Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-30
Pershing Troops Push Away Into
Mouse Positions; British
Near Mons.
SAMDRE CANAL is CROSSED
U. S. Fighters Penetrate Deeply in Line
North of Verdun, Wedging Drive
Into Seemingly Impreanable
s-Counter-Attacks
Fail.

With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 25.-American
patrols penetrated deeply into the Ger
man lines in the region of Grand Pre-
and north of Verdun. The. enemy has
been using his artillery and machine
guns freely along the entire front.
There has been little change in the
situation since last night.
Advances have been made east of
the Mouse in the Bots Etraves and the
Bots de Wavhille.
Aerial Activity Less.
Aerial activity is less than on
Wednesday, when conditions were al
most ideal.
The bright moonlight enabled Amer
lean aviators to bomb large area be-
hind the German lines. One of the
American bombing squadrons dropped
BOT Kilograms of bombs on the. Bots
de Barricourt and the Bots de Folie.
German aviatOrs dropped bombs on
towns behind American lines occupied
only by civilians and without great
military value.
Pershina Tells of Gains.
Washington. oct. 25.-Cor+inued
progress by the Americans on the bat
tie front north of Verdun was report
ed by General Pershing. Enemy posi-
tions east of the Mouse were pene-
trated and west of the Mouse Banthe-
willie was completely occupied and the
American line established on a ridge
northwest of the village.
Fifteen enemy airplanes and one OBJ
servatiOn balloon were shot down in
the course of many cOmbats, in which
three American balloons were de-
stroyed and six planes failed to return.
Yankees Task Hardest.
London, Oct. 25.-A Times CORE
spOndent with the American forces
says in a dispatch to his newspaper
that 1t would be difficult to exaggerate
the violence of the opposition which
the First American army is meeting
between the Mouse and the Argonne.
''Indeed, slow as the progress is"
he writes, sit is quite remarkable when
all the circumstances are taken into
consideration. Little by little the
American divisions are pushing for
ward, and both at Grand Pre- and east
of Landres they can fairly be said to
have reached the Kriemhilde position.
Under Constant Smelling.
''On the left of the American front
around Grand Pre- there is constant
heavy artillery firing and vicious ma
chine gun resistance. More to the
right, Romagne, Sous, Montfaucon, Gu
mel, CiergeS and Mantillois are kept
continually under heavy bombardment
by the enemy, who is using a good
deal of gas along the roads behind the
American lines.
ION the east bank of the Mouse
there is greater infantry activity and
enemy patrols are continually har-
assing and counter-attacking. 1t is
quite evident that LudendOrff and the
German general staff have ordered this
part of the line to be held at all costs,
and that re-enfOrcements are continual
ally being thrown in against the Amer
leans"
French Cross Disc.
Paris, Oct. 25.-French troops have
crossed the Disc canal opposite Long
champs, the war office announced.
They have also made an important
advance between the Disc and the
Serre rivers. the statement adds.
British Drive Forward.
London, Oct 25.-The British Of
fenSive on both sides of the belea-
guered city of Valenciennes drove for
ward against fierce German opposi-
ton.
On the southern flank of the attack
the British, aided by American divi-
sions, pushed forward against the
strategic town of Maubeuge and Mons.
AT last reports they had pressed across
the Escaillon river and had taken
Beaudignies, one and One-half miles
from lie Quesnoy, the most important
stronghold defending Maubeuge on the
west. More than 5000 prisoners and
many guns have been captured to date.
Valenciennes Is Pocl<eted.
on the north another British army
gained ground above Valenciennes,
thus pocketing the city. The Ger
mans were reported to have evacuated
.Vaienciennes with the exception of
few outposts.
The British thrust undoubtedly has
badly shaken the German defenses
south of ValencienneS. which are so i'm
portant to the security of the German
line northward TO the Dutch border
and south and east to the Meuse.