Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-09-27


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hard fight before he cvacuates that
Keystone position,
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Stuhhornly hanging on to the west
end OF the Chemln-des.Dam and i'm
proving their positions there, the
French repnlsed many fierce attacks
insi week and advanced toward Laon
along the southern edge OF the st.
Cobaln forest The entire plateau
southwest Of Laon IL under the fire
OF their artillery, and though they were
moving forward with due caution, they
showed no Intentions of stopping.
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On the new American front In
French Lorraine the infantry activity
during the week was confined mostly
to operations for the solldlfying Of 30.
sltions though the Yankees did push
forward along the Meuse for n con.
siderable gain. This brought Metz un.
der the fire OF their artillery and the
bombardmenl OF that great fortress
city began at once and vigorously. II
seems that the allies are now in a<po.
siuon to Keep up the Smelling of Metz
during the fall aud winter If neces-
sary, and thus It's reduction. virtually
impossible by direct attack. may be
ntnnmnlI 20 4
NIT the Importance OF the American
drive on the ST. Mlhlel salient, but the
deception of their people through the
Official reports continues. as excmpll.
fled by the statement, one day last
week, that American attacks on Haul
mont had been repulsed and the Yam
KEGS also had been beaten ut Thlau.
mont. Al that time haumont had been
safely held by the Americans for three
days and Thiaumont was already five
mines behind Pershings lines. Fresnes,
an important city. also was taken by
the Yankees last week, and the line
built by them now runs parallel with
the liindenburg line at an average dis.
lance of Il mile and n half. Every day
the German artillery has been deluging
The old salient with explosive and gas
shells. and the American glnncrs have
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 n number of highly sue
ccssful bombing expeditions over en-
envy 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
we're using n new type Of plane tina,
carries eight men and bombs Is feet
long and weighing 1000 pounds.
IA
All along the west front the air
lighting was most intense. In one
day the British brought down GG enemy
planes and lost l6, which indicates the
herceness Of the struggle for the mas.
terry of the air. The Independent Brit
lsh air SquadronS kept up their fine
work in the bombing of German cities,
notably Mannheim, Metz Sabons,
Treyes and Frankfort. This brings
bowls from the Huns which are music
TO the allied ear.
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The bolSheyik forces In Russia. for
which some victories were claimed
early in the week, later were reported
TO be retreatlng on both the northern
and southern fronts. The Czecho.
Slovaks along the volga continued
their advance, and the fact that they
captured Perm, capital of the govern
ment of that name, indicated they were
in fair way to effect the junction of
the forces which are fighting in west.
ern Siberia with those which have been
engaged in southeastern Russia. As
was predicteS the Japanese censors do
not permit much news to come from
the allied expedition in Siberia, but
what does come is satisfactory
In Russia the reign of terror lnsti- |
tuted by the holshevlkl to suppress the
counter revolution continues and I'M
known numbers of the opponents OF |
Lenine and Tr0tzky have been mas
sacred. The American government last
week issued a series of articles expos
ing those two precious rascals as the !,
paid agents of Germany, giving the
text of many secret documents OBJ. !
tained by an agent of the committee |
on public information. All this made |
intensely interesting reading, but no |
one In America except few hlghbrow
'lntellectuaIs" is surprised by the facts
revealed, and there doesn't seem any
way to get those facts before the Rus
sian people whom Lenine and Trotzky |
and their crew have tricked and be-
trayed.
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sufficient gasoline, although fleet of !,
gasoline tanks had been prepared to