The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-24

COMMUNICATIONS. and il seems not un-
duly optimistic To- pcrdiCt Tint IN" Brit
iSl troops will SuOu he beyond any line
of French soil they have yet tr"ddrn
during tn. present war.
present the action is almost wholly
confined to a struggle Of the infantry
against machine Hun resistance. The
nature of tho country Is unfarorable 10
the employment of tanks and even the
bringing up Of guns entails considerable
difficulty. Moreover. the desire Is to
keep tho British column as mobile as
practicable. The saPpcrs and cnG!n-
GERS arc doing great work but II is the
infantry that is carrying out the VIC
tory.
americans are rapidly adding war
wisdom 10 indominahle gallantry and
are contributing laurels TO the history
of the fourth army.
Tho artillrrymen. airmcn ana IN a
limited measure the cavalry. arc doing
infantry battles and what Napoleon
said of marching men remains true In
open warfare today.
BY midday We had penetrated 70 a
depth Of nearly three miles on front
of about seventeen miles and had ad-
vanccd 10 the east Of Ralsmes forest.
Field Marshal Haiss Report.
LONDON. Oct. 23.-Ficld Marshal
Haig's night report says: .
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cred by Anglu-Scottish troops or the
third and fourth armies between. the
Samhre canal and the river Scheldt,
south OF Nalencicnnes.
AN advance was made over country
that was difficult-over many streams
and through villages and woods which
We're defended with much resolution.
In the period of assembly and the
early stages OF the battle tho hostile
artillery displayed great activity with
D. ,,-h -. MI
We have fought our way forward IN
spite Of obstlna resistance especially
by tho enemvs artillery and machine
guns.
some hours before dawn our infantry
penetrated the enemys' defense along
the whole OF the front and at an carly
hour had captured the important village
OF Pommercual forest and Romieres.
ION The extreme right there was
strong resistance at the fortified farm
Of Gimbremont and the railway nearby
but at both places the encmy's defense
was quickly overcome.
Left Of the center the village OF
Beaurain. which was held by the enemy
with great tcnacity. was stormed ny the
English with the assistance OF tanks.
ION the left other English troops
crossed the Harpinca river at an early
stage Of the advance an captured Yer
tain.
During the morning VIC pressed on
over the whole Of the front. carrying
the encmy's position 10 depth OF over
three miles driving him from many
strongly defended villages. farms,
woods and other localities organized for
resistance.
Tho English 25th division had hard
fighting in the Bots Levaue. but pro
crossed through the wood East COUNTY
troops. advancing to depth or three
and a ha'f miles captured Bouso. (Bou-
sies?)
THE Anglo-Scottish troops secured
crossings Of the FIarpies at the Fendo-
Cies wood and captured Vendrgies VIII
iage. English and New znalanders op-
Grating on their left reached the out
skirts Of Ncuvtlle and established them.
selves on the high ground northwest OF
the village
''FtIrther north the village Of Oscar
main was captured.
In these highly successful operations
several thousand prisoners and many
guns we're captured by our troops.
whose advance is containing on the
whole OF the front"