Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-11
And Hard Pressed Nuns are
Given No Rest by the
Onsweeping Allies.
FRENCH TAKE 2 VILLAGES
Only One Place Could leu
tons Temporarily Halt
Victorious BritOns.

The big fight is on again in Elan
ders, and the Germans are being
hammered hard. Field Marshal Haig
is battering away on the sectors east
aud northeast of Ypres, while French
troops have joined with the British
left wing to the south of Dixmude in
an endeavor to bring that section of
the line even with the sharp wedge
that has been driven into the German
front by Haig east of Broodseinde.
Launching their attacks simulta-
neously Tuesday morning both arms
les had made considerable gains
before night,.in addition TO inhicting
heavy casualties on the Germans and
taking many prisoners. Prior TO the
announcement Of the comm encement
Of the attack there had been an init
nation that the Frenchmen were
ready for an advance.
With apparent ease the French
crossed the flooded Broenbeek and
Jansbeek rivers and captured the vii
lagos Of st. Jean De Mangelare and
Veldhoek, together with numerous
block houses and took prisoners sew
eral hundred Germans. The advance
OF the French was over front of
a mile and hall, and they penetrated
the German line to a depth of one
and quarter miles,,
Haig's principal offensive centered
on the parts of the ridge still held by
Germans, being directed eastward to
Poelcapelle, which was captured, and
northeastward from Broodseinde to-
ward Passchenaele, the ultimate OBJ
jective being the Ostend-Lille road.
Taken as a whole, the joint operation
makes more apparent the browning
desire of the allies in this region-the
forcing back of the Germans to points
where their evacuation of Ostend
and Zeebrugge, naval and submarine
bases on the North sea, will become
necessary.
AT several points Haig's advance
was sharply contested by the Ger
mans, particularly north of Broodse-
indie, the nearest approach to the
railroad line and near the Polderhoek
chateau.
Nowhere, however, were the Ger
mans able to stop the advance except
near the Polderhoek chateau, where
the terrific fire of their machine guns
gave a momentary pause to the Brit
ish.and forced them to give ground.
Later the attacking troops reformed
and the successful push went on
again.
Aside from Flanders, the operate ms
in all the various theaters of the war
are OF minor character. Along he
AIsne and Champagne fronts and N
the left bank of the Mouse, and OIL \ e
Verdun sector, intensive artillery d,-
els are still inIprogress between &
french and Germans. In Champagne
the French have carried out success
iul raid near the Butte of Tahure and
aiken prisoners.
There is still considerable infantry
md artillery activity between the
Russians and Germans in the Riga
sector OF the Russian front, but Meth
'r side has made any attempt at an
Idvance.
Reciprocal bombaadments are in
progress between the Italians and
Austrians on the Austro-I Italian front
md between the entente forces and
he Teutonic allies in Macedonia.
Another Austro-Gernan peace OF.
err which is to be based on the
principles OF no acknowledgements
nent' the Surrender of Belgian and
french territory, the remuneration of
erritorial acquisitions for money
payments and no indemnify by either
'ide, is soon to be put forward, ac-
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