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Show FOCH NIBBLING A! THE GERMAN LINE LULL IN FIGHTING IN WE8T PRELUDE TO HEAVY BLOWS DY THE ALLIES. American Troops Advancing Along Moselle River, While British and French Advance, and Serbians-Spring Serbians-Spring Surprise on Bulgars. With tho Army In France. American Ameri-can troop on tho right wing of Gen-oral Gen-oral Pershing's urmy havo reached Vundleres, on tho Moselle, n little mbro than ii m."o west of tho German border nnd Indfwny between Pont-A-Mousson nnd Pngny-Sur-Mosnllo. Whllo tho Serbs and Lthclr French allies nro wresting from tho Ilulgars somo of tho strongest positions they Imvo held In Maccdonln for two years, Marshal Foch's forces nro nibbling successfully suc-cessfully nt tho German Hues pnjjjiq. western front In tho fnco of more do' tcrmlncd resistance. The Near Hast furnishes the molt sensational news, hovrrrer. Tho ot-fcnslvo ot-fcnslvo which has been launched thcro seems uot only the lnost successful, but tho most pretentious In many months. It appears probable, that n further ndvanco by too Franco-Serbian troops will ncccssltato tho recall of the Ilutcarlan divisions wlilch havo been loan ml to Kinpcror William to bolster tho Teuton resistance in Franco nnd Flanders. 'An official Serbian report declares that tho reconstructed army of tho battered, but not beaten, llttlo kingdom king-dom has taken not only 3000 prisoners but an Important park of cannon. Tho Ilulgura admit having retired, but declare de-clare tho attack has been checked to tho north of Grndcshltsa. Thcro Is nothing to Indlcnto, however, that tlio ndvanco of tho Serbs nnd French lias been definitely held up. Lull Thought Prelude to Heavy Blows. Tlio lull In tho fighting In tho west Is regarded by military critics us merely the prelude to heavy blows at the foo by tho Amorlcnns, llrltlsli and French nrmles. Tho llrltlsli advanced their lines slightly nt several points. They are making sternly progress In tho Investment Invest-ment of St. Qucntln, n difficult task under most fnvorublo condltldns. "Hfc General Petnln's veterans nro fwm Ing ahead slowly but surely In tlidp grim nnd desperato strugglo forMta SL Gobatn forest, .which tho GermMi have been ordoroa'toJwltLaLiULcow. Not only Is tho position a natural citadel, cita-del, but tlio Teutons havo fortified It In every way their Ingenuity could devise. Notwithstanding tho difficulty of their tusk,, however, tho French nro moving on, taking prisoners as they go. |