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Show RICH NIBBLING AT THE GERMAN LINE LULL IN FIQHTINQ IN WE8T PRELUDE TO HEAVY BLOW8 BY THE ALLIES. I American Troops Advancing Along Moselle River, While Orltlth and French Advance, and 8erblan Sprlno Surprise on Buloars. With tho Army In France. American Ameri-can troops on tho right wing of General Gen-eral Pershing's army havo reached Vundleres, on tho Moselle, n little more than n n" west of the German border and ludfwny between Font-A- Mousson nnd Pagny-Sur-Moscllo. Wbllo tho Serbs and .Jhclr French allies aro wresting from" tho Bulgars somo of tho strongest positions they bnvo held In Macedonln for two years, Marshal Focb's forces nro nibbling successfully suc-cessfully at tho German Hues onjjjq. western front In tho face of moro. du tcrmlncd resistance. The Near Fast furnishes tho most sensational news, hovrrrer. Tho offensive of-fensive which has been launched thcro seems not only the Inost successful, hut tho most pretentious In many months. It appears probnblo that a further advance by tuo Franco-Serbian troops will ncccssltato tho recall of tho Bulgarian divisions which havo been lounwl to Emperor William to bolster tho Teuton rcslstanco la Franco and Flanders. 'An official Serbian report declares that the reconstructed nrmy of tho battered, but not beaten, llttlo king dom lias taken not only JKXH) prisoners but an Important park of cannon. Tho Ilulgiirs admit hnvlng retired, but declare de-clare tho attack has been checked to tho north of Gradeshltsa. Thcro Is nothing to Indicate, however, that tho ndvanco of tho Serbs and French has been definitely held up. Lull Thought Prelude to Heavy Blows. The lull In tho fighting In tho west Is regarded by military critics us merely tho prcludo to heavy blows at the foo by tho Amorlcnns, British and Frencli armies. Tho British advanced their lines slightly nt several points. They aro making sternly progress In tho Invest ment of St Qucntln, a difficult task under most fnvorablo conditions. "St General Pc tain's veterans are fwK Ing ahead slowly but suroly In thjm, grim and desperate strugglo for'By St Gobaln forcst.wlilch tho GcrmWi have been ordercd'teJwld,n.L.all carls.. Not only Is tho position a natural citadel, cita-del, but the Teutons have fortified It In every way their Ingenuity could devise. Notwithstanding tho difficulty of their toskk however, tho French nro moving on, taking prisoners as they go. |