The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-09-28

on the firing line.
been expected. The artillery work of
the Germans, especially with high We
locity guns massed behind the st.
Quentin canal, was more severe than
for a long time before.
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simultaneously with Haig's attack,
the French hit the Boches IN a ten
mile front south Of st. Quentin, advanc-
ing more than a mile and taking o u
villages and hundreds Of prisoners.
Military critics express no doubt OF
the ultimate fall of st. Quentin, but
the enemy is sure to put up a long.
hard fight before he evacuates tha0
keystone position.
Stubbornly hanging on to the west
end of the observation-disclosures and i'm
proving their positions there, the
French repulsed many fierce attacks
last week and advanced toward Laon
along the southern edge Of the st.
Gobain forest. The entire plateau
southwest of Laon Is under the fire
Of their artillery, and though they were
moving forward with due caution, they
showed no intentions Of stopping.
On the new American front In
French Lorraine the infantry activity
during the week was confined mostly
to operations for the solidifying of po-
sitions, though the Yankees did push
forward along the Mouse for a con-
siderable gain. This brought Metz I'M
der the fire of their artillery and the
bombardment of that great fortress
city began at once and vigorously. 1t
seems that the allies are now in a po-
sitiOn to keep up the Smelling of Metz
during the fall and winter, If neces-
sary, and thus its reduction, virtually
impossible by direct attack, may be
accomplished. The Germans now ad-
NIT the Importance Of the American
drive on the st. Mihiel salient, but the
deception of their people through the
official reports continues, as exempli-
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 at Thiau-
mont. AT that time Haumont had been
safely held by the Americans for three
days and Thiaumont was already five
miles behind Pershing's lines. Fresnes,
an important city, also was taken by
the Yankees last week, and the line
built by them now runs parallel with
the Hindenburg line at an average dis
lance of a mile and a half. Every day
the German artillery has been deluging
the old salient with explosive and gas
shells, and the American gunners 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 o. a number of highly sue
cessful bombing expeditions over en-
envy territory. In one of these, how
ever, a superior force was encountered
"AN ' vi Jul Piuueo were lOSt. luCl-
dentally, the British reported that in
the st. Quentin sector the Germans
were using a new type of plane that
carries eight men and bombs 13 feet
long and weighing 1000 pounds.
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All along the west front the air
fghting was most intense. In one
day the British brought down &C enemy
planes and lost 16, which indicates the
~derceness of the struggle for the mas
terry of the air. The independent Brit
ish air squadrons kept up their fine
work in the bombing of German cities,
notably Mannheim, Metz-Sablons,
Treves and Frankfort. This brings
howls from the Huns which are music
to the allied ear.
The bolshevik forces in Russia, for
which some victories were claimed
early in the week, later were reported
to be retreating 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