The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-17

on the whole OF the front ot oo.-,
which has been extended uor,S
the Handzeeme Canal between TIL
out and the User. We have s,t'
ground In the direction OF S,Soa'a
taken Keyem. reached the t,ra.,'
bosch wood and Chateau Wynan."e-
and captured the outskirts OF IT,
out.
To the east our line has been -,
ried as FAR as the Nynendacl.ItoN'.
road running TO Thourout ,s.
Bruges. where We progressed.
Between Thourout and Marae, o..
reached Turfhauwe, carried Iich,..
velde and progressed as far na ,bo
outskirts of Coolscamp. South OF ,bo
Lichtervelde railway, Thielm hrdoy.
has been passed. Iseghem has besr
occupied. Several hundred prisoners
we're taken.
GERMAN tNIGHTD-Northeast NJ
Roulers, on the Seile sector uea,
Haussy. between the Aire and The
Mouse and on the eastern bank OF the
Mouse enemy attacks failed.
The town Of Domain tfive and one.
half miles southwest of valenciennesl
which Is filled with French refugee,
lies under the continuous IRE of The
heavy English artillery.
YESTERDAY the enemy sheiled ,ha
welfare center of I.iesse (eight miles
from Laon), which had been care.
fully spared by us during the wa,.
GERMAN (DAY)--In Flanders The
enemy continued his attacks. His
main thrust was directed against
Thourout and 1.-THE Iseghem -t-ourtraj
Railway line. Against the remainder
Of the fighting front the enemy also
launched vigorous attacks, often SUD
ported by armored cars.
At Isolated points our troops he'd
their lines. Al others We withdrew
fighting. In many instances We re-
pulsed the enemy AT our rearyard
points OF support by counter thrus,s
The enemy yesterday won only littl.
territory, notwithstanding his bring
Ing in OF far superior forces and
strong artillery and notwithstandirz
his support by tanks. North of Juyi..
in the wood of Bantheville and north
east OF Cunel (the Americans are
lighting in these three. rsgious) me
battles came to an end with the ap.
proach OF darkness.
On the northern attacking w,rv
Thourout remained in our hands E.
envy attempts to- thrust forward be.
tween Wercken and Thouout in q
northerly direction were frustrated n
our first line. South Of Thourout We
hold the Lichtervelde-lseghem line.
South of Iseghem the enemy sur.
ceeded in penetrating forward heyond
the Iseghem-Courtrai line. East Of
the railway line we brought him to
standstill.
West and southwest of Lille we
withdrew our line somewhat from the
enemy.
Between Bohain and the Disc River
the enemy again attacked after strong
artillery preparation. North OF The
Bohain- road We held him
down by means OF our FIRE. Alison
vile was retained after stubborn
fighting against the enemy. who re-
peatedly assaulted both sides Of the
village and attacked the village Itself
with strong forces.
An enemy attack which broke .o--
ward north of the Disc failed before
our lines. Engagements took place
before our new positions north aud
northeast of Laon and west Of the
Aisne in which we repeatedly in
flicted heavy losses upon the enemy
The enemy here stands south OF Serre
on the approximate line of I.iesse.
Sissonne-le Thour-St. Germainmont
On the Aisne front there were re-
connoitering fights. The small salient
position between Olizy and Grand
Pre- along the Aisne toward Mour, y.
has been evacuated. Our troops fgh.-
ing there caused the enemy again
yesterday to undertake several at.
tacks productive of losses TO him Nli
thereby achieved the object OF the,
temporary holding .! the salient.
Between the Argonne and the
Mouse renewed vigorous ATTACKS o.
the Americans failed under our FIRE
and against our counter thrus.s
On the eastern bank Of the A'e.ss
attacks directed between the Meus'
and northwest Of Beaumont broke ~
into very violent partial enEaSer1s",s
in the forest region. where obserya-
ton was extremely difficult. These
engagements ended in our favor. The
Americans again YESTERDAY suffered
extraordinarily heavy losses