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Show PERSHING'S TROOPS' SUCCESSFUL ACTION GAINS HIGH GROUND WASHINGTON, Oct. 88, General Pershing's ooxnmunlfue for Thursday says: "On tho Verdun front (hern has been local righting throughout tho day. In a minor operation In the region of Banthe-vIMp Banthe-vIMp our troop! advanced their line BOO meters1 reaching the ridge north nf the village and capturing no prisoners. As a HMUlt of yesterday's successful action east "f iiiL Meuse our troojiN aro now established es-tablished on the high ffrOTfnd In the Hols d'Ktrayes. Artillery fire has cont In tied unvtM'o on the wh')lo front, especially oft the COlS du ('hutillun and tho HoIh iloa Cuares. |