Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-07
AMERICAN.

November Observation-Disclosures The
Bar and the Meuse the LIST American
Army continued its advance northward
where it was opposed by strong resist
ance.
Our troops are in the Bots du Fond
do Limon. whence the line extends
through the Flaba. Maisoncelle and
On the line of the Meuse, which We
,, now hold from the Bots de L'Hospice
to the east OF Milly, and thence e
Dun sur Mouse, there was severe ar.
tillery and machine gun fighting dur
ing the night.
Franco-American units. operating IL
the difficult terrain east OF the Meuse
against positions long held by this
enemy on the front Sivry to the Bots
de la Grande Montague were heavily
engaged.
During successful air contests yes
terday afternoon three additional en-.
envy planes were brought down. AL
of our machines returned.
November S (evening).-The Isl
Army. under Lieut.. Gen. Liggett, has
continued its success.
Crossing the river south of Dun sur.
Meuse. under a heavy artillery fire
which frequently wrecked the newly
constructed bridges, the troops OF
Maj. Gen: Hines corps fought theil
way up the slopes Of the east bank
Breaking the enemy's strong resist.
ance. they captured Hill 292. Hill $50
Liny-Devant-Dun and drove him from
the Bots de Chatillon. During the
we're extended northward; Dun-sur-
Mouse was captured and our line
pushed forward a mile beyond that
town as far as the village of Milly.
The troops of Maj. Gen. SummeralPs
corps reached the river at Cesse and
fha ~
Jaulny. The important road center
at Bertmont fell before our victorious
forces. capturing in their advance the
village of Letanne. At Beaumont we
liberated 500 French citizens. who
welcomed our soldiers as deliverers.
The advance of the past two days
has carried our lire to points within
five miles of the Sedan-Metz railroad,
one OF the main lines of communities
ton OF the German armies.
between Beaumont and the Bar Mai.
Gen. Dickman's corps. in close liaison
pushed Forward under heavy artillery
and machine gun fire through the
rugged forest areas beyond Stonne.
The villages of Yooncq, LIE Basace
and Stonne were taken.
We have taken today west Of the
Meuse hfty-one additional guns, maxi
ing 4 total of more than 15O since
November /.
Thirty of our bombing planes ex-
ecuted successful raid on Meuse
and on Raucourt this morning, drop
plng more tan to tons of bo~bs
with good effect. Reconnaissance and
pursuit so 'adronS carrie out many
successful missions, machine cunning
enemy troops and greatly assisting
the advance of our infantry, Sew
enteen enemy airplanes were shot
Gown and two enemy balloons burned.
Seven OF our Planes are missing.
BRITISH.
November 7.-Our progress on the
battle front continued during the
evening. We have taken Dompierre
reached or passed the line of the
Avesnes-Bavay road between Mon
ceau-St WAIST and the railway south
of Bavay.
We have reached the outskirts OF
Quievrain and Crespin.
Successful patrol encounters south
west of Journal resulted in the taking
OF fifty prisoners.
November S.-We progressed along
the whole battle front today in spite
OF heavy continuous rain. Sharp
fighting has taken place at number
of points with German rear guards
and some hundreds of prisoners have
On our right our troops, pushing
forward. captured Cartignies and
Marbaix. In the center. driving the
enemy from his hastily constructed
defenses on the east bank of the
Sambre. we have crossed the river
about Berlaimona and have captured
Leval and Aulnoye. where we have
taken prisoners. The important rail-
way junction OF Aulnoye is in our
possession.
Farther north we have crossed the
Avesnes-Bavay road east of Normal
forest and reached the railway to the
south and west of Bavay, where
sharp fighting is taking place within
a short distance of the town.
On the left the Canadian troops are
continuing their progress east Of the
Scheldt and have captured Baisieux
and Quievrechain.
Aviation The Independent air
force Tuesday afternoon bombed the
Morhange airdrome and railway;
Tuesday night the Morhange, Fres-
catay. Dieuse and Lillinghen air
dromes. and today the Bull airdrome
FRENCH.
November THE pursuit of the enc
my was renewed this morning on the
UhoIe of the front We are prnpresSinp