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Show YANKEES REACH NDTEOJEFENSE American Units Arrive at Kriemhilde-Stellung, Famous System. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Wednesday, Oct. 3. (By the Associated Press. American units reached the Kriemhilde-Stellung Kriemhilde-Stellung line n't. one point today. Just south of Brieulles they advanced to rx spot where I hey established actual contact con-tact with this famous enemy svstein. The so-called Kriemhilde-SteUur.g hue is part of thy generaJ German defensive system beginning at louai. continuing south of la Ferd and thence east to the Muse. Crossing the Meuee the line extends ex-tends eastward hy the way of Ktaine and runs across the St. Mihitd salient to tlie Moselle, just south of Paguy. When the St. Mihiel client was reduced by the Americans the enemy was forced behind this system in that vicinity. On the greater part of the front between the Aire and Mouse rivers, the enemy is either on or iinm diAtely in front of the Kriemhilde-Stellung line. on this lront the enemy's mam combat zone was bounded on the sourh by n line of ie?ist-ar.ee ie?ist-ar.ee niong Lhfuon ravine and on the north by the Volker-Stellung line. This exceptionally strong system originally began be-gan east of Montfnucon and ran south of that city through Ivolry, Hpinonviller and the woods east of KclisfonMin. The Americans have already broken through this principal zone of resistance and so axe facing the Kriemhilde-Stellung system. From the west to the east alone this front th system runs from north of St. Juvin to south of Landres-ct-St. Georges and continues eastward, including the heights of Komagne wood and Gesnes wood, which dominate the distant valley val-ley of the Andon. This river is crossed Just south of Hmogr.e and then the system sys-tem runs to the southeast across the higher ground in the forests of De Cuiu-l and De Fais. Then, turning northward it follows the crest of the hills over naturally strong positions until it reaches the Meuse north of Brieulles. i i U is further protected by prepared po- i sitions on hill 23, across the Mouse. This system is one of very gTe-at natural nat-ural strength, based on a series of heights, wooded districts, ravines and val- I k-ys, both on and behind the actual line. Key positions have been built on con- j crete and entanglemen'.s are prepared for immediate ue. At other points the enemy is reported to have been active In erecting erect-ing new fortifications since the lesui-ni:?g lesui-ni:?g of the American offensive. The Kriemhilde-Stellung system was begun last vear before the Americans became be-came n active factor in the war. It was strengthened from time to time, trenches being laid out and dugouts finally fi-nally added to the work. Tlie system is not so strong as t'rn fa- j moi: Hindenburjr line, but. nevertheless, i lias extremely strong petitions. |