South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-28
YANKEES TAKE
ALLOBJECT|VES
IN GREAT DRIVE
Captured Positions ConSoIi-
dated-AdvanCe Covers
Seven Miles With Near
Iy 10000 Prisoners.
BY HENRY G.. WALES.
International News Service.

t
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
| IL FRANCE might. Sept. 81
A6 OF the new American positions.
reached in the mighty drive which
began yesterday. were consolidated
today All detectives that the Amer
leans set out to take were attain
ed.
elm addition to their advance IF
more than seven miles ii was unoffi-
cially estimated Friday night that
the Americans had taken nine thou
sand prisoners and so guns)
There was desperate lighting to-
day along the American center in
the MOntfaucon sector
German machine gunners made
bitter resistance while the enemy
artillery violently shelled the Amer
lean positions.
lnfltrate Forest Positions.
While the Germans were bonn
harding the Americans were in
fltrating the German positions in
the upper reaches OF the Argonne
\ forest.
At the same time the batteries
of heavy American guns got into
action and deluged the German bat
/ teries position with a deadly storm
! Of steel.
The drive northwest Of Verdun
was followed up by hareup east
of the Meuse river today. the Amer
ican guns inflading the German po-
sitiOns from three sides.
This was made possible by the ad-
I vance on Thursday
While the new line was being con-
/ sOlidated today. the men were busy
\ bringing up supplies and the artil-
lerymen were active also. moving up
\ the big guns to positions OF sdvan-
.age from which the Germans
I could be more effectively sheHed.
| The weather was unfavorable.
I There was both fog and rain While
this assisted materially the infantry
/ in screening their movements. IL
/ hampered the tanks and airmen and
made artillery observation very diff
I fcuit
RusheS Reinforccments.
Cen Won Einim. who is command
ing the Germans Immediately In
front Of the Americans, has rushed
+ up endorsements i'm an effort TO
stem the American advance
I Fresh troops were concentrated
/ IN the sectors of Boismont and Bois
/ de BOuge, but their positions were
reported to our artillery and the
heavy guns were soon roaring. The
German reinforcements were badly
f. hammered.
IN spite of the mud the tanks
were in the thick OF the fray. lum-
6ering through the swampy reads
and fields alongside Of the iEfantry.
The German resistance today was
/ stronger than that OF Yesterday. but
this was foreseen and the proper
arrangements were made to meet it.
Artillery II Active.
Al the same time the German ar
.iUery activity was lighter than has
been expected. This is due principal
Is 10 rho efficient work OF the Amer
. lear gunners in the counter battery
work
The allies have the advantage in
the air in addition
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I prisoners have been taken in the
sector of Charpentry and adjacent
territory. Ludendorff believed that
Gen. Pershing would attempt 20 ex-
ploit his St Mihiel success Ceast OF
the Meuse river and has been
massing reinforcements in Lorraine.
Accordingly the Americans en-
ployed the strategy or ma, King a
demonstration with infantry an5 ar
tillery along the whole line OF their
new positions between Fresnoy and
Norroy.
Two companies Of American IN
fantry were employed in q raid east
OF Fresnes and met with such sue
cess that new posts were tablished
at Marcheville and Riapnle.
Germans are Fooled.
At the same time big demonstra.