The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-06
AMERICAN TROOPS
MAKE NEW GAINS
ON TWO FRONTS
Franco-U. S. Forces Advance \
Road Toward Laon.
EXTEND GAINS IN FLANDERS
Yanks Pass Through Voormezeele ana
Overcome Stiff Enemy Resistance
Gain Footing on Nesle
Heights and Capture
Prisoners.

American Headquarters in FRANCE
Sept. A great battle has been IN
progress all day north and northeast
of Scissors. The Germans are de-
Tending the POnt Ruge plateau, nofth-
east of scissors, and the Laon fall-
way with great vigOr, as well as the
line on the right along the north Oank
of the Aisne.
The Americans are bOmbarding the
German positions from the south ana
west. The lines Of the enemy Ior
hours have been Il Seething Inferno OF
smoke and dust. The villages he has
been holding are burning like vast
torches.
Yanks Beat Best of Huns.
With the French Army in France,
Sept. 4.-The French and Americans
met around Juvigny the elite OF the
German army. PruSSian grenadlers'
stOrming battalion and hardy mounted
infantrymen. They defeated them de
cisively, taking an enormous death tol
from their ranks and sending Il SoouIy
number of captives to the rear. lie
correspondent saw Il column OF tllese
prisoners filing back over the plateau
to the west where white wood crosses
over fresh graves marked the scene OF
other recent defeats. Some were young
but all were sturdy, and Illumination
and depression showed in their races
rather than the satisfaction exhibited
by other prisoners over their final re-
treat from the inferno of war.
Americans Win in Belgium.
With the British Armies in FRANCE
Sent. 3-The Americans have passed
through VOOrmezeele in an eaSterly OIL
rection, overcoming stiff enemy resist
ance.
Win Strong Positions.
London, Sept. 3.-Reuter's CORE
spondent at British headquarters says
he hears that the Americans, besides
taking VoOrmezeele, have captured
several strong positions between Voor-
mezeele and Ypres.
The Americans, says the correspond
enr of Reupter's Limited, at American
Headquarters in France, have so Iar
never yielded ground in France. and
they kept that proud record invlolate
by the successful advance on JuNIgny
after three days and nights of the bit
terest fighting. The correspondent
says that the Americans encountered
a stOut-hearted and extremely skllltul
enemy showing no signs of lowered
morale.
Every foot of the way into Juvlgny
had to be contested with machine gun
ners, who fought until none was left
to fight. The Americans gained ground
the correspondent adds, the heaviest
Smelling with high explosives failing
to loosen their grip, and not even Il
hours later. when the Germans flooded
the valley with gas.
Yanks Firm in Belgium.
With the British Army in Flanders,
Sept. Sin their first fighting III Bel
gium the Americans captured VOOrme-
zeele and several strong German posi-
lions in that immediate vicinity. On
their entrance into VOOrmezeele the in
vaders found that all that remained of
the town was pile of debris, for the
shell fire had been so intense that
hardly one brick was left standing
upon another.
Yanks Take 600 Prisoners.
With the Americans North of SOis-
sons, Sept. 2.-Breaking the enemy's
resistance after 81 hours of fighting,
the Americans attacked in the evening
at five o'clock, accompanied by the
French tanks.
They advanced about two miles be-
yond the Bethune-SOissons high road,
taking more than 600 prisoners, bring
ing the total taken by Americans up
to more than 1000. Considerable war
supplies also were captured.