Show V VALENCIENNES NEAR I ITO TO ALLIED CAP CAPTURE TURE lit HI sO free III HE fall fail of oC Valenciennes tl to Field T THE Marshal Hal s Ii forces fur is i Imminent in in In en t. t I e the resistance o othe th this the the n have hate 4 r u u the city oil on the wc west n to the i r. r vii n the they have h. made a thrust inu me inc I ctt s forest forett curl and al aie e moving mO 11 III in the direction of oC Con Comic Comic- c near the angle of oC the hart had been heen in is uninterrupted uninterrupted r J m I possession Josic slon from ji I. I until the onrush of oC the tho l earlY carry In fn the present war ltd led them diem many miles auto lino trance France It is now about to tobe tobe tobe I be added to the rapidly hr list listor of or towns the redemption of or which has brou brought ht r rejoicing to tho tiro French people Although the progress of ot the tho allied I forces in III Bel Belgian lall and French 1 to has slowed showed up 11 somewhat in the ace ol or orthe I the stiffening of or the lines o of rear lar rearguards guards aiding the time l of or the the- Ger Ger- German German man armies gains have ha been n mauc made some somo ot of them of much Importance Im Im- Hollain and on the south of or Tournai are arc now In time the handy hands of or the tho British and north of or Tournai the t village iliago of has been cleared or of Ie tho the enemy who Is withdrawing withdraw withdraw- In ing toward the ScheIdt There Thero has been I sharp Ci fighting for the crossings of uC this waterway at Pont a the Germans Germans' al aie ame e battling hard to keep the allies from outflanking ln To on the north Behind the lh time the Germans Ge are arc I massed masked In strength th their theil machine r guns gunson on the east bank are active and md are arc I II I receiving recel the support of artillery and trench mort mortars 1 i 1 In the thc northern battle area the Belgians Bel Del Belgians gians ha have reached the Ms canal alun along their entire front aid have captured H H. bridgehead with num numbers ers of or the enemy enemy en en- em emy w at of uC Ice andrt An Item of or great reat interest appears In Inthe Inthe the time latest announcement bj by the to I ii war tear concerning aion th the AiMie I n J I Jt t s SA S The Thc Czel C el ho- ho Io a s v. v with nil us let th the village e or ur Tenon The F. F French are alc still mo ln moving ely actively to the north 0 of r Laon Lawn and h have now nou completed the occupation of or Chalandry and Grand Lup Limp To 10 the southwest of oC Ghent the they am al aio o e firmly established on the tho cast bank of the thc Lys river Il haIn having ha hav In fug ing made crossings at aC c several points Against iv which Inch tho enemy resisted with v determination Around Le Te Cateau where Americans America s saro are arc fighting with wHir the British fourth arm army activity has diminished hed greatly The same Is true of or the sector sector sec sec- I tor northwest north of Verdun where the chief activity act of the enemy has been th the shelling of the American lines lines' with mustard and other gas gus shells and an n air raid rand which came near to ing IllS time the destruction of or an American base hospital The German reply to lO President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- 11 son liOn Is still the subject of much comment comment comment com com- ment newspapers and public alike agreeing that Germany has by o 0 means met the desires of oC the time President and th the allied powers Official co cognizance of or the time note has not yet ct been taken ken b by the limo United States Slates government O ern men t. t Meanwhile numerous German newspapers newspapers news news- papers are arc calling upon the emperor to eliminate himself from tho the question and declaring that IH peace ace mu must t not bo ho dela delayed ed on account of or the or for tor other reasons rea ons Winter unusually late Into this thin year ear has hasset hasset set In on the tho front In northern Hu sla and a prolonged lull I Is looked cd for In lit I that territory |