Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-19 | Page 2 | Yank Tanks Clean up Trenches

YAHK TANKS CLEAN UP -urns Foe Defense,. Opening Way for Successful Charges by Infantry By Awoclated Praaa. WITH T1IK ALLIK1) ARMIKS EAST OK CAM BRA I, Oct. 19. tank manned by Americana ' trained in England led the assault agaiiiHt the German forces on (ha outern aid. of tho Sella river. They win faced by German marine dlrlalona. which put up a hanl fluht. According to latest reports the allies are still gaining ground against the desperate resistance of the enemy. At on point the Germans delivered a counter attack and momentarily gained ground, but the tanks passed over and beyond the high ground where the Germans Ger-mans were making their stand and quickly drove the enemy put of his trenches. BUILD BRIDGE UNDER FIRE. American engineer working under heavy machine gun fir, placed bridges aeroaa the river and then the American and British Infantry swept across. The tanks helped to keep down the enemy fire until the engineers had finished their work and then went over with the Infantry. REPULSE COUNTER ATTACKS. By Associated Press. WITH THK AMKR1CAN ARMY NORTH WKtST OK VKRIHIN. Oct. ll. Keeble coanter attarka were made by the Uermana this morning eujrt of the Meuse river, but they were easily re- pulsed. There were lively duels miring the morning, bat little lnfuutry fighting fight-ing . The Germans continue to rely chiefly n machine guns to check the Americana. Amer-icana. American iiatmls have been active In the center and on the left wing, where they have established out-post out-post line north of Cote de Chatillon. They have fartlally cleaned nut I ogee wood and penetrated further Into Ban-theville Ban-theville wood. Because of the wet weather, the enemy has been using many gaa ah ells recently. INFERNAL MACHINES r In captured dugouts In the territory recently taken by the Americana In- , fernal machine have been discovered. Thee were operated by mercury ther-mometera, ther-mometera, the bombs exploding when ft certain temperature Is reached. During the advance the American troops captured 20.000 gallons of German Ger-man gasoline.