The Little River news., 1918-10-26
FORGED TO FIGHT FOR
 EACH FOOT OF GROUND
Allies Clin Slowly in Face of Most Bit ter ReSistance-Adyanc Made On Three Sectors Where Ger
 nanS Seek 10 Hold.

l MaiiS seek 10 Hold. l Paris, Get. 23.-Allied armies in france and Belgium are still driving the Germans toward their border, but the process is now comparatively slow.
 On the sectors that are necessary to the stability of the entire German llne-Where crash through prob ably would mean the immediate col lapse of the whole defensive system the most stubborn resistance is being offered by the enemy and what vains are being made by the allies are prac- /, tically foot by foot in the face of the hornets of the battle line-the machine guns.
 Particularly vicious fighting is in progress west of the Mouse river where the Americans, in their efforts to overcome the natural obstacles barring the way northward to Sedan are faced by picked troops, with or ders to hold them at all costs; in the region from Le eCateau. to the north of Valenciennes, where the British and some Americans gradually are tearing their way through the ene- my's front. and between Tournail ana Audenarde, where the British also are hard after the enemy.
 Important Progress Made.
 Despite the frantic endeavors of the enemy to maintain their positions on all three of these sectors, material progress has been made. Also northeast of Laon the Frenel on an eight mile front have delivered thrust that carried them forward from two to three miles. Into the hands of the British have fallen 2 900 more German prisoners, while the Americans west of the Mouse have also gathered in numbers of the en- emy and considerable quantity of his machine guns
 Nests of machine guns are being encountered by the Americans as they attempt to press forward along the front from the Mouse to the town of Grsnd Pre-, situated north of the Ar gonne forest, but in spite of these obstacles they have taken further ground and at last accounts were steadily keeping up their pressure against the enemy Extremely heavy counter-attacks have been repulsed north of Grand Pre-, and on this sec tor particularly strong concentrations of enemy artillery fire have failed On the western bank of the Mouse the town of Breuilles has been taken, the enemy having burned and evacu- ated it and retreated in the general direction of Dun.
 Exactly what has been accomplish ed by the French in drive north east of Laon, except that they have gained over a wide front, has not yet become apparent, but it brings appre- ciably nearer Montcornet, the last im- portant railroad junction in this re- zion.
 Valenciennes Outflanked.
 North and south of Valenciennes Field Marshal Haig has continued his attacks against the Germans and ey- anywhere made good progress. Be- tween Le Cateau and Solesmes sharp wedge has been driven into the German line, threatening the town of Maubege on the east and outflanking VAlenciennes on the south. North of Valenciennes the town of Bruay has been captured, making Valenciennes untenable for the enemy To the north of this region the British have reached the west bank of the Scheldt canal.
 Already the British are in the west ern outskirts of Valenciennes, where hard fighting is in progress, the Ger mans having posted machine guns in numerably on the western bank of the canal, which runs to the center of the city.
 In northern Belgium the Germans are still retiring. Unofficial reports are to the effect that Ghent is being evacuated.
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