The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-04
YANKS PUSHING
TOWARD SEDAN
Most Important German Rail-
way Center Between MeziereS
and Metz, Objective.
BRITISH LAUNCH DRIVE
French Attack on Both Sides of
Guise in an Encircling
Movement.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Smashing blows are being dealt the
Germans on the western front and. the
collapse of the present enemy defense
positions appears close at hand.
In the center of the sector west of
the Meuse the American First army
has driven forward to Sommnuthe,
thirteen miles south of Sedan, the most
important German railway center be-
tween Mezieres and Metz.
Troops Identified.
With the American Army on the
Sedan Front, Nov. 4.-(925 AMI
American troops pushing northward
toward Sedan early last night had
reached Sommauthe, five miles north
of Buzancy and thirteen miles south
of Sedan.
The center of the advancing line is
held by troops from New York, Mary
land and West Virginia. To the right
and left of them are regulars and
troops from New York, New Jersey, the
District of Columbia, Texas, Okla
homa, Kapsas. Missouri, Colorado and
New Mexico.
from ot, oaulVe TO OlSes
London, Nov. AT dawn this morn
ing the British troops south of the
Scheldt river attacked on q wide front
in Flanders, according to a report re-
ceived from Field Marshal Haig today
The report says that the attack has
been launched satisfactorily.
,gt1 pan.)-The Third and Fourtf
! Briti5lR armies began d new attaol
over NJ wide front between SC. Sailivs
| tand o!fy Ton Both sides of the Norma
| fCfeS tand have ,edEanced to ths
| The French attacked on both sides
of Guise in an encireling movement
and forced passages of the Sambre-
/ Oise canal.
The British advance at some points
reached about five miles. East OF
! Valcnciennes the Germans have evil
/ IDENTIFY been swept back all the way tC
| the Belgian border, as the Aunel
river parallels the frontier.
Huns Maintained Fire.
Paris, Nov. 4.-The Germans main.
tanned their activity with artillery ant
machine guns throughout last night OF
the entire fifteen miles front along thu
days war office reports.
The French First army during thu
month of October in the fighting OF
the Ose front took 1O,3S7 prisoners
113 cannon and 1900 machine guns, tn
statement announces. The text of thu
statment reads:
North of the Serre, a French re
Connoitering party penetrated into th'
Pargny wood, from which 100 prisoner
were brought back"
In Region of Metz.
London, Nov. 4.-Railways and air
plane hangers in the region east o
Metz were attacked today by tn
British independent air forces, says al
official statement issued this afternoon
Hold lie Champy Haute.
The village of lie Champy Haut
was taken early this morning, mark
| ing an advance of five miles northwar
from Bayonville. The Americans di
not stop there, but pressed on.
One division which on Saturday cap
turcd seventy mine officers and 2,l1
men, sixty machine guns and lively
guns of n caliber was reported toda
to have largely increased its booty.
The troops on the right, like thos
on the LETT and center, also continue
to move forward, although less rap
idly than the others. The heights {
Montigny, four miles north OF Clery
ePetit, were reached at noon. Whe
the Americans occupied the height
was seen that the Germans had evacu
ated the region Immediately to tn
north.
Troops Choke Roads.
NJ nf AIpttca ,
Remoiville, where the roads are choke
with retreating Germans, to north {
Stenay, on the east bank of the rive
whore the railway yards are Tiled wit
troop trains leaving for the rear, tn
Germans are falling back. (E'rom Re
| moiYille to Stenay Is about IL miles
VI The artillery fire from the hills benin
the German lines seems to indicate th
, reluctance of those in command [
; yield to the evident desire OF the me
in the line to withdraw.
The American losses so far hav
been astonishingly light compared wit
; the size OF the operation.
Scores of small fights took place
the woods and raVines between enem
} machine gun crews and the advancin
) Americans. Throughout the day tn
American artillery heavily bombarde
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Advanced Over Mile.
With the American Army North {
Verdun, Nov. 4.-(2 p. m.)-The grea
American drive which began ON Fri
! day, west of the Meuse river, wa
today extended to the eastern banl
The Americans advanced more than
mile.
Bols de Belval and Boise de Port
Gerache were captured while tn
heights lying a mile and a quartz
south of Beaumont were taken in
storm attack.
9 Farther to the west. the Yankee
r are approaching Verrieres. On tn
western bank of the Meuse. all of tn
! villages south OF Halles are now
: the hands of Gen. Pershing's troops.
II (Halles is over seven miles northea:
of Buzancy)