Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
BOCHE BULLET STORMS
CAN STAY AMERICANS
Foe Pushed Back in Verdun Sec
tor Despite Fierce Fighting of
Germans on Wide Front.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

With the American Army North
| west Of Nerdon, Friday, October, II
| Today's attack from the Meuse To the
! Argonnc forrest developed slowly, At tho
start, the Germans were able to pour
IN such rain of machine gun bullets
| and shells from light and heavy artillery
] that the Americans made virtually no
| advance AT all especially IN the center
! of the line,
! German opp ositio, was heavy every
! where except on the extreme right of the
| American line. where the troops were
able to advance slowly UP the river
| They worked their way into Cuncl wood,
| taking fifty-tivc willing prisoners in the
| forest north of the Cuncl- Bric,llcs road
The troops on the left had ihc stitfest
| kind Of fighting i'll todays advance
They were held M south of st .Iuvin
by concentrated machine gun and ar
tillcry fire from Hill lS2. northeast nf
the town
The Americans began an encrcling
movement 10 take Hill lS2 They pushed
across the 81 GeorgcS-St ,Iuvin road
and moved through NcGrcmont woods
under the heaviest fire
The American artillery opened hrc
on Hill 1872 while the infantry advanced
on either side Of this commanding 20
sition. creating what might he termed
the Il. .luvIn-C Champlgnculc salient
This was obhteratcd later when The Ger
mans rntreatcd from II Juvin and
abandoned the hill,
Even more severe fighting took place
the center. where the troops ere III
first unatc to advance from the position
gained Yesterday between Niamellc
trench and Roman |; vas past one
~, aTs l.,t. H..
loan artillery had partly Siicnccd the
German opposition and swept with
fire the trcachcr0us gnderlrusn about
the wood that the Americans got under
way
Several aviatorS have become aces
during the fighting since tfo Amer
leans struck the German lines ia thl~
sector There also has ncen All increase /
in victories credited ~ ola aces attacked |
% the Squadron> in this area
Eddie Rikcnhackcr former ANTONIO |
bile racer, has won nttecn aerial vicfo I
ries and probably Will hc credited With |
eighteen in few DAYS Lieutenant Frank /
Luke Of Phoenix Arizona. j hc next /
with fourteen Lieutenant Hamilton !
Coolidge, Of Boston. and !. C Vas
Of Denver arc new aces with
seven and FIVE respectively
tSlerGaN performance i| the
'strafing raiders, which caused con
among German airnen. was
the duplicate Of another raid on October
; when I1eutenants Rickenbacker.
Coolidge and Edward CurtIss, of Roches-
ter, \ y got one between them, and
Lieutenant Coolidge got two more in
LIeutcnants Rickenbacker
and VascoucelleS got one each. and.
Lieutenants Wiileys Sparks, Of Union
own. Pa. Thorner TAYLOR, of Chicago
md William Palmer Of Bennettsville
: c. downed ono between them
With the American Forces Northwest
II Nerdun Oct u Noon General Per-
hings forces continued their attacks
against NE German positions on this
ront today German opposition proved
wen more bitter. If possible. than il WAS
5esterdav
The fighting this morning was espe-
:ally violent on the centre and on the
eft centre n Juvin and CInel both
If which towns now are ia No Mans
and are aflamc