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Show Bed Oil FOE i British and Yanks Are! Succeeding in Move to! f Split - and Trap the J Armies of the Enemy ; - By Unite Frm. V. : LONDON, Oct. 17, 3:17 j pm. The British attack begun between Bohain and Le Catean this morning , al- I ready hai resulted in ad vance j of two mflet, battlefront dis- j patchesrporUd thisaRer: noon. 1 I By Unite Press. I LONDON, Oct. 17. Kir-Id j Marshal Haig's forces this, morning began an attack on the I Boliatirbr Cateau front, bIoiik the Sella river southwest of! Cam bra! . Satisfactory roar-ess waa raporteit hjr the British commander In his official statement. British and Americana suddenly launched a new attack on a ten-mile front between La Cateau and Bohain this - morning. " This drive Is aimed directly at , Hlraon, less than twenty-flva miles eastward, which rusrds the- western j tip nf the Impassahla Ardennes. I Capture of Hlrson will definitely , anllt the Oerman armies and leave ths- dlvlded farces no choice of exit from Belgium and northern Krsnee. - Every mils gained toward - Hlrson will narrow ths maneuvering area left ' to ths enemy, and at ths same time sxtend the southern face of ths salient which- contains 11 lie. Turcolng, Rou-bslx Rou-bslx and 'Valenciennes, Directly in the path of the Anglo-American Anglo-American aasault. Which was officially reported to be 'progressing satisfactorily, satisfac-torily, Is ths Important railway center f Wssslgny, lena than four miles from ths advancing allies. |