AMERICAN EXPERT ON THEOFFENSIVES.

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AMERICAN EXPERT ON THEOFFENSIVES.

ADVANCE EVERYWHERE CON- , TINUOUS. tßec. October 6. 5.5 pirn.) NEW YORK. October s General March (U.S. Chief-qf-Sfcaff), in an interview, says the news from the front is excellent. The efftnsivesthat have btlen conducted In three

major sectors have resulted practically inunterrupted gains. ■ The British at St. Quentin have entirely broken the Hindenburg deteuces and the Germans are finding the est difficulty in closing the breaches which the British are making. \ fow American regiments are assisting the British at St. Quentin. The operations of the American advance north-west of Verdun threatens the leading German Une of communication on the southern portion of the front. Despite additional German reserves, the Americans continue their forward movement. In Flanders salient, General March states, the British have t eqoverod seventy-five square miles of Belgium, and have formed a semi-circular, sal <ent which is within ten miles of Lille.