Show lOCH SHAKES HAK 1 j I I uP r DEFENSE 1 OJ OF l LAON A U N I Allied Smashes Break BreakThrough BreakThrough BreakThrough Through Strong Line Positions Formidable Surrender to French By Associated Press r r t ND DER ER allied sma smashes s on two V lid idE fronts front between n Arras iu arid and d. d Verdun the thc d German rm defensive de de- h. h e system based a on 11 th the fortress of Laon is being shaken t e Marshal Mars al Foch white while continuing the suc successful e sul Franco American thrust east Bast of ot Rheims Rheims to Verdun has hurled the British against the th the German lines north of ot Cam Cameral ral on on a front south of t f the river ARMISTICE OFFER f Allied successes successes' in Macedonia have have resulted In the offer otter of an armistice the Bulgarian p premier emier to the al allied al- al tied lied generalissimo in Macedonia M cedonia The allied c commander has refused to o st stop step p fighting lighting but said he would re- re ac accredited Bulgarian delegates tes Meanwhile the allied forces are pressing on and pushing farther tarther apart the tho divided Bulgarian Germano-Bulgarian ar- ar mites YANKS CONTINUE ADVANCE From the new line reached ThursY Thurs- Thurs Y night the Ameri American an forces be between between be- be tween the Argonne and th the Meuse Mouse continue con con- to press northward through the hilly wooded country northwest of V The IThe Americans are well be beyond ond the German lines and hold imp or- or tant observation points along the front A light rain fell feU Friday on the American I the weather was leas ui unfavorable for tor observation I West of ot the Argonne to the Sulp Lb be ie e wrench French have advanced more than three and one half miles and taken and passed the formidable defense points Including iri luding the famous famous' the Butte du and the Butte du duM M IN DAY General Petain's men men took more than 1000 prisoners who who with the the the t laken ken by the Americans ricans brings brins the rallied allied total for lor the first day of or the I. I attack to sf gIn the Argonne o forest lorest itself the the al al- It little ef- ef are making lort to move trove northward C r- The allied command seemingly be- be that the will be cleared cleare automatically fi ally as the Americans Americans' and French progress French progress on on either side I Already th the Germans facing the In French In th the forest have been outflanked out- out flanked 1 d on the east CiRCLE QUENTIN ENCIRCLE E ST. ST P r r he hc he new British attack attai attack k hed Fri Fri- north of oC the opera- opera morning morning is li looking to the encirclement of ot St St. and threatens and thle threatens tens the German defense defense de- de rense morth and west of Cambrai South Qt of f the river the British ar within the Hindenburg line I wid and on ground untouched previously by b I heavy fighting I s W s oC Cambrai they are just west I pf q pf the German perman tin lin and the new opera vt on probably is planned to o outflank jibe Hindenburg Hindenburg position from Crom Cambrai f to St.- St. Quentin The Franco Franco American an thrust further south i Is aimed against against the communications communications GO 55 MILES fi i L Serbian l n tro troops ps at the fife apex of ot the thet t advancing allied salient in Macedonia nave Have advanced more than five fifty smiles miles from their nal g positions The in important base of has b gen enoc U ea and the the the- Serbs Serb's fight are are fight g g for Veles Voles Northeast of ot b Serbian cavalry Js s 5 pressing rapidlY toward the Bulga- Bulga an border OT IMPASSABLE BLE NOW East Bast of of the and n d north of ot the allies are arc crossing rapidly the n he hitherto supposed Impassable heights The Serbs have got goten gottell stell tell en over the range and the thew reach rench and Greeks are on the heights w bf l range British troops are arching marching on Strut the Bulgarian abase base ase In this region Progress also Is Ping tin maintained west of the OJ and near Monastir while the enemy troops o on the wings especially in Albania Alba Alba- nia are rapidly getting Into 4 a danger danger- bus position |