ffi - - , - jg - sH tr. u ? m H h If r I VA it i':r . :-yV WW wk '5 L 1 a a( trtatef advance may follow does Mtr, wnen tne success is op m anu mi uui iicu, vvvu n..... ,... i back llchtly wounded, aro satisfied unllftnl In unlrit. Those nf ui who knew Wednesday ; that the next day would bring !M battle , ii nan some dark minutes in me nignt v when we thought of the ground our men ' J would set out to take, ft was cry dlf- gl Hcult work because of those ridges held i by, the enemy, and because of the Canal Vn-.t Mthlnti .it. .vtAM tlAHlfl llflVA til f? cross. H FRENCH CAPTURE 8000; f$ TAKE STRONG POSITION By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger CorvHjM, III, ti; -Veto York Timet Co. With General flournuil's Army, Sept. 28. The French advance continued ester day. The weight of the attack was launched against the German positions where the main lino of reslstanco was situated. According to tho Jatcst Infor mation, progress was rendered dllllcult by a network of machine-guns, whose density increased as the troops pushed t orw ard. The conquered positions of great strength and the number of prisoners, which now approaches 8000, speak for the Importance of the victory. In broken ground, criss-crossed by barbed wire and trenches. It Is extraordinarily hard for the assailants to keep touch and maintain unity of pi ogress. But tho str'klng proof of the aluc of Thursday's qperutlons Is afforded by the fact that tho army everywhere reached and at many points went beond the objectives the high command had set for the day. jTestcrday aviators reported certain enemy units advancing rapidly, which suggests that tho enemy has decided to resist. Prisoners speak In awe-struck tones of the terrlbio effects of the French artil lery, especially the g.is shells FRENCH PLUNGE ON FIVE MILES FURTHER Paris, Sept 28 The Trench troops !n tho battlellne east of llheims made further advances, and In tho two davs' battle have taken more than 10.000 prls. oners and considerable war material The advance by tho Trench has been about five miles at certain points PHILALIEUTENANTS 'DIE OF INFLUENZA Spanish Grip Claims Two Navy Officers 200 New Cases Reported Here Two Philadelphia lieutenants of the navy and a Catholic priest are the latest victims of Spanish Intlucnrt. 200 new cases of which have been reported In the city. The two dead otllcers were Lieutenant James F Feeley, thirty y ears old. 3802 Powelton avenue, and Lieuten ant Gilbert M. Neuberger, 1801 Shunk street. The Rev. Joseph Tlerney, recently or dalned'a Catholic priest, died esterday in St. Joseph's Hospital Father Tlerney was a member of the Order of thu Con gregation of the Mission, and upon his ordination, four months ago, was sent to St. Joseph's Seminary, Princeton, where he was a profissor For eleven years he was a student at St. Vincent's Seminary. Germantown. Lieutenant Feeley. who was a member of the naval reserves, died at Newport, It. I , and Lieutenant Neuberger, of tho Fourth-Naval District, died In the Naval Hospital IJoth developed pneumonia after the Influenza. Of the 200 new cas-cs 123 are among civilians and seventy-seven among en listed men of the Fourth Naval District. Sixty-eight of the civilians are In South Philadelphia, forty-six In North Phila delphia, and nine In West Philadelphia. Of the soventy-three deaths reported for the week ending yesterday', sixty nine are among men of the nival district, MARTIAL LAW AT VLADIVOSTOK Allies Authorize Decree hy Pro visional Commander fly the Associated 're Vladivostok, Sept. .'8 Martial law has been decreed at Vladivostok and in the district of Vladivostok by Colonel Butenko, provisional commander of tho armed for;es of the Maritime province, in accordance with the Russian field regulations and legislation governing fortresses In war time. The decree has been authorized by the Allied commanders and they will aid In enforcing It, If necessary. The me ib uro Is directed against enemy arcnts, trafficers in arms and anyone attempt ing Interference with any military op erations It had long been tonttmplated by the Allied commanders, who deemed It requisite In view of the lack of re liable civil nnd police administration. Colonel Butenko has succeeded Colonel Volstoff, who recently resigned, and has the recognition and confidine of tho Allies. PLANE OUTPUT SPEEDS UP Curtios Company Will Soon Pro duce 100 Battleplanes Daily By the Associated I'rvss Toledo, Ohio, Sept 28 The Curtls Aeroplane Corporation, at Buffalo, hy next March will have retched a produc tion of 100 battle planes daily, John N Willys, president of the corporation, an nounced here last night at a meeting of 6000 Liberty Loan salesmen Willys returned lart night from lie. trolt, where he conferred with ofllclals of the aircraft board and agreed to a contract which Is claimed to be the big gest of Its kind ever awarded Willys declared that tho Curtlss company in January will ceae entirely the ptoduc tlon of training planes und concentrate on battle planes These combat planes will bo of three types, Wills said They are: The S E Tlve, single seater, chaBe plane; N S B. two seater, and the De Havlland, equipped with Liberty motor. Quotas in Fourth Loan and Easy-Buying Plan Philadelphia's quota foi tho fourth Liberty Loan is 259,198,000. The quota sot for tho Philadel phia district, Including all uf Penn sylvania, all of New Jersey south of Trenton and all of Delaware, la $516,800,000. Pennsylvania, outside of Phila delphia, U called upon to raise (202,905,000; New Jersey, south of Trenton, $38,694,000, and Delaware, $16,012,000. Ah In the last three Liberty Loan drives, subscribers through their employers will be permitted to buy bonds; on the Installment plan. For a $S0 bond, $1 weekly Is due, and for a $100 bond, $2 weekly. Payments for aubscrlptlons In Ivo lt.stallments have' also been provided for. A first payment of 10 per rent Is to be made and the rernalnlntf as follows: 20 per cent on November 21, 20 per cent on December 18, 20 per cent on Jnn ury IS ,and 30 per cent on Jan- "" AMERICAN TRICK FOOLED GERMANS , Foe Knew of Coming At tack Four Days, Cap tured Officers Say x CAUGHT SHIFTING ARMY Teutons Led to Believe the Thrust Would Be East of Verdun By CAMERON MACKENZIE Special Cable to Eicnrng Public Ledger Covvrloht. IDlii, bv .Vno York Ttmri Co With the American Armies in I ranee, Sept 28. It has become fairly evident to Just what degree the Amerlctn attack was a surprise to the enemy From eipture (lermnn ofleers, It Is learned that for four days before the blow was delivered It was known that some sort of thrust was coming Hut by a variety of adroit diversions tho Americans be guiled the enemy Into the belief that the direction of the push would bo off to tho eastward of Verdun toward lHitln, and perhaps even against Metz Acting on that belief, tho cnemv be gan shifting troops and guns, and Thurs day morning when the attack was made found him rather caught betwlit nnd between the sectors, east and west of Verdun In neither of tho first two opera tions of Pershing's army havo the Ger mans been able to etlcultto accurately points In the advance There was that which was described as "stiff resis tance," which phrase has come to h.iva nflpr fh A morlf.iti extiprlenrns In Chfltnnll.TliInrrv nn,l Si! Mtlitnl aflnrs ' an almost convcntlonall7ed meaning It signifies the employment by the Ger mans of their thoroughly unplcturesque maclilne-gun tactics. In all the engagements of Thursday they had no other form of fight ex cept, of course, the use of nitlllery to offer, and Americans discovered nnd cir cumvented more than forty different types of machine-gun emplacements Such resistance Is stiff, but It Is a far cry from the day when the enemy troops would stand with fixed bayonets to holo. back the attack In the present far-flung assault upon the enemy the First American Army must needs have had its part Still flushed with their succos In cleaning out the St Mlhlel salient and with a tlrelessness most characteristic of their superabundant youth, General Vershlng's boys went forward early Thursday morn. Ing In the region of Verdun, tiudglng cjulctly nnd purposefully up the Immoi-1 n ;ah.?C.r,aal0nB whlC,. nl ? T1"0, ITlfim frifltl ts.tfrt si Anni n irn Innnk 1nn.l.. I more than two years ago Trench legions went singing to certain death and streimlng like endles hordes of brown ants across; tho most sanguinary battle field of tho Old World The United States' new army of young veterans attacked on a front of twenty miles, and with rare expedition took po sitions for which In 191C the German Crown Prince mercilessly expended I treasures of blood It Is not yet possi ble to supply nny save moil meager de tails of this scond Independent opera-' tlon of the American army At 11 30 heivv ar.lllere -s mainlined n s maintained a .erate. ominous wennesei.iy evening tho began, nnd for three hours flr! that seemed as dellbei iinu meinoaicai ns Human fate At tho ' end of that time lighter artillery Inserted i Its sharper, (lulcker, more nngered notes' Into tho symphony of battle, and then for another three hours the air wills- ' pered with swishing ihells more mys-. lerious, invisible and trying thin ghosts and tho heavens above rattled like a beaten tin pan VArntlier I ntornl merlrun Tarly In the night thero had been rain, but as if favoring tho Americans, It cleared before 12 o'clock and tho visi bility greatly Improved, and when nt 2 30 the field guns set to work they twinkled nnd danced ns fascinating as a myriad of fireflies all along the wide semicircular sweep of valley that lies immediately beneath tho Verdun forts The Infantry advance was made In a cold uncertain light at 5 30 Thurs day morning. From Tort de Mnrre. one of the principal of Verdun defenses, It was possible at first to observe very little Now and again some particularly virulent American battery would fliro up to reveal briefly a column of dirk gnome like figures pressing forward or perhaps a dust cloud of some speeding lorry: but there was little else until full dawn arrived. Then a thin bluish au tumn haze promised a fairly clear day and that promise was later fulfilled. Trom the position upon which I stood It was possible before mldaftornoon to watch In blackish brown bursts the pro- gresslve, steady demolition of towns and villages In Oernnn hands und to trace out in sheI plumes, which mounted i """ " " "v""" "" ' " '" 'y " '" upon a not distant hill llko shapes of I lntl tnu rncmy s country, on tho north suddenly sprouting trees, the network nf'o Rl'rlon Wood, with other trootm enemy trenches. With if them, fighting tovvaul the !l Counter-lire was not severe, and the matter of gunners the Americans Feemed to have easy mastery of tho sit uation Thnt docs not Imply thnt tho German Infantry, Included In which was at least ono division of Prussian Guards and one of the most trustworthy Jae gers divisions, did not hnvo stubborn resistance to offer, for nt most points It did However such were the vim nnd dash and eagerness of the doughboy that before midday they had pittty well overrun their objectives nlong the entire reach of their front Hold Hush of Atnerlrnn The whole performance of the Amerl- cans was more than up to the dauntless traditions which during the last sum mer they have been setting for them selves With fearlessness and light hearted courage to which only the mot rare tribute would bo adequate, they went into an attack which was In no sense a pinching operation such as they had learned to exercise In the Chateau Thierry and St. Mlhlel sectors, but a brutally direct forward thrust, Thero was no falterhfe, no doubts, but along the entire line a bold, swift onward rush One division there was that acquitted Itself with conspicuous gallantry It Is not permitted to reveal what that di vision was or the part of extended American front upon which It operated This much, however may now be told: That particular division was for months beneath the tutelage of the Brit ish army, and was In fact hand-raised hy It. In Its fine achievement of Thurs day morning. It did Its preceptors most Infinite credit , Tankt, of American design were used for the first time In the attack west ward from Verdun. They behaved splendidly In the fighting which oc curred for the capture of Vauquols. a village standing upon a commanding eminence and one for which tho Ger mans In the old days paid an enor mous price, these new products of Ameri can Ingenuity, crawling forwanl under the shelter of a dense white smoke screen, led the Infantry and so success fully dealt with nets of machine guns within the place that the doughboys made their entry without the smallest difficulty and with scarcely a casualty. On the enemy's plans It Is useless to speculate. All that Is certain Is that In the Verdun sector, the Americans have attui mm a most; lemng mow. EVENING JPUBLIC LEDGER- FOCH'S GREATEST PINCER DRIVE 1 w i,24" tirj ' V -to8?" i y va, " iu,L s&.&fl "W wVte... llB2M ALtXltfn!H9 fPrharlwMrl 1 J AtlT l) ZA t. iT n , 'ttfi 1 1 if 1 ff .ttttW " fv- PiVaO' HVk. Ik V ( I leVK'1 'b' C BMK J . """" II AsiSV oU0p5i""M "Vw Vresrf5wttHiitt 1 T SAW .l-""-"-. sr 5cul -TgU' A ,-'!j!r497MSn u I GREATEST "PINCER" I rOT2&.V TT 8gv . ruiisS MOVEMENT OF WAR rJV'JWS g STARTED BYFOCH W. M T I v I ,. .JtJjCfTi, xjS&wrt Ls7 M&trr Mar.'lial Korli has licpun the greatest "pineer" movemtnt of the war. It ii apparently aimcil nt both ends of the lllndcnburg defence sytlem at once. Ilaig's drive in the north is also a direct threat at Camhral rnd Doti.il. The rrancn-Amcrirnii offensive is dircrted at the railway lines running parallel to the pr rnt front cast of Khcim, which nrc the main mpply line for all the German armies around Verdun. In the above map the blaek lines behind the German front represent the triomlary dcfeii'C lilies to which the Germans can fall back when the Ilinilcnburg system is broken by the Allies HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT IN ARGONNE FOREST Amcricanss Force Germans to, Yield Aftcf Stubborn Contests Line Moves Forward as Villages Are Taken ?) ip Ivsocinfro' Prc AWth the .merlrnn lories Northwest of erdun, Sept 28 Along tho entire American front the IHrmtns made a stand yesterday, but In "I'110 nf thclr '1''mllle,1 irrortH to hold their positions yielded one after another to steady hammering The sweeping idvance of tho first dty was ' ' slowed down, but lat night the line had bet n moved forward far enough to sitlsfy he edquftrtcrs and win the praise of tho Trench, whose 1 ilson olllcers are closely observing thu operi"tl ons The country about Montfaucon and tho Argonne forest was the seenc of des perate contests The Geimtns left mtses of machine guns, and It was against such formations tint tho Ameri cans were forced to advance In the Argonno forest the fighting often de veloped Into an almost hand-to-hand , ChauaC,ter "S thc,men rev cited to the "rtll,Vln1nr '"C'ldes of warfare and crowded forward through the dense Rroth It was fighting without art. for tho combttantH vvero too close together to permit the use of guns, and they wero left to fight It out They still aru in the forest, but reports Indicated steadv progress Apparently theiis was a fight alone, but along the flanks, even to tho north units of Americans had advanced stead Hy, making certain the eventual with dr.twnl of the comparatively small part of the enemy's force stationed In tho woods to deity tho general advance Mopping up the country on the Amer- icm left Involved stiff lighting In theMontfaucon wood In front of It. ATTACKS BY THE GERMANS NO LONGER ARE FEARED hy phimp cuius (ontlnuod from I'mc One tho Girmun guns. It was taking a l! cat rick for If tho enemy guessed tho tlmo of tho attack and ranged a hr.ivy bairago on th it sectot. tho troops would lnvo suffoied heavily Tho troops did not shhk tho ilsk The-y had Hupicmu confidence In their strength nnd In thclr lucl , nnd wo now know with thankfulnpss that the-y vviro Justified In their faith Tho enemy's luringe fell too lite. ",IC" tl"5i "Pro "I1,0??' Virou,Bh an'1 i aclfis,nm,,1.t V".H "Bht ".'" " ll C'm0, inll,KrH or -raincourt ami Aiinouv Tlii- lift of the nttack wns timed to begin befnip tho troops on tho. light weio to movo fqrvvard to Tlesqulits, nutting; the plnceis If quick enough, on tho German holdleis and German guns In tho valley I went out cnily across tho old bitth fields to this new sccno of nctlcn mil felt nguln something of tho old thrill which touched ono .1 year ago before tho Cambral ndventuro on No vember 20 Kntn I'ollons Ited Hunirt Thursday night it rained heavily after a red sunset which splashed all across thB Rky Mow ,,, bInclc cIoun(1 Tno ruins of Bapaume and all thoso vll lages which tho British have rcg lined after this six weeks of history were rose colored in this evening light be tween tho tall, black masts of dead woods Tho storm clouds had not passed Just as the dawn broke, and those fields had a wild, had look as they were dimly revealed by tho rising curtain of day Lights glimmered from thn windows of huts built In these wastes and tents glowed red as the sol diers behind tho lines rose and lit their lamps Campfires began to burn outside tho old dugouts, where sandbags wero whit ening In the dawn Already the airmen were outside their hangars, scenting the wind and looking to their machines for the first flight over the battle lines The kite balloons were In battle array all across the sky,, according to the swing ot the line, and presently the sun rose and tho clouds were dispersed by a fleet wind. Above their snowy peaks there was a lake of blue, and those balloons of tho British watching the drama of battle below them glistening and white. I was not In time to see the first barrage lire, which began Just at dawn without any preliminary bombardment, but It was terrific when I arrived In sight of llourlon wood and Moeuvres In tho valley below, with Fresquleres ridge. On the right all the guns were slog ging away with rapid lire with the heavies, monstruus 9.2s. far behind where I stood, nnd the field batteries well forward. The noise of their shells came rushing through the sky like great birds beating their wings. For miles stretching down below ridges from Inchy and Moeuvres southward to Bavlncourt I could see run flashes and PHILADELPHIA) SATURDAY, region of Charpentry. vvhhli continued until late In the dty Tho Germans left strong detachments of machine gun ners flahklng the town, and It wns con sidered wise to supplement the Infantry's work with that of artillery which wns placed In position at mlddtv In tho stmo part of the field bitter fighting culminated In victory for the Americans along the roid between Mont blalnvllle and 1'cllsefontilne Prisoners brought from tho American left gave Information Indicating that tho Germans are re-enforcing their line Among them were troops fiT)n two guards divisions, one more thtn hitherto accounted for One watched with tempered regret the admirable markmansitp of the American gunners, shaking roofs Into ruins and dusting tho hillsides with the powdered whiteness of walls nut tho enemy clung to the shattered places and the Amerlctn advance was Hayed for a j whlIe untu Cu,Hy , ,ho ,,, fe, t0 the men who ,, mken llethtncourt. and mnklnrr movement whi, h n,i,.,i in L l" lTZ I'JtZ S " Septsarges being taken, threatened to cut off the defenders of Montfaucon, Tho town nnd hill of Montfaucon were In the center of the American ndvalico and iualr.5' '"'slon and of the Sixth and may be considered tho dominating posl- ?w,en . ., !nfanty divisions, reputed tlon to " ot "rs'-class fighting quality, with The towns of .Montfaucon, Septsnrges ' .T,""" 1I,.(?,t,her dh'sion. the 201st and Culsy form a triangle and a kind of ' ft?"" ,' , f 1,r,lfnn,h' haV been hinge where the Volker positions Joined . ,e" l'1 mnule'1 ,IurlnB roepnt "kB the Hagen positions, enabling the enemy' Tn0&" ' s.'lw, marching back from the line to swing Borne 90 degrees to meet Cn"al ',,u 'Nor1 aml "ourlon wero worn any attack from tho south and to pre- nnd '"J10,' m,cn B0 nlu-.fn.ceil that tncy vent nny successful exit from the deep bursts of greenish smoke as lyddite shells were fired. There wns a tremen dous barrage of fire all about Bourlon wood to tho left and right of It, and In tho sweep across Flesquleres Ilunlness of Ilattle The business of tho batlefleld was In full activity Supporting troops wero on the move, marching In Indian file along duck boards leading to the front line, or standing In groups under the shel ter of sunken roads waiting for orders to get ahead Gun Umbers were crawl ing up many of the tracks with new stores of ammunition. Horse amhu lances with eanvns hoods, on which the Ited Cross was painted like a flag, were being driven amazingly near to the hat tie lines, nnd bodies of the Hoynl Army Medical Corps were laylnr: out new field hospitals and putting up tents In full view of llourlon wood, exiet for a fiinge of bushes here and theie ' A Colonel of II A, M. C , came gal loping up to ono of nelr odiccrs nnd said "One nf my majors has Just been hit on tho road. Ho has a fractured femur Do you mind sending along some of your stretcher bearers?" "Certainly," said the young medical oHcer, and later I saw a stretcher be ing carried along with the wounded ma jor above the steel helmets of four sure footed men I went over to a gunner obsirvlng ollicer working with a telescope nnd telephono In a small trench looking straight to Bourlon, and with good ob servation of Flesquleres and the ground to the left of It. "Thing are going. well," ho said 'The Canadians seem to have all their oh Jectlves I can tell that because our guns have lifted on to the second ob jective. It was a wonderful panorama of bat tle. Bourlon wood dominated all the scene, standlnrr so high and black up there above Moeuvres, and that small forest, which the Germans soaked with gas last November so that our men of the Sixty-second Division had to fight and live In gasmasks, and now yester day was soaked again with our gas In repayment of that horror on tho au thors of it, was under fierce fire from our shells Nmoke llldvs Advance Presently ns I watched there rose all around It and away to the left of It clouds of pure white smoke, which rose In tall columns and then spread out and mingled, making a dense 'white screen which almost hid It from view, The British were putting over smoke shells In order to hide the movements of'the Infantry, and It wns obvious from my side that the troops were moving for ward again In a new phase of the at tack, bearing down on Bourlon from the north, while others were working up from the direction of Flesquleres It was difficult to tell exactly what was happening. It Is alavyays enor mously difficult to ge the facts of a battle from what one's vision suggests, even when one has had experience of many mornings like this. An observing officer was persuaded that the , troops were advancing over Bn' hon(l Fie" qulercs ridge "Look," ho said, "you can see them moving up that road to Orlval wood beyond." I stared through his glass and thero sure enough 'as a -oiumn of men go ing slowly toward the little wood on the northeast of tho Tlesqulcrcs, but whe ther they wero Hrltlsli or German I could not mnko out. "Thero goes a tnnk," said the officer.' It was crawling steadily, but present haltee), and I did not see It move again, so that It may have been hit. Artllery does 1'orward A little later there was a new stir of movement over a wide stretch of ground behind where I stood and I could seo from many folds In the earth and down many sunken ro ids and nlong many field tracks horses and puns and wagons com ing forward, ns If At a given signal ifavy guns vvero being dragged forward by caterpillar tractors, and lighter guns, harnessed to teams of horses and mules were coming quickly over the rough ground liven tho kilo balloons were going forwnrd In n spirit of victory. I saw one of them tethered to a motor lorry riding through the sky most gallantly to act a nearer v lew of the enemy's da fett. A few minutes later thero was an air fimt overhead. Trom the beginning of dawn flights of the Hrltlsh airmen were on the wing, and tho drono of their engines was loud In tho sky, even above the tumult of tho guns They wctc flying low over the Germa'n lines, dropping bombs on runs and transport nnd demoralizing In ftntrv by their fierce swoops vMi machine-gun fire One German nlrrnari was bold enough to come on tho Drltlsh side I think he hnd designs on thtt traveling balloon. Hut suddenly one of the British scouts passed above him and then swooped like a hawk and machine-gunned him The Germtii nlrplnne hurst Into flames It bectmc a long tongue of scarle llama caught like a feather hy tho breeze, and below It diopped n dark body which only a second before was a living man with a hetrt beating to fierce purpose. He wns net the only one to ills among tho Get man airmen I met two of the young Hrltlsh pilots sanding In a field and watching German nrlsoners coming back Behind them wns a crashed ma chine In which they hnd tomo to earth with a bump "How aro things going?" I asked, by way of greetings, and tho younger of thn tv o grlnne 1, and said. ' "Pretty qdick, but I wns too busy to vva'vh much of the battle. I hnd to deal with my own Hun after bomhlng their depots at night My man Ins gone west. I followed him down ns he crash cd, to make sure of him " lwer Prisoners Than i:ieetel Prisoners were late In coming down, nnd on tho Cnnadlin side nf things, whero I happened to be, there were fewer than had been expected after the nklng of the first objectives It seems pietty certain thtt the enemy nnticl pitcd the attack here beyond Moeuvres and thinned out his line by withdrawing many mm behind the Scheldt canal. He Canadians weio astonished at Mie we iknoss or the resistance they met with In getting over tho Cantl du Nord After their luck In cctplng the German barrage the used scaling ladders to cllmh the rteep sides of thn" cutting, and the Germans they met did not put up much of a fight, though they say they had been ordered to make a small out post attack at 0 o'cloek Perhaps "his was to c imouflige their weak line. ino lanadlans having pissed their first objectives I cxpe-ctcd next that thev "wu... inn' 10 iigiu nam ror the second on the outskirts of llourlon wood, but not even thero did they have much trouble from the German Infantry, nnd quickly overpowered those they found, though some of them fought haul. Their prisoners were of divisions we believed wo should find men of iho Mnfi, Tl " '; ..,.".. "'"! """ rs below ground or w Ithout proper nourish mem, though they were tall fellows Before they arrived at tho advanced cago they enme down tho roads with hardly any ccort, and many vvnndered down alone Some of thim were wounded, with bloody heads, broken arms and holes In their legs, nnd the walking wounded were arm-in-arm or In hobbling counlcs with their arms on one another's shoul ders It Is a scene I have described so often tint I cannot picture It again, though every time one sees it, the drama and tragedy of It move one to emotion. Prisoners Miou (Irnlltude The men spoke of the terrible barrage whlch wiped evciy thing out, and they mtuo no secret or noing at th end of thejr tether They tries! to show gratitude to the Biltlsh by offering them picture postcards and other souvenirs. "Our fellows make pets of 'cm," said ono of tho British Intelligence officers "And ono would hardly think that dn hour ago It was a fight to tho death, If a man did not sui render mighty quick. Tin- good nature of the British soldier Is marvelous nnd I nm glad ot It, be cause It leaves a, little chlvnlry In tho world " Thero seems to be no doubt that suc cess was with the British from the start. In center nnd on right of nttack hero they worked stetdlly down behind tho Hlndenburg front nnd the support Unci', outranking I'lesquleres ridge and not attacking It frontally, as In November of last year One boi'y of British troops (not Cana dians, who had only a section on the left ot the nssault line) swung south eastward In the direction of Gralncourt village down a sunken road, while other men were engnged In mopping up pock ets of Germans and machine-gun1 nests In the Hlndenburg support line wctt of Gralncourt. On the Cambral road the airmen re ported batches of the enemy advancing to surrender vvlth hands held high. The enemy beyond Flesquleres were Been to be assembled with their faces turned southward, expecting attack from that direction, while the British were bear ing down from tho north. That is all I can tell today, because of the time which ends this mni but I may sum It all up by saying that onco again the Brltlth have broken through tho eneiny's strong positions. The Hlndenburg line Is being worn to a frasile and they have by Immense valor Inflicted another heavy defeat upon the best German troops BERLIN TO BOOST LOAN New Jerey Town Patriotic Despite Unpopular Name -Berlin. N. J. will have a big Liberty Loan parade tonight. All nearby towns have been Invited to participate, and Atco, Glbbstown, Llndenwold, Clemen ton, StratronI, Atco and other places will have delegations In line The fire departments of Berlin nnd West BeTlIn will parade, along with the lodge of Odd Kellows, Brotherhood of America. Ited Men, Sunday schools, churches and inner organizations or ine town. Following the, parade there will be a meeting In Grange Hall, and the farmers and others say that they will subscribe liberally for Liberty Bonds. Bethlehem Hooters Elect Campbell Bethlehem, 1'a , Sept 28,-r- James Campbell has been elected captain of the national and American soccer oham plona, the Bethlehem Steel eleven. SEPtfESCBER '28, .11$, BULGAR PEACE MOVE WON'T HALT FIGHTING Allies May Have Foe in Much Worse Situation Before Concerted Answer to Proposal Is Ready Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger Copurtght, ttlt, bv .Veto Vorfc TlmfJ Vd. London, Sept. 28, Bulgaria has asked the Allies for an armistice of forty-eight hours with a view of making peace. Whatever answer tho Allies return the request It Is most unlikely, the Tvenlng Public Ledger learns, that the proposal will have nn Immediate effect on the military situation In Macedonia. There Is no military- reason whatever why the Allied forces should bo stayed in their triumphant progress, and the Allied Governments need a day or two nt tho very least to weigh the situation and decide on concerted action. Meanwhile. Allied cavalry arc rid ing through the pnsses and tho Hulgarl n position may become perceptibly worse. Tor once the Allies may congratulate, themselves on the lack of a 'political Versailles" No credenco whatever Is placed hero In a German statement that the request from Premier Mullnoff with out tho consent or support of his col leagues Tho Dally Chronicle's well In formed diplomatic correspondent says: "The Bulgarian propsal Is regarded In higher official quarters, as a perfectly genuine appeal. It bears every appcar- anco of being bonnnnc nnd comes through a iccognlzcd and responsible channel, which for the moment need not be Indicated, "The suggestion that It is personal Initiative of MallnofT Is gratltuous and characteristically German. A Ministerial Coup 'Tho overture has been made to .the Allied powers as a whole and not to a slnglo government. It Is an obvious effort to stop fighting to discuss peace terms On the other hand It Is highly probable that In proposing an immcdl ato truce, Mallnoff executed n ministeri al coup as regards his sovereign Ferdi nand, who Is practically certain to op pose the setp, as his dynastic fortunes nro bound up with Berlin, to which friendly port he probably will betake himself at the earliest moment. "But the evidence concords "hat the Bulgars aro blck of tho war, and desire to end It It was the evident obedience to a mtndato of tho people that tho Government addressed Its appeal to the Hnten In this connection a diplomatic au thority pointed out last night that Bul garia for romo lime hah been growing more and more resentful with Germany. She has been angry at tho Geian refusal to give her all she wan'ed of Dobrutlt after the collapse of Itumanla, and with the way In which Berlin sided With Turkey In' her boundary dispute with the' Bulgarians The Bulgarians for some time have felt that they have b-en made tho dupes of Germany, Speculation as to the effec of Bul garia dropping out of the war Is end less The f hronlclo emphasizes the Im portance of the setting free of the Allied Snlonlkl armies for service elsewhere, and the perhaps still more Jmportant re- j"( FIVE U-BOATS A MONTH LOST, GERMANS ADMIT Admirnlty Expert Also Says Fleet Is Helpless Because of Allied Navies Dy GEORGE RENWICK Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger Coirlffftt, ISIS, bv .Vew ork Times Co. Amsterdam, Sept. 28, "We are losing about five submarines monthly and about 125 officers and men," Captain von Mantey, of the Ger man admiralty, admitted at tho Ger man navy league meeting at Dortmund. The cnptaln went on to say that It did not matter If the amount nf tonnago sunk declined, because "Admiral Scheer, llko Von Hlndenburg, will find ways and means to clutch hold of tho.enemy We need have no fear of America, for wo have disposed of the Itusslan steam- roller, and wo can also flnlBh off tho v, nnkecs " ' Speaking of the work of tho German high seas fleet the captain declared that It could only Indulge in raids, which were difficult on account of tho strength of the foe. 'The so raids are especially difficult, he went on, "on account of the fleet hav ing few eyes, that Is to say, large cruisers If wo had spent a couple mllllirds In building n great battle fleet the U-boat war would, perhaps, havo been unne-cessary and we should have been able to beat tho I.ngllsh navy. Wo hnvo nn enemy against us who Is three times stronger than we are, and, therefore, we have to bo careful, for If our fleet Is lost then Germany Is lost." Tho speaker made further admissions by declaring that It was thought tljat the sinking of 600,000 tons of shipping monthly up to August of last year, "would bring England to reason, but the determination of the L'ngllsh de ceived us. How has It been possible, It Is often asked, to bring 1,000,000 Amer ican soldiers to Europe? The reply Is that the enemy uses our fastest ships for transport purposed, and these are very difficult to torpedo " The Cologne Gazette's naval expert, in tho course of an article on the de crease In the amount of tonnage sunk during August, blames the weather, but he holds firmly to the belief that Ger many's triumph or defeat rests with her submarines. ITALIAN GUNS ACTIVE Heavy Shelling on Many Sections. Patrols Take Prisoners Dy the Associated Press Home, Sept. 28 The official state ment Issued by tho Italian war office says: "There was considerable artillery ac tivity In the lAgarlna valley on the Pasublo and In the Posina, and the Astlce valley and on some sectors of the Plave line. Northeast of Laghl, patrols put enemy parties to fight In disorder and took prisoners, other prls oners were taken In the Ornle valley." Liberty Loan Gplf Tourniment Members of the Philadelphia Cricket Club will start the Liberty Loan' drive today with a novel tournament, wfch entrant will subscribe for a Liberty Bond In any denomination ne may see fit. Ail subscriptions will be credited to the Chestnut Hill district, and.al ready a number of big subscription have been promised This is believed to be tho first Liberty Bond tournament, and It should lead to othqr clubs holding events of a similar kind. Prises In the shape of war savings stamps have been donated as prises for best groso and net scores and, therefore, there win be no entrance fee beyond the obligation to buy a bond. , j'vv1 lief their use nearer home would afford to Allied shipping. It Is also suggested that It would not only have an Immense effect on tho military position of Tur key, already reeling In her moral effect from tho defeats In Palestine, but might also afford the Allies the chance they so greatly need to exert lnfluenco again In the Black Sea. This might put an entirely new aspect on the Itusslan sit uation, and change rodlcally as well that In the Caucasus. Lord Cecil Confirms Bequest "The Bulgarian request for an armis tice has been made to us officially" said Lord llobert Cecil, British assistant for eign secretary, to tho livening Public Ledger representative. Ho appeared In tho best of spirits and laid stress on the fact that this was a bona fide udvanco from one ot tho enemy countries "This Is not a rumor," he said. "It Is not llko one of thoBo reports of which we have heard mi much In the paBt about something some representative of an enemy government hnd said to some ono else In a neutral country." Lord Robert was not prepared to dis cuss the Bulgarian note In detail, but ho made It plain, now that a request for cessation of fighting had been re ceived, the Allies hid the right to specify tno conditions they would Imposo before grnntlng It. It was possible, he pointed out, either to accept or to tefuso nn armistice, and also to accept it with conditions. Lord Bobert was then asked whethor In view of tho fact that American troops' hail not been fighting nt Saionlkl, and that tho United States was not even ot war with Bu!garl., Washington would bo consulted by tho Allies before their answer was returned He replied: "Well, of course, that would depend on how tho request for an armlotlco was considered. If It wero held to be a mero military matter, I suppose the commander-in-chief In tho fiold would deal with It as ho would with nny other purely military question; but If It be considered as a political matter, then I have not, the least doubt that Wash ington wilt bo consutted.'' Lord nobert also discussed the possi bility of setting up n permanent politi cal Allied council on something like the same lines as tno permanent military council at Versailles. Ho doubted Its practicability. Thero were, he pointed out, already permanent political com mittees in each Allied capital In tho persons of nmbassadors accredited to each Government. Thero Wns also the permanent council of military repre sentatives at Versailles, nnd thero were occasional meetings of the premiers, and he did not seo how tho Allies could go much further than that. Membeis of tho permanent council, he held, must bo plenipotentiaries and no one but a premier, or. In tho case of'the United States, the President, could hive authority to commit his Government. But premiers aro required at homo nnd so they could not attend a permanent council. Consequently, Lord Itobert said, ho could not see how a "political Versailles' could be worked out In actual practice. ASQUITH IS FIRM FOR "CLEAN PEACE" Sacrifices Must Not Wasted, He Urges Be London, Sept 28 Speaking at a con ference of the National Liberal Feder ation at Manchester Herbert II. As- qulth, former British Prlnio Minister, said tho development of the situation during tho last two months had been highly favorable to the Allied cause The German Chancellor, said Mr Ab qulth, admitted only a few days ago to the llclchstag that the great German of fensive In France and Flanders had com pletely failed 'The Allied progress In Palestine and Maccdonln, the former Premier continued, had been marked and significant. There htd been no campaign of tho war more skillfully con ceived and brilliantly carried out than that by which General AHonhy had cap tured the better part of two Ottoman armies and cleared out tho Turk from tho Holy Land. , Mr. Asqulth declared ho never hid doubted tho continued pressure of tho Allied forces, naval, military nnd eco nomic, would prove In the long run ir resistible "But-tho nioro confident we are In our faith In ultimate victory," the speaker continued, "the more wo should ho on guard that our unexampled sacilflces are not wasted, frittered away, without se curing a clean pence and setting up a new internntlnnul policy which will chain up forever tho furies of war." By a "clean peace," Mr. Asnuith said. he mennt a peace which would attain for tho world tho object for which the Allies havo been fighting. The Allies recently had received peace overtures from tho Austrian l oreign .Minister. Barcn nn rltm Whatever the motive, the speaker added, Burlan's suggestion did not com mend Itself to him as a practical Proposl- lion, Haig Ready to Take Enemy Base Continued from rate One defenses nro composed of a system of trenches of a depth of between four ana nvo mties. London, Sept. 28. The latest British official statement reads: "The, village Gralncourt lias been captured and the advance continued to Cantalng to Fohtnlne Norte Dame. In the left center the Canadian corns unri. r , -,..., . ,.,:. ;"i;l I, 2, r . rtfX'Vr. .YK .'-.'-"A rtt"'i "."" .ne. "i sage of the Canal du Nord and captured the villages of Sannez lez-Marqulon and Bourlon with the wooded heights of xiouriqn mil. ' Substantial progress has been made toward Italllencourt and Haynescourt. "Our deep advance astride the Arras Cambral road was gicatly assisted by the close co-operation of the Twenty second Corps, under General Oodley. south nnd north of the Sensee and Scarpo Rivers. 'The Fifty-sixth London Division ot this corps crossed the Canal Du Nord, and, attacking northward, has captured Sauchy, Lestree and Sauchy-Caucy, "North of the Scarpe on the extreme left Kngllsh and Scottish troops com pleted the capture of Arleux-cn-Gohelle and the German trench system In' the vicinity of that village. "Perfect co-operation between the commanders of neighboring units and formations; between infantry, artillery, tanks and aircraft together with the gallantry and resource of all the ranks have again enabled Us achieve com plete success at relatively small cost Several thousand prisoners and many guns have, been captured' SERB AND BULGAR RACE FOR USKUB' Possession of Town Will " Determine Fate of Ferdi- nand's Right Armies DRIVE CENTER GROUP IN. British Have Had Important Part in Macedonian Offen sive, Late Dispatches Show By MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK B. MAURICE rormer Director of Operations of the Drltloh Army Special Cable to Evening Public Ledget Copurioht, ISIS, bu .Vru) Vorfc Timet Oo. London, Sept. 28. The results of the victory won by tho Serbians nre growing dally, Indeed almost hourly, In Importance. -mmn Tho Bulgarian army before the battle was disposed In three groups The left group, extending from the sea to Lake Dolran, had Its main line of communi cations up the Struma valley toward Sofia. Tho center group from Lake Dol ran to tho Cerna was supplied mainly by tho Vardar vall?y railway, and Its communications ran through Veles to Uskub. The right group, which extend ed from the Cerna past Monastlr to Lake Okhrida, was based on Klrchevo, which lies forty miles northwest of Monastlr nnd Is connected by rail through Tetovo and Uskub Tho Serbian attack has completely driven In nnd defeated the center group and the two outer groups have had In consequence to fall back. lateral com munication between tho left and cenJ ter groups wns cither down the Strum nltza and Vardar valley or by way of Ishtlb. The Serbians have been for" some time In contra! af the Vardar vat ley as far as Gradsko, and now they have occupied both Veles and Ishtlb, sol that the left Bulgarian group Is for the present separated from the cen ter group , Tho center group could keep up com munication with the right group by way of Prllep and the Babuna pass, but now tho French have occupied Prllep and tho Serbians have captured Popadlya mountain, one of the the main heights of tho .Babuna range, nnd their cavalry his entered Isvor In the Babuna valley, the northern end of which they control at Veles The result of this Is that Uhc right group ctn now retlra only by one road on Klrchevo and Is completely separated from the center group by the KaradJItsc mountains. Right 'May Be Cut Off Tho three groups can only reunite If the center group, which has been re tiring In such disorder before the Ser bians, manages to check the advance of our Allies up the Vardar valley and to cover Uskub The Serbians nre already considerably nearer to Uskub than Is the Bulgarian right group, and If the Serbians ret there first, then the right group will be cut oft altogether from tho railways and will have to find Its way through the mountains ns best It may without any prospects of being supplied with either food or munitions Wo may be quite certain thai! both- the Bulgars themselves and their friends I realize the critical situation In which! itholr right has been placed by the col-1 lapse of their center and thnt they areJ 'doing everything that Is possible to rush up troops to cover Uskub, which Is con nected by railway with both Nlsh and I Sofia. L'qually we must bear In mind that the Serbians have pushed ahead so rapidly that they are now a long way from their railways, and though they probably make smaller demands upon their commissariat than any of their Allies nnd can fight well on a ration which would mean starvation to the British soldier, yet they must have food and ammunition. Tho race for Uskub is, therefore, one of thrilling Interest nnd Is pregnant with great possibilities. Wo have ot last heard more about the share of the British troops In these operations It nppears that on the 18th nnd 19th British and Greek troops at tacked the enemy's positions In force on cither side of Lake Dolran. These positions were extraordinarily strong, as the enemy occupied tiers of trenches In hills which completely dominated tha Allied lines The Bulgars must, there fore, have been nhlo to see everything that the AllleB wero Going. The fighting appears to have been very severe for the Butgars are cald to havo made a determined resistance and to hive lost heally, British Denerve Credit Tho British attack against the ene my's main positions cast of the lake appears to have failed, but west of the lake they met with more success, though they could not hold all tho ground they had won. The British troops have ob viously had a hard task, and even If they did not nt onco nctueve much suo cess. thn general result In keenlnv th enemy occupied contributed materially 'I to the preventing him from m9vffll away ins reserves to oppose the Serbia ans. , It Is a pity that we were not tol4 (I about this fighting before. The reports wmen naa nitnerto been received left us completely In the dark as to whether.,! tne uritisn naa merely made a demon stration, or had undertaken a serious at- tack, and Wo were quite unable to an-I predate the part which the British had Played. They are now rewarded for ineir important but somewhat thanklkaa . work by having tho enemy's most for-l mldablc positions In their hands and they are advancing against tne right Of tha 8 Bulgarian left group, which is probably) ) now postca in tne rormiaable Bl aschemsa range. V This rango the British have already','! turned nt Kosturlno gap At Its western I end they have crossed the) frontier and' I enierea uuigana, The most striking factor In the situa tion Is the apparent breakdown of the morale of tho Bulgarian nrmv. WVi ' Is surprising Is that ne fighting spirit " " c,u oi tne nerman army, wnicn has been nehtlnr? just ns long, but more contlmi 'ously nml ,m.der far more trying condl- tlons, should have been bo splendidly maintained. 'si The Bulgars have been fighting al-- most continuously for six years, and-'l it is not surprising that they should be sick of war and think only of thlr;l iiuuiei. In Palestine the situation Is deyolep-! ing as we expected, we have occu-)l pled the quadrilateral of Haifa, Naz areth, Thlberlas and Acre, and ar,( therefore, In position to control th cotin-t try west of Lake Tiberias. J. East of the Jordan we now hold Am-, I man station, so that the fate of the 'I Turkish lorces south or that place along the Hedjai railway should be sealed. It remains to be seen how much of that part of the fourth Turkish army, tviuvii fvB iiui lii vt minium ii win ihakji trrvrwl If t Atan iva . It Is truly remarkable that Gentral Aiienoy snouia nave gainta nis gre victory ana capturea to.uuu prveen at a cost or iwei man & -', 4, Vr ,, -T"" ., ) ki .i4i L-i, & s; . , iv n -,v
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