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VOLUME XX.
More of Hindenburg Line Falls; 8,000 Huns Taken
HAIG STRIKES TELLING BLOW NEAR ST. QUENTIN
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AND PROPAGANDA IS
DRDERM_PRDBED
Senate Orders Investigation of
Washington Paper Purchase,
Campaign Contributions and
Other Alleged. Activities
WASHINGTON, Sept/ llnvoatiga
tioa of political and propaganda activi
tioa of the brewing interests was ordered
today by the senate. It will be directed
particularly at charge* that the brew
ers have bought a Washington newspa
per contributed unprecedented stuns to
campaign funds, influenced newspapers
through advertising contracts, paid
money to citizens and even government
officials and. ootained pledges from
members of congress. -
Coven Wide *ange
Senator Jones, of New Mexico, intro
duced a resolution authorizing an inqui
ry by the judiciary committee, and it ‘
was adopted by the senate with little
discussion. Charges recited in the pre
amble cover a wide range and are based
upon evidence understood to be In the '
possession of the department of justice
or its agents.
The action follows the publication
here yesterday and today of statements
by Arthur Brisbane, editor and owner
of the Washington Times, disclosing
that to buy the Times Mr. Brisbane was
furnished »75,900 as a loan by C. W?
Feigenspan, a brewer, president of the
Newark. N. J., Federal Trust company
acting for a group of brewers. Mr.
Brisbane s statements were in answer
to editorial discussion of an assertion
by A. Mitchell Palmer, federal alien
property custodian, that the brewing in
terests had bought a newspaper under
the shadow of the oapitol.
Charges in the resolution include al
legations that in order to control state
and federal legislation the brewers
have exacted pledges from candidates
“Including congressmen and United
States senators. -1 such pledges being
on file, tnat to influence public opin
ion the brewing yjterests have subsi
dized the press.
It is alleged that the tfrewers were
allied to sub-organizations, among them
being the German-American alliance
and the National Association of Com
merce and Labor and the Manufactur
ers and Dealers' association and that
the brewing associations and brewing
interests have ramifications in other or
ganizations.
Arthur Brisbane. publisher of the
Washington Times, announced in a pub
?shed statement that he had bought
the Washington Times with money bor
rowed through a New Jersey brewer.
A. Mitchell Palmer, federal custo
dian of alien property, addressing
the Pennsylvania state Democratic
committee at Harrisburg. Pa. list
Saturday, declared that he had gath
ered proof that German brewers in
the United States, in association t ith
the United States Brewers’ association,
furnished several hundred thousand dol
lars to buy a newspaper in one of the
chief cities of the nation, which Mr Pal
mer declared was fighting the battle of
the liquor traffic "under the shadow of
the dome of the cap’.tol. - ’
The Washington Times, bought from
Frank A. Munsey a little more than a
year ago by Arthur Brisbane, is the only
newspaper "under the shadow of .the
dome of the capitol" which has recent
ly changed hands, so far as is known.
Borrowed Through Brewers
Testerday the Washington Herald,
published by C- T. Brainerd, called upon
Mr. Palmer editorially to give the name
of the paper to which he referred.
Today in the Times, Mr. Brisbane pub
l.shed an editorial statement that, to
buy the Times he borrowed 13*5,000
through a loan arranged for him by C.
W. Feigenspan. a brewer, and president
of the Federal Trust company, of New
ark. N. J., and the further statement that
he still owes Mr. Munsey >250,000.
Mr. Brisbane’s editorial follows:
"C. T. Brainard, managers Harper and
Brothers for J- Pierpont Morgan, the
owner.
"He manages and edits the Washing
ton Herald with brilliancy and sue
cess, punctuated during the past year
and a half by unsuccessful efforts to
sell the paper to me.
-Mr. Brainards Washington Herala
expresses interest in the ownership of
the Washington Times and wants to
' know if it is owned by the brewers.
•"Mr. Brainard will not resent the
statement that this question coming from
him would ordinarily deserve little at
tention. Rut his questions may inter
est others. Here are the facts:
"The Washington Times is one hun
dred per cent my property.
"It was purchased from Frank A
Munsey, for 3500.000. of which sum—
as has been previously stated in this
.-olumn —>250,400 is still due Mr. Mun
sey. And he holds in his possession
the. entire stock of the Washington
Times as security for the payment of
the balance of purchase money due him
•To buy the Times and put a losing
property on a paying basis. I required
approximately half a million dollars.
"Mr. C. W. Feigenspan. president of
the Federal Trust company, of Newark.
N. J. is a friend of mine and a brewer.
As every' n ewspaper editor in the coun
try knows, I have for more than twen
ty years advocated as a temperance
measure the suppression of the whisky
traffic and the encouragement of the
light wine and light beer.
“At my request Mr. Feigenspan agreed
that he would arrange for me a loan
of >500.000. It turned out that I re
quired a less amount, as >375,000 was
sufficient for the expense involved in
putting the Washington Times on a pay
ing basts.
• This amount I borrowed from Mr.
between June 1917. and No-
Full Associated Press Service
PROPOSED TAX ON
COTTON IS VOTED
DOWNJ 00 TO 28
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The first
organized effort to change the ways and
rmeans committee draft of the new reve
nue bill was under way today with cot
ton and child labor tax amendments up
in the house.
The first amendment of Representa
tive Moore, of Pennsylvania, proposing
a tax of >3 a bale on cotton was de
feated on a rising vote. 100 to 28.
Despite the threat of prolonged de
bate on thees amendments and the prom
ise of introduction later in the day of a
third amendment providing for a con
gressional committee to supervise and
investigate war expenditures, house
leaders hoped to rush the big tax bill
to vote before adjournment.
The child labor amendment, sponsored
by Representative Green, of lowa, would
put a tax of 5 per cent on the products
of any mine, quarry, cannery or factory
employing children under fourteen, or
working children between fourteen and
sixteen more than eight hours a day
or six days a week, or using children
between these ages for ntght work.
The amendment is designed to re
place the federal child labor law recent
ly held unconstitutional by the supreme
i court and, like the cotton amendment,
will likely 'meet opposition from south
ern congressmen. Its passage as part of
i the revenue act was regarded as doubt
i ful even by congressmen who favor it.
The cotton amendment proposed by
Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania,
would put a tax of >3 on every bale of
cotton sold.
Congressmen from the big manufac
turing states declare that while profits
of steel men and manufacturers have
been limited during the war, cotton is
one of the big essentials that has not yet
been touched. The cotton belt, they
hold, is paying only a small fraction of
the war taxes, while it is reaping large
profits from war conditions.
Southern members declare cotton is
only now recovering from poor years be
fore the war and that the country Is
even threatened with a short crop this
year.
While expectations today were that
the cotton tax will be defeated southern
members were ready to battle every inch
In fear that a combination of Republi
cans and northern Democrats may possi
bly put the tax into the. bill.
Taxes This Fiscal Year
Not to Exceed $8,000,000,000
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo today put the
quietus on fears that the nation must
bear a greater tax than >8,000,000,000
for the fiscal year to carry on the war.
In an official announcement issued
as congressional leaders were flounder
ing in confusion as to how best to meet
the added >7,000,000,000 demanded this
week by the war department, Mr. Mc-
Adoo declared “it would be unwise to
go further in taxation at the present
time.”
“Conditions which might develop in
the future.” he added, "will determine
the question of further increases in
.axation. For the present fiscal year it
is our plan to ask for >8.000,000,000 in
taxes.”
Mother Prays for Allies,
German Cuts Her Throat
WITH THE AMERICANS ’ON THE
METZ FRONT, Sept. 19.—While a
French mother in Hattonville (a mile
north of Vigneuilles) knelt by the bed
of her sick child, praying for an allied
victory as the Americans were approach
ing. a Hun slashed her throat, accord
ing to stories told by the villagers to
American officers.
Lieutenant Raymond Ponnoyer entered
Hattonville with a tank and found the
woman's body in a pool of blood beside
the bed. Her throat was cut. Villagers
told how she was killed.
German officers lived in the woman’s
house during their occupation of the
village, forcing her to cook for them.
When the bombardment started the
Boche began preparing to leave. The
woman dropped to her knees, praying
aloud for victory. Her life paid the
forfeit for her patriotism.
vember, 1917. And the money, in due
course, will be repaid with interest.
“If I have any further reply to make
to Mr. Brainard. I will make It to Mr
Morgan, who owns Mr. Brainard, or
to Mr. H. P. Davison, «no manages Mr
Morgan’ e
Details Os Financing
Mr. Brisbane, in a stateihent, ex
plained how he financed the purchase of
the Times and made public the text of
the letter from Mr. Fiegenspan defining
the arrangement under which money was
borrowed from the latter and his
friends
Mr. Fiegenspan wrote that he and a
number of his friends had “for years
felt very strongly that the public wel
fare and our own industry—because of
your well known convictions—would be
benefited by your personal ownership of
a newspaper.”
The letter then set forth that >295,000
■ of the >500,000 sought by Mr. Brisbane
had been advanced; that the balance
would be supplied as soon as possible;
that after a period of five years Mr.
Brisbane would repay at his discretion
and convenience, on account of the
principle, so much of the profits from
the newspaper as he might deem could
be taken out of the business without in
terfering with its proper operation; and
that he was under no obligation to re
pay “the sum contributed” except out of
the profits.
The agreement further provided that
no interest was to be paid; that the
principal could be repaid at any time;
that the agreement should not be con
sidered as giving Mr. Fiegenspan or his
associates any interest in the newspaper
and that should the paper be sold at
any time Mr. Brisbane would repay up
to the full amount of the principal
any sums received from the sale of the
newspaper.
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FARM AGENTS OF
RAILROADS MEET
TO DISCUSS PLANS
Agricultural agents of railroads ir.
the southeast met Thursday morning
at the headquarters of Regional Direc
tor Winchell in the Healey building
to discuss ways and means of promot
ing agricultural work under federal
jurisdiction of the railroads.
The meeting was called by J. L. Ed
wards. manager of the agricultural sec
tion of the railroad administration. Mr.
Edwards told the agents that his de
partment had been created to encour
age just such work as they have been
doing already. He said that the policy
of the railroads under • government ad
ministration will be to co-operate with
the United States department of agri
culture and state departments of agri
culture, with the food administration
and state councils of defense a.nd other
organizations interested in agricultural
development.
There was a general discussion as to
how the agricultural agents of railroads
can best aid in the present emergency
in increasing production of crops, grow
ing of hogs and cattle, building drying
houses for curing and better packing
and marketing methods. It was gen
erally agreed that the agents can be ot
invaluable service in this respect, aided
as they will be. by the government.
Attending the meeting Thursday
were J. L. Edwards. Washington; G. B.
Harper. Chicago; G. A. Park. Lxiuisville;
L. P. Bellah. Nashville; Rutledge Smith,
Nashville; W. S. Ayres, Chicago; J. J.
Taylor, Gulfport; H. 11. Bolton. Mobile;
J. C. Williams, Washington; K. T.
Crawley, Richmond; B. L. Hamner, Nor
folk; T. G. Wood. Roanoke: James Men
zies. Wilmington; D. C. Boy, Johnston
City; W. W. Croxton, Atlanta; W, R.
Tucker, Fitzgerlad; S. W. Wilkes. At
lanta; J. F. Jackson, Savannah; J. E.
Ingraham. St. Augustine; J., A. Evans,
Washington; J. Phil Campbell, director
of extension work in* Georgia.
Another meeting will be held at re
gional headquarters Friday.
Allies to Make Joint
War Aim Statement
LONDON, Sept. 19.—The allies will
probably let President Wilson’s reply
to Austria stand as theirs, but will
make a joint, up-to-date statement of
common war aims soon, it was learned
from reliable sources this afternoon.
ATLANTA, GA.,- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
RAID ON CAROLINA
CITIES BY U-BOAT
DESCRIBED BY HUNS
NEW YORK. Sept. 19.—" Bombar
dment" of Wilmington, N. C., and
Charleston. S. C., by German subma
rines and the “terror” of other Atlantic
coast cities whose officials have "im
plored” the American government to pro
tect them against a like fate, is re
lated as veracious news for German
readers in a recent issue of the Cologne
Gazette, which has been received here.
• The newspaper’s publication of August
21, which offers a striking example of
the sort of propaganda fed the German
public, adroitly attributes the story of
the American coastal raid to Paris pa
pers. The article, illustrated with a
map of the Atlantic shore line declares
tliat several U-boats participated in the
shelling of the two cities. There follows
■ an account of the supposed panic else
: where along the coast, with a gloating
J assurance that assignment of American
j warships to safeguard large Atlantic
J cities will draw vessels from, the United
States naval forces in European waters.
> The Cologne Gazette says:
; "On August 15 the American ports of
’Wilmington and Charleston were bom
barded by several German U-boats. Wil
•I mington is in the state of North Caro
' Mna. _ .
“Boston, Providence, New Yofk. Phila
delphia, Baltimore and even Washington,
I; which may be reached from the sea
through Chesapeake Bay, also Hampton
i Roads, with Fortress Monrce. Savannah
and Jacksonville, are within the range
of submarine guns and all those o ..e3
are imploring the government to Ration
for their protection warships at rhe e.«-
I trances to their harbors. In order to
' i avert a panic of the easily excitable pop
ulation the government will not be able
I to do otherwise than comply with t.ieir
requests. Ships which are tied down on
I the American coast, however, cannot
be used for European, war service.
Cured His Daughter’s Fits
A well known resident of Milwau
kee, Wisconsin, reports that his riaugn
iter has been completely cured of Epi
lepsy (Fits) by a prescription secured
I from a friend. This girl had suffered
• as many as one hundred attacks in a
day and seemed beyond all hope of re
lief. Her fatiier says he Is so grateful
’ for her recovery that he will gladly
; mail a bottle of this wonderful medi
’ cine in plain sealed wrapper, free, to
I anv sufferer who writes h*m. If you,
’ a friend or a relative suffer, write R. P.
I N. Lepso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and get a free bottle. (Adv.)
W YANK SHELLS
STRIKE FffllS IND
FACTORIES IN MHZ
Pershing’s Big Artillery Pour
ing Deadly Fire Into Center
of Great German Fortress on
Moselle
WITH THE AMERICANS ON
THE METZ FRONT, Sept. 19.—1 n the
midst of American batteries heavily
bombarding the territory beyond the
Hindenburg line today stands a long
shouted gun, expressively inscribed
by its crew: "Peace Talk.”
BT FBJTD 8. FBKGUSON
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
METZ FRONT, Sept. 19.—American
aviators today reported shells from our
heavy artillery dropping in the center
of Metz. A big factory has been struck
and direct hits have been scored on the
fortifications.
An even week since the start of the
American drive in this region finds our
army thoroughly at home fifteen miles
within the line which the Germans held
for four years. The new line has been
thoroughly consolidated, roads repaired
and the country generally cleaned up.
Refugees are returning to villages be
tween the Meuse and the Moselle, which
had been under shell fire since 1914.
The Americans are steadily pushing
their line forward, following up the pa
trols, and their advanced positions are
now directly in front of the new Hin
denburg line which the Germans es
tablished in this region last February.
Our patrols have reconnoitered this
section of the Hindenburg line several
times and returned with reports con
cerning conditions. The American main
line now runs through Ronvaux, Man
heuUes, Pinthevllle, St.- Hiliare, Don
court. Woel, Haumont, between Jaulny
and Rembercourt, north of Vandleres.
and south of Champey, to the old line.
Patrol encounters are frequent and
bombardment of the front lines and rear
areas is heavy. The enemy is reported
to be mining Haumont, apparently pre
paring to evacuate the terrain in that
vicinity in a great retrograde movemerit
to Mars-la-Tour and Chambley. <Cham--
bley is three and a half miles north
of Rembercourt. Mars-la-Tour is ths?
same distance north of Chambley, on
the- railway running southward from
Conflans, and is one of the chief •pil
lars of the Hindenburg line.)
American artillery blew up a great
ammunition dump behind the German
lines, made a direct hit on a big gun
at Lachausse (two miles north of Hau
mont) and inflicted other damage.
The advance of the American line is
resulting in straightening out several
crooks which were formed in the past
three days. Villages, woods, quarries
and dugouts which were passed over by
the patrols are being mopped up by
the slower moving main body.
Constant contact is maintained with
the Boche rear guards, which have now
been cleared from the territory below
the Hindenburg line. The enemy has
now taken up his main positions along
the line on the whole front- between the
Meuse and the Moselle.
One American patrol reported to
day to have penetrated 300 yards beyond
Pagny-sur-Moselle (two miles north of
Vandieres and Just across the river
from the German frontier).
A certain American division has now
established a record of capturing ninety
guns. Additional prisoners are constant
ly being brought in.
The Germans in this region apparently
were well fed. Quantities of candy,
chesse and other delicacies have been
found in enemy dugouts.
The Germans are now dropping propa
ganda over the American lines from toy
balloons appealing to the soldiers of
German ancestry to join them and as
serting they will find greater liberty and
opportunities in “the fatherland.” One
propaganda sheet asserts that President
Wilson is more English than American
and pictures Germany as defending her
self against the whole world. The ef
fect is laughable, as the German-Ameri
cans are the most bitter toward the
enemy of any men in our army.
A captured German wrote a note
which he asked to be sent to the Ger
man lines declaring the stories told
them regarding Americans slaughtering
prisoners are untrue. He said many of
his comrades are tired .of fighting and
would surrender but for fear of being
killed. It is evident from this that the
German command is conducting propa
ganda among its own troops in an ef
fort to instill the fear of capture, thus
hoping to bolster up their weakening
morale. x ...
Axtillerv duels and counter raiding
continues" in the Vosges sectors. One
American patrol penetrated the German
lines there to a great distance and
brought back a number of prisoners.
American Drive May Be
Directed at Briey Mmes
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—Advance
toward the rich Briey mines is expected
to be one step in the American offensive
by entente military observers here to
day. These mines are being worked
night and day by the Germans. Fr
officers recently arrived here say they
could see the smoke of chimneys from
Verdun.
Although the mines are within rane,e
of allied guns, orders have been issued,
it is said, not to fire on them, the
French command hoping they may be
spared from the kind of destruction the
Germans have spread wherever possible.
When the menace becomes more
threatening the Germans may attempt
to destroy the mines and then retreat,
but officials believe that the central pow
ers are’so hard pressed for coal and iron
that they will fight to the last for the
Briey-Longwy district.
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MARSHAL FOCH resumed his
drive Wednesday on that portion of
! the Hindenburg line between St.
Quentin and Cambrai. The British
attacked between Holnon and Gouze
aucourt, advancing about three
miles and taking 8,000 prisoners.
They took the outposts of the line
north of Pontruet. The French, at
tacking with the British. Look Dallon,
southwest of St. Quentin, barely two
miles from that important city. Its
capture by the allies now seems to
be imminent. Later reports say the
British took the outposts of the Hin
denburg line virtually from Holnon
to Gouzeaucourt. The dotted line is
the Hindenburg line, the solid line
the present battle line.
FORT KRONPRINZ _
TO BE FIRST TARGET
OF U. S. BIG GUNS
BY J, W. I. MASON
NEW YORK. Sept. 19.—The American
front is now only ten miles away from
Fort Kronprinz, the most outlying re
doubt protecting Metz on the western
side of the Moselle river, where General
Pershing is now operating.
Fort Kronprinz is probably destined
to be the first of the Metz strongholds
to fall to the American siege guns. It
stands seven miles southwest of Metz
in a wooded, rolling country, where the
hills reach a height of 1,000 feet and
more. The fort is three miles inside the
German boundary and about two Jh’iles
from Gorze, on the Hindenburg line. The
Americans are now slowly progressing
toward Gorze, to the west of the Mad
river.
Fort Kronprinz will not come under
the direct bombardment of the great
destructive mortar guns /until the Amer
icans are nearer# if not actually at the
German border. The long range shells
which are capable of being sent into
Fort Kronprinz from the present Ameri
can positions, ten miles away, have not
the enormous explosive power necessary
to crumple up the structure. It will be
necessary, therefore, for the Americans
to push forward some five miles.or more
before they cat) secure the maximum re
sults from an intensive bombardment.
The Hindenburg line itself is well with
in the necessary range to give the
American gunners a full opportunity for
their deadly work.
Fort Kronprinz. from its hilly emi
nence, exercises a commanding influ
■ ence upon the western terrain bordering
the Moselle to the point where the
Moselle touches French territory. For
this reason it must be put out of ac
tion before the Americans can advance
along the Moselle more than three or
four miles beyond their present posi
tions.on the west banks. The allies have
not demolished a single modern perma
nent German fortification along the west
front since the war began. The Amerl
; cans may be destined to win that honor
! for the allied cavse at Fort Kronprinz.
STATE CONVENTION
TO MEET AT MACON
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
The state Democratic convention will
| be held in Macon, Ga., at 10 a. m. Thurs
i day, Octbber 8.
This was decided Thursday morning
by the sub-committee of the state Dem
ocratic executive committee appointed
for this purpose. The members met
at the Kimball house at noon with Judge
iJ. J. Flynt, of Griffin, chairman of
; the state committee, presiding.
! After setting the date for the conven
! tion, the following committee on ar-
I rangements was appointed: Judge
I Flynt, Hiram L. Gardner, secretary of
1 the state committee; Albert Howell,
chairman of the sub-committee, Henry
A. Tarver, of Albany, and B. 11. Hardy.
'of Barnesville. Besides these, the oth
er members of the sub-committee were
present was Judge H. H. Revill. of
i Greenville.
On motion of Mr. Howell the com mi t
j tee to instruct the chairman t&
invite Governor Dorsey and Senator
i elect William J. Harris to attend the
: convention. The sub-committee then ad
journed.
The convention will declare the nom
; inees in the recent Democratic primary,
: with the exception of congressional nom
inees. which will be declared at sepai
n,te congression distrilt conventions.
There is a possibility that the con
! test filed by Judge Benjamin H. Hill
I for a recount on the h’ulton county pri
mary race for judge of the criminal di
vision of the superior court will come
up before the convention.
NUMBER 103.
BULGARIANS SUFFER
CRUSHING DEFEAT AT
IMSJFWIINS
British Advance From 2 to 3
Miles, Take Over 11 Miles of
Hindenburg Outposts and
Menace St. Quentin
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—(Summary of
European War Cables to the Associated
Press.)—British troops in desperate
lighting are plunging further into the
Hindenburg line north of St.’ Quentin,
while west of Cambrai they have with
stood vicious German counter attacks.
The enemy is making every effort to
retain his positions on the thirty-mile
front and to check the new allied move
which threatens both St. Quentin and
Cambrai. Eight thousand prisoners have
been counted by the British.
In Macedonia the Bulgarians are in
flight northward before the Serbians
and French. Hurled from important
heights the enemy has been forced baejc
more than twelve miles and the pursuit
continues.
How serious was the menace to the
security of the Hindenburg line by the
British thrust north of St. Quentin is
shown by the strong counter attacks
the Germans have thrown against the
British lines from Gouzeaucourt to the
Arras-Cambrai road, thus extending the
battle line nearly twelve milek to the
northward. On the front attacked Wed
nesday the British are pushing ahead
against the bitter resistance toward the
St. Quentin-Cambrai high road, railway
and canal —three important enemy de
fense lines.
- From Lempire to Pontruet, which the
British now hold, the Germans have
been hurled from the forward lines of
the Hindenburg position. The British
at Lerapire are four miles from Le Cat
elet, an important town, while on a front
of nearly six miles they are within one
mile of the high road and the canal.
On a short front west of St Quentin
the French are working steadily toward
the town and are on the outskirts of
Dallon, two miles from St Quentin.
German counter attacks at Trescault
and Moeuvres, southwest and west of
Cambrai, were preceded by an intense
artillery bombardment which severed
the British communication lines. At
both points the Germans were hurled
back with heavy losses. The enemy
entered the British trenches at some
points but was immediately over
whelmed.
The Bulgarian retreat from the Serbo-
Greek border is reported to be In the na
ture of a rout, and the enemy is burn
ing stores and villages in his path. The
allies have captured additional prison
ers and war material which have not
been counted, so fast has been their ad
vance. A score or more of Serbian vil
lages have been reconquered and the
Bulgarians have been driven beyond
Rasimbey. on the Cerna river, fifteen
miles southwest of Prilep, the immediate
objective.
It is not unlikely the Bulgarians will
continue their retirement at least to the
improved road running east and west
through Prilep. Already their loss of the
important Sokol ridge endangers the
line west toward Monastir and east to
rhe Vardar. Should the allies succeed in
pressing the Bulgarians tack to north
of I’rilep a complete readjustment of the
T j iton line® in Macedonia and Albania
from the Adriatic to Salonikl virtually
would be inevitable.
8,000 Prisoners Captured
By British in Picardy
BY X.OWELI. MELLETT
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Sept. 19.—(Noon.) —The Brit
ish today withstood another heavy coun
ter attack centering about Havrincourt
(three miles north of Gouzeaucourt and
the same distance west of Marconing).
Prisoners taken in yesterday’s fight
ing totalled 8,000, while more than 50
guns were captured. »
Suddenly dropping the “peaceful
tration” methods, by which they Jiao
been edging gradually neaxer tljarf4lin
denburg line, the Britieh; —"Sweeping
aside German opposition, have moved
up to the verge of the formidable trench
system. (The outposts of the Hinden
burg line have been occupied on a wide
front between the Cambrai and St.
Quentin regions, while in some places
the main defenses of the system itself
have been conquered.)
Hinging its movement on the French
forces at Savy wood, west of St. Quen
tin. the British line swung forward ir
resistibly, keeping a pace set rty tne
Australians in the middle.
When I left the Australian head
quarters, their riflemen and bombers al
ready were pouring into the Germans'
famous trench system and 2,746 of the
defenders were in prison cages or
marching toward the cages. The pris
oners included 114 officers, among them
being a regimental commander and staff,
and two battalion commanders and their
staffs. Twenty-seven guns were captur-’
ed, together with their crews and
horses. This may be regarded as ex
ceptional, as most of the guns are be
hind the main defenses.
The British advance varied in depth
from two and a half to four miles. No
where did it fail to clean up the Hir.
denburg outpost line. At some points
the Germans fought fiercely, such as at
Leverguier, Templeux and south of
Fresnoyple-Pteit, where many prisoners
were taken.
While the tanks played an eminent
part in the fighting, long-legged English
and Australian troops mostly overcame
the wire - entanglements and machine
guns in their own individual manne r .
They carried the Germans off their feet
by the very dash of their attack. The
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