The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-26
Enemy Line Is Being Forced
Back on All Important ,Sa-
lients of Attack.
HIRSON is
OBJECTIVE
American Naval Gunners With
16-Inch Guns Driving for
Pivotal Point.
BY The Associated Press

The Germans in Belgium and France
an ,llI stubbornly resisting the at
.enpls of the entente allied forces to
break through their lines and effect
immediate collapse Of their defensive
positions.
Nevertheless. on all salient positions
under attack, the enemy line is gradu-
ally being forced backward.
nn the northern Italian front, be-
.vecn the Brenta and Piave rivers, the
Nislrians being put to test in new
stack by British, French and Italians,
while in Mesopotamia the British have
resumed the offensive against the
Turks and at last accounts We're max
nS considerable progress.
BstWeen the Disc and Serre Rivers,
american naval gunne1.s with 16-inch
uGs have Joined The French i'll an
effort to hammer their way north
eastward towards Hirsop, the pivotal
Ioint.
Ass the allied forces in Belgium and
France continue successfully TO storm
the stubbornly defended German lines,
Talian troops on the Italian northern
front have begun an offensive against
the Austrians,
British troops today are smashing
tueir way eastward on the sector be-
tween Nalenciennes and LIE Quesnoy,
which IS vital to the security OF Valen-
cienncs Further south, the French
who have been gradually forcing the
enemy from the pocket between the
Oise ana the Serre. have resumed thei"
PRESSURE and are reported to have en-
t,I'ed Nillcrs le Sec and surrounded La
Ferte
american forces have made further
-,jns east and west OF the Meuse de-
-pite strong enemy resistance. The
trarnans on the western end Of the line
o'r reported TO be preparing to with
a"aw northWard from Grand Pre- where
1heir positions are outflanked by the
frcnch east of Nouziers.
General DiaZ. in his new offensive is
sorted TO have driven the Austrians
" nT important heights north and West
ni N)niegrappa, between the Piave and
the Breuta. In the Piave the Italians
have captured two islands.
In fierce fighting the British con-
tinge to beat back the Germans from
The Iigh ground between Nalenciennes
and Lequesnoy, further increasing the
"7ce to the German hold on both
HeSe important points. In Belgium ami
north OF Nalenciennes the allies main
'dlHeu tileT pressure DUJ the opera
lions are Of minor importance, as the
situation on the north depends upon
he British success around Nalen-
oinnes. East of LIE Cateau, the Brit
s1 are before the Normal forest.
while south along the Disc and the
Serre, the French are pressing hard
asilnSt the Germans.
since Wednesday morning the Brit
~ @rmies fighting forward from a
&c" miles north of NaIenciennes to
ea3' Of Le Cateau have taken $500 pris-
en'gS and 100 guns.
FIHid Marshal HaIg, his troops hay-
ing cached the western edge Of the
Normal forest, apparently is striving
~ eutilank that natural barrier on
ne north ny advancing through lie
..esnoy ;oW2rd Mons and Maubsuge
me Germans are lighting stiffly to
prevent this. resulting in desperate
oHDdts III the villages and other van
age Folnis south of Valenciennes |
me FritisF, however, are pushing
aeadily ahead and have taken Maing !
nt |cnGagnies.