ON THE MEUSE
AMERICAN ADVANCE- -AGAINST STRONG* FORCES.
[ (Rec. Olt. if; 10 a.m.) \ . IX}NOXttJ, Oct. 16. An American communique states :—■ We continJ)pd attacks' on ,both sides of the Mouse and were,'stubbornly resist- > ed by a reinforced en'<jmy. I Eastward of t thq. Meusa the Francoj Americans gained ground. • Westward the fighting violently increased. We gained substantially, ancluding Hill 299». which thrice changed handa. , '" . Wa broke - 1 , .Kriemkild-Stellung lines, at new poinlts -where hand 1 to • hand fighting occurred. " '
ADVANCE AGAINST GREAT ODD®.
(Bee. Oct. 17, ,noon.) LONDON, Oct. 16. t Mr James pyrites advance norKt of Verdun was made against the greatest concentration -of ' machine-guns the Germans have yet' utilised on - IhV American , ,* The slippery "flides of Hill 299 and the rest of Bantheville,were, scaled' b'* General jneh and he' against the Interest counter-attacks. The battle , for portions' of Boisechantdlliofl lasted all day, with heav German losses.
American observere flew, at <& heig' of 300 yards' over the enemy lints.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 5
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159ON THE MEUSE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 5
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