The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-26
and the northern and eastern fronts

. in Russia.
General Diaz. directing combined
assault by the Italians. British ano
French in the Brenta-Piaye sector o.
the Italian front, has scored lmpor
tant initial successes. capturing seV
. eral important heights and SONS
islands in the Piave. in addition 4
taking nearly 1900 prisoners.
In Mesopotamia. General Marsna
advanced astride the Tigris ana lhe
Adhaim rivers. He has driven the
. Turks out of Tauk. in the latter
region, and is within four miles OF
the important town Of kurAuK. ioo
miles directly north of Bagdad. Along
the Tigris. he is attacking the Turks
near Fatah.
The French war Office announced
today that the Austro-Germans are
: being driven back on front OF
nearly fifty miles. between Paracnln
and Kralievo in Serbia.
4 French artillery and patrols are
active along the Danube.
i The allies have won new and Inn
portant successes In every zone OF
the west front, from the Dutch iron
tier to the Verdun region.
The British and French have begun
a new drive along fifteen mile front
toward Audenarde. capturing villages
and several strong points. They are
now within less than seven miles OF
Audenarde.
British troops have captured Sep
meries and Querenaing, between
Lequesnoy and yalenciennes, and
have practically eliminated the
small pocket which existed south OF
/ the latter place. Field Marshal Haig
announced that in the operations In
this region Wednesday and Thursday
5000 prisoners and 150 guns were
captured.
The French pushed forward in sew
eral sectors from the Disc. near
Guise, southeastward to the A1sne,
east Of Rethel. Between the Disc
and the Serre, they advanced north
of villers-Le-Sec. In the Serre val
ley, they crossed the river between
Crecy and Mortiers. East OF the
Souche river the villages of Pierre
pont and CaumOnt were occupied
Additional progress was made De-
tween Sissone and Chateau Porcien.
the French capturing st. Queptin-Le-
Petit and 1000 prisoners. East Of
Rethel the French improved their
uositions.
The Americans between the Ar
gonne and the Mouse and east OF the
river made some progress.
Along the Dwina river in northern
Russia, allied troops repulsed coun-
ter attack and drove the Bolshevih
southwark.
J Advance Along Whole Front.
| PARIS, Oct. 26.-The French. con-
tinuing their attack against the tip
Of the great west front salient yes
terday evening and last night, ad-
yanced along the whole fifty mile
front between the Disc and the
Aisne.
Progress of nearly two miles was
made at some points, the French
wrestling positions from the Germans
which the latter had organized in
1917. The village of Mortiers was
captured.
Between the Disc and Serre last
might there was great artillery fight
ing" said the communiQue. I'VE
maintained contact with the enemy
on the whole front.
"On the south bank of the Serre we
ATTACKED and captured Mortiers in
violent fighting, taking 167 prisoners
| including two officers.
| East of the Souche last night the
enemy undertook an energetic action.
There was lively fighting on the out
skirts OF Petit.Caumont. The Ger
man counter attacks were stopped
and we held our positions.
1.-The battle continued yesterday
evening between Sissone and Cha
teau Porcien. We broke the enemy
! resistance and gained powerful posi-
tions organized in 1917 and recently
reinforced. We carried positions on
/ a front OF seven kilometers (nearly
! four and a half miles) to the depth
of three kilometers (nearly two
miles, at some points between Ban
nogne, Recouvrance and Herpy mill.
We rushed our lines to the road be-
tween Recouyrance and Conde-Lez-
Herpy. Further TO the right we cap
tured . number of prisoners and
considerable material
! elsewhere there was no change in
the situation"
Special Belgian Report
! LONDON, Oct. 26.-British and
French troops are attacking between
the Lys and the Escaut (Scheldt)
east of Courtrai "a front of about
fifteen miles,, Field Marshal Haig
announced today, in a special COM
munique on Belgian operations. +.
/ The British have captured Octe-
CHEM and Ingoyghem (seven miles
west of Audenarde). The French
/ have reached Zulte (nine miles north
west of Audenarde).
THE French have carried Chateau
Zulte and have reached the fringe Of
the village OF that name" the state
ment said. They have occupied
Blauwpoort farm and are progress
ing along the Waereghem-Ansegh
road.
The British have occupied Ingoy-
CHEM and Oooteghem and are ad-
vancing toward the Escaut.
British and French are attacking
between the Lys and the Escaut,
east of Courtrai."
Monster American Guns
WASHINGTON, Oct 26.-Monster
American naval guns are now bIaZ-