Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-30
YANkS DRIVE.
ON IN TEETH
OF BIG GUNS
Americans 0utshooting Enemy
and Germans Unable to
Stop Advance in Ver-
dun Sector. a
BY Associated Press.

With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Sept. 29.-The
American troops continued to make
progress, although slowly, all day
yesterday. The advance was great
est on the right of the sector and
least in the center where the Ger
mans counter-attacked violently
The enemy gained nothing by these
efforts, however, except to slow
up the American advance tempor-
arily. On the American left the
Germans have resorted to heavy ma
chine gun and trench mortar fire.
The artillery activity has increased
along the entire line with the Amer
leans easily outshooting the enemy.
East of the Meuse the German artil-
lery fire has been quite heavy.
At Exermont, just east of the Ar
gonne forest the enemy offered Bit
ter resistance.
Northeast of Nantillois, some
what east of the center, the Amer
leans have already advanced beyond
their positions of yesterday morn
ing. The Americans there took pris-
oners from the Bavarian reserve
division which has been resting in
Alsace and moved into the line yes
terday. They also took prisoners
from another reserve division, which
has sent one battalion from each
regiment into the line.
Resistance Increases.
Enemy resistance increased stead
lily on the left of the American sec
tor and a number Of new German
enemy troops in manly instances yes
terday held on to machine gun nests
until they were literally wiped out.
The American extreme, left con-
tinues to advance steadily along the
edge of the Argonne forest. From
batteries east of the Meuse the Ger
mans last night bombarded heavily
the region of Brieulles and other
points on the right of the American
line.
From the bend in the Meuse to
the west flank the Americans fought
their way out of the tangle of the
Argonne forest and established
new line. Across the Meuse the
village of Vilosnes was reported
by aviators to have been blown to
pieces by enemy mines. All bridges
over the river in this section have
been destroyed.
A little to the west the evacua-
ton of Romagne appeared to be in
progress, while further north trains
were observed leaving for the in
terror. Other early reports, how
ever, indicated heavy concentration
of enemy troops at Dun-Sur- -Meuse
and that strong resistance might be
expected.
Far to the left a number of tanks
that had been working through the
wilderness of the Argonne forest
made comparatively rapid progress.
Most of these machines we're of
the small French type. With as
tonishing agility they moved for
ward, smashing wire entanglements.
their way over trenches and
firing point blank at machine gun
ners who endeavored to check them.
The efforts of small rear guard
forces equipped with new antitank
guns to impede their progress were
futile and many of these new wea-
pons were added to the rapidly
growing salvage developments.
Six German airplanes were down.
cd yesterday in battle between
seven American and seven German
machines. The battle took place i'll
the air, over Zeptarges wood.
Railroad Line Severed.
The Chatterange railroad line has
been severed on the left front, fac
ing the Americans, in an effort to
delay and to halt entirely, if posi-
bic, the American thrust, which may
force the Germans to abandon the
northern part of the Arg6nne forest
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