Show rs r. r s' s b i 7 LA FERE i j. j r. r Hammer Blows Of Foch Wear Down Germans Despite Rains That hat Tuni l Battlefields 1110 S Swamps S Allied l Annies I Win Vin Iii Their Way ray Ta 1 farther i a Toward OJ Objectives s sON I Universal Service L T ON DO 0 DON Sept 11 The The pitched dual battle hattle for St. St Quentin and La Fere torrents of rain that have turned the nd rages on despite torrents la e fighting ground around ro into one huge Mire swamp and blinded the aviators the time eyes ees of the armies armIes To the thc French army under General Humbert battering battering- down the doors of La Fere ele belong the chief honors of the time day These troops ploughing forward with indefatigable fervor fenor after weeks of incessant fighting at last official accounts have captured Travecy ecy a village a mile and a half north of La here ere just west of the Oise Moreover l they had I pushed their lines forward forward forward for for- ward along the whole whole twelve mile sector between St. St Quentin and La Fere s passing beyond way half-way between these two bastions bastion E cr Everywhere hero along this vital front German resistance has been redoubled and fierce fight fight- fighting fighting fighting ing g Was ns was rag raging ng on the thc St St. Quentin La Fere road at the time the official day was issued who was outwitted b by Foch two days ago when he bc thought the main menace to St. St Quentin lurk lurked d from the British to tho the west and northwest of that bulwark and that the French movement mo from the south and southeast was merely a n maneuver to retain contact with the time British h lost I no time in b bolstering o up nl his thinly held lines below St. St Quentin and the bad weather of the tho last thirty-six thirty hours has helped him materially in taking this hour eleventh-hour precaution the But French Fr pressure is sustained Counterattacks ks have c n le so 1 to budge Humbert's Humberts line in tho the slightest T Thus us to today ay when picked l Wn troops were flung at the from the direction of lc Ie Grand four fora miles south of ot St. St Quentin their storming assaults broke down in the French fire firc which is is not inconsiderably aided by American batteries At Tra ce Travecy the French rench now stand at a n favorable jumping off place for fora a crossing of the thc Oise which if successful would hopelessly outflank La Fere I British Advance I Lines During Da Day Dar London Sept 11 The Thc The British In local lo local lo- lo cal operations have ha further advanced ad their lino north of ot and in in inthe the time neighborhood of oC west vest of oC St. St Quentin according to Field arshal Halg's Haigs Issued tonight ht New Ner Projectile Is Used b by y Germans Dr By h tse Associated Press With the British Armies In Franco France Sept 11 Just 11 Just before tho time British Brills launched their attack this morning on the tho enemy trenches northwest o of Pel- Pel below the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans for the time first time employed a anew anew anew new kind of or projectile in an effort to drive the New Zealand troops from nearby positions The Tho projectiles r which were about time tho size of oC oranges orano wore were t re fired at short range ranso in salvos sal of from OO to 00 each and were sprinkled over o an anarea anarea area ara of oC two to three miles These projectiles projectiles pro pro- burst into Inlo flame as the they hit the ground round and gave gayo off orr gas sas Huns Hulls Strive to HoldBack Hold 1 HoldBack 1 Back Advancing Allies l Bj Bp A I N C licU With the time Fr French Franck Army in France Tuesday Tues Sept 11 The H-The The Germans Germans have e relieved several se of ot their thell tired divisions in n time the region of or on the tho front north north- of or the tho Aisne and with somo some of or their best troops are arc making malting a strong strong- effort to stop the thc further French The I eastward progress of or tho the attempt has been without success SS however how how- however how I ever as tho the French forces s took some Rome additional lines of or trenches In this re- re glon Ion today ginning gaining ground also to the northeast of oC Laffaux Repeated counterattacks s In this vi vicinity vicinity vicinity vi- vi were repulsed The hl enemy enem reacted violently 1 north of oC the Olse Oise but also 1150 without stopping stopping- the time progress of or General Humbert's Humberts troops toward the road from Lafere to lo St. St Quentin which the they now hold from La Fore Fere two miles northward to lo Tr rho Tho wooded rc- rc Continued on Page 2 I FOCH HAMMERS ON RETREATING GERMANS Continued From Page 1 glon of oC also fell Into their hands Enemy Uses Slow Mines i to Destroy By DT Associated Press I With the French Arm Jimmy Army In France Flance Tuesday Sept 10 Prisoners 10 Prisoners recently captured b by the lie French have haye thrown lI light ht upon the tIme work worle of or destruction undertaken undertaken un un- un- un b by the retreating Germans with the aid of or extremely slow Ilow fuses that produce an explosion of oC mines days and even weeks week after aCter the have evacuated c a locality The same system stem that destroyed Chateau R Bethan- Bethan than than- court to the thee e west t of ot September Septem Septem- I ber 6 6 and the cathedral at Nesle esle shortly afterward WJ was used treel freely at atHam Ham and amid Noyon and is being being- utilized IJ by the Germans In preparatiOn for 01 the destruction of oC villages north and northeast northeast northeast north north- east of oC Prisoners who wh worked ork d with a de detachment detachment de- de e- e of oC pioneers placing mines under church pillars in that region sa say t tt the e Germans are making ready to raze ruze au an all time tho towns to to tile the ground round Traps are being laid b by use of or the tho same saine system In the forest of St St. Goban Goban Go- Go ban ball and In the tho region of oC Laon while all tho the cross roads in those regions according to time tie captives are arc being heavily mined Some of these preparations preparations prepa prepa- rations for tOI wholesale destruction are behind the line French Report Foe Fails in Attacks Paris ParR Sept 11 German 11 German counterattacks counterattacks tacks around Laffaux were vere repulsed by b the time French today toda according to lo the war office announcement tonight I The Time statement sa says A A German counterattack southeast of oC Roupy near St. St Quentin was mcp re re- re p pulsed ed u I sed In the re region lon of oC Laffaux and wd t les-t Sur les ur six Ix enem enemy attempts to reach our positions were repulsed Y Yanks auks Rain Shells I Upon Enemy Lines LinesEy By Ey Associated Irel With the lie American Arm Army on the time Aisne Abne Front Tuesday Sept 10 The Th The American A rn c r i can artillerists a r t I 1 1 e ri s t poured po u mc I shells a e I is into the time hills northeast t of ot Glennes Glenne ansI and on iJ In iii such quantities tOda today that thai th the German mach machine ine gunners bunners w vure re compelled to take cover r Durin During such Intervals the American Infantrymen mado slight ht advances ances at am several lal places place rho Tho chief point of or contention for tor the tho Americans continues to be I la i Petito Montagne where tho time Germans not only ani arc ro rc entrenched but have hae cJu dug In from I the trench bottoms as s additional protection pro pro- against ag the heavy heay guns CUllS of or the tho French and Americans i De Despite it n downpour of or rain Monday I night and part vart of or ru Tuesday rda the batteries batter batter- I I Ic lea ies kept the Germans guessing and also aho drove o out some fome snipers and annihilated annihilated anni anni- 1 a a. few machine gun nests nesta Tho The American Infantrymen are aro moving rno for Cor- or- or the ravines ra which slope ward alon along to the north The Germans u used ed considerable considerable con con- gas during the carl early hours of or Tuesday but but like lIko the larger shells man many struck In pools of water and failed to explode Between VIeil Arc Arcy an and en the Americans command the time lowlands to the Aisne The Time Gem Gorman man machine gunners along the time hills to the northeast t are arc being subjected to ar at artillery tiller tillery tire Ire unmercifully da day and amid night night- I IRaids Tells of Raids oil Enemy J Washington Sept I 11 I General Pershing's for toda today folI fol fol- fol- fol I lows 0 WS In tho the course courso of ot successful raids rails In Lorraine our detachments penetrated the enemy's trenches Inflicting losses and capturing prisoners There Is la nothing else of or Importance to report |