The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-27
SKILLFUL COUP
BY AMERICANS
Masked Attack Northwest of
verdun Results in Pocket
ing Mont FauCon.
HUNS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Don't Shell Place" Flash Back
Infantry TO Artillery, I'VE
Have Taken It."
lRy Henry G. Wales.)


With the American Army in France
10 pm. Sept a6-Q. n. S)--Amer-
leans cleverly "pocketed" Mont Faucon
In their big attack northwest OF Ver-
dun today. Mont Faucon is n strong
point which tops bare and treeless
ridge on the plain between Avoucourt
and Romagne.
The action was skilfully masked by
the Americans, who did not try to
storm the German machine gun nests
frontally. but 'p'inched out" the town
| from the rear.
The Americans took Septsarses and
then pushed on northward, taking two
more villages.
In the meanwhile the enemy machine
gunners at Mont Faucon were expect
ing a frontal attack.
The German batteries did not fire
| upon the place. knowing that there
! were Germans in the town.
American batteries also refrained
from shelling because air observers had
| reported seeing American patrols On
tering the town from the east and west.
Finally an artillery commander
potified the infantry to keen out until
"ho coud sbeIl the boches out of Mont
f'aucon"
Don't shell the town: we have just
captured il" was the reply flashed
hoeis by ,ho American infantry com
mander
A counle of hundred of German ma
chine c,,ns wero taken at Mont Faucon.
Mont Eaucon was n strong German
piyotal, posltion, where determined
resistance WAS expected.
Wagon driyers and the chauffeurs
of motor trucks were provided with
wire cutters 10 eliminate the barbcd
wire entanrlements on the roads and
The transnort followed nm tho adyanc-
jtng Infantry. so closely that the drivers
bad IN cmt the wire paths wider to
nnr,nit The vehic,es 10 mass through.
AZ ,the Americana progressed, shell
holes in the roads were flied with
spades captured from the Germans.
Snecd kino 6rinos Down Plane.
with the American Army in France.
Might sent, CT. N. S)-Eddie
Rickenbacker the former American
areed King shot down his eighth en-
emv nlane TODAY north of Verdup.
Rickenbacker's propeller was riddled
with h,,ilets ara he was barely able to
land safely in n field near Verdun.
Arericar aviators dropped five tons
~ hon,hs m D,,n sur Nouse (north of
Verdun). and Etain northeast of Yer
dun1
nor tbo f,rs, time TODAY single seated
Amor;can fighting planes operated in
darkness IN co-operation with the at
tacliny troons in the new Franco
American drive between Auberiye and
the Meuse
Tbr;jIiro Air Eioht.
American chasse niIots scared I'D
ward before dawn. hoyered above Ger
man machine pun nests and raked
thor, with machine run fire. shot down
several balloons in flames and attacked
onor,v c,,n crews
All dov long Tho American pilots
roin,oincd the supremacy of the air,
a,thovch tho Cermons rushed I'm air
,,nits from, ether sectors and fought the
ynni,ee natro,linp eroups desperately
IN squads Of twentv and thirty,
rhis eyening American pursui.
r,ares ra,ded manv enemy drachems.
which rise AZ night I, observe gun
flashes IN an effort IN locate batteries,
The yonks shot down two drachems
and drove down eight Others.
Ecur onemy n,ares were shot down
hy An,ar,can ,,iiots Meissner Cham
,,ors Wbitc V,sconce,is and Roberts.
and two ,yero hagped bv pilots Palmer.
SnarI,s NIcI.onahan Rickenbacker'
7 ,,I,a ord Cooi,dgc
The avlators CO. operated with de-