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Show II' imSi 1 1 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON I j THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Oct. 9. ' During the American activities south j of Romagne this afternoon, seventy- j nine allied bombing planes passed ' southward, having bombed Buzancy i and other railroad and supply stations j j behind the German lines. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1 CHAMPAGNE. Oct. 9. 2 p. m. (By the I Associated Press) The battle in Champagne is going on with increas- I Ing intensity today from the Aisne in the region of Vaux-les-Mouron, which I was taken this morning by the French I I ' to the Suippe river at Bazancourt j j which is violently attacked by the I Germans. , North of St. Elienne on the Arnes I j river the enemy made a vigorous as- , sault upon the positions won by Gen-j i "" ' i eral Gouraud's men Tuesday, but without other result than to increase largely the German casualties. Notwithstanding the stubborn opposition oppo-sition the enemy Is offering on the Suippe and north of the Arnes, the impression im-pression still is that he is merely seeking to gain time to reduce the difficulties of retreat. I he extent of which, in view of the developments on the extreme wing of the fighting front, It is impossible to forecast. The vigor and perserverance of the allied pressure appears to have deranged de-ranged all the German plans. VIENNA. Oct. 0, via London. Aus-tro-Hungnrian troops have taken "a glorious part" in the fighting in the region re-gion of Verdun, where the American army is in the line, according to the official communication issued today. Nowhere have the Germans with all their genius in organization been able to prepare a stable position upon which their defeated troops could retire re-tire in security, which suggests that they again have erred in their judgment judg-ment of the strength and endurance of the entente allied fighting forces. They are being defeated not only at ( points" chosen for attacks by Marshal iFoch and his generals, but on ground selected by themselves for counter-at-! tacks. ) I Their reaction all along the Cham-ipagne Cham-ipagne front thus far has been productive produc-tive of only one result relatively favor-jable favor-jable to them, in the region of the iGrandpre gap, which they have been !able to keep open up to the present, 'although the gap is under the heavy fire of the French guns. I I The latest American advance north- j I ward to tho east of the Argonne forest ! has now particularly neutralized that result. The Grandpre gap is now vir- tually closed and the only real lines of ! communication for the enemy' forces operating in Champagne are northward north-ward by Vouziors and Rethel and most of these lines over considerable dis-t dis-t tances are being shelled by the French artillery. Unless by a supreme effort and utilizing util-izing available reserves the Germans, are able still to make a stand on the, Sisson line north of the Aisne their elastic retirement may turn suddenly Into a general retreat. |