Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1918 — FRENCH AND U.S. CROSS SUIPPE IN 10-MILE ATTACK [ARTICLE]

FRENCH AND U.S. CROSS SUIPPE IN 10-MILE ATTACK

Combined Forces Advance Northward to La Neuville, 15 Miles From Reims. GERMANS DESTROY STORES Huns Retreat on Wide Front Between Reims and Argonne—St. Masmes Is Taken—Bad Weather Slows Up. Operations. Paris, Oct. B.—French and American troops, across the Suippe river on a ten-mile front, are advancing northward toward La Neuville and Semide. La Neuville is 15 miles northeast of Reims. Semide is ten miles east of La Neuville. Despite their desperate resistance, the Germans are reported to be withtheir material and destroying that which is too bulky to move quickly. French Take St. Masmes. The French troops have captured the town of St. Masmes, northeast of Reims, and penetrated the town of Hauvine, farther east and north of the Arnes river. French troops have crossed the Suippe river eastward of Orainville and have reached the outskirts of Bazaucourt ujid Boul-sur-Suippe after severe fight lug. At Clement-a-Arnes heavy losses: have been inflicted upon the Germanes-, who retired in disorder. Yanks Clear Foe. With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. B—The Americans achieved, another important success by forcing the Germans out oU Cliatel Chehery, northwest of Apremont. j Pushing forward, they overcame the stubborn resistance of the enemy and settled themselves on the commanding heights West of the River Aire. Outfought by the French and Americans, the Germans are retreating on a wide front in th®- Champagne secfc>r between Reims and the Argonne forest. The enemy has been caught between General Berthelot’s army, on the west, and General Gouraud’s forces, on the east, and is retiring northward toward the Retourne river.

No Halt Till Aisne Is Reached. It inay.be possible for him to stand back of that stream, but it seems improbable that there will be natch of a halt in the retreat until the Germans reach the Aisne. General Berthelot’s advance in the Reims region has grhvely menaced the enemy forces south of the Iletourne and, although.' the. retrograde movement is being covered by rear guards, well supplied? with machine guns, it appears’to begot ng on rapidly. American, forces have J>een ; battlingbrilliantly with G<uiVaud’s army and have aided materially in expelling the enemy from the Champagne secter. Farther east, the Americans, fighting, between the Argonne forest and theMeuse river, are slowly clearing the Germans from the area before Kreimhilde line and gathering their forces for an- assault on that powerful position. The sky,is overcast and drizzling rains prevent aerial observation. The unfavorable weather Is slowing up operations. French Enter Beirut. Paris, Oct. 8. —A French naval division operating off the coast of Syria entered Beirut. The enthusiasm of the populace was Indescribable. ~ z