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Show ' YA1IKEES START HftEBlAI DAYBREAK Artillery Action Is Opened West of Meuae River at Dawn. By AiioelitH Press.' WITH TUB. AMKHICAN FORCES NORTHWKUT OF VERDU.V, Oct. H. Heavy artillery firing In the region I vest .at the -Meuee river began early today. IDa-Americana started the action before' tlaylljtht and the bom-berdment bom-berdment wti responded to by the ijermana. Fires are reported In ths region of many towns behind the lines. Between Romacne and the Argonna, the artillery was active during ths night, both aides shelling various towns and croearoada. Tha Americana shelled Cunel, Clergy-le-Orand. Baa-' Baa-' thevllle, Alenvllle and Doloon. The German artillery vigorously shelled the Rols dea Ogona the Bols de Kale and the Wo Is de Cunrl intermittently in-termittently during the morning, while the German heavy guns shelled SeplNHrges, Montfnueon and Culaey. Klree were reported In the regions of 8t. Juuln, 8t. Georges end Ban thevllle. the-vllle. north of the American lines. Allied airplanes today dropped homba on Dun-aur-Meuae and vicinity. vi-cinity. American pursuit planes whirh accompanied ac-companied the bombers are reported to have shot down aeveral German planes which attempted to drive off the bombing mHchlnes. German bombing planes were unusually un-usually active Thursday afternoon. They dropped homha in the region of Baulny and Apremont, In sn effort to hamper wagon road traffic. . |