Show AMERICANS E DRIVE GERMANS B BACK CK I IN TWO DAYS' DAYS FIGHTING PENETRATE PENETRATE PENE HUN LINES TO DEPTH J OF THIRTEEN MILES I I French and English Make Great Gains Gains- Gain 1 During Past Week and Kaisers Kaiser's I Army Is Withdrawing to New Line of Defense f t With the time Arm Army in France The The- Germans have been dl dealt one blow v after another during the past week but j the fe feature ture proba probably ly lyof of greatest in In- In to the American people was the determined attack of th the American i troops under the tiie direct command or of f General Pershing upon the Germans 9 la In the St. St Mihiel 1 Co he primary objectives were w re quickly reached the salIent sallent was cleared of f tIle the enemy cuemy and 1 the Americans are now pushing forward forward for for- ward In the time direction lon of Met Metz tile the great German fortress taken falten from rom the j French nearly hal hall half n 11 century ago The movement Is one of the muster master strokes stroke of the time whole w war r for fOl If the Germans Germans- lose Metz and the Briery iron mines 3 they will be greatly greatly handicapped in their efforts to withstand ul future attacks nt- nt at attacks tacks to be J made by the time allied forces fone l. l on all the fronts In two days dUYf of fightIng fight- fight y lug Ing the Americans penetrated the Ger Ger- German German man lines to toa a n depth of thirteen miles mlles and captured numerous towns town and vil vIl- lages Time The number of prisoners taken exceeds which Is approximately lY lYthe the strength of two enemy divisions The Tag French rench troops troop also were active In various s other tIler sectors and on on Satur Saturday Satur- Satur day duy morning Field Marshal Foch launched an attack aimed aimed at nt the Sr St St St. massif defending the German citadel of Loan The attack was made on both sides of the river andin and andIn andIn In the region of the AI Aisne oI e to to the south and southwest s The Important height des font Singes des rind and the towns of and San Sancy y have Ilave been taken and the he advance at this' this point thre threatens the the- jj right flank of the des Chemin On th the Aisne front the time French are ft re- re F r reported ported to be be making progress Halg Haig Hammering at Huns Field Marshal l Halg Haig hasi continued his successful operations on the British Brit Brit- British f ish front durin during the week There hh has has- stiffening of German German resistance inthe In III Inthe i the north and the British have repulsed re rl repulsed pulsed repeated counter attacks I making makIng makIng mak mak- ing slight gains gain from front time to time The rh 1 so-called so Hintenburg line lne has ham been closs crossed d at nt one or two t points and lild the y military critics critic have hay pr predicted dict d the th withdrawal of the time kaisers kaiser's army t to a anew anew new line lne of defense as mis far bark back b. k as us the Meuse river Cambrai is ts one ODe of the British objectives but It la b also aiso the fhe evl evident ent p purpose rp se of 1 Field Marshal Haig to Lo regain possession of the French ren h coal mines and ure In northern France There has b been en some ome activity on the the- Italian front for some Um pat past artillery artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery duels being constant nun raids f frequent No battles have haye been fought and no distinct advantage gained by either side Chaotic conditions continue to tu prevail pre pre- vail nail in Russia Petrograd wu wax report reported ell wining burning a few days s 's ago ngo and it wa was said mid the people were being massacred by ay wholesale Later reports reports' were to the he effect that the capital city had been been taken by the anti One ne of the L London papers papers clah claimed li 1 to have have authentic information Information that the fhe former ormer empress and her four daughters daugh daugh- terI ers had been assassinated by the Bol- Bol fhe kl but the story has been officially fl- fl denied |