The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-26
hard fight before he evacuates that keystone position.

hard fight before he evacuates that keystone position.
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 Stubbornly hanging on to the west end of the Chemin-des-Dames and im- 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 con- siderable gain. This brought Metz un- der the fire of their artillery and the bOmbardment of that great fortress city began at once and vigorously. It seems that the allies are now in a po- sition to keep up the smelling of Metz during the fall and winter, if neees- sary, and thus its reduction, virtually impossible by direct attack, may be accomplished. The Germans now ad- init the importance of the American drive on the St. Mihiel salient, but the deception of their people through the official reports continues, as eNempli- fled by the statement, one day last week, that American attacks on Hau- n'ont had been repulsed and the Yan- kees also had been beaten at Thiau- lGont. 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 t1e Yankees last week, and the line built by them now runs parallel with the Hindenburg line at an average dis tance of mile and 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 out number of highly suc- cessful bombing expeditions over en- emy territory. In one of these, how. N,.;5 e T and five of our planes were lost. Inci- 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.
 All along the west front the air fighting was most intense. In one day the British brought down 66 enemy planes and lost 16, which indicates the fierceness of the struggle for the mas tery 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 ment of that name, indicated they were in fair way to effect the junction of tie forces which are fighting in west ern Sibera with those which have been engaged in southeastern Russia. As was predicted, the Japanese censors do the allied expedition in Siberia, but what does come is satisfactory
 In Russia the reign of terror insti- tuted by the bolsheyiki to suppress the counter revolution continues ana un- known numbers of the opponents of Lenine snd Trotzky have been mas sacred. The American government last week issued series of articles expos ing those two precious rascals as the paid agents of Germany, giving the text of many secret documents ob- tained by an agent of the committee m public information. All this made intensely interesting reading, but no one in America except few highbrow "intellectuals" is surprised by the facts  revealed, and there doesn't seem any way to get those facts before the Rus sian people whom Lenine and Trotzky and their crew have tricked and be trayed.