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1 Hl. The Weather. Pair Tuesday and "Wednesday; not much change in temperature. VOL. cni-NO. 49. WlIiMLNGrTON", IT. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 39,572 GERMANY CLAIMS "ACCEPT. IN FULL v .-wpafiia - II ANCE OFFICIALS BELIEVE PEOPLE OF GERMANY AKE ACTUALLY TAKING am CONIKUL Desires Peace on Any Terms United States and tne Aines May Offer. REPLY MADE TO WILSON Says xeriin wyej.iuuis:i. iw Longer Responsible to the Kaiser STOP RUTHLESSNESS 0 president May Await Develop ments Before Replying. Washington, Oct. 21v Ger- 1 HJ i 4 Tmm n t iT nil -4- many nas repueu lu jtjtccuucxu. Wilson with a note which, hough no one is prepared to say it will lead the president even to continue exchange on the sub- ect of an armistice and peace, at east has served almost to bring conviction here that the people of Germany actually are taking he reins of government and sin cerely desire peace on any terms he United States and the allies are willing to give. There is no intimation tonight of the attitudB of the president and prob ably there winJkr none until the offl . -German communi- cial text of the rarinn has heen redelved. ' The Dresi- dent was in conference All evening with Secretary Lansing, discussing the note as received by wireiess late in the day. Like the reply to the presi dent's inquiries a week ago, this note was sent out from the German wire less stations and picked up in the Hied countries many hours before the official text could move by cable. . The oificial version probably will come to morrow through the Swiss legation here. As received by wireless the note is believed to be slightly garbled in the important sentences regarding condi tions for the evacuation of invaded territory and for an armistice, but nevertheless it is regarded as an awk ward attempt to meet the conditions laid down by President Wilson for consideration of an armistice. And it makes the significant declaration that the government, in Rerlin no 'lnnerer is responsible to a sinsrle arbitarv in fluence the kaiser but is supported by an overwhelming majority of the merman people. This declaration is suDDorted bv the statement that constitutional reforms &re in progress in accord with the de termination of the people under which j0 government can take or hold of fice without the confidence of the ma-Jr-ty of a reichstag elected by uni versal, secret suffrage. It is accorded ffio'e consideration here because of confidential advices received only to- indicating that the German mid He classes have resolved to have peace any price, and if necessary are pre- yaiea to get rid of the ke.iser, the crown prince and all military control. if,us the belief is strengthened that the Present note and those that have Sone before are genuine efforts to ob- peace and are inconclusive mere- 7 because the fiermnna pnnrtnM!Tir tYia changes are seeking to bargain for "mething better than the uncondition- surrender they are prepared to give PURhed tr tVio won t t. -o that they want to nre.na.re e-radn- lly th Of-rman public for a realiza- .1 "ran puunc 1U1 iX leaiiBa.- ?" of what has happened to their "'Utdry marl-lino anrl i -mo - 1nr-Aa' flreams of n,,,,. SJ t -Villager. ti. - i-oc jl uie government. l DlCfno ;n - l ... .... , ' uustsrvers point out tnat fen ""'u 1H a- iiDerty witn per- ai his rvmc k4, .-4. j.:-, Blt "ui w awaii ueveiop- BrnJ; await the performance of the ' onuses of the Germans not to tor- Promis : amps, ineir impnea durintv, Work no more destruction frano retreat frm Belgium and quire, tnan mil'tary necessity re veionn, fnlly to await further de evidInttnT of the Political leaven that Plefe n ""linns iowara tne com- cratie n erthrow of military and auto- in tne empire. csati'T1f bf;liRves that an immediate opinion f host,'lities is in sight. The Mr WV, mt nerally held is that if if thf. Tn (ici(1es to make a reply and on Pn,rtp governments agree the b --fp pc.ssible at this time would Kent's ,sanir,tlori preliminary arrange fte ft-.? . d ictated by Gen. Foch in 'Or withdrnTxrol rta -----j . v &i w v rranro " "u further righting. Such tinged nt'S of course would be con- k 1M- Upon 'HO 1--. n f f UDf Pry. J i VUUU11UCU rrn;es y of th victorious . allied vorjia and consequently virtually fcils ean surrender for the Ger- tk.4. official vi ew h(r-e so far has been fc,. "nation of invaded territory cmplete4 bef or there can 4fIm ieo' nould' President wn ttlKf. Z ConsuUation with the allie ; tinned oa Paci Twci v,- : . - Ml OF THE f O Attacks & I Submarines On Passenger Ships to Cease Berlin Denies That Passengers and Lifeboats Have Ever Been Purposely Destroyed, Or That Authorized Atrocities Have Been Committed by German Soldiers. (By The Associated Press.) 3r. So If, the German secretary for foreign affairs, has sent another mes sage to President Wilson on the im portant question of peace. This time Germany professes to accept all the conditions for an armistice and event ual peace, as laid down by President Wilson. The reply Indicates Germany's will ingness to evacuate occupied territory under an agreement to be reached by the military chiefs in the field. : It is announced in the note that all sub marine commanders have been ordered to cease attacks on passenger ves sels. Denial is made that lifeboats and passengers have ever purposely been destroyed or that any authorized LOAN CAMPAIGNERS MADE FINE RECORD Self-Sacrifice and Clever Meth ods Figured in Three Weeks Drive. TOTAL NOT YET KNOWN Official Confident, However, Of An Or-er-Subxrrlptioifc At Least ZZJMXK 000 Persons SuJMseribed to tie Bi- Loan. Washington, Oct. 21. After . reading a number of late reports on the out come of the fourth Liberty loan cam pa igne which closed Saturday, treas ury officials declared tonight there is little certainty at this time either of the total volume of the subscriptions or the number of subscribers. They still felt no doubt that the loan had been over-subscribed, but explained that many earlier messages appeared too optimistic in the light of actual figures now being compiled by every bank and local committee over the country. There was good ground, however, for the estimate that 22 million or more individuals subscribed to the greatest war loan ever floated by any govern- Th fa ft that manv of these XLl VUki v represented lump subscriptions by j corporations which later would re-sell bonds to their employes led to the be lief that the number of actual bond holders would be considerably higher. A digest of reports so far re ceived indicates clearly, officials say, iat th horrse canvassing method or the system of having citizens call vol untarily et polling places should be used much more extensively in the fifth Liberty loan campaign set for next spring. l Stories of self-saeriflce by individ uals and business interests, of fine rec ords of loan workers, of unceasing ef fort throughout the three-week period, of clever methods and efficient sales manship, of enthusiastic determina tion which stopped at neither moral discouragement nor physical handicap of illness from influenza, are reaching the treasury in every mail. "Words of thanks seem paltry in the face of the deeds now being report ed," said one officiaL "The navy subscribed more than $40,000,000," said an announcement to day by Rear Admiral Cowie, navy Lib erty loan officer, "and this figure will be raised by later reports." The army also made a fine record but the figures are yet incomplete.' General Pershing cabled that up to Oct. 14, members of the American expeditionary force had subscribed 51,207,000 and that this probably would run to two millions or more... , . Officials and employes of 97 ship yards subscribed $35,386,800, the ship Hnarri announced. If the other 106 yards maintain the same ratio, the grand total for the industry will be about $75,000,000, an average of more than $150 per man. FIFTH DISTRICT WENT SIX MILLION ABOVE ITS QUOTA Richmond, Va., Oct. 21. Although the tabulation of the Liberty loan sales has-not been completed the figures to night indicate a vast increase over the estimates announced at the close Sat urday, tfhe City of Richmond sold bonds to 40,000 persons, netting a total of 827,500,000. ' In the fifth reserve district the record shows a total of $28,082,650,!! although the 'quota caned for but $280,000,000. Officials tonight declared: the figures -s for itbe district 1 I VERNMENT atrocities have been committed by German, troops. It is declared that Germany now has a parliamentary form of govern ment, responsible to the people. Comment on the note is being with held by the United States govenment pending receipt of the official text. TEXT OF THE GERMAN NOTE AS RECEIVED BY WIRELESS Washington, Oct. 21. The text of the German note as received by wire less, is as follows: "In accepting the proposal for an evacuation of occupied territories the German government has started from the assumption that the procedure of this evacuation and of the condi tions of an armistice should be left to the military advisers and that the actual standard of power on both sides in the field has to form the basis (Oonti-ued on Page Two). TURKEY TALKING OF REFORMATION Constantinople Would Be a Free Port and Dardanelles Forts Dismantled. AUTONOMY TO. ENSLAVED Public Opinion for a Time favored Separte Peaee Bat Tala View Was Changed By Maxi milian? Address. Amsterdam, Oct. 21. The correspon dent at Constantinople of the Weser Zeitung, of Bremen, says that it must be admitted public opinion for some time past favored a separate peace for Turkey. This view underwent a change as a result of Prince Maxi milian's speech in the reichstag which also strengthened the position of the party of union and progress. Proposals are now being discussed, the correspondent continues, for a re formation in Turkey, according . to which Constantinople would become a free port and the fortifications of the Dardenelles be dismantled, on condi tions that the powers :'aarantee the continuance of Constantinople as the capital of Turkey. It is further pro posed to guarantee autonomy for Arabia, Syria, Armenia and the Jewish zone in Palestine. Influential Turkish newspapers con tiue to advocate a separate peace with the entente. MADAME BUTCHKAREFF APPEALS TO RUSSIANS Organiser of Famow Women's Bat talion Is Aiding In Forming Ras-Mo-Allied Army. Archangel, Sept. li. Correspond ence of the Associated Pre s s. Ma ri a Butchkareff, organizer of the famous Russian women's battalion, is here aiding the organization of a Russo Allied army. She has caused the fol lowing proclamation to be posted in village squares and in the country churches. "I am a Russian peasant and a sol dier. At the request of the soldiers and peasants I went to America and Great Britain in order to request these countries for military help for Rus sia. The allies understand our own misfortunes and I return with the al lied armies which come only for the purpose Of helping to chase out our deadly enemies, the urermans, and not to interfere with our internal affairs. After the war is over the allied troops will leave Russian soiL ' "I, on my own part, request all loy al free sons of Russia, without refer ence to party to come together, act ing as one with the allied forces, who, under the Russian flag have come to free Russia from the German yoke and in order to help the new free Russian army with all forces, including Rus sian, to beat the enemy. "Soldiers and Peasants! Remember that only .-. a full clean sweep of the Germans from our soil can give you free Russia as you long for." Germany Cannot Be Trusted. St. Louis. Oct. 21. Sir Arthur Tapp, head of the T. M. C. A. in England and Great Britain, discussing Germany's former director, of food economy of note to President Wilson , tonight, Baid: "Germany's i word cannot- be 'trusted. The time is ripe to give her the' final taxoclwut and fciye.lt ta , ARMIES OF ALLIES PAY NO ATTENTION TO PEACE EFFORTS Continue to Force Back Ger mans on the Lines in Bel gium and France. SUCCESS FOR AMERICANS I : They Occupy Two Highly Im portant Positions North vwest of Verdun. (By the Associated Press.) In the -war theatre the allied armies have taken no heed of the efforts under way for the re-establishment of peace, but are continuing to force back the Germans at vital points along the lines in Belgium and France. In these en deavors the British and Americans are for the moment taking the principal parts. The British have approached to withifc! two miles of Valenciennes and the Americans to the northwest of Verdun have succeeded in occupying two highly Important positions in their operations aimed at an advance north ward. American and British troops have crossed the Oise canal on a wide front in the face of desperate resistance and further successes in this sector will menace the Germans both to the north an to the south. The Valenciennes-Hirson railway, formerly one of the Germans' main lateral arteries of communication, has been cut. - The west bank of the Scheldt canal has been occupied by the British along an extent of ten miles to the north of Tournai which city is being defended by masses, of Germans armed with machine guns. Belgium is gradually being redeemed, althoulrpyw that the Germans have dravm-J tWr liiLM the British. Bl , much stiller opposition than during the early days of the great drive for the re-occupation by the allies of the Bel gian coast. The city of Ghent, an ob jective which the allies have always had in view, is yet seven miles away. "Probably it will be outflanked from the north before it is taken. Allied troops already have made considerable progress with this end in view. Having cleared the Germans out of western Belgium the allied forces are standing on a line from the Dutch frontier to the Oise canal that is vir tually straight. A new movement has begun to the east of Courtrai the object is to free the northern section of Bel gium from the enemy. French troops have reached the Danube river in the region of Vidin after offensive operations in the eastern theatre of the war lasting more than a month. The economic independence of Hun gary is to be proclaimed at an early date in a manifesto which it is re ported will be issued by Emperor Charles. Hungary will be permitted to maintain her own army and her own diplomatic corps. BRINSON NOMINEE OF DEMOCRATS IN THIRD Craven Educator Selected by Exeentlw Committee to Smeceed Col. W. T. Dorteh for Congress. Goldsboro, Oct. 21. The democratic executive committee of the Third North Carolina congressional district today elected S. M. Brinson, of New Bern, to succeed the late W. T. Dortch as candidate for congress in that dis trict. Mr. Brinson is superintendent of the Craven county schools. He will be opposed in the November election by C. L. Abernethj', of New Bern, de clared by the state board of elections to have been defeated by Mr. Dortch in the primary, but who claims to be the democratic nominee; and Claude Wheatley, republican, of Beaufort. AMERICAN SOLDIER ATTRACTS ATTENTION OF OUR ALLIES Behind Allied Lines in France, Sept. 21. Correspondence.)-r-The American soldier is a source of continual inter est to . the troops of the other nations with whom he is fighting side by side, and to the people of France. They have been vastly impressed by the wholehearted way in which he . carries out his duties. On parade and on the march Jhe regards his work with the utmost seriousness, and every Ameri can column passes leaves an impress ion of set, resolute faces very different from the nonchalant attitude of the British Tommy. In his moment of re pose, the "Yank," as he is called every where in France, looks for a build ing with a short flight of steps to the door, foregathers there with his friends, and eats nuts and chocolate in prodigious quantities. Of an evening the "Yanks " regi mental band play to him. The selec tions are not "uplift stuff," but they cheer the tired soldier amazingly. Per haps a couple of slldiers will jump pu and do a one-step together up and down the sidewalk. British Capture AmervaL London, Oct. 21.-The British forces fighting north, of LeCftteau have cap tured Amervalr : according to ! the - of ficial report from Field Marshal Haigs headquarters in. France tonight. VThe .British are now tiro miles from'Talen GERMANY WORKING TO GAIN PEACE IN HER OWN INTEREST Displays Selfishness by Not Mentioning Her Allies in Reply to Wilson. NORTHCLIFFE COMMENTS Arguments Regarding Reform Not Worthy of Serious Consideration. London, Oct. 21. Lord Northcliffe, commenting on Germany's reply to night, said: "A hasty perusal of the German note reveals that, with truly Prussian self ishness, no mention is made of Austria Hungary or Turkey. It seems to me that the document may be" read as either a means to gain time or as a confession of a state of affairs mili tarily and economically worse than we know." "The German government may be hoped to exploit the conditions of the armistice as an outrage upon German honor and as a means of rallying the German nation for desperate resistance or it may simply be trying to put the president into the position of trustee for the German people, which will have thrown itself upon his mercy. "The least satisfactory feature of the reply is the shameless prevarica tion with regard to German outrages on land and sea, and the suggestion. The arguments employed to prove that a reform of the German constitution has been accomplished are unworthy of serious consideration.. "The president, who dealt so firmly and shrewdly with the previous Ger man attempt to entangle him in wordy discussions, may, be trusted to compel the German government to show whether it really intends unconditional surrender, which alone can satisfy the 'ttetmMrraf authorities of the allies, or Whether it simply is playing for time' DIFFICULTIES AROSE AT THE LAST MOMENT, DELAYING NOTE Basel, Oct. 21. Advices from Berlin show that it was really on account of difficulties arising at the last moment that the dispatch of the German reply to President Wilson was delayei. The reply was submitted first to a committee of the federal council then to a meeting at which the leader or one influential member of every group in the reichstag, except the Poles, was present. A discussion lasting an hour followed the reading of the text by Friedrich von Hayer, the vice chancel lor. The war cabinet met again in the evening to revise the text. MILITARY MASTERS TOOK PART IN FRAMING NOTE Berne, Switz., Oct. 2L German mili tary experts, especially General Luden dorff and Admiral Von Scheer, chief of the admiralty staff, took a large part in the deliberations on the reply to President Wilson's note, according to Berlin dispatches received here. They argued that the German military situa tion in consequence of the withdrawal and shortening of the front, was con siderably ameliorated and added that the German army was not in the least demoralized. The Liberal newspapers of Germany suggest the sending of the newly ap pointed Democratic ministers to the western front to acquaint the troops wit hthe actual situation in the in terior and the changes in the govern ment. MAYORS OF ENGLISH TOWNS OPPOSED TO ANY COMPROMISE London, ct. 21. -As proof of the fu tility of German attempts to weaken the will of the British people by peace talk, the Daily Telegraph publishes a series of messages from the mayors of more than 50 English and other towns, representing every phase of municipal life. They all breathe but one spirit; namely, that there must be no compromise with the foe. The following are messages from a few of the principal towns: Birmingham "Germany must be re quired to accept the terms imposed by the allies and stern justice . must be meted out." Bradford "After what .Germany has done there must be no compromise. It is absolutely essential that there should be British supremacy of the seas." Card if "Any compromise with Ger many would be fatal. The German navy must be handed over." Hull "The allied troops should oc cupy Essen and march to Berlin." Blackburn "To bargain with the Germans is unthinkable after the his tory of the past four years." Blackpool "The Germans asked for a good hiding and deserve to get it." Canterbury "In no circumstances must be make peace until every man and woman in Germany who has been brutal to our prisoners has been pun ished and reparation given for all the damage." j - Exeter1 "Let Germany surrender at the bar of the world's Justice and re ceive just sentence for her crimes and give guarantees for her future good conduct. The allies will be Just but dare not - be generous." jaythe "in this town no compro mise is nailed dn our mast," s .French Reach' the Danube. Parts,' Oct. 1. French troops hve reached i the Dannbe river in the region of Vidin. the war ; ofSce announced to BATTLE IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND BELGIUM IN ITS SECOND PHASE ! Maximilian Hardin Says That Germany May As Well Give Up Amsterdam, Oct. 21. (By the As sociated Press.) "We are alone. When a fortress can no longer nold, it is no dishonor if the commander surrenders. The kaiser must take up his cross of concluding quickly necessary peace and accepting what ever is hard. Let the kaiser declare himslf ready and let him flt himself with new Germany as her first citi zen." This utterance by Maximilian Har din, addressed to several thousand persons in Berlin on Sunday, was loudly applauded, y ALLIES NEAR CITY OF VALENCIENNES Cyclists Reach Haulchin, On the Scheldt, Only Three Miles Away. INFANTRY IS MOVING UP Oise Cnal Is Crossed On a Wide Front While the Selle River Is Being Left Behind By the Advancing Troops. With the Allied Armies in North ern France, Oct. 21. (By the Associat ed Press.) Cyclists have reached Haulchin, on the Scheldt, less than three hils southwest of the import- try is pouring on after thenf: The Oise canal" has been crossed on a wide front from Etreux southward against the heaviest resistance. Here, as elsewhere all along this part of the battle area, the Germans are fight ing with the realization that every foot of ground lost increases the men ace to their comrades for many miles to the north, and south. American troops participating in this action crossed the canal under heavy fire. They and the British kill ed a great number of Germans who were attempting to hoia the east bank and fought to stop them after they had gained it. The river Selle has been crossed all along its course from a point -north of LeCateau to the Scheldt and is be ing rapidly left behind. In this region the river Ecaillion has been reached and probably crossed. The Germans have delivered a num ber of counter-attacks but in every case they have broken down under the hot fire, of the allied troops. The Ger man dead are on the battlefield in great numbers. In scores of the .towns which have been won from the enemy, Germans have been found hiding in cellars waiting, to surrender. It is reported that not a few of them have taken advantage of the proximity of the Dutch frontier to cross to the other side, where they have been interned. ALLIED FORCES ARE WITHIN LESS THAN 7 MILES OF GHENT With the Allied Armies in Belgium and France, Oct. 21, 11 a. m. (By the Associated Press.) In heavy fighting which proceeded throughout the night and continued today in a heavy rain the Germans everywhere were driven still further eastward. In Belgium the allies are three miles from Eecloo and in the whole vast stretch between Courtrai and the Dutch border, the British, French and Belgians are push ing the Germans before them, closing in toward Ghent from which they are now less than seven miles. In the center of the battle area the British are on the west bank of the Scheldt for more than 10 miles, north of Tournai, in front of which city the Germans are resisting stubbornly with machine guns. . Frontally, the British have reached positions less than four miles of Valenciennes. Northwest of Valenciennes they have entered the great' Vicoigne-Raismes forest. In the region northwest of Lille the British are' pushing out in the general direc tion, of Le Quesnoy, fighting every foot of the way. The Germans, here and there in Bel gium have held out strongly in enor mous concrete forts from which the guns had been removed. These forts were used by German machine gun ners and in some cases it re.quired shells from heavy guns to crack them. More prisoners have been captured, the third army taking oyer 2,500 yes terday. GERMAN LINER STRIKES MINE WITH LOSS OF OVER 100 LIVES Stockholm, Oct. 21. The Hamburg American ; line ' steamer Habsburg struck a mine last Wednesday while on a voyage from Riga to Danzig, ac cording to advices from Helsingfors. One hundred German soldiers and four officers were' drowned," owing to panto stricken '.passengers' rushing for the lifeboats which ww pBized. , Allies Start Movement to Clear the Huns Out of Northern Belgium. M.ANY VILLAGES TAKEN j Numerous Prisoners and Large Quantities of Supplies Captured. THE ENEMY EXHAUSTED At Present, Allies Are Not Ham . pered in the Least. With the Allied Armies in France and Belgium, Oct. .21.' " j (Bv the Associated Press The - u . j great battle in Flanders ' and ' northern FrlCnce passed into its "r. second phase today. The first.: phase was completed when the . Lille salient was eliminated and 1 " the Germans' were driven but of : western Belgium, so that the ' line all the way from the f ron-. ' tier of Holland to the Oise canal is virtually a straight one. . This accomplished, the Belgians,1 ,, British and Frertch in the north start 5 ed a sweeping movement today 'pivot- I ing on a point, about east of Cour'taL 4 j - The objeet-yofvthl appears .toie .th; ') ;. in northern Belgium - and at the saome s, time to threaten ; his extreme right flank. The key position at the south is in ? the region 'below Valenciennes. At'', both places the. exhausted German dl- visions whose ; ranks have had great r holes chopped into them by terrific " ; , s blows, are fighting with the greatest V,' ! desperation. The German command- .", ' ers are sacrificing many men in an en- - deavor to hold their ground, but in ! both sections the allied troops have j -, .1 smashed into the enemy and made ' appreciable gains. Scores of addl- ' l tional villages have been reclaimed, and numerous prisoners and large quantities of supplies have been captured. In the center of the battle area the f British kept thrusting out everywhere ' and gradually during the day moved forward toward the west bank of the Scheldt. The Germans have taken ad vantage of the iiatural protection of fered by the width of this stream and its canal and marshy borders. I'hey are hiding behind it in shallow trenches and are showing nervousness as the allies approach. Back of them their artillery,-1 the strength of which has been greatly diminished, is giving some support. The Germans have their cannon close to the roads and on them so that when it becomes necessary to withdraw the guns they can get them away in a hurry. In their retreat the Germans have resorted to every known means to delay the bringing up of the ar tillery but without result. The pres ent time the allies are not hampered to such hurried flight that 'they, had V i little time- to take, their artillery and ,V' v vast stores of ammunition with them., " ' In the northern . part of the battle -,-J , area, allied cavalry is moving ahead 4 ' of the Infantry clearing out the Ger mans. And all the while the allies are - i',1 getting nearer and nearer to Ghent. - 1 V- Bel aria. n artillerv . ha n mnvnit nn ranJ '. idly oehind the infantry and is pound- I J ing the enemy constantly. ' - The fighting is going on in rain and a. ,f mud. To some extent the allied troops ' have left behind the ground which M turns Into marsh and have not been A hampered greatly. ; . , 'Xf, 231 PRISONERS TAKEN ' . ' V ! IN AMERICAN ATTACK? Unuber of Machine Gnu Curtnntd m 1 the Storming of the Bola de Raf. t, .''' pe and Hill 297. ' ' - - Washington, Oct. 21. In storming the , S'K I Bois de .Bappes and, Hill 297 today, ;.'', American troops, according to a com-".. 'A-'"' m unique received oy ..tne war opanT ment from" General Pershing tonight,' captured six officers, 225 men and ''',,. number of 'machine, guns. The text 'f'"l of the statement; follows;. ' ..;::.- ',Vf "In the course nf- stubborn fighting ") north of , -Verdun 1 vwe. have advanced " our line at several points. This morn- V-'v i ing our troops teok Hill 297 andiflrove, v the enemy-back, from the Boil de Rap- j per, capturing i in 2 thla'r operation (it nfflftAr. 22K- man and .a number' of ma- i ' ' 1 chane guns. - Further -west they, have t r improved, their position; on ; the . north- :;i era edge' of the Bois 'de . Bathe vi lie , . and have - made progress northeast ' of ; . . St. .Jovin. .East of - the Meuse th-,r ' enemy violently bombarded our; nosiv , T -tions la the Bo Cauxes' . ' , i 4 ' v ! ! t 5 V, r our-1 -1 V A it ,1
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