The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-10-03
hard fight before he cvacuates tina,
keystone position.

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Keystone position.
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Stubbornly hanging ON to the west
chd or the Chemin-desDames and i'm
! proving their positions there, the
French rcpulscd many fierce attacks
laSl week and advanced toward Lnon
a'"hg the southern edge OF the St.
C"bain forest. The entire plateau
southwest of Laon is under the fire
| OF their artillery, and though they were
| moving forward with due caution, they
showed no intentions of stopping.
On the new American front in
rrench Lorraine the infantry activity
ourlhg the week was confined mostly
|" operations for the solldifying Of 20
sitlons, though the Yankees did push
l'fWard along the Mellse for a con
Siderable gain. This brought Metz un-
ael the fire of their artillery and the
bombardmcnt Of that great fortress
| city began at once and vigorously. It
seems that the allies are now i'm a po-
| Sillon to keep up the Shcling of Metz
curing the fall and winter If ncces-
sary, ana thus its reduction, virtually
! Impossible by direct attack, may be
accomplished. The Germans now nd
mt the Importance of the American
drive on the st. Mihiel salient. but thc
deception of their people through the
"H'cial reports continues, as cXempli-
led Dy the statement, one day last
week, that American attacks on IIau-
mont had been rcpulsed and the Yam
KEGS also had been beaten at Thnu-
ln"nt. at that time IIaumont had been
safely held by the Americans for three
DAYS ana Thiaumont wns already five
| miles behind Pershings lines. Fresnes
an important city, also was taken by
me Yankees last week, and the line
nullt ny them now runs parallel with
the lilndenburg line at an average dis
lance OF mile and q half. Every dny
the German artillery has been tlclugins
the old salient with explosive and gas
shells, and tho American gunners have
replied most effectively, batterinf thc
towns held by the Huns and several
''''eS breaking up attempted infantry
n.'"ckS' WIN severe loss to the enemy.
Inc airmen on both sides were extra
ordinarily active and the Americans
carried out number Of highly sue
tssful bombing expeditions over en-
elhy territory. In one Of these. how
ever superior force was encountered
ana lve OF our planes were lost. Incl.
uh'aiI! the British reported that in
me 81. quentin sector the Germans
"'re using new type OF plane that
carries eight men and bombs 13 feet
lohg and weighing 1000 pounds.
Ed-
A'i a'otiS the west front the air
hSh''hS was mcSt intense. I'm one
oaN ihe British brought down GG cnemv
''i'hcS ana lost lG, which indicates the
hefcchrSs of the struggle for tbc mas.
lriE OF the air. The independent Brit
iSi air Sluhdrons kept up their fine
work III the bombing of German cities.
notably Mannheim, Metz Sablons,
lrcvrS and Frankfort. This brings
hoWIS from The Huns which arc m,,sIc
| to the allied ear.
Ha-
! me bolShevk forces i'm Russin, for
which some victories were clnimcd
carry III the week, later were reported
10 be retreating on both the northern
| ana southern fronts. The CZccho.
| Slovaks along the Volgn continued
thcir advance, and the fact lhat they
captured Perm, capital of the govern
! iheht or That name, indicated they were
IN fair way to effect the junction of
the forces which are hghting in west
erh SlDera with those which have been
engaged In southeastern Russia. AS
was predicted, the japanese ccnsors do
not permit much news to come from
the allied expedition in Siberia. but
"nat does come Is satisfactory.
In Russia the reign of terror inst.
tuted by the bolshevik to suppress the
counter revolution continues and IN
known numbers of the opponents of
Lenine and TrotZky have been mas
sacred. The American government last
week issued series of articles expos
ing those two precious rascals as the
paid agents Of Germany, giving the
text or many secret documents OBJ.
talned by an agent of the committee
on pubic information. All this made
intensely interesting reading but no
one III America except few highbrow
"lntellectuals" is surprised by the facts
revealed, and there doesn't seem any
way to get those facts before the Rus
sian people whom Lenine and Trotzky
ana their crew have tricked and be-
trayed.