by British ane
Greek troops. in conjunction with the
French and Serbian advance furtheI
west. the enemy has evacuated his
whole nnc from I,oiran to the west o.
the Nardar. He has set on fire the
lludova station and the Cestovoo ant
Tike and 1atarli dumps. and his troops
and transports are crowding along the
road northward heavllv bombed ant
machine gunned by the Royal All
Force
1--WE have reached the line Okars
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
FRENCH

PARIS DAY).-In the region of
st. Quentin the French troops con-
tinued their advance yesterday even
ing and last night. They penetrated
the wood north Of Ly-Fontainc,
captured the fort and village of
Nendeuil and pushed on to the Disc.
French recommending parties took
prisoners north of the Aisne and in
the Champagne, in tho direction Of
the Butte du Mcsnil German raids
north Of the Neslc and in the Nosgcs
failed.
PARIS (NIGHD, Sept -. South
of st. Quentin we have enlarged our
positions to the east Of Hinacourt
and Ly-Fontaine. We have reached
the western outskirts of Nendeuil.
North Of the Asne three counter
attacks by the Germans were broken
to the north of Allamant and have
held our lines securely. We have
gained ground east of Sancy and
have taken prisoners
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
BRITISH

LONDON (NIGHD.-By a success
full local operation this morning,
northeast of Epehy, We captured
German strongpoint which had been
stubbornly defended for the past
three days.
North of this locality a hostile
counter attack in the morning sue
ceeded in entering our positions at
one point, where a party Of the
enemy is still holding out Else
where the attack was repulsed.
LONDON (DAY). Successful
minor operations were carried out by
our troops yesterday and during the
night at several points. In the after
noon English troops captured a Ger
man strong point, in the neighbor-
hood of the Ronssoy- Bony Road,
which had held out stubbornly all
day, taking eighty prisoners.
Later in the afternoon a hostile
counter attack from the direction Of
Gillemont Farm was repulsed with
heavy loss by our rife and machine
gun fire
During the night other English
troops made progress in the direction
Of Tombois Farm after several hours
hard fighting, and further north
captured group of strongly held
trenches and strong points on the
spur northwest of Nondhuile. taking
Il number of prisoners.
During the night also over 100
prisoners were captured by US in a
successful local attack south of Vii
lers sGuislain
East Of Gavrellc, English troops
made progress on front of about
three-quarters of a mile, capturing
sixty prisoners.
Early last night the enemy at
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Military Comment
BY William L. Mcpherson
Copyright. 1914 New YORK Tribune Inr)

! Monastir sector, has thus been
thrown up in the air. It has begun
q disorderly retreat north, closely
pursued by the Italians, who have
leen holding the Allied line above
Monastir. lt must chase up the
mountain valleys beyond Prilep, in
the expectation Of reaching Uskub
III 1T fails in this, it must turn west
INTO Albania to join the Austro-H Hun
Turlans in that mountainous waste
The I'd Bulgarian army. about
Lake Dorian, is also retreating. j.
Is near the Bulgarian border and
may make good it's retirement into
the Strumitza region on toward Ish-
tlb, in Serbia, east Of the Vardar.
But the difficulties in the way of
a reunion Of these two armies are
enormous. The wedge driven be-
tween them is broad and deep. And
the Allies now possess the sole north
ern artery into Serbia, the valley
OF the Vardar They can drive up
1t to Uskub more easily than the
bn!gars can approach Uskub through
the mountains on each side
Bulgaria's diluted southern front
has suddenly collapsed And to re-
&C instruct it seems beyond the power
of nation already war weary,
which again sees the fruits of crush
ing sacrifices and INSCRIPTIONS di-
plcmacy slipping out of its hands.
The Turkish defeat in Palestine
Fas turned into a tragic catastrophe.
Two armies have been wiped out.
The toll Of prisoners will probably
Yum to $4,000 or 10000. The trap
in which the Turks were caught has
closed with a snap. The way to
Damascus is now open to General
Allenby. So is the way to Aleppo.
Palestine is an ideal fighting
ground for an invader who controls
the sea. AS the British forces move
north they can shift their sea base
by easy stages. Jaffa is connected
~ an east and west railroad to Jer-
lsalem. Haifa, about thirty miles
north Of Jaffa, is the port for an
cast and west railroad running. to
the south end of the Sea of CALI
lee and connecting little further
east, at Derat, with the Damascus
Arabian railroad. A second branch
Inc from Mzerib, west of Derat,
parallels the Arabian line nearly
Up to Damascus
North of Damascus another east
and west line runs across Lebanon
from Beirut. Also from Beirut
road runs up the Syrian coast to
Tarabulus and then crosses to the
pamascusAleppo line at HONS.
Aleppo is only 175 miles north OF
Damascus And all the way up the
British army can find near and con-
venient bases on the Mediterranean.
There is therefore no serious
military obstacle left between the
British and Aleppo. And the fall
of Aleppo will mean the loss to Tur-
key Of all her Eastern empire, except
Asia Minor and the provinces bor-
dering on the Black Sea.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
ITALIAN

ROME.-Artillery activity was in
tense at times along the Piavc. There
was harassing fire at several points
on the remainder Of the front In
the Ledro Valley we drove back an
enemy patrol and captured an out
post.
On the .Asiago plateau the French
carried out d brilliant local attack
10 the east of Mont Sisemol this
morning. They penetrated deeplv
INTO the enemy lines, DESTROYED and
damaged their defensive systems
and inflicted heavy losses en- the
garrison. One hundred prisoners
we're taken as we'll as five machine
guns. A British party brought back
prisoners captured in daring raid
INTO the hostile lines north Of Asiaco.
Two hostile airplanes were BROUGHT
down.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
GERMAN

BERLIN DAY>. We captured
prisoners in local raids south of
Ncuve- -Chapcllc. The artillery activ-
lty revived between Ypres and La
Bassec, on both sides Of tho Scarrc
and on the canal sector south OF
Marquion.
On the sectors east and southeast
Of Epehy. as we'll as between the
Omlgnon Brook and the Somme. the
artillery ducls again increased to
greater strength in the afternoon.
Infantry attacks which the British
launched against our lines southeast
of Epehy were rcpulsed.
The Second Guards Infantry Divi-
sion especially distinguished itself
yesterday, as it has done during the
last few days. Strong firing activity
was kept up during the night.
In nocturnal attacks east Of Epchy
the enemy obtained footing in sec
tons of our trenches. There were
forefield engagements on the Disc.
The lighting activity died down
yesterday between the Aiettc and
the Aisnc. Recommending engage
ments have taken place in Cham
pagne.
Between the heights of Lorraine
and the Moselle artillery duels in
creased temporarily during the early
morning. The enemy. who advanced
with strong detachments against
Haumont, and south of Dempvitoux
and Pembercourt, frequently felt his
way to our positions with recon
noltring attachments, but was re-
pulsed. West of the Moselle we
advanced our lines q little
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Plans Lithuanian Army

Llthuania will send an army re-
crultcc here TO the aid Of Russia if
plans proposed at meeting of Lthu-
anlans at the Hotel McAlpn yester-
day are adopted
Dr. John Szlupas, of Washington.
told the meeting il was only fitting
that men of his blood in the United
States should aid America in crushine.
German aggression and in establish
ing the independent Republic Of Lithu.
an!a. lie also said that there were
enough Lithuanians in the United
states to form several army corps and
suggested that these be organized
drilled equipped and sent to either
Murmansk OF Vladivostok to aid in
the restoration of Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24

under menace of being cornered there
with their backs to the river by the
French advancing toward the river in
the region OF Ly-Fonta;nc. The French
about the same time reached the quar-
rles just north OF Travecy, which COM
pleted the conquest of the west bank
of the Disc in that region.
Together with the formidable de
fences erected by the Germans around
st. Quentin General Dcbcney's forces
have reached the low, marshy country
of the valley of the Disc which pre-
sents enormous difficulties to any
troops that might attempt a crossing
north OF La ESrc
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Kaiser in Conference
| o Strengthen Morale

WASHINGTON, Sept. 90. Diplo.
matte advices from Zurich to day state
tnat Il council Ct war has just taken
place at German Great Headuuartcrs
at which Emperor William presided.
The Italian, as we'll as the Franco
British front. was considered, and the
telegram indicates that measures were
decided upon tc improve the morale of
tic populations of the Central En-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
San Francisco Flier
Is Awarded u. S. O.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s-Gencral
Pershing informed the War Depart
ment to-day that Lieutenant A. f.
Bonnalie, of 1921 Mission Street, San
Francisco, an American attached to the
Royal Air Force, had been awarded the
British distinguished service order for
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24

The Governors purpose also was to
visit the injured in tho hospital, the
message stated.
Dispatches from the American front
to the Associated Press, Saturday night
emphasized the fact that there had
been 40 bombardmcnt Of Metz.
although the forts around it have been
under fire and she'll occasionally has
fallen in the vicinity Of the city.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
French Take Wide
Stretch of the Oise
From La Fere to NOV
tBy The Associated Press

IBV TIC AssociHtcd Prcss)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. % $3.50 .. m. The
French now hold the left bank of the
Disc for more than half the distance
from La Fere TO Moy.
General Debeny's troops captured the
woods north of Lys -Fontaine last even
ing, and his patrols went through Ven
deuil to the Disc.
The Germans had evacuated Nendeui]
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
The Official Statements

tackled Berthaucourt under cover of
a heavy artillery barragc and pene-
tratcd our line at one point. An
immediate counter attack by our
troops completely reestablished the
positions
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
German Reports Say
Allied Bombardnent
Has Damaged Metz

PARIS. Sept. 2&. The Governor of
AlSace- Lorraine visited Metz, Thurs
day "to inspect the damage caused by
the long distance bombardment," says
Havas dispatch from Basel to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Were Busy Replies
AIDE to Peace Talk

The National Security League,
which has been collecting the opin
ions of authors concerning Germanv's
ueace manpuvres, made public yes
terday the comments of George Ade.
Says George Ade to Germany:
ITO even accounts and balance the
books, the Allies should he permitted
to name the date on which the war
is TO end
"Be fair. Germany, and grant IS
this small favor-you who have re
velled in the Initiative
"And for goodness sake, don't
hurry us.
Don't be Offering suggestions as
to peace terms
Cant you see that we are busy >"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-24
Bright and Early

Our artist says that The fell
low up top there in the noisy
paJamas arose carly in order
to buy IA supply of Paramount
De Luxe Shirts before goinc
to his Office. We wonder how
ne slept at az in such racket
Be that as ii may. he will
find rs waiting with welcome.
ready to fix him up with The
best shirt values bc ever saw
for $50.
Also some of The most at
tractive pajamas that cver IN
duccd Il good night 5 rest.
Tics. collars. socks and other
furnishings as we'll all Stand.
ard Paramount quality at
standard prices which offer a
good chance TO save dollars for
Uncle Samuel s Fourth Liberty
Loan.
Why don't you, too. get the
Paramount habit; Always
glad to sec you. early or late