Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-10 | Page 5 | American Forces beyond Argonne

AMEN FORCES BEY01JRG01E Advance Oyer Two Kilometers Kilo-meters Between St. Etienne and Orfeuil. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN CHAMPAGNE, Oct. 9. (By the Associated As-sociated Press) Jn their operations west of the Argonne forest the Americans Amer-icans havo penetrated moro than two kilometers beyond tho line between St. Etienne and Orfeuil. Heavy French and Arnerican artillery preparation preceded the advance of the Infantry. Soon after the activity started tho Germans attempted a counter-attack but were ropulsed by the allied artillery. ar-tillery. . Several airplanes co-operated with the French just north of St. Etienne in beating off the German infantry in-fantry and machino gunners. Tho principal resistance was with machine guns. The troops advanced over yellow clay ground and Xhe clay, blending with the khaki, made tho American uniform a difficult target for the Germans. Ger-mans. The Americans went over a slight slope through stubby spruce and pine trees, feeling perfectly at home, the country resembling their native heath in the southwest. In the regions wher'o the French and Americans advanced in this sector more than a hundred tanks were used. The Americans reported that they had reached their objective in less than three hours. Tho French on their right and left, kept abreast and also arrived at their destinations ahead of schedule. VTITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 9. (By tho Associated Press). 10:15 p. m. Complete reports show that the Mamelle fortifications havo been occupied oc-cupied by the Americans. To dp it the troops had tp storm the redoubtable redoubt-able Hill 269, which was taken as early as 10 o'clock this morning. Hill 263 was captured a half hour later. The advance here and here had been had been momentarily checked by fierce resistance and tho stiffest kind of machine gun fire, but the Americans Ameri-cans had so resolutely gone after their objective and the advance artillery firing fir-ing had been so complete that 'nothing 'noth-ing could stop them.