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Show GERMANS ADIT UK HONORABLE Confidential Document Discloses Dis-closes What Huns Think About the Americans. WITH THE BKITIS1I A KM Y IN, FRANCE, Oct. 20 (By the Associated Press.) Just what the Germans think of American soldiers with a few side remarks regarding the SI. Mihiol operations opera-tions is disclosed in a confidential document docu-ment signed by the chief intelligence officer of the nineteenth German army, which has been c.npturcd by Americans fighting on the British front. Tlfe document prefaces a discussion of the St. Mihiel attack by admitting that the number of Americans in reserve re-serve on that occasion was unknown. It then takes up the divisions which carried out the assault. ft says the first, second and forty-second arc tried attack divisions; the fourth and twenty-sixth twenty-sixth are fighting divisions which aV ready proved their qualities in battles on other parts of the front. The fifth, eighty-ninth jind nineteenth are described as divisions never identified iden-tified in battle, but with some good experience i the line, and the thirty-fourth thirty-fourth as in reserve. The document then discusses the details de-tails of the operations, admitting that when the Americans reached Thiaucoui't, the entire St. Mi hid salient was rendered ren-dered untenable and therefore its evacuation evacu-ation was ordered and the retreat carried car-ried out according to plan. A little further on the order, which was distributed generally throughout the German army and was considered of a confidential nature, has this to say of the American soldier: "He obviously is very afraid of being be-ing taken prisoner. Ife defends himself (Continued on Page Two.) GE1IS 1I0MII M HONORABLE (Continued from Page Ono.) violently to tho last against thin dan ggT and does not Hurrcuder, This seeuiM to h the Mnyt propftAAttuf picturing pictur-ing cruel trentment if he falls into tier man hands. ''The American is OVpgrt iu handling machine ffQJDgj in firm mi the dneJnglVQ and develops a strong power of resist-anse resist-anse f rOW his wry nuuterous maeb me grths. The bearing of the Infantry i"-flicat.es i"-flicat.es slight, rnllilary training, The artillery was at its beal 'r"'K m t rcrnni ned nt its r.rigi nnl pOfitloni during dur-ing preparation for an attack. The methods of fire were good. It W(U VCTJ imiek in get t ing on opportune tlfgatlj Ibil appfiri-ntlv being dun to the lavish employ me nt of I eeh n ieal de Viott, Within With-in a minimum period the Amht'icuuh were able to furnish a -.veil direr ted fire. 1 ' fdaisnn bet ween the Infan t ry and artillery was perfect. When infantry ran into machine gun DJggtl it i in rimd i ately fel hark and a new artillery prapi ration from accompanying batl tt les fol lowed vury prompt ly. ' ' A large number of tanks were as Rem bled for attack, but only a small bBtnbff fame at us. a la rge Infantry maneM already had achieved (be dewired end." A Hentence in the doeument says: "In general it nhould he aOgd the Airuriean in rjnltr honorable he doei not firn on stret'-bi-r bear gf a. ' |