Arizona republican., 1918-11-07

Continued from Page One) germans almost at the very top of the eastern edge. The swimmers again got Ihto acton and plunged through, not "lIhstandlnS the enemy fire and scrambled to the top. Here the men dlVlded their attention in driving off the enemy and helping non swimmers across by the same method used at the rlVer. Two bridges finally were laid ooWn by the engineers. greatly facili- tatlng crossing These two bridges Wlthstood attempts of the enemy to de- stroy them and contributed largely to the speed in getting the American troops oyer
 Grappled Up the Banks
 When the swimmers reached the edge of the canal they could not land without the aid of grappling hooks. Which had to be caught on to the top Of the wall edging the canal, so that the swimmers could pull themselves up by means of ropes It would have been hard enough task for men undis- turbed by the enemy's guns. but it's ac- complishment was almost inconceiv- ably difficult under the violent enemy Ire With two water ways and two thirds of a mile of mud land success fully negotiated, the Americans had only the customarv fighting and went to it with no delay and in everincreas ing numbers. The Germans gave way without great resistance before men who could brave their fire, swim two rivers and cross a swamp with almost charmed lives, and attack them with out pausing a moment.
 Place Several Mouse Bridges
 The Mouse has now been spanned by several temporary bridges, which were put down immediately on the heels of the German withdrawal. The capture of Milly was comparatively easy after Dun had been reached. and the Amer ican advance has been rapidly sus- tained since the moment the Americans touched foot on the east bank of the canal. The troops. though tired by their eXertions, found the fighting there easy as compared with their previous eX- periences. when they were unable to re- spond to the galliRg fire.
 The retreat from the east bank Of the Mouse began rapidly. with the Amerl- cans in hot pursuit. The German With drawal cased the pressure on the Mouse line at Dun, where up to that time an attempt to cross had not been made. But it was soon possible to throw over pontoon bridges, with comparatively | little opposition. Other bridges were constructed capable of carrying over the artillery and heavy trucks and af- | ter that the operations were continued vigorously.
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN | FRANCE, Sunday, Nov. 3.-(By the Associated Press) - Two-men tanks, French built, but manned by Ameri- cans, played an important part in the offensive of Friday and Saturday. Working with the infantry, the tanks captured several hundred prisoners and overcame the resistance of numerous German machine gun nests.
 Three platcons of tanks attacked and captured the village of Landres-e St Georges in desperate fighting. One platoon was commanded by Lieutenant Churchill Peters, a former Yale uni versity athlete, and the other two were in charge of Lieutenant Lloyd Callahan of Casselton, N. D. In order te take the town, the tanks had to ge through strcng barbed wire entangle- ments over powerful machine Sur nests outside the village, and force their way through the debris-strewr streets. One tank officer made thi: report to his superior:
 There seems to be a remarkable willingness on the part of the German! to surrender to tanks during the frs
 part of the action, but as the attacl
 went forward surrendering tc' the in
 fantry became more popular"
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY Or
 THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 6.-(B.
 the Associated Press, 6:20 D. m.)-lt
 footing well established east of tn
 Mouse, the American army has forced ! olN INth 1r,l-e nf f1ae trn
 until tonight it is within six miles 0
 Sedan.
 Notwithstanding the fact that tn
 Germans have put in fresh divisions
 the American and French troops cen tinue their grim advance. Murvauz
 north of the Freya line and east o
 Dun, was reached this afternoon am
 operations about the heights to tn , east of Sedan are well under way. The territory regained about Dun sur Mouse includes Lion-Devant-Dur , Fontaines, Hill 2S4 and up to the edg !, of Ccte St Germains.
 On the west of the river the arm moved to the outskirts of MouZons
 Further west it fought it's way along
 four mile front to Gogneux woods Pourron and Mcnt de Brune wer among the villages aptured. Raucour
 was reached.
 , WITH THE AMERICAN ARM, | NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Nov. G. (By the Associated Press)-A darin , exploit by two American aerial observ ' CTS, Lieutenant William Erwin of Chi < cago and Lieutenant Boicum, the frs named the only American observatio ace, was revealed today when the ad
 vancing infantry came upon them hold
 ing eff Germans with the machine gun
 of their airplane. The aviators an
 their machines were rescued.
 Erwin and Boicum flew over Seda
 yesterday and fired on the troop | there. They were forced to land on tn | German side of the line owing to en zine trouble. The landing was mad ! near two machine gun nests, which tn
 American airmen silenced. Then the
 fought off their wculd-be captol
 throughout the night and were still de \ lending themselves tenaciously, nea }, Stenay, when the infantry advance