Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-31

le American navy. 2-Graves of some
lent. 3--General view of Bruges,
sians, the French and some American
divisions, drove forward relentlessly
and before the week closed were chas.
ing the last OF the Huns out OF Valen.
ciennes. To the south of that city, in
the direction of Maubeuge and Mons,
the British made smashing attack.
breaking through the enemy line of Gle.
Tense on II wide front and threatening
to outtlonk the line uf the Scheldt
which. further north, had held up the
progress OF the allies to some extent
BY cutting the banks of the Scheldt
| canal and other waterways the Ger.
| mans Hooded the country. Tho cap
ture of Mons and Maubeugc would be
serious to the Germans, for those cities
| which are united by Il railroad, have
been the principal German concentra-
ton and supply points on the Ardennes
front. East Of LIE Cateau. where the
Americans are fighting beside the Brit
ish, the allied progress was rather.
slow.
| The fall of Client in the near future
seeming certainty. the Germans We're
cvacuating It; and the Belgian govern.
ment decided to establish itself in the
Y recovered city of Bruges
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| The French in tho Laon region
moved forward somewhat. but the ,ad.
vance there was slowed up consider
ably during the week. In the Cham
pagne The Huns were keeping up the
most determined kind of resistance,
| and the Americans in the valley of the
Meuse were bearing the bruDt of the
I severe fighting. II was the hardest
Kind of work, and Mt times the Yanks
| had to fall back, but always they re-
turned to the combat and carried their
detectives. Powerfully organized ma.
chine gun positions were encountered
everywhere In that region of ravlnes
| and hills and forests, and to take these
without too much loss IL was neces-
sary TO nlnneuver past them and nt-
| tack from the flhnlss and rear. Furthet
west, to the north of Grand Pre-, the
Americans were engaged i'll equally
severe fighting, but there, too, they
were slowly overcoming the stubborn
resistance of. the Huns. In this they
were materially aided by the big bomb.
! ing squadrOns Of the air forces which
not only continually harassed the Ell.
1 In ftrll 1,,,t Io
peated raids Oh his bases and supply
\ trains.
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One-fourth OF Germany's available
military strength hNs been placed in
| the Champagne and Meuse sectors to
| there. and the task these allied armies
are doing, while not snowy. is of tire.
! meildous Importance and difficulty.
/ The Huns are trying desperately to
| save the Notwithstanding railway
system. on which depend all their
4 communications in thar region. 1t is
| Il satisfaction TO know that the Amer
leans are giving mighty good lc-
| count OF themselves there and that,
| while their own losses are not small,
those of the enemy are vastly larger
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| In the near East matters progressed;
| fayorably the allies driving the Aus
| trians nortllward and reaching the
Danube on the Roumanian border.
thus completing the isolation of Tur-
! key from the central powers. A fur.
ther advance to Orsovn will open the
| way for an invasion of Austria. In
Montenegro the process of clearing
out the foe went forward rapidly. AT
Krushevatz, in the center of Serbia,
| German forces We're strongly resist
4 ing the advent of the Serbs toward
Belgrade.
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| Turkey. which is more than ready
to make peace. has IL new scheme.
Plans are being discussed to make
Constantinople Il free port and dis
1 mantle the fortifications OF the Oar
danelles on condition that the allies
1 guarantee The continuance Of Constan-
| tinople as the capital Of Turkey. IT
| is also proposed to grant autonomy to
1 Arabia. Syria. Armenia and the Jew
ISL part of Palestine.
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The Germans seem to delight in vio.'
lating the sense Of decency OF civilized
people. The latest example of this
! propensity is the snaming of Baron Won
der Lancken as head of a commission
of neutral residents of Brussels which
is to investigate charges OF unneces-
sary devastation during the retreat
from Belgium. This baron played a
leading role In the. murder of Edith
Cayell, Ignoring the representations Of
Brand Whitlock and refusing to save
4 the nurse from death. "a