Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-20
TANKS TAKE SCORE
OF TOWNS; $4,000
HUNS CAT TURED
St. MihieI Salient Wiped Out by
Americans.
METZ WITHIN GUN RANGE
Americans Reach German Border IN
Great Offensive-ToWn of ST. Mi
hieI Found Lndamaged-ln1-
portant Rail Lines Gained
by Yanks.


by Yapks.
London. Sept. 14.-The town Of st.
Mihiel, which has been captured by the
Americans, was left intact by the Ger
mans. The ELECTROMAGNETIC
Nancy railroad was not damaged, and
this will be great help to the entente
allies. This railway follows the west
ern bank of the Meuse river and runs
through st. Mihiel. 1t is dOuble-track
road, but has been under fire OF Ger
man guns and useless where 1t ap-
breaches st. Mihiel since 1914.
Another valuable line of rail from
ThiaucOurt to st. Mihiel, by which
the Germans fed their troops in the
salient, also was left intact. The Op-
Grafton of the Americans must be re-
garded as big local success. All the
detectives were reached.
Capture Over 10000 Huns.
More than 10000 prisoners have
been taken by the Americans in their
offensive at st. Mihiel. The entire
salient now has been captured.
The railway from Verdun to Com
mercy. Toul and Nancy now is open
to the entene allies.
All the villages in the St Mihiel sail
ent were captured by the Americans
and the front in this sector was re-
duced from some forty miles to a lit
tie under twenty miles.
Yanks Can See Germany.
The Americans fighting along the
frontiers can look across the Moselle
and see German soil. There is moth
ing to indicate that their attack has
stopped, despite earlier announce
ments that the assault was for linn
tied detectives only.
According to dispatches from the
fighting front the Americans have
driven forward nearly nine miles at
places.
SO far as is known the firing line
now runs from Pagny on the Moselle
and on the German border, straight
west through Nationwide, thence
northward along the foot of the
heights of the Meuse to the region of
Verdun.
Free Twenty Villages.
The front now has been reduced
from a distance of more than forty
miles to less than twenty.
By capturing the salient the Amer
leans, with some French aid have not
only removed the menace of the Ger
mans in this region, but have freed
a great number of French villages.
The map shows this number must
run to considerably more than twenty,
although many places are small.
Airmen Bomb Metz Railroads.
While the American First army was
pressing forward through st. Mihiel
salient allied ayiators were intensively
bombing the German railroads around
Metz and Courcelles. The aviators also
attacked the Metz station and trans
ports with good results.
Combres, Fresnes, Vigneulles and
Thiaucourt now mark the battling
ground on the Lorraine front. The
German resistance is stubborn, but
prisoners continue streaming to the
rear.
Berlin Admits Loss.
Berlin, Sept. 1--we now are
standing on our new lines which have
been prepared" says the official state
ment reporting military operations on
the western front, issued by the Ger
man general staff. During the night,
the statement adds, "the evacuation of
the (St MihieD salient, which was liza
BILE to enlightenment. and which had
been under consideration for some
years, was completed without interior
ence.
"In anticipation of the attack of the
French and Americans on the St. Mi
hiel salient we began evacuating this
salient q few days ago"
Yanks Renew Attack at Dawn.
With the American Army in Lor-
raine. Sept. 14.-General Pershing's
troops continued their steady advance
against the st. Mihiel salient through
oct the night. They reached and even
passed the detectives set for them.
Prisoners continue to pour in. The
Americans renewed the attack at
dawn.
Large quantities of German sup
plies and material have been secured,
but there has been no time to check
them up.
The Germans made only one coun-
ter-attack in an attempt to stem the
onrushing tide of Americans. The
Germans, however. began their protec-
tive barrage too early. They gave the
Americans warning of what was COM
ing and General Pershing's men were
completely prepared for the counter
attack when II started.
After the American artillery had
reached druyaf-e intensity the Amer
lean soldiers went over the top behind
q barrage singing loudly:
"Where do We go from her, boys?'