The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-31
New Offensive Between Piave
and Brenta Rivers Results
Successfully So Far.
YANKEES MAKE GAINS
British Continue to Seat Back Ger
mans In Fierce Fighting Between
ValencIennes and lie ouesnoy
French Renew Advance.

London, Oct. 26.-The Allies
ara crushing ahead, more slowly
because Of the desperate resist
ance Of the enemy, but steadily
on every one Of the battle fronts
In France. The British are fight
Ing In the outskirts Of lie Cues
o key TO the German d~efenses
before Maubeuge, and the nemy
apparently Is retreating from this
part Of the front.
The French, after hammerino
for the iast few weeks against che
stiffest Of resistance on the Disc
serre front have made big gains,
as outlined officially, on all Of the
fronts on which the Pollus are
fighting. The French official state
ment reports the capture Of $500
prisoners In these battles.
The British gained on both sides
Of vaIenciennes by a great bl~,
advancing two miles south Of that
city, and capturing ouerenaIng,
Sepmeries and Odomex. Field
Marshal HaIg reported the total
number Of prisoners captured In
two days as 5000, with 100 guns.
London, Oct. 26.-An offensive ha
been begun by the Italians between
the Piaye and Brenta rivers. In tn
Monte Grappa sector they advances
ACROSS the Ornic river and capture,
Monte Solarcto, part of Monte Prassc
Ian and Monte Partica.
In the Piave river the Italians hav'
captured the islands OF Grave, Patta
daposl and Maggiore. The weather OIL
the front Is unfavorable.
-Four armies are engaged. Italian
patrols ha 70 entered Alono. The at
tack is d crossing satisfactorily.
French troops In Flanders hav'
crossed the Lys canal and capture,
the Deynze-C ourtrai road between BE
teghem and Olsene, a front of abou
three miles, according to battlefront
dispatches received here. In the Serr
valley the French attack begun yes
terday has resulted in the capture 0
vesles and P%ierrepont, northeast o
LaoR. The Serre has been crosses
between Crecy and Mortfers.
Beat Germans Back.
In fierce fighting the British con
tinue to beat back the Germans from
the high ground between valencienne
and LIE Quesnoy. further increasing tn,
menace to the German hold on boil
these important points.
East of lie Cateau the British ar,
before the Normal forest, while soutl
along the Disc and the Serre, tn,
French r pressing hard against thu
Germans.
Yanks Use Big GINS.
With the American Army In France
Oct. 26.--American N inch guns
manned by American Bluejackets, co
operating with the French. began fir
ing on German railroad centers bacl
Of, the Serre-Oise front. The Ameri
directed their shells against rail
road supply stations and functions II
the region of Vervins and also In tn,
vicinity of Rozoy.
Americans captured an immense
German armored battleplane north o
Erieulles. The machine was virtual,
intact. but the pilot and gunners mad,
their escape.
French Renew Advance.
Paris, Oct. 26.-French troops cas-
OF the Sambre.O Disc canal in the re
gfon of Longchamps have repulse,
two German attempts to drive then
back r the canal. Along tn,
6erre and Souche rivers the Frencl
Friday resumed their pressure. afte
having thrown back enemy efforts
south OF Montcornet.