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Show BMVEMCAN French High Commissioner Pays High Tribute to U. S. Army. VICTORIES ARE GREAT Rank and File, Officers and Staffs Show Worth and Power. PARIS, July 30 American soldiers in the fighting on the Marne salient showed themselves equal to the best French troops, declare'd Andre Tar-dieu, Tar-dieu, French high commissioner to the United States at a dinner in his honor hon-or last night at the American University Univer-sity Union. "Tho first great battle In which your own troops have participated extensively exten-sively has been a great victory" Captain. Tardieu said. "The soldiers of the American division which on the morning morn-ing of July 28 gained six kilometers have shown themselves to bo the equal of . tho best French troops. Your rank andjile, pfficers and staffs are deserving of the same praise. 'Enemy Realizes Power . "Every one at tho front including the enenly, know well what the American Amer-ican array is worth and what new poy-er poy-er we will let loose in the course of the next JehveekQ -under the. folds of the Star Spasgied Banner. "Today, after some time on the defensive, de-fensive, the time for a victorious attack. at-tack. lias come and the dark days are over." William G. Sharp, the American ambassador, am-bassador, in response, said: "American soldiers could not help being, brave after such examples of "magnificent courage as displayed by the French soldiers. The first million is here. Another million will follow and as many millions as are necessary to bring tho cause of democracy to victorious peace. Only tho other day Premier Clemenceau the 'grand old man of France' said: 'I have a reproach re-proach to make to you. Your soldiers are too brave, too reckless with their lives.' 1 replied this was the best reproach re-proach I could expect to hear." |