Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-02
TANKS SMASH FORWARD FOR
 LARGE GAINS
In Conjunction With French Move Forward and Take Five Strong Positions and 2500 Prisoners

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Nov. 1. 6 p. m., (By the Associated Press)- The First American army smashed forward for material gains along the entire front today. In conjunction with the French army on its left the Americans resumed in force the ope- rations begun September 26.
 Preceded by the heaviest artillery preparation yet used by the Amer jeans the infantry went over the top at 5:S0 o'clock this morning all along the line. By 8 o'clock the troops had taken Champigneulle, St. Georges, Landres-Et-St. Georges, and the Ian D. Huy farm and 25OO prisoners.
 There was opposition only at the outset This was carried out by brisk machine gun fire for from 20 to 30 minutes, when it eased off and en- abled the troops to advance without serious fighting.
 Later stiff opposition developed in the Boise Des Loges and continued for objectives along the entire front had been gained
 The advance of the Americans in- creased materially the feasibility of firing at the Mezieres, Sedan, Mont medy and Longuyon railroad com, munication and now that they are so much nearer direct hits can be ex- pected with regularity.
 The Americans never before had so much artillery in action as today. Al though the artillery preparation was of only two hours duration. the con- centrated rain of missiles fairly smothered the Germans.
 The enemy had in line this morning between the Mouse and the Bourgogne wood nine divisions, including some of his best men. Against these, the Americans threw in a super number of fresh troops, all rested men, in good spirits and ready for fight
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Nov. l, (By the Associated Press, p. m.)-. Whether the American offensive which was made today in conjunction with the French on the left. was a surprise or not is unknown, but it is certain that the Germans were not quite prepared, for at two places American divisions encountered en- emy divisions in the process of effect ing a relief That the Germans had anticipated an early resumption of the offensive is. however. beyond doubt.
 The prisoners taken represent not only the nine divisions known to have been in the German line, but four oth- CTS. This is not regarded as conclu- sive evidence of the presence of that many divisions. but rather that the in- creasing scarcity of man power has forced the employment of minor units as reinforced. The advance lacked much of the spectacular qualities that characterize great advances but the Amercans did display as never before increased efficiency. dash and briI- liancy in attack The workman-like manner in which both the staff and the line conducted operations was praised Dy the French observers, who declared that the American army dis played all the characteristics of vet erans.
 Today's advance was much easier for the Americans than previous ad- vances because of the vastly better of terrain In the first and second push the Americans had to fight their way across territory that had been No Mans Land for four years and offered unbelievable diff faculties both for fighting and trans portation.
 The Americans also were dependent on two lines of communication for all | their supplies-one by way of Mont 1 faucon and the other by way of Varen- l proved a serious handicap | to progress because of the bad roads
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