Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-19

ntin, a hotly contested point. 3-Mem
devices of the Hun.
ing evacuated last week and the air.
drome moles east of it were being dis
mantled. The British, fighting fierce
ly and repulsing heavy counter-attacks,
were advancing steadily through Hav-
rincourt, Pezieres and Gouzeaucourt
and forced a crossing of the Canal du
NOrd, thus taking the main defense Of
Cambrai on the southwest. st. Quen-
tin was the goal of race between the
British and the French, the former
winning yermand, Attilly and Wendell
les and closing in on the important
city from the northwest, while the
French southwest Of the objective
crossed the CrOzat canal and took
number of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Travecy on the Disc, just north of La
Fere. and from it's heights were able
to dominate the latter town, which was
reported to have been burned by the
Germans. This operation, together
with the French advance eastward
from Coucy-le- Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides the forest and mas
sif of st. Gobain, the chief defense Of
Laon. Withdrawal of the enemy frocl
that forest, which is full of guns in
strong defensive positions, might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diff
cult.
At the western end of the Chemin
des DANES the Germans were lighting
furiously in the region of Latfaux,
where they were trying to regain pos
session of the dominating ridge which
the French and Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops were
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all in vain.
IA
Although the stupendous German re.
| treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted slillfully and the enemy line
has not been broken through, his ar
| mics maintaining contact with one an
| other, it has been in every way a most
expensive operation for the Huns. In
addition to the loss of great numbers
| of guns and immense quantities of ma
terial, captured or destroyed, they
have lost more than 100000 men, the
majority of whom, fortunately, were
! killed. The morale of the army is
being gradually broken by relentless
continuous and successful blows de-
liyered by the allies, the supply OF
| fighting effectives is getting low, and
| the people at home are becoming daily
more dissatisfied and restless. Cap
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men are put back in the ranks before
they are cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re
cover their strength and health. Aus
tria has reluctantly responded to the
call for aid and in the quieter sectors
Austrian divisions are placed between
German divisions, or Austrian soldier.
are used to fillAout depleted German
regiments. This is taken to mean tina
there Will be no renewal of the Teu
tonic offensive in Italy this year, Il
ever.
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The war department announced tha
Americans have been landed at Arch
angel to take part with the other al
lied forces there in fighting the bolshe
Wiki and re-establishing order in north
ern Russia. These troops are from
some Of our northern states and man,
of them speak Russian. Hitherto tn,
only Americans there were marine
and sailors.
In Petrograd. Moscow and othel
cities Of Russia proper the bolshevil
government is struggling desperatel.
against the ever-increasing counter
revolutionaries, slaughtering the latte
mercilessly whenever they fall int
their hands. Petrograd Is reported t
be given over to massacres and flame
and to have been captured by revolt
ing peasants; Yaroslav and vologd
have been burned by the soviet troops
and Moscow is threatened with tn
same fate by Trotssy. Two attempt
were made on the life Of Doctor Hell
ferich, the new German amb3ssador t
Moscow, but he fled back to Berlin.
= The soviet rulers, persistent shout
ers for peace without annexations an
indemnities, have just paid to Gel
many 250,00O,000 rubles, the first il,
! stallment Of the indemnity exacte
from the unhappy country by th
! Huns.
In Siberia the allies, with til
Czeclio-Slovaks, Cossacks and loyi
Russians, have been making satisfat
I tory progress, but the Austro-Germa
ex-rrisoIcrs and the bolslleviki al
putting up so obstinate ii ,resistanc
that .Japan is contemplating sendiri
much stronger force in order to II
L sure the safety Of the expedition ,irl
It's allies before the winter; sets Il
The Jananese rove Xernment. ls c0nytnss