Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-22 | Page 4 | Americans Clear Woods of Boches Making Advance

of the Germans, however, the Americans steadily forced their way ahead, driving the enemy before them, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon were in complete possession pos-session of the wood. Hill No. 299 fell almost simultaneously with the Bois de Kappe, which outflanked it. The Germans consequently retired hastilv from the height when it appeared that (he Americans had been successful in forcing their passage througli the wood. But 150 Germans were taken prisoner. Another minor success for the Americans Amer-icans was the expulsion of the enemy from his laBt positions in Bantheville wood. He had hung on to the northern edges of this machine gun stronghold, from which it was possible to direct a harassing enfilading fire. AMERICANS CLEAR WOODS OF BOCHES, MAKING ADVANCE WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 2L 9 p m, (By the Associated Press.) The American attack, though on a comparatively compara-tively small scale today, was entirely successful. suc-cessful. The Bois de Rappe and a formidable form-idable hill, No. 299, both points of strategic Importance, were rushed and cleared of the enemy within three hours, despite unusual machine gun opposition. The nrtillery on both sides was fairly nctive throughout the day and the aviators avia-tors were up from early until late, but the infantry action was confined to two local cpera-tior.s. The advance on the Bois de Rappe began be-gan just before noon. The wood was in fested with machine guns, which were not entirely eliminated by the brief preparatory shejlirg. Despite every effort