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Show AMERICAN TROOPS GOING IN. Our boys arc marching to the battle front. On Saturday and Sunday they were reported to be moving forward In long lines, occupying the French roads for "miles and miles," many in motor trucks, others on foot-Well foot-Well equipped, they should do good work. Numbering over 100.000, they may play a very important part in the counter offensive which is coming. The news of their progress toward the zone of heavy fighting Is proof that so far American troops In great numbers num-bers have not been involved in the mighty clash on the Somme. In fact a report today states that the Americans Ameri-cans referred to in the German official statement as having been forced back In the Hindenburg drive, were a party par-ty of engineers who, belnc enucht af In the Byng attack, due in and helped to hold a lew hundred yards of th British front at the height of the battle. bat-tle. We want to see our boys do their full part. The country will wait in suspense for news from them as they enter into the valley of blood, but confidence con-fidence Is felt that they will force the enemy to realize that, when America gets well Into this war. the German empire will be under a breaking strain. Evidently General Foch Is organiz- j Ing bis counter attack. It takes time to prepare for a big move of that kind First must come the man pow- I er; then tho artillery and great stores j of ammunition; then food supplies and watering facilities; then improvised lines of communication. On an old or- I ganized front, much ' of this work 1 would not demand the herculean ef- j forts now necessary to place the allies al-lies on the offensive along the Olse river or south of Arras. |