The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
and Encircling Operations
 Are Kept Up On All Sectors and the
 Enemy is Forced to Retire From One Position to Another-- Drive of theI Italians Between the Piave and theI Brenta Netted Them 1000 Prisoners
(By The Associated Press )

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 Germanys soldiers are bcing siyen no rest as che British, French Ind American forces continue with sue- cess their drives on important sect ors from north of Valenconnes 10 east Of the Mouse Meanwhile the lul- ians are pushing ahead in the region Of Monte Grappa
 On the northern end of the front in France, the British maintain their progress in encircling valenciennes. In the center the French have shaken seriously the German defenses along the serre and eastward toward the Aisne at Chateau Poreien.
 The American troops east and waet Of the Meuse not only hold tueir gains hgainst strong enemy o5struetous but further have strengthened their positions north of Grand Pre-.
 South of Nalenciennes Field Mar shal Haig is across the Valencicnnes- LeQuesnoy railroad and the fau oi LeQuesnoy which is vital to ihe de- fense of Mons and Maubeuge. would appear to be near at hand The light ing on this sector continues bitter with the British striving to outflank the Normal forest On the northwest of the forest the British have adyanc- ed someN hat and captured Englefoa- taine and a nearby hin
 Along the northern edge of the Raismes forest. north Of Nalenco1- nes, the British have app"oaced near CT the canalized portions of tho Schedt river In this region they have captured the villages of Ojomoz and Mauhle. If the Briti- h can cross the Scheld- in force in this region and continue their progress south of Nal- euciennes it would seem the Germans soon would retire from that mpor- tant point and probably readjust their fines north and south on large scale
 Between the Disc an: the Aisne the French are making rapid strides to- ward the important points of Marie and Montcornet
 Along the railway southwest of Marie they have captured the village of Mortiers and maintain their pres sure elsewhere along the Serre. Fur fher east q big hole has been torn in the German defenses be2un in 191L
 Between Banosne and He~py the French have driven forward Mont Cort about tYo miles in front of two to five miles. A continuei advance here monaceS the German hold on Rethel on which the enemy has cluug tenaciously and tends to outflank the German line eastward along the left side to Nouziers.
 The Germans continue Co fight des- pcrately the advance or the Ameri- can troops along the vital front east and west of the Mouse Their count CT attacks at various points of jno east side of the river have been ra- lusled but the eney continues to homhard the American line heavily. On the extreme western end the Americans have enforced their hold on the hills on the southern position Of the Bourgoyne wood, north of the Grand Pre-.
 On the last week the allied troops in France and Belgium have freed 400 square miles of territory from the grasp of the enemy.
 Paris estimates that in the last four days the Germans have suffered a total casualties of J0,000 including l5000 prisoners.
 In the continuation of their attacT between the Pave and the Brenta the Italians have captured more than 2O00 prisoners in the last 24 hours, the Italian was office reports.
 There was heavy fighting all day Friday northwest of Monte Crappa, but the Italians maintained their gains of Thursday and extended them some what The strongly fortified height of Monte Pertica to the northwest was carried by the Italians.