Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 6 | Americans Continue to Gain

Jen HI TO GAIN I Desperate Defense of Foe Fails to Check Yankees Near Meuse; Pershing Sends Report I My Aaaoclataa Praaa. t AY1 THE AMERICAN t . W ARMY NORTHWEST OF i VERDUN, , Oct. 26 (2 p. m.) i The gains made Friday by the ; - American troop eat and west of tha Mbuh Ver, maintained today In aplta of violent enemy opposition I and haraaalna; artillery (In afalnat J tha American front ltnra an tha ore, : In tha rear. ' ) On tha extreme left tha Americana , have atrenirthened their hold on the ' hih ground In the aouthern part of ! " the BourffOirna- wuud. STRUGGLE AT VERDUN. By Aaaealatad Praaa. WASHINGTON. Oct. !. Heary fighting on tha Verdun front la de-1 de-1 acribed In General Perahlna'a com-munlque com-munlque for Friday. Btrong Oerman altarka eailt of the Meu varywhera were repulsed except In" , tha Belleua woorfa. where four auc-eaaalva auc-eaaalva aaaaulta forced a partial withdrawn! with-drawn! by tha Americana. Waal of ' the Meuae tha American llnea ware further advanced tn face of determined deter-mined reeiatance. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "On the Verdun front tha battle haa continued with violence eaat of tha Meuee. Late yeeterday our rtoopa enlargad their Important gaiue aouth of tha Conaenvoye-Hamvlile railroad and occupied completely the liola d'Ormont. Today tha enemy counter attacked repeatedly with strong forces on the front from the Bois d'Ormont to tha Bots d Ktreyes. "Although supported by violent artillery ar-tillery his attacks were repulsed wtth extremely heavy losses. Only In the Bois Helleue did he succeed In slightly pushing back our line. At this point after three assaults had failed before stubbornness of our troops, the fourth attack forced us to withdraw from the eastern part of the wood. Hostile forces, which attempted to penetrate our positions northwest of the Bois Belleua were driven back after a ae-vere ae-vere struggle lasting throughout tha 4a y. "West of tha Meuee our troops have advanced In tha face of determined resistance re-sistance on the slopes northwest of Grand pre and, have entered the south-. south-. sen portion of Bois d'Bourgogne."