Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-27

on the firing line.
hard fight before he evacuates that
keystone position.
Stubbornly hanging on to the west
end of the Chemin-des-Da and i'm
proving their positions there, the
French repulsed many fierce attacks
last week and advanced toward Laon
along the southern edge of the ST.
Gobain forest. The entire plateau
southwest of Laon is under the fire
of their artillery, and though they were
moving forward with due caution, they
showed no intentions of stopping.
On the new American front in
French Lorraine the infantry activity
during the week was confined mostly
to operations for the solidifying of DO
sitiOns, though the Yankees did push
forward along the Meuse Cor a con-
siderable gain. This brought Metz un-
der the fire of their artillery and the
bombardment of that great fortress
city began at once and vigorously. 1t
seems that the allies are now in a po-
Sition to keep up the shelling of Metz
during the fall and winter, if neces-
sary, and thus its reduction, virtually
impossible by direct attack, may be
accomplished. The Germans now ad-
nit the importance of the American
drive on the st. Mihiel salient, but the
deception of their people through the
official reports continues, as eXempli-
fled by the statement, one day last
week, that American attacks on Hau-
mont had been repulsed and the Yam
KEGS also had been beaten at Thiau-
mont. At that time Haumont had been
safely held by the Americans, for three
days and Thiaumont was already five
miles behind Pershing's, lines. Fresnes,
an important city, also was taken by
the Yankees last week, and the line
| built by them now runs parallel with
the Hindenburg line at an average dis
tance of mile and half Every day
the German artillery has been deluging
the old salient with explosive and gas
replied most effectively, battering the
towns held by the Huns and several
times breaking up attempted infantry
attacks, with severe loss to the enemy.
| The airmen on both sides were extra
ordinarily active and the Americans
carried out a number of highly sue
Cessful bombing expeditions over en-
emy territory. In one of these, how
! ever, a superior force was encountered
and five of our planes were lost. Incl
dentally, the British reported that in
the st. Quentin sector the Germans
carries eight men and bombs 13 feet
long and weighing 1000 pounds,
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All along the west front the all
fighting was most intense. In one
day the British brought down &c enemy
planes and lost 16, which indicates the
fierceness of the struggle for the mas
terry of the air. The independent Brit
ish air squadrons kept up their fin'
work in the bombing of German cities
notably Mannheim, Metz-Sablons
Treves and Frankfort. This bring
howls from the Huns which are musi
to the allied ear.
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The bolshevik forces in Russia, fo
which some victories were claime'
early in the week, later were reporte,
to be retreating on both the northern
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Slovaks along the Volga CONTINUES
their advance, and the fact that the
captured Perm, capital of the govern
ment of that name, indicated they wer
in fair way to effect the junction Q
the forces which are fighting in wes
ern Siberia with those which have bee
engaged in southeastern Russia. A
was predicted, the japanese censors
not permit much news to come fror
l the allied expedition in Siberia, bu
what does come is satisfactory.
In Russia the reign of terror inst
tuted by the bolsheviki to suppress tn
: counter revolution continues and III
known numbers of the opponents c
Lenine and Trotzky have been ma!
l sacred. The American government las
t week issued a series of articles expo
: ing those two precious rascals as tn
:. paid agents of Germany, giving tn
I text of many secret documents ol
tanned by an agent of the cOmmitte
on public information. All this mad
:, intensely interesting reading, but 4
: one in America except a few highbro
: ''intellectuals" is surprised by the fac
r revealed, and there doesn't seem an
). way to get those facts before the Ru
f sian people whom Lenine and TrotZB
t and their crew have tricked and b
:, trayed.
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