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Show FOUR Hi TANKS CAPTUREDBY ALLIES Machines Are Spotted by Franco-American Guns and Shattered. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MABNE FRONT, July 23. (By the Associated Press.) The American and French troops, fighting south of Soissons, have captured four German tanks which were operating against them in conjunction with the German infantry. The allied artillery immediately spotted the tanks as they came into action and quickly put them out of commission. Four others retreated. re-treated. Northwest of Chateau Thierry the artillery played an important part. Here the Americans encountered the stiffest resistance, a village in this sector sec-tor being reduced by the American guns, as its occupation by the Germans was imminent. The enemy was forced into the open, where heavy punishment was inflicted. A drizzling rain fell over the battlefields battle-fields and made aerial operations almost al-most impossible in the morning, but it cleared somewhat in the afternoon and the flying men went up. Their work, however, was limited. Late in the day German planes endeavored en-deavored to make observations over the Marne where the enemy was aware thft all the umkiI opf rat ions of movm armies and suppiics was in progress. The ar,ti-aircra:t gims rendered their mission highly doubtful. Prisoners captured by the Americans sriy they were forced int-o action by their officers, who moved behind viie lines with pistol?, threatening to shoot the first wno faltered. |