The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-02
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Field Marshal Haig announced today.
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Field Marshal Halg announced To-Day.
The city was taken this morning
after hard fighting. The battle con-
tiuued on six mile front south OF
the city until this morning. Several
1 counter attacks were repulsed. Four
thousand additional prisoners were
Il taken.
i 1.-THE fighting yesterday south of
| Valenciennes, which was very severe,
was continued until this morning on
a battle front of six miles" the state
ment said. Large numbers of the
enemy were killed. Many hostile
counter attacks were repulsed- -Four
Thousand prisoners were taken.
| 1.-The seventeenth corps under Gen.
eral Ferguson and the twenty-second
corps, under General Cooley gained
the high ground southeast OF Valen-
ciennes this morning and pressing
forward, seized the village OF Pre-
seau.
"a Canadian corps under General
Currie, after hard fighting in the out
skirts of Valenciennes, has now pass
ed through the town, which Is wholly
in our possession"
Yanks Smother Germans.
tIBy Frank ]. Taylor. United Press
Staff Correspondent
| WITH TILE AMERICANS IN
FRANCE. Nov 2.-The American
center Is continuing exploiting its
gains in the Freya line. while the
wings pushed ahead and widened
the gap in these last organized foru-
fications this side OF the German
border
The Yank artillery is fairly smoth-
erfng the Germans, facilitating the
movements of our infantry with the
highest losses. The fighting is grow
ing in intensity all along the line.
Nine Villages Captured.
WASHINGTON. Nov. capture
by American forces Of nine villages
on the verdun front. the attack con-
tinuing with French aid. was report
ed by General Pershing today.
THE first American army con-
ii nued the attack on the west bank
of the Meuse in conjunction with the
fourth French army on its left" said
Friday evenings communiQue.
The perfect cooperation of all
srms-infantry, artillery. atr7lanes
and tanks-suoceeded in overcoming
and Designating the enemys re-
sistance and breaking Up counter
attacks Enemy divisions rapidly
brought up we're put with troops al
ready in line and vain attempts
made 10 stop our advance.
Cur ytSgo-ioCs troops have al
ready taken and passed beyond St
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ElzoOcel today
Tns F-zlcr-A-Escaas IN rvo days
.Es-Eg have advanced from five 70
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lagos
Among The important towns occu-
pied arg Audsaarde, Deynz and Naza-
rszh
The enemy has been thrown back
Nslcsn-" the statement said
"Anseghem, Iteghek, Caester and
EIseghem were captured and 900
prisoners taken
'Erauco-AmeTicans, after carrying
the heights between the Lys and the
Escaut, advanced along the latter
river between Melden and Eceke on
q front Of fifteen kilometers, making
their total advance in two days
from eight to sixteen kilometers.
Nineteen villages have been re-
conquered, including Deynze, Naza-
reth. Cruyshautem and Audenarde.
THE Franco-Amertcans at the end
Of October had taken 1000 prisoners
and captured two complete batteries.
ITO the northward the Belgians,
in minor operations. improved their
positions on the Derivation canal
French tanks rendered invaluable as
sistance."
Reach TaeIismento River.
MILAN, Nov. italian patrols
have reached the Tagliamento river.
according to battle front dispatches