Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-16 | Page 2 | New Breaks in Hun Lien by Yankees

IIEI'I DB III 111111--JAIES- Pershing Tells of Capture of Hill 299 After Fierce Fight By Unltsd Press. WA8HINOTON, Oct. l. Cspture of hill tl by Amerlcsn troops after It hsd changed hands three times, is reported re-ported In the communique from General Gen-eral Pershing todsy. The report shows s continued sdvanoe on both sides of ths Meuse, where French snd American' Ameri-can' troops engaged In -fierce hsnd .to hand fighting with the enemy. Capture of a number of prisoners Is also noted. The communique follows: "Our troops today continued their attack on both sides of the Meuse. encountering en-countering stubborn resistance from The ' relnfurt'ed enemy. Best of the Meuse French snd American troops have gsined ground. West of the river the fighting has Increased In violence and our troops have made substantial gains. Including hill No. 29, which changed hands three times. "We have broken the Krlemhllde line at new points where our men eloped with the enemy in a series of hand to hand encounters In which they took prisoners.'