Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-10 | Page 12 | French Capture German Defenses and Repulse Foe

FRENCH CAPTURE GERMAN DEFENSES AND REPULSE FOE PARIS, Oct. 9. French troops attacking attack-ing last night south and east of St. Quentin Quen-tin captured the German defenses between be-tween Harly and Xeuville-St. Arnand and , drove past the latter town on the north : today's official statemetvt by the war of- : fico announces. i Attempts by the Germans to recapture : t he positions gained yesterday by the j French north of the Arnes, were repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. j Nearly to, 000 Germans were taken prls- ; onr-r yesterday by the allied forces in the , fighting along the various fronts of the! battlefield, says Marcel Huttn in the j V.i ho de I 'aris to'lay. The Germans, he i a dds, are hurriedly evaruati ug the Ar- gonne forest. The battle is continuing. I