Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-19
Today's War
Summary
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(By The Associated Press)
Allied successes in, the encircling of
St. Quentin and braking into h Hin
denburP line north of that strong
point continue. The fighting is go
ing on with great intensity on a front
of more than 80 miles from south OF
St. Quentin to northwest of Cambria.
Field Marshal. Haig is driving on
north of st. Quentin n has captured
outposts OF the Hindenburg line. :,
The Germans apparently with the
intention of holding up the British
advance to the south, have been
bombarding heavily the British lines
from Couzeaucourt to the Arras-
Cambria road. -
On this front the best map fail to
show the difficulties attending even a
minor advance. For eighteen months
the Germans have been Strengthening
their positions which they considered
as being almost invulnerable. the
fact, therefore, that the British n
French succeeded in stormlng en-
trenched heights and strongly defend
ed towns indicates that the blow was
one in which large numbers Of men
were engaged and may LAY been
designed as: at, least the preliminary
stepsto q move of more than ordinary
Importance.
French, Serbian and Greek forces
have continued tEeir advance on the
Macedonian front and have taken a
humber of strongly defended points In
h mountainous region east or
Monastir. The front is now nearly 20
miles in length and h advance has
reached a depth of more than six
miles.
1t is said that the defense of the
Teutonic Allied troops was strong at
first, but that, as the Entente armies
have smashed their way forward, the
enemy has appeared to lose his taste
theSAllies, however, would not appear,
to indicate any general giving way OF
the Bulgarian forces, which are being
assisted by German units, according
to a Berlin dispatch. Z
The fighting has been going on
since Sunday n the progress is such
that there is now a real threat toward
the city Of ;Prelep. which is said to be
one of. the principal bases Of the
Teutonic allied on this sector of the
Macedonian front.
American troops are engaged. IN
consolidating 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 feverishly working to strengthen
their lines in this sector, but it seems
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SAINT will be made at once in this
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II now appears that the successful
drive of the Americans was for the
purpose OF wiping out the st. Mihiel
salient which stood as a to
the flank of the Americans in Lor-
raine and the French in Champagne
in case either should attack. 1t may
he considered therefore as a local at
tack carried out with terrific force
and now that it's detectives have beer
reached the stornn center in eastern
France may be, shifted suddenly.
This fact when taken into consid.
CREATION with the successful attach
made by the British and French along
the st. Quentin front shows that Mar
shal. ,Foch has pinned down large
bodies Of the enemy forces in widel!
separated parts of the line. Thu
Germans are forced to heavily MA,
their lines from before Metz cleal
down through the Lorraine anc
vosges, sectors, while there is Away
q very real threat at his vital posi-
lions north of Iaon. In the mean
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