Show SURPRISE PUSH I WELL PLANNED Franco Fianco American Lines LilIes Sweep Forward For rd Without Artillery Preparation Hr fly r Universal Service With the American Army at at the tho Marne Jill Jill Jill- is The IS The Franco American smash Into the tho German Sol Soissons lons flank today was nas the biggest and most motH painful arid most must costly surprise that has be bei dealt tho the Germans at at an any anytime anytime time In war var The customary preliminary pre pro bombardment was WilH dispensed With to Insure surprise Throughout the night American patrols were bu busy y nh all along this front making mt raid Never lever Nev Nev- er have hn outposts been more loyally and eagerly nt at watch vatch as those whose function tune tune- I Ion tion It nas as to tip of off the slightest German move more across no mans man's land lan so I that barrages and raids counter-raids could prevent pre the enem enemy learning of our preparations preparation pa ra t i o n All nl night ht long troops were shifted to end fro Cro and tho the muffled noise of the tho preparations preparation for tho the big show keyed tho Iho Yankee ee spirit to even greater battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie fever fe Tanks pla played d one of the winning sinning roles In the great Ireat attack A certain number of or the monster machines were assigned to each cach division dl E Especially In cutting the enemy's barbed wire ire belt did ld the tanks ren render er quick and telling se service rv Ice I ot ot until two minutes before the attack at at- I tack did the gunfire set In Up to this time the enemy nem was plainly suspicious lie He called d on all hl his hiM batteries for tor fora a barrage barrage bar bar- rage but the allied now awoke oke and within another minute all the artillery leaped suddenly into action and stifled the Krupps French ond American storm troops advanced nd yards ard every ery minute under undera a n creeping barrage hn the rain ceased low io flying airplanes took a hand in the battle doing manifold services service Loth to the Infantry and artiller artillery American units sandwiched with the tho French at the northern end o of the at attack attack at- at tack Just jURt south of nf the Aisne kept pace with the thc lack ciack French divisions In ef ef- ef he the successive c objectives As soon as the thc fortified positions position had been stormed insuring that field gun nests were no longer a menace the thC superb I French rench marines swept ept Into ac ac- ac tion Lancers and dragoons outstripped the th tanks and anol caught up with the French and British armored automobiles automo- automo biles s with machine puns guns uns and one- one and thrusting th deeply Into the enemy lines How Ho complete was as the surprise may be Judged from th the fact that Innumerable Innumerable able prisoners were sleeping In their I dugouts when they were captured |