The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-13
TWO GERMAN DIVISIONS
ENTRAPPED IN SALIENT
Menaced With Annihilation or Capture as Angle
Between Meuse and Moselle Rivers is Mar
rowed - Pershing's Men Penetrate to
Maximum Depth Ten Miles-Report \
the Capture of $500 Prisoners.

the capture OF J,5UO PRISONERS.
London Sept I8 (7 PM Tweve thousand prisoners have
been taken by the Americans their Mhe
tire salient M now has been captured
Reduced Forty to Twenty Miles.
All the villages in the S Mhe salient captured by the
Ia little under twenty miles.
The latest from the Mhe battle
Line now runs directly from Pagny the Mosel Haon-
vile and then along the foot of the heights of the Meuse
Now on German Border.
Pagy town the Mosele river the border of
addition the prisoners counted large
numbers OF Germans are still coming in
Two Divisions Trapped.
London Sept l3-O:ao pm)-Gen. Perslings forces, in
their attack the southern side of the St M salient
front of fourteen miles.
The Americans this morning making rapid progress in
their continuation of their
between the Meuse and Mosele rivers is reported
these places really have been capturd the neck of the
Mihel salient has miles and H the
two German divisions reported last night to be in the salient still
are there is decidedly improbable that they will be able
away and threatened with annhlation capture.
Destroying Ammunition.
Ihe Germans blowing the ammunion dumps Hat
tonvile and Domboux.
Gen Perhngs troops far have captured prisoners
and have taken sixty German guns.
German prisoners say the American expected
that it was delivered rapidly that they had time
stubborn resistance when they ordered Pnnes which
enereta defended by the Germans easily captured
Seven and one-Half Miles of xivray
Ih are reported to have captured Vgneue
Gen. Pershng troops captured Bcney
Heudicourt and the Bos de -Thaucourt.
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much difficult and where the German resistance has been
more determined the have made
miles a wclvc-mle front. eMsS
Try to Remove Artillery sts
With the American Army
Germans last night and early
move their artillery through the Vgncues
OF the American attack the ST. Mhc meet
ling with the difficulty however being hammered by air.
planes well by the artillery enemy has already lost
number of and trench number of
nachine . +
Berlin Admits Evacuation
Berlin Sept I3, via London."We standing on orr
new lines which have been prepared statement
operations by
the German general staff During the night
the evacuation of the (St Mhie salient which
cement and which had been under years
was completed without interference.
In anticipation of the
the ST. Mlhe salient began evacuang this salient
days ago."
Vienna Calls Retreat Systematic"
VIENNA London, Sept 3.n the ST. Mhie
western front Hungaans south the height
the ofhca statement issued today by the
sured the systematic retreat of the Germans.
Admission made used bv the Germans in
the Lorraine fighting.
s$" $50 Austrans Captured
With the American Forces in
prisoners taken by Gen. Pehings
up to Friday morning oaed approximately They include
800 Ausro ungarian This is the
Austrians in force being part of the line
p, french Take savy ,the end Of the bombardmenL
l3-The American
london,
office in
French
town of savy. gan their great offensive
Of
With
Sept. 13(1:30 p m)-Reports Verdun.
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