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New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

ever he views it. The Kaiser and all
his ministers have been trying desper-
atcly to rally their people, but the de-
cline in morale Of the enemy is steady
under q series of rcverscs
Pcrshlng has hit the place where
Rocqucs attacked in 1915, when the at
tacking force was put to the sevcrest
test, and when the moral effect Of sue
cess is more important than the mill
tary gains.
The Allied statesmen hintcd broadly
enough recently that they expect no
miracle and are looking for no deci
slNe engagement until 1919. For that
reason it is we'll to cons der the po-
lltical side Of Pershing's operation. A
failure would have been dsapr ointinc.
but not disastrous. On the other hand.
success this year means easier political
conditions during the coming winter
Where LudendorN is going to find
sufficient nerve tonic for the Ger
mans and their allies, it is difficult to
sec Foch is keping him too ,busily
engaged to undertake any diversion Of
Importance. With the American army
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
"Ifs Hot Stuff"
General March yesterday discussing
Mhc,
The Official Statements

tackled On the east of Trescault and
gained footing in our trenches,
but was driven out Immediately,
leaving a number of dead in front
Of our lines.
During the night a strong bomb
ing attack, in which liquid fire was
employed, was made against our po-
sitions northwest Of Gouzeaucourt.
After forcing our advanced posts to
withdrew. this attack also was sue
ccSsiully beaten of
Local fighting took place yester
day in the Mocuvrcs sector without
material change in the situation.
During the night the enemy attacked
so~th Of Mocuvres and was rcpulsed.
We established ;cw post during
the night along the west bank of the
Canal du Nord in the ncighborhood
of uchy-Cauchy and opposite Oisy-
10 Ncrgcr
In the La Basses sector VIC have
occupied Auchy.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Two British Aviators
Take Enemy Battery

(Coresponds,tce Of Thc Associated Press)
WITH AMER ,CAN FORCES ON TIE
BRITISH FRONT, Aug. 25.-The cap
ture Of a German battery by two Br,t-
ish arplanes was one of the unique
incidents of the recent fighting in this
area
The two airplnnes, fighting scouts,
sent out to harry the German infantry
in the course of an important local ac
ton" undertaken by the British and
Anne .ican troops, had dispersed bat
TALON of German infantry marching
toward the battle area when they sight
ed, a quarter of mile behind the Ger
man line, a suspicious group Of objects
forty or fifty horses which were ev'-
IDENTIFY being harnesscd to something.
The secret was soon out. The Germans
were trying to remove a battery of field
guns before the British and American
infantry appeared.
Without horses this task would be
impossible. so the airmcn decided that
The horses must be either killed or
stampeded. The alrmen dived down
until they were less than 100 feet from
the ground. Then they opened fire,
aiming at the guns and the demoraized
gunners, but seeking chiefly to frightcn
the horses. The horses required little
encouragement in this direction, for
their drivers deserted them in search
of cover and soon the animals were gal
Looping off in all directions.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
King and Premier
Join President in
Praisir7g Pershins

Three official messages Of con-
0,utulation on the American Vac-
tory at st. Mihiel passed yester-
day betlUeem the old acorld and the
meW. They are:
President Wilson to General Pershing
"Plcasc accept my warmest con-
gratulations on the brilliant achieve
ments Of the army under YOUR com
mand. The boys have done what we
have expected of them and done 1T
in the way we most admire.
"We aie deeply proud Of them and
of their chief. Please convey TO all
concerned my grateful and affection
ate thanks"
King George to President Wilson
"On behalf of the British Empire
| heartily congratulate you on the
brilliant achievement of the Ameri-
can and Allied troops under the
leadership of Genera Pershing in
the st. Mihiel salient
"The farreaching results secured
by these successful operations,
which have marked the active intep-
ventlon Of the American army on
great scale under it's own administra
tion are fle happest augury for the
complete. and, hope. not far dis
tant triumph Of the Allied cause"
Premier Lloyd George to General
Pershing
81 desire to offer to you and your
brave armies heartiest congratula-
tlons on your great victory.
"rhc enemy has made many mis-
takes in this war, but none greater
than when he underrated the valor,
determination and intrepid spirit of
the brave soldiers from the great
democracy of the United States.
Now that he has tested the mettle
Of the American armies, the enemy
knows what is in store for him.
The news came to me on my sick
bed. 1t was better and infinitely
more palatablc than any physic."
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

being steadily driven from all ground
where rear guUds might prolong re-
slstancc in old defensive works The
t'tst Guards Reserve Division. much
oepleted. has been identified in the
Moeuvres sector and Austrian artillery
mas been in action astride the Havrin-
court-Fiesquiers road. Three battalions
or one regiment of the S7th Division
now consist of one company each. With
an average of barely hundred men.
Prisoners admit disaHcction and lack
OF dlsciphne are growing at an alarm
ing rate IN the German army and de
sertlons are on the increase a bat
taion of the 46th Infantry Regiment,
which had gained the name Lions Of
Cambria. broke during our advance
iecently across Santerre and fed to
Nesle, where they indulged in looting.
after which the remnants struggled
away, a captured map shows that am
attack against our First Army front
was being organized when Marshal
foch's stroke upset the cnomy's scheme.
1t is dated the 10th of July.
On the Cambria! front we are main
tanning all gains. Further north we
captured Posse s. which figured in the
early fghtlng around La Bassec. We
are pushing through Auchy-cn-la-
Bassee. near which we took the rail
way triangle thre days ago
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
GERMAN

BERLIN (DAY). Northeast Of
BiXschoote We made prisoners dur
ing the 1epulse Of an enemy partial
attack
In the canal sector our and enemy
advances led to violent fighting at
Moeuvres and Havrincourt. Partial
enemy attacks at Gouzeaueourt,
north Of Nermand and on both sides
Of the Ham-St. Quentin Road, were
repulscd
Attacks by the enemy between the
Ail"ttc and the Aisne after strong
artillery preparation failed in front
of our lines. In the evening East
Prusslans repelled fresh attacks.
There was artillery activity be-
tween the Aisne and the Veslc.
South of Ornes and on the Verdun-
Etain Road the enemy was repulsed
Between the Cotes Lorraine and
tho Moselle the day passed with mod
crate activity. The enemy did not
continue his attacks yesterday.
East CT Combres and northwest of
;hiaucourt the enemy felt his way
forward toward our lines. There
were local engagements to the east Of
Tn !aucOurt
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Germans Fail to Garry Out
Orders to Hold Ailette Line

LONDON. Sept l4.-Thc French up
10 noon to-day had advanced between
ono and two miles on an elevcn-mile
front
They began the new attack at 5
o'clock this morning on both sides of
the Ailette River and between the
Aisnc and Nesle rivers One division
at an early hour had taken 1000 pris-
oners making total OF 1900 Germans
captured on that front.
The attack in the direction Of the
Forest OF Coucy, at the southern end
OF the ST. Gobain Massif progressed as
planned.
South of the Ailet.c River the French
captured Mont des Singes and the vii
lagos of Allemont and Sanoy. They
also reached the edge Of the town Of
Nailly. on the Aisnc.
In their attack south of the Aisne
River they made satisfactory progress
and captured prisoners. but details are
lacking. The advance of the French
threatens to turn the flank Of the Ger
man defensive positions on the Chemin
dcs Danes and it also endangers Laon
The German counter attacks on the
AIette River front appeared to have
been weak. although the front line was
strongly held. The German prisoners
say they had orders to hold at all costs.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
American Successes
Minimized, but Hun
Papers Admit Defeat

AMSTERDAM, Sept. IA. The Ger
man newspapers are attempting to min
lml1e the advance of the Americans at
st. Mlhiel, but the Berlin correspondent,
OF the Cologne "N NOlks -Zeitung" admits
that "it is true the American attack
was marked by certain losses in prs-
oners and some guns ON our part The
correspondent adds. ignificantly:
Even if an attack on ouf position at
the Chemin des DANES should succeed.
or if the supreme army command
should give up this area for other rea-
sons, this would no longer have any
significance for the strateglcal position,
even if it were the matter of an area
which has been so hotly fought over as
the Chemin des Danes"
The Frankfort "Zetung" remarks:
at is pi,y that the way things hap
pened gives our enemies, especially the
Americans, the chance of representing
the evacuation of the ST. Mihiel salient
as considerable tactical success-as
Il new link in the chainx-and all the
more so because, according to American
reports, our loss in prisoners appears
to be Ut onsiderable"
The cologne Gazette" after saying
that careful preparations had been
made looking to the possibility Of evac-
untlon and new positions to close the
angle at Its base line had been con
structed long time ago. adds:
The withdrawal of the advanced
troops has the most difficult task that
had to be performed. but the enemv's
plan to cut them off failed, and all got
back, without loss worth mentioning,
to their new positions, which run from
north of Combres Hill directly in a
southeasterly direction to the Moselle."
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Foch Hammers Foe
TO Destroy Morale
And Advance Lines

WASHINGTON, Sept H. Behind the
brief official announcement that the
French to-day had attacked south OF
the Aisne and on the Oise-Aiette sec
tor, military observers here believe,
strategy governing the Allied opera
tions. The purpose Of Marshal Foch is
now thought TO strike at various points
of the long Western front in such rapid
succession that the German General
staff VIII not find an opportunity 10
Withdraw any battered units for rest
and recuperation. Results Of these
tactics, officials here hold, soon would
be reflected in the accelerated disrup-
tion of the enemv's morale, which Off
clal and unofficial reports from abroad
declare has been palpably damaged by
The events of the last two months.
II strateglsis here have correctly
guessed Marshal Foch's plan. each
phase Of the offensive will be designed
to reach some tactical position, while
collectively the series Of blows would
serve to keep the entire enemy defen-
sive line in q state of perpetual unrest.
Many officers believe this purpose will
be shown more clearly rs the winter
sets in by continued pressure against
the German lines all along the front. to
keep the enemy from stabilizinG his
position, and TO keep his men from get
ting any rest, and restoration of morale
in tAat way. There is no question IN
the minds of these officers that the su-
preme commander is aiming at the
morale of the German army by these
harassing tactics as much AS he is at
of his own battlefront.
Destruction of the enemy army, after
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Americans Retake
l55 Square Miles in
36 Hours Fighting


WITH THf. AMERICAN FORCES IN
LORRAINE, Sept. 13 (Dclayed).-
Tbirty-siA hours of fighting nctted
General Pershing's forces approx
mately 155 square miles Of territory
in the ST. MihIcl salient which had
been in German hands since the au
tum Of 1914.
Following the American troops
through the captured villages The AS
sociated Press correspondent found on
every hand evidences Of long control
by the Germans. Bills for electric
lighting and supplies had been paid
with curious currency on which the
Germans had printed French monetary
terms.
The inhabitants Of the salient were
absolutely ignorant Of the events of
history in the last four years, know
ing only what their captors had told
them. Here the sad stories heard in
the whole of the reclaimed districts OF
Franco were accentuated by the long
years of German control, which had
isolated the people from news of rela
tlves and of world happenings.
Every American entering the villages
experienced the same reception as that
accorded to Secretary of War Baker
and General Pershing and their party
Aged men and women seized and kissed
the hands of the officers and CORE.
spondents, crying and laughing, the
curiously aged children initiating their
elders unknowingly.
For their own compatriot, however
The greeting was deeper, and the
French patrols and troops following
were even more affected than those who
had been delivered
Later in the evening General Per
shing and Secretary Baker resumed
their journey in other sections of the
regained region.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

who did escape were small units. rare
ly greater than companies and never
offered to fight unless encountered by
some patrol, and even then their re
slstancc WAS slight.
The spirit Of retreat had entered that
part of the German army, and there
were scores of instances whore the men
and even officers profcsscd satisfaction
at their capture
he war material captured included
long tram Of Dor cars, containing Il
complete equipmenN of gas projectors.
and this may have had bearing on the
failure of the Germans to carry out n
gas attack shortly before the Americans
began their operation. 1t is known that
the Germans planned such an attack at
one point, but a prisoner said that the
equipment was delayed and it was de-
clded TO postpone the attack
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Lieut.. Col. Drum, Heads
Separate ST. M HE I
Sfof, March Declares

WASHINGTON, Sept. l4.-Gcneral
Pershlng has organized staff for the
first American army separate from his
personal staff, which remains at Cen
eral Headquarters of the American
EXpeditionary Force General March,
Chief of Staff. announced to-day.
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh A. Drum is
the chief of staff of the new army and
his assistant chiefs Of staff are Colo
mel Robert McCleavo and Lieutenant
Colonels Jens Bugge, Wiley Howell,
John l., De Witt and Lewis II. Wat
kins
Major General Edward f. McGlach-
lin is chief of artillery and the heads
OF the administrative and technical
services are:
Adjutant general, Colonel Joseph f.
Barnes
Inspector general, Colonel Jacob c..
Johnston.
Judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel
Blanton Winship.
Chief quartermaster, Major George
LuberoH.
Chief surgeon, Colonel Alexander n.
Stark.
Nhle1 engineer, Brlgadler General J.
J. Morrow.
Chief signal officer, Lieutenant Colo
mel Parker Hit
Chief ordnance officer Colonel Ed
ward p. O'Hern
Chief of motor transport corps, Colo
mel William H. Winters.
Chief of air service, Colonel William
Mitchell.
1t was this staff which handled the
movement at st. Mihiel under General
Pershing, General March said He
added that the chiefs of the chemical
warfare service and additional admin
istrative and technical services had
not been designated at the time Cen
eral Pershing reported the other mem-
bers of the new staff
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

food, trickiinQ into woods on ono s;H
and passing out Of them on the o,bal. l,uF
spreading about village and o. o.
whelming it, and breaking against
hill or mountain and gradually woyL;,s
over the top. They moved Ike sorna s
thing worked by Il clock, but al,ya.--
well ahead Of schedule Rain-Sosi.ssss
and slipping about in the mud tSs'i
still went forward, while bsck a1oSy
the flood came long lines Of grav.sjns jJ.s
creatures who had been swamped in ,ts
course. - 'Is
Whatever way one looked there r,e..
sure to be Germans prisoners as e.
as you could wish for or creatnres '''s
poor that their presence in the line ~
forded the most damning proof Of CO.
man insuificiency in mar power.
The mud had proved Too much f..
many OF the tanks and the sinsto,r,.
had swept the airplanes out Of the st,' t"S
but still the Americans went on 80
just the booming Of few big guns ~ l.,
hind them and u melting away of ~
enemy IN front. WY
Resistance Strong at Times
There was, however, plenty Of 6sr..
fighting The Bois name Of 49,
deleted) was not cleared withon, "0Oa
struggle, which for a time held ba.s
that part Of the line There had been been
d throwing out Of mustard gas ses
some sharp machine gun firing hefos.
some Of the surrounded villages couis
be left behind and tho attack resumed
But even these things did not cbsek
the steady movement Of the wboie
army. Despite the furious storm IN
guns got along without mishap.
There IS no disputing that the Bocb.
made poor showing, but he was fov
the hrst time up against an American
army, fighting division beside diyjsion
on a solid front. and he liked neitbor
its pace nor It's determination. It wss
a great victory for 4 new army. WITH
rev stalls. IN new country. because
II was victory for cxactness in tb,ns.
ing and precision in working.
That the Boche was meeting he..or
men We knew; that the new macbine
was doing better work than the old Va
didn't know We are mighty rlad ~
know it. -
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Wounded Forget
Their Suferings in
Joy OUer Victor,

PARIS. Sept l4.-Fhc first parties
of wounded who arrived at an cvac-
cation hospital behind the battle
front o-day from the st. Mihiel night
ing forgot their sutterings in their iov
over the beating the Germans had been
gwen, says the correspondent OF la
i1bertc'' behind the lighting line. A
captured German officer. when inter
rogated, declared the Americans were
terrible adversarics' the correspond
cnt reports.
The wounded men, in talking of the
engagement. described the fighting as
OF the seVerest sort, especially i'm the
dense woods scattered about the sa-
llent and also along the railroad line.
Hardly two hours after the attack was
launched the Germans started a coun-
ter attack with three divisions. which,
however, worc unable to stop the
American advance.
he American troops" adds the
correspondent, "showed magnificent
bravery and disregard Of danger. while
some Of the French regiments went
INTO the BATTLE with their coiors living
and the men singing the 'Marseil-
laisc'"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
BRITISH

LONDON (NIGHT), A hostile raid
was successfully rcpulscd this morn
ing in the Gouzeaucourt sector. In
the Havrincourt sector our troops
have pushed forward and have es
,ablishcd new posts in the trench
lines east and north Of the village.
Local fighting has taken place on
both sides Of La Basscc Canal. Our
troops have made progress and have
taken some prisoners.
The hostile artillery has been &C
tive with gas shells in the ncighbor-
hood of Ncuvc Chapcllc A raid at
tempted by the enemy last night in
this sector was driven off.
LONDON (DAN. The number Of
prisoners captured by US in the op-
crations carried out by the Third
Army with complete success in the
Troscault and Havrincourt sector on
the 18th inst. exceeds 800.
As the result of the progress made
by our troops yesterday northwest
Of st. Quentin our line has been
established to the east Of the viii
lagos Of Bihccourt and Jcancourt
During the last twenty-four hours
the enemy has made several deter
mined, but unsuccessful, attempts to
recover the positions captured by us
in the neighborhood Of Gouzeaucourt
and Havrincourt.
Yesterday strong hostile attack,
IN which the enemy employed flame
throwers, was rcpulsed with heavy
losses south of Gouzeaucourt We
secured several prisoners.
At Havrincourt the enemy attacked
yesterday morning in force under
cover of a heavy artillery lombard
ment. and penetrated the eastern
portion Of the village. After hard
fighting the attacking German in
fantry we're driven out and our po-
sitions We're restored
North of Havrincourt we advanced
slightly between the village and the
canal. In the evening the enemy at
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Onrush Of Divisions Pre-
vents Germans Making
Strong Resistance
Prisoners Swarm Back
Mud and Storm Stop Tanks
and Airplanes, but Yankees
Sweep On to Victory

AMERICAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Friday. Sept. 13.-Nothing could
better illustrate the increasing weak
ness of the German arms than the ease
with which the Franco -American force
intrusted with the task advasce in the
st, Mihicl salient. 1t is true the opera
ton was admirably planned and carried
out, but ore rarely has witnessed any
thing like the ease of that first days
fighting.
There was, of course. d barrage. but
not very terrific affair as barrages go
After the barrage there was nothing
very startling in the way Of gunfire.
and the machine gun rattle produced
quite an effect by coming only now and
then.
Yankees Sweep Onward
All the while the Americans we're go
ing forward with the steadincss Of
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Germans Deliuer
Desperate Assaults
On British Front
RA The A ssociaird Pres

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Sept. l4.-IIard fighting has
continued in the ne ghborhood of Tres
cault and Gouzeaucourt, the Germans
counter attacking against the positions
captured by the British on Thursday
Last night the enemy made strong
thrust at the defenccs east of Tres
cault after hurricane bombardment.
Some of the attacking infantry sue
ceeded in penetrating the trenches, but
were Immediately elected and the as
sault was repulsed.
AT = o'clock this morning the Ger
mans also made ~ heavy bombing at
tack, supported by liquid fire, against
north OF Gouzeaucourt. A fierce hand
to-hand engagement ensued, and the
defenders We're forced to fall back
slightly to their support line
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
5,32O Austrians in
Number Bagged by
Pershing's Troops

PARIS, Sept 14-~The prisoners
taken by the Americans in the st.
Mlhiel nm operations number nearly 2O,-
900, according to Marcel Hutin, editor
Of the Echo de Paris, among them be
ing 1920 Austrians.
Premier Clemenceau. who paid a
brief visit to Marshal Foch Friday. in
formed NJ. lIutin that 2,lOO inhabitants
were still in ST. Mihiel when the
Franco-American troops entered that
town, and that the Germans had only
taken away seventy-six of the French.
for the most part young persons, the
night before they evacuated.
81 absolutely refuse to give you any
other condolences but this: things will
go very We'll" said the Premier
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Cramton Sees Greek Army

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 14.-Louis c..
Cramton, member of Congress from
Michigan. has returned here from a
tour of the Macedonian front, having
travelled along the line from Avlona to
Salonica. At the latter town he saw
Premier Nenzelos.
81 am enthusiastic over the morale
Of tho Allied troops on this front, par
ticularly the Greeks" said Mr.. Cram
ton, in an interview in the "Patris. "
The Congressman said that in America
Premier Nenizelos was regarded as one
of the greatest statesmen of Europe.
Mr.. Cramton predicted d bright fut-
urc for Greece, and dwelt upon the
friendship existing between the United
States and Greece
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

unawares in the barrage. This appar
entity explains the light counter artil-
lery fire Thursday morning.
German prisoner officer is quotes
as saying; THE Hindenburg line in
Its present state is untenable"
Aside from the strategic value o.
the reduction of The 81 Mihiel salient
the operation by the Americans has
nettcd vast numbers of prisoners ant
huge quantities of guns. ammunition
and general stores.
The desperate efforts of the enemy
to escape through the forest near Wig
neulleS partially succeeded, but not so
we'll as to detract from the brilliant
result. Before the American line
stretched across the edge of the woods
frightened II is estimated that thou
sands escaped from the trap. Those