Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-18 | Page 2 | Forces of Haig Score New Gains in Day's Fighting

FORCES OF HAIG 1 SCORE NEW GAINS IN DAY'S FIGHTING l.riXDON. Sept. 17. The R.-IIbh ;-r-ir, ground fr.ri:iy In the Tiei.;Miui-lu.K" ' Holnon village, northwest uf uucjj- i ! tin, according to Field Marshal Haig's ; report tonight. A German post west of La Bassee was captured. New posts were established northeast of Neuve Chapelle and in the neighborhood of Ploepsteert. "Fighting of a minor character has continued today northwest of St. Quentin. Our troops have gained ground In the neighborhood of Hoinon village. "On the northern portion of the front also only local encounters have taken place. Our troops captured a German post west of La Bassee., taking several n ri onnorc Von nnsts have llPfill estab lished bv us northeast of Neuve Chapelle and in the neighborhood of Ploegsteert. East of Vlerstraat a German raiding party was repulsed." I Negro Captures Major. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS, Sf.pt. 7. During the recent American advance from Chateau -Thierry a Red Cross rap tain met an American negro soldier marching toward Chateau-Thierry, Chateau-Thierry, following closely behind a German Ger-man major. The negro had transferred his pack from his own back to the back of tho German offieer and had also transferred trans-ferred thc German major's monocle to his own eye. Thus equipped, th black warrior was parading triumphantly down 1 the road. As he passed the Red Cross captain he called out: "I say, look here what this nigger done got." Vienna Report. VIKNNA, via London. Sept. 17. "Be-t "Be-t ween the Hrcn ta and Mont e Solarolo." says the official statement issued by the war office tonight, "the Italians early yesterday morning opened an attack. Storming columns were driven hack in the Brenla valley and before Col CaprUe. On Mont1 Asolone they were unable to leave their trenches owing to the effect of our batteries. I "On Monte Pertica, Polarolo and Tas-son Tas-son ridge bitter fighting developed. The enemy was forced to retreat everywhere.'' Berlin Night Report. BERLIN, via Loudon. Sept, 1 7. The statement issued from headquarters this evening says: "Between the Ailette and the Aisnc renewed re-newed enemy attacks failed." LONDON, Sept. 17. Admiral Henry T. j Mayo of the. Ameriean navy, accompaniod ! by his staff, has arrived in England on! a tour of American activities in European 1 waters.