Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 4 | Yankee Troops go over the Top in Lorraine Sector

YANKEE TROOPS GO OVER THE TOP IN LORRAINE SECTOR Ry Th.i As.so-i;Ucd Press. W i T I f TH !: A . 1 H I C A X A Fi MY IN KilANCI-:, Aug. 17. The Americans early this morning captured the vilbige of Fra-m-Mo it i id eradicated h considerable German Ger-man salient in the allied lines. Prisoners were taken by thu Americans, and t lie OtT-rnaiiH evidently Buffered heavy caa-jilti.-s in killed and wounded. Th I. s sector has been regarded as a fltiiet one, and today's action began merely mere-ly a.s a ra id into t he enemy 'a posit ions. The raid was 'preceded by a straight bombardment bom-bardment for ;i few minnti-s, followed by a box barrage that penned tho Germans off from escape. When the. Americans went over the top to attack at 4 :.';() o'clock they succeeded suc-ceeded in a weeping all enemy resistance before them and the raid became an or- t anix.ed attack. The Germans replied heavily , to thu American artillery fire, and they also shelled the entire neighborhood neigh-borhood throughout the day. Tho enemy fire, which included a barrage, bar-rage, was Ineffective. The Americans have occupied tho former German trenches and consolidated against counter-attacks.