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Show YAI1KS TAKE IBB II TEW Despite Deadly Machine Gun Fire, Americans Advance After Shattering Shat-tering - Hun Defenses, '-- -By Frank J. Taylor " United Press Staff Correspondent. WITH --TUB AMKRICAN FIRST ARMY, Oct. 13. I Swinging into the third phane of the Argonue-Mt'tiHC. battle, the AmeHcaiiH have eroeavd the Aire river,- -captured Romans and Bun!, and menaced Champlgneulla, MU 1 (ivories and Lantlrf. The Infantry attacked yeatertlay morning after a terrific all night bombardment bom-bardment which blasted the Ormana out uf lhtr forward pnalttona. After tha- firat jump the doujehhoya ncountered deadly machine gun reaia-tanca reaia-tanca and their advance waa til ho mad more difficult by tha nature of the terrain. ter-rain. They were lent reported on the outaklrti of fcl. Juvin, Into which they were pushing- In their advance with the French In tha Champagne, the American! gained mure than twenty mllrn In the three daye ending Hunduy nlifht. They nw menace Hthel. Uenetul (iourwud bum given hlah pralee lo the apeed ud efficiency ef-ficiency uf the American fighting units. (ierutany's acceptance of i'resident Wilson's fourteen points fulled to excite ex-cite the oldiera. They were skeptical about accepting f.ermeny'a word. The doughboys are not willing to quit unless un-less victory la ennureU. They manifested mani-fested ansoliio confluence In Wilson's ability to handle the situation. |