The sun., 1918-11-03
YANKEES ROUT FOE
IN AN 8 MILE DRIVE


way beyond Bugancy to Posse. u
strong point almost seven miles beyond
yesterdays starting point and two ana
half miles north OF Bay9rsville, stra-
tesic point known as ,ae aeart OF tine
Treya stellung.
To the north of the advancing Ameri-
cans, who have broken through the
Germans strongest lines of resistance.
including the Freya position, which was
shattered to-day. lies the so-called
Meuse lINe-the enemy's last stronghold
In this part Of France.
The line in general follows the milf
tary crests and railroads eastward
from Hirson to Mezeres, Sedan, Mouzon,
Montnedy and Longuyon and then
south TO Etain. The railroad functions
In the regions OF Montmedy and Lon
guyon are already under the fire OF the
American big guns.
1t is not believed that the Germans
lave an organised system Of detences
between the American front ard this
Meuse Tine as they had the greatest
confidence that the Freya. Krienhilde
and other lines could hold In spite OF
any attacks designed to break them,
The yo-cal!e1 Meuse line has the ad-
vantage Of important railroad functions
connecting IL with the main lines direct
from Germany by several routes.
Most of the prisoners captured were
In excellent physical condition and dis
played better morale than is usually
the case. They were fully cognizant
OF the efforts OF their Government to
obtain an armistice. All appeared to
realize that a breaking through by the
Americans would result almost certainly
In the loss OF part OF the German army
on the western front.
Among the prisoners was one woman.
She was In Uniform, carried a gun and
had endured the same discipline and
privations as the regular soldiers. Evil
dence received indicated that this was
merely one OF those instances in which
a woman managed to get into the firing
line to seek adventure and that the
German Government IL not beginning
to use women in the battle zone.
In Keeping with Schedule.
The fact that the greatest advance
was made In the centre In due TO the
plans drawn up beforehand rather than
to the strength of the German resist
ance on either wing. The advance was
carried out IN keeping wits the schedule.
In the centre la Dhuy Farm, about
two thirds OF q mile from the starting
point, was taken by o'clock. II was
defended by infantry, machine guns and
some artillery. The Hazois Wood was
cleared by 10 o'clock, 500 prisoners being
taken there The village of Landreville.
one mile northwest OF the wood, was
occupied at 10 AZ and Removable, about
mile northeast OF Landreville. was
taken at II 40. The village of Imccour'.
TO the southwest. was captured at 10
| o'clock In the morning and shortly after
noon Bayonvi,:e. north of Remonville.
MO rll la IN th, Hat
| In breaking through on this front the
Americans shattered the last strong
| holds of the Krienhilde positions TO
| ,ch the Germans had chung so stub
bornly. The enemy positions were pro-
tectsd by wire entanglements. machine
guns and artillery, but the ligA: tanks
| leading the infantry moved forward
almost uninterruptedly. Very strong OBJ
position was met en- the extreme left
! Considering the magnitude OF ths op-
era,ion the American losses In yester-
| days lighting were small. On the other
hand, the reports indicate that the Ger
man casualties were unusually neavv.
Austrian forces on the German FROM
in the woevre region are entraining for
Austria. 1t Ii reported hero on Tho
strength of statements by prisonc,'s the
| A rneriC ans have taken