Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
Heavily Shelled Lines.

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 The Germans heavily shelled the center and left center of the Ameri- can line and desperate counter attacks were carried out. These counter at- tacks failed.
 The Americans, who captured Hill 299 and penetrated the strong wire defenses between Landres -Et- St. Georges have nassed St. Juvin.
 The American gains in general were accomplished through pursu- ance of the strategic policy of sur rounding the objectives rather than stol ming them.
 Machine Guns Everywhere
 The machine gun-filled woods and heights lying in the path of the Americans advance were taken for the most part by going around them on the left and right and joining forces again on the north side and clearing up the areas thus encircled
 The days fighting began early. when the center moved forward and encircled the difficult position at Hill 2S8, from which machine gun fire estimated as coming from at least 200 guns concealed in the ad- ]acent woods, was poured into the Americans.
 The patrols pushed forward despite the enemy opposition into the Ban- theville woods.
 Hill 2S8 was taken early. notwith- standing a. whitening machine gun fire and a deluge of gas shells which compelled the Americans to fight for hours with their gas masks ad- justed.
 They also encountered vast uuan- tites of wire which had not been suf- ficiently cut by the artillery, and faced an enfilading fire from both sides.
 A Big Fight.
 4 big fight ensued for the strate- gic Cote De Chatillon, which con- mands the terrain northward and which was attacked by the encircling method, the Americans taking the Tuilleries farm to the northeast This farm was taken under artillery fire by both the Germans and Americans late this afternoon and for a time remained in No Mans Land.
 The American advance at this point involvel the capture of Leman- sard farm and filtration through the wire guarding the Somme- -Rance-Lan- dres road.
 The opposition against the right center of the Americans grew less in the afternoon so that patrols were able to push northward and eastward to gain g sure footing in Bantheville and Bantheville wood.
 By late afternoon the center had advanced kilometer north of RO- Elagne, thence to a point south of Tuilleries farm, south of the slope of Cote Chatillon and north to one kilo- meter south of Landres- -N. St. Geor- ges and half kilometer to the south of St. Georges.
 The engineers inspecting Romagne found it full of mines and traps. The enemy began again his shelling to check the attack which now was fully even with his Kriemhilde posi- tion or beyond it, but could not pre- vent the Americans from capturing Hil' PAP.
 Perhaps the most interesting de- velCpment of the day was the fact that the Americans and Germans fought with fierceness, stubborness, and tenacity utterly belying any be- lief that their part in peace is matter of the near future.
 The Americans are almost unani- nous that the German proposals are insincere, and that whether sincere or not, the enemy must be severely punished.
 Many with whom the correspondent talked during tour of the most active portions of the front, seemed to take the attitude that they had perhaps only little time in which to strafe the enemy and wanted to
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