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Show HUNS FORCED TO j TAKE TO COIR ' m American Artillerymen Pour Shells Into Glennes and Re- ' hi villon Infantrymen j K Advance. , H WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON 9 THE AISNE FRONT, Tuesday, Sept. 10. Tho American artillerists poured j m shells Into the hills northeast of Glen- i jl ncs and Revillon In such quantities j M today tjiat tho German machine gun- uH ners were compelled to take cover. 9 During such intervals the. American jl infantrymen made slight advances at several places. , M The chief point'of contention for the iM Americans continue to bo LaPetlte 'J11 Montague where the Germans not only IbI aro entrenched but have dug In from tho trench bottoms as additional pro- 'ill tcction against tho heavy guns of tho ill Fronch and Americans. ')H Despite a downpour of rain Monday jH night and part of Tuesday the batter- jju les kept the Germans guessing and Bl also drove out some snipers and anni- jal hilatcd a few machine gun nests. Tho in American infantrymen aro moving for- ,! ward along tho ravines which slope to ; tho north. The Germans used consld- J I orablc gas during tho early hours ot ' t I Tuesday, but, like the larger shells, many struck in pools of water and ' ' failed to explode. j Between Vicll Arcy and Villers-En x J Prayores, the Americans command ( the lowlands to the Aisno. Tho Ger- ji man machine gunners along the hills to the northeast are being subjected to j! artillery fire unmercifully day and ill Iniirht. Hi Americana Outmaneuver Enemy. '( Ski WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN 9 FRANCE, Sept. 11 The Americans to- -iU day maneuvered cautiously along tho Vesle front over the rain-soaked bat- tlefiold where the Germans Tuesday , ,H night had sent hundreds of gas shells. !wt The infantrymen improved their posl- i tlons at a fow places. , )M Owing to the wet ground the gas re- ' M mained more than .usual. The rain -I hindered operations 'more than shells. I The Germans at intervals Wednes- day shelled the hills just south of the Vesle but the French and American I artillerymen returned two projectiles ' H for every one the Germans sent. 101 The Americans and French conlin- 111 ued today to pound the LaPetlt Mon tagne table land and the German ma- jfl chine gun positions along the I1III3 -jl northeast of Revillon, but more rain 'H in the afternoon slowed down the op- ill crations. U |