Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-28
'ANKEE'S HAMMER POUNDS
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E;th the American Forces North
 N of Verdun, Sept. 27 (By The
 xiated Press.)-All along the
 ;rs American front the Germans
 le stand today, but in spite of 4 determined efforts to hold their itons yielded one after another to
 dy hammering. The sweeping ad- Ir of the first day was slowed
 but tonight the line had been Esa forward far enough to satisfy Rouarters and win the praise os
 French whose lais0n officers arc
 .ly observing the operations.
 Desperate Fighting
 he country about Montfaucon
 the Argonne forest was the
 e of desperate contests.
 |lhe Germans left masses tof mach
 guns and it was against such for lions that the Americans were
 A to advance.
 ] the Argonne forest thg fighting
 en developed into an almost hand |hand character as the men revert Ito the preliminary principles war k and crowded forward through
 dense growth.
 Close Up Fighting.
 t was fighting without artillery the combatants were too close to- Her to permit the use of guns
 they were left to fight it out They are still in the forest, but re- IS indicated steady progress. pks again cooperated in the opera ls while airplanes contributed ma- paly to their saccess after the IVY clouds which followed the rain 'ae early morning had disappeared. Aqddy roads hindred for some time Or,nging up of artillery. but by 'a tne guns were in position. Turn the Tables.
 Iney soon reversed what had ap- .Ea up to that time to be a slight ,Eantage for the Germans. \ was evident. however, that the u,y % had recovered sufficiently af- sae lrst staggering attack yester- ! 10 establish his line along the sondary licenses.
 .Isse ~ positions are good and it is . slat rom them the Germans will 'n z stubborn resistance in an en- .'Or to at least check the offen- 'Mop' Up The Country. av?plng up the country of the y..san tlu left involved stiff fightinfi ,tnn. Hs region o Charpentry which ,m. 'suuea until late in the day. The ,Is'ls .S;nI left strong attachments of ll@il'e ;4 gunners flanking, the town s,ss. ~ was "a considered wise to SUD- aeat .sai', the infantry's work with that 
 < ailery :. which was placed in posi- II. ., G!g jump yesterday, combined s 'sln a soaked roads and the Ger. lmuu uuuestfucticn of their lines of Isma Iualeatlon interfered with the |sas Bsment of artillery.
 ltoa.' HSm the arrival of artillery in N as .s near the town, the situation lss, sassnged, as resulting in the with re shlo T such of the Germans as a q, Much Bitter Fighting.
 fioh.,sa IS same part of the field bit ths thsasslng s coulminated in victory .en Masa,l americans along the road be. as 0n'0lalnville and Eclisenfon. ! 'st css,sg sArgonne forest witnessed fur. lhsSs Sslman n nan sacrifices.
 lnd n;!5 ,s!5 a heavy force of inantry chin" ",s,. ,., the usual complement o1 Ilno,. Guns in Thickets. le s fse,eV every ticket masked guns ir ao .Om scores of~threes streams .,as snronted the advancing Am. lsft lfe.s brought from the Ameri. Cs Cer,g. gave information indicating "sns are reinorcing theil M them were troops from tw. M soson. s,lsion. one more than trencl a d.tiiled farms forming tn, ! ,v.tses vtnses of the main Hinden
 'sm southwest of Le Catele'