The sun., 1918-09-16
MORALEOF ENEMY
BROKE AT ST. MIHIEL


ing in some places. The town had he n
partly looted by the Huns. who hid
taken 100000 francs from the r"''
office besides valuable papers. II was
Immediately after the taking of the cit"
by the French that Secretary Baker 81
tered with Gen. Petain. and the two
were welcomed with joy. fearful Joy, b.
men and women who had been prison"r'
of the Germans almost four years. nl"'
ing the day the Secretary of War Wis
tied many points behind the front '"f
saw cages crammed with German prisou'
ers. He talked TO some OF these.
Much of the credit Of the victory s'r'
to the tanks Experts had said tha'
was one of the most dangerous "1'r'-
tons for tanks that ever was con'"N'.
on account of the roughness OF '.
ground and the deep belts Of ha'n'I
wire Yet the total casualties ia n.'
tank brigade were only four me'. VT"
tanks were everywhere successful peg
thew attained great results. They We
manned by keen. eager lads VINO ''
been getting their training for m''
months In the midst Of a Lorraine for'S'
An American tank commander Wen
into action by sitting upon the tan ''
his iron dragon. thus going one bette.
than the British commander who vert
into the fight before Cambria by hIns
his flag from his tank.
Feat OF One Tank.
One of the smallest tanks wlthoF
assistance captured two villages and ~
addition grabbed a battery OF field guns
seventeen machine guns and seventy
five prisoners What more could orc
expect from tank fivvcr? Its crew
consisted OF Lieut.. Joseph Knowles ~
san Francisco and Sergeant Clyde era
al,
versity OF Maine. Graham sat on the t!p
of the turret throughout most o. tho
expedition, so that he could see he'te-.
This remarkable tank beat the BRUSH
again In that II chased individual Ter
mans and made them give UP the hTl''
! ish having a record exploit OF ha\'hs
chased a German General
The American made tanks went "+'"A
! aster than the inventors believed pos
| sible, so fast indeed that the Fr''''
sent word they couldn't keep up.
! Another great factor which mad" '''
victory was the complete supremayN a.
tanned by the French and the Americas
, in the air. The German ma. h'.''
were simply brushed from the snl"'
One of our aviation groups mad" 'iH .''
| sorties in the first few hours OF the a."
tack and photographins plane
scended within 500 feet OF Thlau'".'.
/ TO photograph our smell 'u'S'9 '''
railroad yards there. one or our .".'
suit planes observed that two German
officers were trying Ia get hn'.''f
away so the pilot dropped down amos
! TO earth and shot the Germans ufA"
| Much credit must be given m
| intelligence department OF the army. ~.
/ its methods were marvellously uo'""-
| A big plaster of paris relief map '' wv
whole St Mihlol salient was mace.
Every Lieutenant in charge OF a platoon
had in his pocket photograph - .'''
relief map. which showed e'r3.
river. valley and village.
| Completely Guided by Maps
One corps of the intelligence s.r''t
made and distributed within f." nouns
$4,000 maps and 10000 trial l'".''
graphs few days preceding re o..
tack. Every officer who had 2n! t''
In the attack had a complete set
maps and therefore knew cHa'',N Nh"'
he was doing and where he Was -''"t'
These maps even revealed every w.
man trench and barbcd wire 'n'ahE..'
ment. as well as the location - Over
German command, Tho suovcsS OF u
attack demonstrated low absolute
correct was the intelligence dcpu'lw
about everything Il said existed u"".'"
the German iines.
Streams of prisoners are now pas"
along the roads. These m"u arc 4 o..
ages and sizes, some very scruohI, % @
very big and HUSKY II was : '.
sight to see 1000 or so OF these r.'s"'
ers paraded through TouI on thr't "'
20 the cages, and how the Frcutu go
at the Siwit Of thCm