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Show PERSHING REPORTS ST. MODEL FIGHT WASHINGTON, SepL 15. The American line on the left bank of the Mosello river, in the St Mihiel sector, has been advanced from ono to two miles and now includes the towns of Vilcey and Norroy, General Pershing said in his communique for today re-ccived re-ccived tonight at the war department An enemy counter-attack launched near St Hilare at daybreak today was easily repulsed nnd a number of prisoners pris-oners taken. Seventy-two guns abandoned by tho enemy "in his hasty retreat" wero brought in during the normal extension exten-sion of the American lines beyond Jaulny, General Pershing said. This brought the total number of guns captured cap-tured since the Americans started tho drive which wiped out the St. Mihiel salient to moro than 200. WASHINGTON, Sept 15. It required re-quired just twenty-seven hours for tho American troops and their supporting French divisions to reduce the St Mihiel Mi-hiel salient. This was disclosed by General Pershing's communique for yesterday, received tonight at the war department General Pershing said that bosides liberating 150 square miles of territory terri-tory and taking 15,000 prisoners, the Americans captured more than 100 guns of all calibers and hundreds of machine guns and trench mortars, A partialeexamlnation of the battlefield, battle-field, the American commander added, shows that great quantities of ammunition, ammu-nition, telegraph and railroad materials, mate-rials, rolling stock, clothing and equipment equip-ment was abandoned by thu enemy. This was in addition to the large stores burned by the Germans during their hasty retreat. Tho statement follows: "Headquarters American Expeditionary Expedition-ary Force, Saturday Sept. 1-i. Section A. In the St Mihiel sector sec-tor our advanced units have maintained main-tained touch. .with the encmys Xorcea and have repulsed a counter-attack at- jjlj tempted by them in the region of Jaul- jHj "We are now able to estimate the S success .obtained during the two prev- B ious days. The dash and vigor of our iwjj troops, and of the valiant French di- njr visions, which fought shoulder to Mi shoulder with them is shown by the lM fact that the forces attacking on both. B faces of tho salient effected a junc- mi tion and secured the result desired H within twenty-seven hours. IHH "Besides liberating more than 150 liH square miles of territory and taking InK 15,000 prisoners we have captured a 1 H mass of matorial. Over 100 guns of m W! all calibers and hundreds of machine IlV guns and trench mortirs have been jH taken. In spite of the fact that the jM enemy, during his retreat, burned A large stores, n partial examination of 3 the battlefield shows that great quan- Ira tities of ammunition, telegraph mate fflj rial, railroad material, rolling stock, mB1 clothing and equipment have been jE: abandoned. Further evidence of the jjfl!; haste with which the enemy retreated 'jaji is found in the uninjured bridges III' which he left behind. Hi! "French pursuit, bombing and re- connaissancc units, and British and I'llr Italian bombing units, divided with fifiiSl our own air service the control of the w i lj air and contributed materially to the SljS'j success of the operation." ill 8' "II is indeed hard," said the melan- jlsr choly gentleman, "to lose one's rela- IhJI "Hard!" snorted the gentleman of W8 wealth "hard! It is impossible!" llllil London Answers. H |