The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
MUCH AMMUNITION
ABANDONED IN RoI1

Washington, Sept. I3.-Etgh-
tee thousand prisoners. LOG guns
of all caiibres. hundreds OF ma
chine guns and rnc n1ortars
have been taken by the 3meri
can drive and $50 square miles of
territory have been liberated from
The enenhN according to General
persI,ing's coinnluuiQuc received
TODAY.
General Pershing also reports thai
the British and ltalian assisted ma
serially i'm bombing the enemy. 1ireaA
eaafleltIes Of ammunition arG equip
ment ana railroad cars were abandon
ed by the Germans.
The text Of the communicate fol
lows.
Section A. In the ST. Mihiel Sec
tor our advanced units have MAINTAIN
ed touch with the enemy's forces ana
have ~repuisod a counter-attack d y
tempted Ny them ju thr region OF
Jaulny.
We are now able 70 estimate the
success obtained during the two previ-
Gus days, The dasI and vigor of our
troops. and 0f the valiant French divt-
stems which fought shoulder n should
or with them, IS shown ny the fact
thai the forces attacking on both
faces o. the salient effected a junction
and secured the results desired within
twealy-seven hours.
Take Much Material,
Besides Nber&ting more than $50
square miles OF territory and taking
1900 prisoners, We have capturcd
q mass q material over n hun
ared guns Of all ea4ihres and hundreds
OF machine guns aud. tren-sh ulortars
have been talen In spite of the fact
that the enemy, during his retreat
burned large stores, a partial exaTnIra~
uon OF tne battlefield shows that great
quantities of ammunition, telegraph
material. railroad material. rolling
stock. cI0ttIug ard equipment nave
been abandoned.
Farther evidence OF The haste with
which me enemy retrAated is found in
the uHlnjured bridges which he left
behind, French pursuit. bombing and
reconnaissance units. and British and
Italian bombing units divided with
- a.E pWr ar SERVICE The control oLIhe
air and contributed materially to The
success og the operation.
Heroic Captain McNamee.
Section Y The coEnmander-in-
chief. IN the name OF the president,
has awarded me distinguished ser
vice cross 70 Captain j. 81 MeNamee,
NJ. c. F. +. A British army attached
to a4ItN~-E Gll&eFS,
for extraordinary heroism throughout
! the advance across the rivers Ourcq
and NeAle, northeast ~ Chateau
Thierry. France July 30. 1913. to
Angus &. 1tlS.
r+osunieerlng, he led q detachment
OF engineers VI Ia the front lines on
July 90. 1913, for the purpose OF as
sisting the advance of me infantry
with thermlte and smoke bombs. That
night he led his men through q
heavy enemy harrase, exhibiting cour-
age and leadership For three days
and nights he remained with his men
in tbs extreme front line in the Boise
Giles, greatly aiding IN repuisine
enemy counter attacks by laying bar
RACES OF thermite and phosphorous
cleaning out machine gun nests IN
the sa rae manner ard enabling our II
fantry 70 attack behind smoke screens
On August 8. he took another de
tachment into 81. 'rhin4ut and brought
ammunition into tbs viilage before 4
III WAS occupied by our infantry ant
while the enemy patrols were still
there The advance Of the infantry
ACROSS the two rivers, the Ourcq ant
yesie, was greatly facilitated and th'
lives of many Of them were saXed b.
the smoke screen which Captain Nc
Nance successfully prepare q
Throughout his entire advance across
these twto rivers he conducted hinasel
with extraordinary herclsfn. setting al
N exasnp pie 10 the men OF the regimen
to-whtch he w&s AkiacAeAa Constantly