The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-10-04
9eorganized Serbian Army Starts
an important Offensive on
the Saloniki Front.
sUlGARIANs ARE N FLIGHT
Franco British Forces Closing Down
on st. Quentin Despite Strong Re-
sistance-Amerleans Smelling
Metx-Austria's Peace suQ-
oestion Promptly Re-
Jected.
BY EDWARD W. PickARD.

With a regenerated and reorganzed |
army, Serbia took the lead last week
in smashing the Hun and his allies.
Aided by French and Greek contin-
gents, the hard-hghting Serbians struck
Mt the Saoniki front held by the Bull
garians and certain German units.
They struck hard, too, and within three
days had advanced Il miles on %
mile front. taking 80 towns, including
the strongest of the enemy positions.
Al first the resistance was stubborn.
but by Thursday the Bulgarinns were
reported In full retreat and the Ser
bians pursuing them day and night.
The enemy threw In fresh divisions,
but In vain. for they too were com
pletely defeated. SO swift were the
fight and the pursuit that the Serbians
had not had time to count the great
number of prisoners taken or to esti-
mate the quantities OF material that
fell into their hands.
This Serbian advance by the end of
the week was seriously menacing tho
city OF Prilip, one of the chief bases
vi bhS Ro"tib III .iutShoh"' ~
Is not beyond the bounds OF POSSIBLE
ity that IL may later be connected up
with the operations OF the allies In Al
banIa, of which little has been heard
lately. A good many authorities long
have held the opinion that the war can
be brought 10 successful end soonest
by great offensive In the Balkan re-
glon, cutting OFF Turkey and Bulgaria
from their allies and threatening Aus.
tria from the south.
-
With the Franco British pincer-
slowly but surely closing down on st
Quentin, the French and Americans
in possession of the western end OF
the ChemIn des- Danes and steadIl,
Il pushing toward Laon and the Yankees
firmly established on their new lines
" In Lorraine, Smelling Metz and threat
Il ening the great iron and coal fields o.
the Briey basin, the German high com
g mand last week was still cllnging Il
II the Hindenburg line through most o
q Its length. The Huns had massed vas
2 numbers of long range guns and wer
I resisting desperately. but their increas
IT ing dearth of man power was becom
Il ing more evident daily. and the pris
oners taken. though well fed an
a. clothed. were Respondent and tired.
.. After several days OF preparation
N operations Field Marshal Haig on Wed
z nesday attacked on l6rmiie from
y northwest of ST Quentin, from Got
= zeaucourt south OF Holnon Wood. 81
10 fore nightfall the British had srnashe
ahead to a depth Of three miles. takin
p, Peiziere. La Vergulere, Epehy. Rom
=, SOY. yilleret and other towns and ba,
:, ging more than 5000 prisoners. tn
primary object OF the drive, which va
!. made In a hard rainstorm. was 10 gai
Il possession OF the old British irene
= system OF last March. running alon
- an important ridge Many Of the be
"a fighting units in the German army wet
opposed 10 Haig's men. but the latter a
tnined their object In the main and
~ some points went further than ht
Il, been expected. The artillery work
er the Germans. especially with high Y
or locity guns massed behind the
Is Quentin canal. was more severe thu
Isl for a long time before.
-
ID simultaneously with Halg's attac
as- the French hit the Boches on te
er- mile front south Of ST Quentin. sdyar
re- ing more than a mile and taking 10
as villages and hundreds OF prisoner
a
,ti- .he ultimate fall Of 81. Quentin, D
nc eeemy 10 sure to put up a lor