and five southeast of Charey. Heavy artillery activity is reported from the French front, near St. Quentin and north of the Aisne. The German official report, dealing with the British attack of September 19-20, states that German defenses had been removed eastward in preparation for the attack, and that the British troops were defeated in front of these lines with "exceedingly heavy losses." September 23.-French troops capture the wood north of Le Fontaine and penetrate through Vendeuil to the Oise. The French now hold the west bank of the Oise for more than half the distance from La Fère to Moy. London reports hard fighting northwest of St. Quentin with slight advances by the British. Berlin reports the capture of British prisoners in a raid near Neuve Chapelle, the repulse of infantry-attacks southeast of Epehy, and increased artillery activity near Ypres. Heavy rains reduce activities on the American-Lorraine front to one American raid, producing but one German prisoner. September 24.-British and French troops attacking on adjacent fronts, totaling about seven miles west of St. Quentin, capture 1,300 prisoners and four towns. The Allied lines are now less than three miles from St. Quentin. Berlin reports the failure of Allied attacks northwest of St. Quentin. American Headquarters in Lorraine reports an increase in the German artillery fire. Otherwise German activity has been confined to raids and patrolling. American raids net twenty-nine German prisoners. THE BALKAN FRONT September 18.-Servian, French, and Greek troops advance an average of ten miles on a front of twenty miles in Macedonia. Four thousand prisoners and fifty guns are reported among the booty. German troops, according to a Servian official statement, have been sent to this front to help the Bulgarian forces, and were put to flight along with the Bulgarians. Gradeshnitsa and Starovina are among the villages reported captured. An official statement issued by the German War Office reads: "East of the Cerna the Bulgarians since September 15 have been engaged in fighting French, Servians, and Greeks. German bat talions have also been employed in repulsing the enemy." Vienna reports the repulse of Italian attacks in Albania, near the coast. September 19.-British and Greek troops attacking in the region of Lake Doiran, to the east of the French and Servian offensive, gain a foothold in the Bulgarian first positions, notwithstanding stubborn resistance. Bulgarian troops, driven back through the mountainous region of Rojden and the Balettes Massif, are reported in flight across the Cerna River. Fortyfive villages have fallen to the Servian troops, operating with French and Greek detachments. The Bulgarian War Office reports violent infantry fighting between the villages of Gradeshnitsa and the Jojorik heights, with the repulse of repeated attacks. 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(The House of Quality and Moderate Prices) Isla t twenty miles north of the Sokol British and Greek troops attacking on September 21.--Servian troops east of Paris reports that the offensive of the Greeks and British in the Lake Doiran region, which has been marked by furious battles, continues to progress. The Bulgarian War Office announces the repulse of Allied attacks north of Monastir and east of the Cerna. September 22.-Rome reports that Italian troops, in conjunction with the Entente Allied offensive in Macedonia, have captured the front enemy positions in the bend of the Cerna River, to the east of Monastir. Servian troops, pressing the Bulgarian and German troops in central Macedonia, are reported to be within four miles of the Uskup-Saloniki railroad, the main supply for the Austro-Bulgarian forces in this region. The Bulgarian retreat continues with increasing rear-guard resistance. September 23.-Advancing on a front of Rome reports Italian troops in Macedonia September 24.-French cavalry operating with the Servians capture Prilep, north- Greek and French troops operating on the IN PALESTINE September 19.-British and French forces nean has been virtually wiped out by the British and Allied forces, following the overwhelming of the Turkish defense system north of Jerusalem. Eighteen thousand prisoners, 120 guns, four airplanes, and a large quantity of transport are in the hands of the pursuing forces. Cavalry units are reported, sixty miles from their original positions, in occupation of Nazareth, El Áfule, and Beisan. Arab forces of the army of the King of Hejaz cooperated to the eastward by destroying bridges and tearing up railroad lines near Derat. September 23.-London reports 25,000 Turkish prisoners and 260 guns counted in the advance of the British armies northward through Palestine. 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(121) To convince yourself of its merits write for free sample Amsterdam forwards a Moscow dispatch to the effect that renewed attempts have been made to assassinate members of the Soviet Government in Russia. As a result there will be fresh measures in reprisal.. September 24.-A dispatch from Vladivostok reports that a conference is being held at Ufa, European Russia, attended by many members of the PanRussian Constituent Assembly. The object of the meeting is to form in Russia a single government with the controlling power vested in the Constituent Assembly. Bolsheviki and members of the Social Revolutionary Left party will not be represented. A delayed dispatch from Archangel states that on September 18 Bolshevik forces attacked American outposts south of Archangel and were repelled with severe losses. Several Americans also were killed. THE WAR IN THE AIR September 18.-General Pershing reports five American planés missing as the result of an attack by superior German forces during a bombing expedition in Lorraine. A new type of German bombing airplane is reported from the British front. It is said to seat eight men and carry bombs thirteen feet long, containing two thousand pounds of explosives. Lieutenant Luke, of the American Air Forces on the Lorraine front, is reported to have brought down nine German balloons in three days. British airmen destroy fourteen German planes and lose eleven machines in the day's fighting along the British front. September 19.-Hetvolk, of Amsterdam, reports that Allied airmen are bombing Cologne, Coblenz, and other German towns, daily, killing or injuring many persons. It adds that many residents of these towns are fleeing to Holland for safety. Despite rain and clouds, American airpatrols are active on the St. Mihiel front. First Lieut. David E. Putnam, of Newton, Mass., is reported to have been killed on September 12, while patrolling the American lines north of St. Mihiel. September 20.-A Paris report notes an entirely new type of German airplane especially designed for ability in maneuvering. Germans are also reported to have adopted parachutes as means of escape from damaged planes. London reports sixty tons of bombs dropt on German territory in five days by British machines. This exceeds the record of any previous fortnight. September 21.-London reports nineteen German airplanes accounted for by British airmen yesterday, while eleven were lost by the British. Twenty-six and a half tons of bombs were dropt in twenty-four hours. September 23.-A bulletin issued by the British Admiralty states that British and Greek airmen bombed Constantinople on September 20 and 21 and dropt thousands of leaflets into the city. Eight German planes destroyed, four British planes missing, and eleven tons of bombs dropt is reported as the day's record for British aerial operations on the Western Front. September 24. The official report issued by the British Air Ministry states that eight hostile machines were destroyed, several tons of bombs dropt, and four British machines lost in the course of the day's fighting. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN September 21.-Washington reports that the total destruction by German submarines from August, 1914, to September, 1918, was 7,157,088 dead-weight tons of shipping in excess of the tonnage turned out in that time by Allied and The Literary Digest for October 5, 1918 75 neutral nations. In the meantime, 3,795,000 dead-weight tons of enemy ships were seized, leaving the actual loss to the Allied and neutral nations 3,362,088 dead-weight tons. September 22.-Three officers and twentyseven members of the crew of the American steamer Buena Ventura arrive at Corunna, Spain. Three boats with sixty-four of the crew are missing. The ship was returning light when torpedoed on September 16. She was of 4,881 gross tons and belonged to the United States Steel Products Company. September 23.-A British freighter arriving in ballast at "an Atlantic port" reports an attack by torpedo and shellfire while 800 miles from the United States coast Friday, September 13. The U-boat continued firing for one hour and twenty-four minutes. other steamship, belonging to AnUnited States Shipping Board, reports an encounter with a U-boat on September 19, 500 miles off the American coast. THE CENTRAL POWERS the September 18.-The Hague reports that September 19.-A dispatch from Cologne issued in Berlin says that the German Ambassador in Vienna, presenting Germany's reply to the recent AustroHungarian peace note, announces the readiness of Germany to participate in the proposed "exchange of ideas." The Austro-Hungarian Government announces that its offer is still open. September 22.-A dispatch from Amster dam quotes Vienna newspapers to the effect that 382 persons have been killed and many others injured in an explosion in an ammunition factory near the Austrian capital. September 24.-The German people are being prepared for a fresh retreat of the German armies, state advices from The Hague, and are told to expect renewed attacks on all sectors from French, English, and Americans. The Volkszeitung, says the same report, admits the recent defeat on the Turkish front and remarks that the British appear to have been well prepared to exploit their successes. FOREIGN September 18.-Premier Clemenceau declares in an address to the French Senate: "We will fight until the hour when the enemy comes to understand that bargaining between crime and right is no longer possible." ap September 19.-A London dispatch states that the Belgian Foreign Minister, in discussing Germany's "peace proach" to Belgium, declared that the conditions can not be taken as a basis for any serious discussion. September 20.-The Inter-Allied Labor Conference in London adopts the entire report of the Committee on War Aims. This result is regarded as a triumph for Samuel Gompers, American Federation of Labor, who president of the successfully opposed pacifistic elements of the conference. September 22.-Zurich reports that many Swiss Socialist journals have received reports of serious differences between South German politicians and Prussian dictators. 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