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Show fl AMERICANS OVERRUN Sf GERMAN POSITIONS AND DO FINE WORK ?l2nfantry Puslles Ahead 'While Aviators Engage in Daring 5-11 Combats and Guns of All Calibers Pound Effectively ' ftShSff 1 From All Sides. fiS5l - Tir WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY watiS jNORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Sept. 28. "fLiiV P a- m- (B' the Associated Press) b,M! JWith their backs to the outer edge of "foir,- ,iho Brunhilde Hnc, the Germans today -jVlr' i?ve fighting desperately in an endca- 6.- l vor t0 brInS tlle American advance to kivS ?a definite halL The Germans are In-creasing In-creasing the volume of their fire and Vindicating annw their determination to rota tli v.rcsist to the utmost, b? ffciJ' ': Tne line f0l'Sht for runs through the 'ylL'-,sfc Northern Argonno Tvoods and eastward at iLH l along a line paralleling tho Epinon-Ue! Epinon-Ue! frsT -ville-Montfaucon road to a point near ''ttss ; Jvorey and thence northeasterly. The a? tr? 't Germans are massed in the Clerges rptr? ,-woods and in the Emont woods. SuIJ The Americans are using their ar-.tillery ar-.tillery freely to break up tho enemy i onifV; positions. th 3 ! The Germans are depending upon machine gun fire at every advanced ndis! point in their effort to check the auim ' Americans. Sftrn , 'i WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY .(NORTHWEST OP VERDUN, SepL 28. ate?1 f 10'30 a. m (By the Associated Press) Uh&l 'J Thick clouds and ground mists again attMs: hampered the airmen detailed for ob-1 ob-1 jservation today in tlie area of opera -isLj, tion now in progress. The conditions, au f however, didnot prevent entirely op-' op-' EEj$oi u erations by the pursuit planes of the u,c'VuJ American air forces. y In no previous engagements has the OiHjpj ;f pursuit machine displayed greater in-r in-r RjEsotfc difference to weather conditions. Night '1.VB. flying has become common the air- .imen starting off in the darkness and fu landing by the light of flares. Thci: c ji course is determined by flash signals, j'iii t The Germans have been forced, in this engagement to combat swift at- Srt Y. (nfkR nnnn their hnllnnns anrl ilnnrs uSf1 : appearing out of the darkness and Mstdta ? clouds and opening on their troops yihs5a? ? with machine gun fire while the men - 3faf, I were trying to get a period fo rest. ' WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY 'Kbp NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Fridav. Sept. 27. (Bf the Associated Press) nbiJ In yesterday's fighting the infantry I, overran the first German position, a. ; The enemy first attempted to stand rtr I on the line running through Cuisy, but Ut the Americans pushed ahead, Cuisy ffjJ4i was taken and detachments pressed uiiu, In tne perfectly blue sky they were, I ?Jl p. V pie lnnf ft Q flni-lifvUf loctorl r1n7nno nnpl uhw? I sometimes scores of airplanes which rfeU :j darted back and forth over the lines hjkt. jiand engaged in daring combats above ?kng (he moving columns. psSr j Americans Cut 'Communications rildhb ; IQ spito of statements made by prisj itrfwieis loners that the attack was foreseen, it t-scSJc ; js evident lhat the enemy had not been ). able to make adequate preparation to rrc'U jrmeet it, or retire. He lacked re-1 K.-tijb ;p serves to defend the rear positions.! fKjjjL v Tne American advance already lias cut Ctas , j across the only rail connection bc-tittSs bc-tittSs ; tv.'een the main railroads coming from i ' tho north. ( The ground vhich has been taken 1(0x4 very imPrtiint and increases the mi "Z : magnitude of the victory. From the -'lo.v. j j beginning of the preliminary bom-ibardment bom-ibardment until nightfall, the weather was almost ideal. Soon after midnight, lECOSn t however, tho sky clouded and rain was olr" : falling so steadily this morning tliat a ; staff officer remarked: "This is hclp-' hclp-' ing the Germans." i Last evening the German artillery Utte 'i re hecamc heavier, apparently indi-Ettilct! indi-Ettilct! ) eating that he had retired to his sec- r, ond line of resistance. Shells of big rdl I cal,ber fel1 with regularity behind the tiA'p ) advanced American lines as the ene- my attempted to silence the American fjrf&it batterIes and damage the roads. These , ui-al shells, however, fell almost without wjcfE II exception in woods and fields and did i not Impede the American advance. Germans Make Desperate Effort The Germans apparently made a desperate effort to withdraw the heavy hea-vy artillery captured by tho Americans in the region of Dannevoux but the American artillery had severed the German lines of communication. In this sector northwest of Dannevoux in the groat elbow of the Meuse rivor four 210 millimeter guns and eight 150 (millimeter pieces .were captured. Northwest of Dannevoux the American Amer-ican artillerists were firing upon Brio-ulles Brio-ulles and the roadways to tho south and southwest. To the north the American heavy gUns were shelling 'Vilosnes and the bridge crossing the Meusc river. To the northeast the American heavy guns had tho range of Sirvy-sur-Mouse and the river bridge, making it impossible for the Germans to withdraw his equipment. Large Amount of Material Captured In Dannevoux the Americans cap- v.i v mike- uiiiuuin oi jjcrman ammunition am-munition and also the personal baggage bag-gage of three German regiments. At various points west of the Mouse the Americans captured many machine guns, trench mortars and small military mili-tary pieces which have not yet been counted. Baker Visits Headquarters. Secretary of War Baker who watched watch-ed the American troops begin the attack at-tack in the region northwest of Verdun, Ver-dun, visited the various headquarters behind the front today. The secretary spent more than an hour in the vicinity vicin-ity of cages holding German prisoners. One cage contained 2000 prisoners. When the secretary appeared, American Ameri-can officers commanded the Germans to stand at attention. All except one, tin uuii, iviipuu io ineir icet and a pull on the shoulders of the German officer by an American sergeant soon brought him to his feet. Speaking in German, the secretary asked the prisoners questions regarding regard-ing conditions within tho German linos and what the soldiers thought of the Avar. The trousers of one of the prisoners I hnd been patched up. The secretary I noticed this and asked about it. The prisoner explained that each German regiment had a tailor's kit. Prisoners Ask For Canned Beef. Secretary Baker gave orders that the prisoners be given food as soon as ruiuii, niLvi u;jii uiuugni io mo rear. The secretary was told that the Germans had heard of American canned can-ned beef and that they always asked for it first after being captured, while bread came second in their desires. A German officer, who wore a monocle mon-ocle and carried a cane, resembled tho German crown prince. He attracted much attention from the secretary's party. oo |