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Show Germans Rushing Up. All Their Available I Reserves. HEAVY FIGHTING General Movement Toward To-ward American Lines ' Noted by Aviators. "WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, OcL 1. It was reported late tonight that the Americans on the front between the Meuse and the Argonne. Ar-gonne. had again moved forward over one of the most hotly contested sectors sec-tors of their advance, the ground north and west of Montfaucon. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 2, The situation on the American front along the Brieule-Binarvllle Brieule-Binarvllle line (running fronf the Meuse through the Argonne) remained virtually unchanged today from yesterday. yes-terday. The Germans estimate fully the nature of the American effort and are hurrying up all available reserves. During tho day German airplanes began appearing over the American lines, the assumption being that these machines had been withdrawn from other fronts in an effort to minimize the American air supremacv of the last few days. The weather conditions were far from favorable for tho airmen so that little could be accomplished. If anything any-thing the American aviators, with characteristic enterprise, more than held the upper hand. During the day the chief activity of tho Americans was in holding and consolidating con-solidating their positions in the face of heavy counter-attacks especially of the important ground north and west of Montfaucon. In the heavily wooded wood-ed ground of the Argonne west of the forest itself the fighting became reduced re-duced to mere bush-whacking tactics. This Is a form of warfare in which the Americans with their individual initiative ini-tiative are second to none. Thus, although al-though numerous small bodies of Germans Ger-mans infiltrated the lines toward the American rear, the Americans were easily nble to take care of them. To what the Germans have been compelled by the turns of the events to change their plans is shown by a battalion order just captured. It says tersely: "The troops are reminded that our present position is our winter position." posi-tion." , Tho regiment at the time this die-1 turn was Issued was in the line below Cambrai. There seems to have been a general juggllng'of the German for-l for-l ces. , i Numerous observers have reported a general movement, especially across tho Mouse, westward from Brieulles. ! Its direction is alohg the river toward the north and then toward tho apex! of the American line. i Flanders Fight Progressing. LONDON. Oct. 2f-Tho official statement state-ment reads: "On October 1 the operations in Flanders developcl favorably despite: the resistance of te enemy. The energetic ener-getic Belgian and French troops iuado ( new progress in tte direction of Hoog-lede Hoog-lede and Roulers. jouth of Roulers the British troops cap-ured Ledeghem on the Roulers-Meulrfrailway. British detachments de-tachments crossc tho Lys between Wervicq and Combes. "British aerial fluadrons bombarded bombard-ed Lichtervelde, ctusiug a fire at the railway station. 'Jhoy also broke up several enemy coyoys." British CaJture Town. WITH THE BHTISH ARMIES IN FLANDERS, Oct.j2. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Fqld Marshal Haig's forces today caplfed Rollcghemcap-ello Rollcghemcap-ello and advance for a distance of 3000 yards southct of Roulers. i |