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Show I LORD READING 1 . AT M FRONT 1 Addresses American Soldiers H Within Sound of Guns Near Juvigny Battleground. i ' WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN l FRANCE, Sept. 5. (By the Associat- f ed Press.) Lord Reading, British urn- Hj bassador to the United States, ad- dressed the American soldiers who took Juvigny and spoke within, sound 1 of tho guns Wednesday afternoon bringing assurance to the soldiers that the people of the United States were with them and were proud of their achievements. This 'is said to be the first time that any ambassador ever f addressed troops at the front Lord Reading said that he doubted H if Germany realized what America's entrance into the war meant. He said that when Franco and England were really in need of help, America stepped Hi into "tho war determined to see it through to tho end. Lord Reading's speech is to be translated into French Hj for distribution among the French troops. As an audience Lord Reading had an American general, his staff and a large number of men. Lord Reading's Speech. He said: niv mind I would not return to the United States without seeing you, so that when I get back I can tell them all about what you have done and what vou arc doing. No words of mine can express my feelings and the feelings feel-ings of tho British and French troops to have vou over here fighting for the great cause the greatest for which heroes ever fought in the world's history. his-tory. You have come 3000 miles; you are" ready to risk your lives and you are fighting for an Ideal, the highest ideal of man an ideal of justice ana liberty. "I doubt if you yourselves knoy, what your presence means. I doubt 'l you know what your presence has done to encourage French and British troops. From the time your president said you were to be sent over as fast as ships could carry you, there has been no holding back' Tribute to Americans. PARIS, Sept, 6 La Liberie under the heading "A Heroic Charge" pays tribute to tho Americans. It says: "The taking of Terny-Sorny by tho Americans was a particularly brilliant operation executed by our allies with wonderful dash. The unit which made this stroke had never been under fire, having" passed only a few weeks in a comparatively calm sector, but on its debut it hurled itself against a division of imperial guards and beat it. "These sturdy youths from Texas habituated to prairie life, tracked the bodies like wild beasts; they swept villages and nests of machine gunners and charged with bayonets at batteries batter-ies of 105's, killing those serving the batteries and capturing the guns. "TtcIpp nn nfHrer of the French cen- Ieral staff had to interfere to modify their ardor -fearing that they might overstep the mark. Even the French Zouaves, who are an embodiment af our aggressive fighting, were astonished aston-ished at such daring." nr. |