The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-28
STRONGHOLD IS
CAPTURED after
SEVERE BATTLE
YankS Make Big Stroke East
Of the Meuse.
olSE RIVER LINE BROKEN
0ebeney's Men Are in Out
skirts Of Guise,

skirts Of Guise
WITH THE AMERICAN
q ARMY NORTHWEST OF YER
DUN, Oct. 2S.-Belleu wood,
east Of the Meuse, is finally and
completely in American hands
after strenuous fighting for sew
sral days. The wood was taken
in a successful local attack late
Sunday. Fighting is still taking
place in the eastern portion of
Ormont wood, in the same re-
gion.
The American long range guns
this afternoon began firing on Lon
guyon. The town Of Longuyon is
twenty-eight miles northeast Of Yer
dun, The American iong-range fire
also Is being directed against the vital
Vote de Rocade, on the railway line
,aralleling the front The Germans
IRE depending on this road to shift
heir troops and supplies from one
roint to another.
A Signal Victory.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Oct. 8.-General Deb
rpets army has won signal victory.
The German forces holding the Sere-
Disc front arc In retreat and the
whole German line between Chateau
I'orejsn aud the Arsouue is In danger
befrg turned,
Penisteni attacks By General Deb
'neys interchangeable ialsntry has
olsksn The river liss, Which line ID
'ouensnded ~ The sA<my n tie pres
10 isent and The heuse. ff "a
New Retreat 10 On.
PARIS. Oct. B-Cermsny's army
,as begun a new retreat, this time be-
wecn the Oise and the Aisne. General
Oebeney's first army In The teeth oi
itubbon resistance and repeated eoun-
er-attacks, has succeeded in svingih0
IN It's right flank, so that Il fsces -sst.
Il has reached Cuise and the Cuise-
Marie road, driving the enemy be-
lore il.
General Debeney now is in position
10 push rapidly along the upper Oise
valley toward Hirson and Vervins
through level country devoid , Of
,trsans. The frat result Of his prog
ress Is 10 force the enemy opposing the
tgnlh and fifth French armies, .ex-
l,susted by fruiiicss counter -stiAcks, to
begin . backward movement which Is
eventually hound 10 extend 10 the front
before Rethsi. This will open to the
foerth army = double passage Of the
Aispe and Ardennes canal.
General Debensys success was won
by sheer hard lighting. The import
anes the enemy attached 10 stopping
thIs progreu along the Oise may have
beesi gathered from The fact that the
Germans yesterday threw In three fresh
divisions, which, however were
knocked out
~ The Associated Prsss.
General Debeuey's first French army
eon&inucs 10 press the Germans back
between the Oise and the Serre. Unoi-
ficislly they are reported IN the out
skirts Of Guise and along the rosd be-
. tween Cuise and the important railroad
belpt Of Marie. toward which GenetoN
MAnrin u advancing east Of the Ssrrc
Farther east toward the Alsns, tht|
Cormsns are reported 10 be retiring BE-
loro the continued French pressure.
Il may be that NE Germ pre-
pared lines lerslsr east 10 they
arc nov retiring along u, Oiye
'front.' but they are not appl.,. on he
isae. Thers are few, II any, natural
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