Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-21 | Page 1 | [Illegible] are Encircling St. Quentin

Allies' Pressure Upon Hindenburg Line Is Continuous; Gains Are Reported During Day. Teuton Strong Points Overcome and Other Victories Are Waiting Commands by Foch. By Universal Sorvk-C. PARIS. Sept. 20. Bombardment of Metz by one or more American long-range guns is admitted in an official note appearing in the Metz newspapers. The note ttdeavors to caun the civilian population, ' saying tho bombardment had been expected and did not represent a real menace, being merely a natural nat-ural consequence of the St. Mihiel ' battle. The shelling, the note adds, will end when the battle "conies to a standstill." PABIS, Sept. 20. French troops have made progress east of Es-signy Es-signy le Grande and the Molsy farm on tf!e Picardy front, south j of St. Quentin, according to tho of- j ficial statement issued at the war j office tonight. Artillery activity ! continues in the region of St. Quen- i tin and along the Aisuo sector, tho ' statemeut says. ! Ijy A isoclatod Frets. ; Although there has be;,i MWiru-hai of a M,i In the intensity ot the. liiith, 1'roni the region 01' Si. guenlin to t'um-brai t'um-brai in the Krcnv, lhe;iter, both the British and French armies have bcp.n able materially to better their positions posi-tions In front of both Cambral and St. ' Quentin. Moeitrrcs, lying to the west of Cambrni, over whie.h Ihere baa been Eueh Intensive fighting for more than a vceJi, in which the form several tinier ehanyed hands, now is ilefinilely British. The lai-pe numbers of German devi HtreivinK t)iu sround around it attcat Iho value they placed oa Moeuvre.5 a;j a point of .strategy Jr, Hie defence, of CVimhrai. ST. QUENTIN'S FALL IS EXPECTED SOON. To the south on both wid-s of St. Quentin the British and I'YctKh have moved in more cioscly i he jaw of t h) nipper whiHi is being pohied ultimately to pinch St. Quentin juf of the battle line. Most of the German .strong point which have been the means of holding back the allied troops in this region now have been overcome, and apparently it in only a matter of time wlvn General Po' h will g've th: order for t he pre? ;urn ol the pincers and the capture of St. Ciii;n-tin. Ciii;n-tin. In the region norLhefif of Soinson:" ihe, Germans arc still ining maebir, gun:-i in large numbers to hold Lark the Ti ux-h from fu'rther en roar !uvk,:iIk on im; Ohcmin-dc!!-Lames position", wrnl ah o are launching h'a'.y conntr-a t laf.kh in endeavor;; to c:'pct the Krc:i';li from the poMtioru-; they have ariained. Notviiri-ytanding Notviiri-ytanding thse titrcnuoun et forH, hn-x-ever, tho Frencii have. r,a.ln':d further ground northeast of Yailly. GUNS BUSY ON ST. MIHIEL FRONT. Little further fighting has devekincl on the front held by the A mcriea ns ivnr.i. Of S:. .Vlh,I, but A men ran lovur-rsjit'e guns arc heavily shelling i,,c. big (.icr'.nan f,)r;ress of Met:'.. In i.ircdonia lhc I ; . I if Sri;:au-. I-'rcnch and 'l'ce'is eoidinuo .;ird afttji tv,e 'Julian:: ns, fli-iir.f en, in;- :i t (Coatinucd ou P3.;c TwoO V ALLIES SMASH GERMAN LliJES (Contmncd from Page One.) 'Li-.'-rn ;i:.J takiri; '..! iiTn'-'TS "! In nor'.i'cr;' il-i - -: i ' . . a I . ! I -j have ceihi'iI f'.r;..T ..-"- - m". r ::. c : : 1 1 1 y for1.