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Show ALLIES 71 I WE-FRONTS WE-FRONTS Yank Down 21 Planes; French Repulse Huns; British Smash Turkish Forces; Austrian Flee By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct., 31. General Pershing's evening communique for Wednesday reports re-ports officially the downing of twenty-one enemy airplane by pursuit squadrons of ths First America, Ameri-ca, army and states that two of' the American machines aro missing". aEMCW-RSPULftg ATTACK. By United Press. PARIS, Oct. Repulse of a violent vio-lent counter attack west of St. Ferg-neux. Ferg-neux. in the Alans region, was reported re-ported by the French war off toe today. to-day. "There was fairly lively artillery ac- tlvity on the Olse front' the communique com-munique said. "At the end of yesterday the enemy violently counter attacked weet of St. Fergneux. Our positions were maintained. main-tained. "In two days our Fifth army has taken 1453 prisoners, including cavalry cav-alry guard, colonel and three battalion bat-talion chiefs." BRITISH DEFEAT TURKS. By United Press. LONDON, Oct. 11. British troopi in Mesopotamia have captured the vtlf lace of Kalaat H her gat end have penetrated pene-trated the Turkish positions five miles north of that place, taking 1000 prison-era. prison-era. It in officially announced. The British are now within forty-five miles of the Important bas of Mosul. AUSTRIAN RETREAT. By Associated Press. VIENNA. Oct. SO Vla London, Oct SI). Austro-Hungarlan forces on their eastern wins: in Serbia are withdrawing withdraw-ing from occupied territory and have completed the crossing of the Ianube, according to an official statement tonight to-night from Austria-Hungary headquarters. head-quarters. Elsewhere In Serbia the Austrian Withdrawal continues. "On the Venetian plains the British and Italians thrust further forward. By using all their fighting means they .succeeded appreciably in extending the r points at which they had broken through north and south of Montello. "Southeastern theatre: The eastern wing of our forces Is evacuating Serbia Ser-bia and already has completed the crossing to the northern bank of tne Danube. Our rearward march toward the Save and the Prlna continues according ac-cording to plan. The enemy follows nowhere. The rearguard of our Albanian Al-banian forces has only had to reputes isolated bands. |