Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-11-01 | Page 2 | Can't Hold Them Back

CAN'T HOLD THEM BACK. Americans Advance in Spite of Great Odds. Washington. The American second sec-ond army, under Major General Billiard, Bill-iard, is holding the line in the Woevre. This was disclosed by General Gen-eral Pershing in his communique received re-ceived Saturday night at the war department. de-partment. Repulse of heavy German attacks on the front northwest of Verdun by Major General Liggett's lirst American army also was reported. re-ported. In its first major operation against the Germans, considering the clearing out of tlie St. Mihiel salient as a local affair, the American army, in a feu-days feu-days less than a month, has liberated more than forty-five villages and advanced ad-vanced to ir.i average deptli of fen miles, freeing G5 square miles of territory. ter-ritory. In the offensive the Americans Ameri-cans have captured more than 20.001) prisoners.