The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-11-01
NEW DENTS MADE
IN ENEMY LINES
ALL IMPORTANT POSITIONS UN.
DER ATTACK ARE BEING EN-
cRoAcHED UPON
ITALIANS BEGIN OFFENSIVE
Between Brenta and Pisve Rivers Aus.
8 strians Are Being Put to Test
Britons Continue Advance on
Maubeuge and VaIenciennes
(war Review for October 2e)


The Germans in Belgium and France
are still stubbornly resisting the at
tempts of the entente allied forces to
break through their lines and bring
about an immediate collapse of their
defensive positions.
On the whole they are succeeding,
but nevertheless on all salient posi-
lions under attack the enemy line grad
1ally but slowly is being forced back
ward
On the northern Italian battle front
z between the Grenta and Piave rivers
the Austrians are being put TO the
test in new attack by British. French
and Italian troops. Three thousand
Austrians were taken prisoner in this
sector. In MesopOtamia the British
again have gone on the offensive
against the Turks and at last accounts
were making considerable progress.
In Albania and Serbia the operations
of the allied forces are tending to-
ward the slow but sure evacuation of
the invaded districts by the enemy
forces.
Britons Strike for Border
In the northern French theater the
British are centering their efforts
south of Valenciennes TO cave in the |
salient between that city and LIE Cues |
noy and move on toward the important !
junction town of Maubeuge, with the |
twO-fold purpose of finally encom-
passing Valenciennes and reaching the
Belgian border.
Everywhere the Germans are offer
ing the stiffest of resistance but never
theless they have been compelled to
give up the town of Maing and most
Of the intervening points eastward
along the railway to lie Quesnoy which
now is all but in British hands.
Shell vervins and Rozoy.
Between the Disc and Serre rivers
American naval gunners with 15-inch
guns have Joined the French in their
efforts to hammer their way north
eastward toward Hirson, one of the
key point positions in the German line.
American shells from these guns
are being hurled against both Yer
wins and Rozoy. Further progress has I
been made by the French in this re- {;
gien, but only after the hardest kind {
of fighting.
Americans Advanced.
Likewise, on both sides of the Mouse .
river the Americans have advanced {
their lines Notwithstanding the strong
resistance of the enemy. North of !
Grand Pre-, which lies in the valley l.
above the famous Argonne forest, sew u
,ral hills of the utmost Importance o
rom strategic standpoint have been 0
aiken from the desperately resisting
,nemy machine gunners and artiller
SITS. Numerous violent counter attacks .,
lave been launched by the Germans u
against the Americans, but all these
ave been successfully sustained. The
Germans in this region are now badly a
'utfIanked by the French standing on f,
he left of the American line at You II
ieres, and it is probable they soon Fl
will be compelled to readjust their en- IT
ire line from the north of Vouzieres a,
0 the region of Etain. n,
The liberation of Rumania has been
egun by entente forces after years ri
by the Germans. Crossing III
he northwestern portion Of Bulgaria NJ
t Lompalanka, southeast of Iron ro
ates, French patrols have forced VI,
assage of the Danube and entered %
pom Rumanian soil.
American troops have captured an ~
German armored battleplane y
orth of Brieulles. The machine was
rtually intact, but the pilot and gun
ers escaped.
ON east of the Meuse the German ar
llery endeayOred to protect the plane, ca
1T the American guns let down ca
,unter fire upon the enemy gun en- tw
acenents. When lull came, Amer rel
an troops hauled the plane to safety.