Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-02
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Lille, one of the Germans chief posi-
tions in northern France.
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lions IN northern France.
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With the American Army in France,
Oct. might Over 100 German air
p.anes were shot down by American
airmen in six days of the offensive
west of the Meuss River, the censor
now permits il 10 be stated,
Nearly all OF the German observa-
/ lion balloons that were destroyed fell
victims to Lieut.. Luks of Phoenix,
ARR.
American airmen have complete
| mastery of the air on The front where
/ our men are fighting. American pur-
suit airplanes. flying in massed for
nation, and with frequently thirty or
/ forty in bunch, have swept the Ger
mans from the air and hold complete
control ever since the offensive
started
Combat Patrols Gain.
BY Henry c. Wales, International
News Service staff Correspondent
with the American Army in France,
Oct. American combat patrols ey-
erywhere pushed forward today in
the Argonne forest north of Cierges
and in the direction of Gesnee and a
foothold was gained in Brieullessur-
Meuse.
| tBrieulles-sur- Meuse is nearly eight
miles north of the battleline)
Strong patrols were sent out tc
reconnoiter in advance OF our farthest
established lines All day long they
kept in contact with the enemy, but
found that the stubborn defence
which had previously been put up by
the boches was lacking.
The War in Summary.
Germany's mighty military ma
! chine, which was o carefully built
up during forty years OF prepara-
under the ever-inCreasing fury of
the allied bows over the whole
: western battle front
: Nearly all of Cambria and st.
Quentin, the two great bastions
= on the northern end of the Hin
denburg line, are in allied hands
! today, and the new German de-
20 fensive system northeast of st.
> Quentin has been smashed over
/ front of seven miles
= The French made a series of
' new attacks north and northwest
l. of Reims during the night, carry
} ing all af the masf of THIRTY am
i extending their lines as far as
Betheny two miles north of
/ Reims.
Il The Belgians and British are
Il advancing steadily and have
II reached a point fourteen miles
$ southeast Of Ostend. making thi
It port virtually useless as a Ger
Z man U.boat base
The glo-Belgian army on the
II Flanders front has forced cross.
{ ing of the Lys River, between
Cominen and Weryicq, opening
the way for drive behind the
great German stondhold of Lille
. On the American front north
- west of Verdun the German lines
are giving way in the Argonne
ST forest sector and another retreat
II similar to that on the Marine
|. looked for.
a. The whole German battle front.
u 230 miles in length, from the
North Sea 20 the Swiss Alps, has
ri been staggered by the brilliant
lie new victories of the alliel armies.
y Important lines of communica-
le ton behind the German lines in
I, Flanders are now under allied a
IL dllery fire. while on the eastern
IL fringe of the Champagne district
Is the French have advanced to a
m point only six miles from the all
r. important railway city of YOU
20 Tiers
~ So deeply have the allies cut
IS into the German lines that pc
m sistent reports are sprlngmg up
M in Holland that The Germans are
" preparing to evacuate Belgium
of According to information from
r. Amsterdam, definite steps toward
10, the evacuation Of Belgium have
ed already been taken.
rs. German defensive systems tha,
RS required years in construction
he and regarded by Hind5nburg as
m impregnabie are crumblng be
al meath the sledge hammer blows
is. Of Foch's army.
The Americans are still playine
3: brilliant part in this great cam
paign. Hostilities have ceased
tz. for the time being in the Balkan
and in the meantime the eyes OF
nd the world are on Turkey, wnere
to military and political effect of the
el. collapse of Bulgaria is keenly felt