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Show j I CRASH OF GUNS I ON YANKEE LINE HI Americans Fighting With Jj Greater Force Than Ever Jj All Doubt Sincerity of Um Germany. ISM WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY M NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. !l3. XM 7 J' m" (By thc Associated Press) JltJ-i The synchronized crash of the big 1, hi auufa ana wio crackles of rifles and M automatics on the greater part of thf I W American front today reflected the at' J.I i ll utude of the army as regards Ger-im Ger-im many's announcement that she is wJl-liij wJl-liij ll IinE to accePl President Wilson's peace 111 ii ' terms, It was obvious that the forces ill H ?f Gerraflny and e allies, particular-Ill particular-Ill M y thc allies- regarded that their part lit thc great drama still is to fight mm Whether the news' of their govern- 81 cent's announcement of willingness iall M concede President Wilson's terms iill reached the Gerraans Js not known but tho greater part of thc American army was given as early as possible all information in possession of Genoral headquarters. From corps headquarters headquar-ters the news was sent to division headquarters and from thcro to the men. The offect produced was what might havo been expected. There wero rare instances of outbursts of enthusiasm but for every man who so displayed his emotion there wore a hundred whose only comment was an expression expres-sion of doubt as to the honesty of Germany's Intentions. Thero was nothing in the day's operations op-erations to convince tho Americans tHat the war was over. Before daylight day-light the Germans displayed more than usual activity in shelling ceVtaln positions. As the day wore on the fighting developed greater Intensity .-est of the Meuse. It was confined Imost wholly to the artillery wings lie American fire finally attaining the roportions of barrage although it was not followed up by infantry attack. An increased percentage of defective defec-tive ammunition appears to have 'been used today by the Germans. Mont- faucon was shelled rather heavily but n check late today showed that ninety percent of thc missiles were "duds." Tho German prisoners in American hands were told early today of their country's peace offering. Instead of adding to their gloom the general effect ef-fect was to stimulate them to some liveliness. The good humor of the , prisoners was lowered somewhat, at least in one cage, by the suggestion that the3S-might be detained until French villages are restored. Along the roads and in the trenches the American soldiers were disposed to Tegard the peace development as a matter of course for satisfaction but not for premature rejoicing. The fighting at the Marne and on the Sois-sons Sois-sons and Su Mihiel and other sectors has developed in the American soldiers sol-diers a grimness that it would be difficult dif-ficult to explain. There wero few comments on the peace situation as the business of warfare proceeded. "If Heinle wants to quit, he can do so. But ils up to him to do the quitting," quit-ting," was tho most general expres- sion used by the American troops. oo |