Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-26
Prisoners Near 10000
200 Guns Taken-Foe
Losses Are $4,000.

london. Oct 26.-The Brit
iSh continue 10 press forward
between aleRCICRne> and
tolrEai. Field har>nai haig
announces. They nave cap
tsred tie villages oi Udomcz
and Hau.de on Tie front HOrtH
oI jaienctenncS-
SoE;n 81 NalenCieaGeS the
British have gained new sue
ce>Sts on thc borders of the
Normal lcFcSt, where tney have
captured Mount Carmel hill
and LRgIeiuHtaEe.
British patrols have progre ssed
nor-n Of the railway between Va
lenciennes ana lie QUenoy
Paris. Oct 20 On the SeTre
front southwest OF Marie the
French have captured the village Of
Mortiers after violent lighting, the
var office announces. Between the
Oiss and the Serre the French main
tain contact with the enemy.
Between SIssOnne and Chateau
Porcisn. The French carried their
line forward on front of 4 z miles
to a depth Of TWO miles at certain
POINTS through the positions pre-
pared by the Germans in 1917.
The battle has famed up again
ard heavy fighting is now under
way from NaIenciennes TO the
Meuse. The Germans are fighting
well everywhere, but the allies con-
unue to make substantial headway
II the task of driving back the en-
envy on the Meuse line.
Pee Losses 10000.
Although the recent fighting has
been marked by no sensational de
velopments it is having a cumulat-
i've effect which, apart from the
ground gained adds considerably to
the wsstage OF men and material
with which the Germans must
reckon. In the last four days the
enemy has lost well up toward 13.-
200 prisoners and 200 guns. His to-
tai losses of electives cannot have
been less than $4,000.
Strictly speaking there are large
tattles m progress. all of which
are being conducted with equal
success Tor the allies The irst IS
being carried on by the British
third and fourth armies. which.
pushing on toward Mons, have
reached the Valenciennes-H -Hirson
double-track railroad. The second
is the attack Of General Mangin
rorth and east Of Laon, which has
resulted in q gain on a front of
eight miles for q distance of two
miles.
Nile Is Average Gain.
He has carried his line out of the
swamps around Sissonne The
third battle is being fought by Gen
eral GilloumauL on a front Of It
miles from SissOnne 10 Chateau
Porcien. where the Hunding line
joins the KrimhiId system of de
lenses. The average gain has been
mile, although al some points the
advance has been greater.
BY the Associated Press.
French troops, facing the south
ern bulwark Of the German de-
fenses in France, continued to make
important dents in the enemy po-
sitions along the Serre and east
ward, while the British hammer at
NE pivotal point around Naien-
ciennes.
Southwest OF Marie the French
have captured Mortiers on the
Serre. while further east in the re
gion southeast Of Montcornet. Gen
eral Petain's men have smashed
through the German lines on p
front Of four and one-half miles 10
q depth Of two miles at certain
points The German delenses here
we're formidable. having been pre-
pared 10 1917 and continuously re
inforced.
In the last four days the Germans
have lost nearly fifteen thousand
Prisoners and 200 guns. according
10 unofficial estimates in Paris. The
enemy losses in electives are de
elared 70 have been not less than
$4,000