The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-01
YANKEE SHELLS
SWEEP ROADS
behind GERMAN
LINE ON MEUSE
Avenues Of Escape Choked By
Hail Of Explosives and Two
Troop Trains Wiped Out By
GunnerS
AMERICAN FRONT IS
ADVANCED ONCE MORE

General Drive Is Marked BY
Same Sharpness OF Attack
and QuiCkneSS of Movement Of
Previous Attacks
w AsH1NGToN. September
" 29-(Associated Press)-
Despite difficulties Of transporta-
ton due to continued bad wealth
er, the Americans have carried
their front in the Argonne still
further north and have brought
up their heavy artillery. which is
now heavily shelling the German
rear positions and pounding the
roads over which German sup
plies and reinforcement must
come if the enemy stands, or over
which he must travel should he
further retreat.
American airmen have been
busy over the German lines and
report American shells falling into
. Consevere, Dun sur Meuse and
other towns far in the German
rear, while the Meuse bridges are
also being heavily shelled, thus
choking the German exits across
the river. IN
ANNIHILATED TRAINS
During the course of the artil-
lery battle, the air spoilers signal
ed the passage of two troop trains
back of the German lines. These
trains were at once made the tar
gets for a number of the American bat
teries and both trains were destroyed,
! the troops being annihilated in the hail
| of. high exPlosives,,G .utr one y
German armen are vigorously
contesting the control of the air along
the American section of the general
Champagne battle and there have been
| almost constant air battles During
the past three days theiAmerican avia-
! tors have shot down sixty German
planes, while fewer than twenty Am
orleans have paid the forfeit of their
own lives for the g4ueSaI Victory.
The American line In the Champagne
now extends to the outskirts of Brieul-
les nnd to EXcrmont, the former point
marking an advance along tho west
bank of the Meuse of more than eight
miles
YANKs MOVE BRIsKLY
The American front has long since
passed to the north of the Hinden.
burg defcnS" system and is now facing
the Krieghcld line, against which the
Germans now have their backs. This
attack on the new front has been char
acteriEed by the same sharpness of as
sanlt and rnpidity of movement that
have heretofore marked the American
operations. On the first day of the
drive Pershihg's men advanced from
five to six miles along the twenty mile
'front.'
to date show Americans have captured
500 prisoners and the French more
than 1000 up to Friday night In this
drive.
GERMAN COUNTERS FAIL
press despatch from the Ameri-
can army at Verdun said that on Fri.
day counter attacks by the enemy fail
ed to make any impression on the Am
Tha HI
advanced slightly on twenty-mile
front during the day and the villages
of Charpcntry, Epinonville and IVORY
were taken. Americans took In this
drive more than 5000 German prison
efs, including l25 officers, also one hun
dred guns.
clouds and ground mists on Saturday
hamp"red aerial observation, but didn't
prevent American pursuit planes from
activity. The Germans, with their
backs to the outer edges of the Krieg-
hcId line, were lighting desperately in
an cldcnyor to bring the American ad-
vance to naIt The increasing fire
indicated determination to fight to
the utmost. The allied line now runs
through the Argunnc woods, eastward
along II line Paralleling the EpinoVille-
hontfauron road to point near IVORY,
thence north"nst"rly. The Americans
were using artillery freely, while tn.
Germans were depending on machine
gun fire only to chock the advancing
Americans
Governor &. J. Mccarthy will not
return from Hawaii to Honolulu until