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Show FOCH KEEPS DP 1 NIBBLING Mi I Enemy Facing Attacks Clear Around Fighting Lines Macedonian Drive Latest. (By Associated Press.) While the Serbs and their French allies al-lies arc wresting from tho Bulgars 'some of the strongest positions they .have held in Macedonia for two years Marshal Foch's forces are nibbling successfully at tho German lines on the western front in the face of more ! determined resistance. I The Near East furnished tho most sensational news of the day, however. The offensive which has been launched thero seems not only the most successful success-ful but the most pretentious in many months. It appears probable that a I further advance by the Franco-Serbian I troops will necessitate the recall of the Bulgarian divisions which have j been loaned to Emperor William to bolster the Teuton resistance In Flanders Flan-ders and France. Serbs Battered, But Not Beaten. An official Serbian report declares that tho reconstituted army of the battered, but not beaten, little kingdom king-dom has taken not only 3000 prison-ers prison-ers but an important park of cannon. I The Bulgars admit having retired but declare tho attack has been checked 'north of Gradcshitsa. There is nothing i to indicate, however, that the advance I of the French and Serbs has been held I I up- i The lull in the fighting in the west j is regarded by military critics as merely mere-ly the prelude to further heavy blows at the foe by the British, American and French armies. I The British advanced their lines slightly as several points. They are making steady progress in the investment invest-ment of St. Quentin, a difficult task even under most favorable conditions. Petains Veterans Busy. General Petain's votorans are forging forg-ing ahead slowly but surely in their grim and desperate struggle for the St. Gobain forest which the Germans have been ordered to hold at all costs. Not only is the position a natural citadel j but the Teutons have fortified it in every way their ingenuity could de-jvise. de-jvise. Notwithstanding the difficulty of their task, however, tho French arc I moving on, taking prisoners as they go. On the American front the past J twenty-four hours have been the quietest quiet-est since General Pershing's command launched its irresistible drive against jthe St. Mihiel salient. Allies Rout Bolsheviki. Detachments of the allies have rout-led rout-led Bolshevik forces in, the vicinity of j Archangel and it is reported manV of the Red guards officers went over to the allies when their men fled in panic. The Austrian peace noto appears already al-ready to have becomo almost ancient history. The blunt and unmistakable refusal of President Wilson to parley with the central powers except upon tho terms he previously laid down seems to have voiced the sentiments of the entente. They aro likely to let the reply of tho United States suffice I for all as they did in the case of the papal peace proposal. , I nn- ! |