Emmons County record., 1918-10-17
FOE ABAND0NS
REGION OF LAON.
German Forces Are Expelled
from St. Gobair Forest
and La Fere.
ITALIAN TR jOPS ACTIVE
Americans Engage In Intense ArtII.
'ery o .eI iistwesn. .Airs and, Msuss
Rivers. Blasting Machine '3un
Meats to .siis.

Meats to Bits.
Psris, o.:t. 15.-The whole Laon
from: Is c.'umhiine. The French
have captured Q doxeh additional
villages. The railways leading
from. thes,, are intact and eesat
n,asnes Of shells and o.hsl. war
maturlai hive been seized.
Tie German retreat ID being
carr,ed out With di:,is uity, ,sins
10 the bosnhardment u railroads
BY atrfianss.
srtsleh troops ars rsport.d 10
have outs:anked eouci,ain and to
10 aasan;irp on pnnsin, from
which town they are only three
miles 4. .etr mt.
American forces an, adva ancins
In tire direction Of Dun cur Ateuse,
In tire Ar0oane sector, seee riding
10 tie Intsansteeant.
Lond3n, Oct. 15.-Gs-mau forces
s1ve Abandoned Laon, La Fere, and
the whole 81. Gobain regior.. The
French. efter reoccup:!rg Laon. have
Pressed on Until thsir line new run.
from the Cise river above La T,cre t.
ti.a eastern end of the Chanlin des
Dunes.
ita!ii.n troops psrticips ted in the ad
vance s:id { re rncw eni.aged en- the
Ellis Earsh CT tie A.lc.te river. ct this
particular ronttae German lines ha ve
heen pressed hack or hare bs.n with
frawa SO that sharp angie has been
t.oatet..
Atlas Feach Hrndino Lire.
French and Eril:sh TO- .ces lave vtr
tual!y reached the Hunting lice cas-:
CT C.7thrai ind st. Quentin. British
raiss are re,o.ted at Solcsmes, while
tie Fr.s.ch srsther south are within
four 4 les vi Gui:e.
-he f:rsdiLg lie rrns from Ant.
werp to Chsiit end the1te to rournai.
Coaie, Valencienles. S,!asraes. Gu.se
ie.ne:. Noax eres. Dun ,ur Meiiae aad
tae1 G.,wl ;:.e base o. the st. Miniei
I liec. to .:,, Mose!!e. ,'here II joins
the old f-o-t Fun.1i:g throuih Lor.
r.:ne and the Nosses 20 the Swiss
Sroc.iet.
On the Champagne front Genera;
rcr.hs OF is .ess than five miles from
l.ethsl while tur her east General
Gou-ard has taken vcuz .eres, but has
pot penetrated much further north OF
tha: p!-.e .'mer!cans fighting in the
i"-c7: region ..rs through the kr.en
j! de :.:.e, hi: their progress there Il
slow.
British Threaten vai.ncienn.s..
; .!-:n Y reached by tn,
..'-i..sh. vile 20 tao north .:se line
f"",:e - s',-r-'r a 'he east. Shout
Douai ssll, the British VIII be able I,
I'd. cs Ga aienctennes
:. he O.se rlter haa he.sr crossed b.
4,t E,>lch TO thu east OF La -.ere q,
cr''..ay
/. .toaia the italians have cap
tured :iv.::'a. town IL miles south
cas. C! Drrazzo.'
ISL Al.iei forces have occupied Nisb
t..A Serbian stronghold. the German
6 cial statement admitting that ths
T.uton.c armies had retired to ths
Ee'~h:s -hacE. Of the city In lace o
the terrific Allied thrus.s.
Americans Wreck Machine Guns.
With the E.aerican First army, Oct
15.-Au intense artillery battle is rag
ing between the fire and the Meuss
It continued throughout the night ant
was er,wing In violence. The Ameri
can guns apparently dominated tn,
situation. The solid mass of ::.achin,
gu., nests w!:icL ornose our advanc,
between the two rivers was randi,
being blasted to bits.
Heavy German attacks ems. Of tn
Argonne were broken up by Amerl
can conntera.tacks.
The Yanhs met the Bocbes lnidwa.
between the two lines. welding tn
ba?cne. and tearing the enemy wave
to shrads.