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Show AMERICANS WGTORS IN PIGARDY BATTLE ATTACK AND CAPTURE TOWN FROM HUNS, TAKING MANY PRISONERS. Germans Lose Heavily in Killed and Wounded, the American Casualties Being Slight, Fight Lasting Only Forty-five Minutes. Willi tin' Army In l-'ram-e. Aincri-rnn Aincri-rnn troops on May ul taclccd the village of Cnntlgny, northeast of Morit-fliilliT, Morit-fliilliT, attaining ull their objectives. The German counter-lit tack was feeble. The American losses were light, lint Hie Americans captured L!00 Germans, 1 ri l mil utr two officers. The American attack was along a Iwo kilometer front anil It seems to have taken Hie hiiril-hlltiiig Americans Just aliont tliree-iiuarlers of an hour to complete their coriiiie.st, which included in-cluded that annum!: of territory as well as the village of ('initially an exceptionally short time for such an operation. i This remarkably line showing comes ns a fitting companion piece to the brilliant work done by the United Stales soldiers in repulsing an enemy assault made against them in the same region the previous morning. One American division was attacked at that time, and the gray coats met with a complete reversal at all points. This enemy attack was not a heavy one, h'owever, and was easily dealt with by the Americans, who had the situation situa-tion well in hand at all times. Word of these Iwo victories has added much to (lie very favorable iin-iirc-sslon winch the American troops already have created along the I'.ritish front. It was a foregone conclusion that the Germans would make the newest of the allies along this front the object ob-ject of an attack In an attempt to push I hem back and thereby create a feeling feel-ing 1 hiit they had formed a weak link-In link-In the defending chain. The general opinion of the way in which these American troops have handled han-dled themselves In the past few days soenis to be summed up in a comment com-ment made to the correspondent by a French officer. "Magnificent!" lie exclaimed with delight. "Thai is the sort of stuff we wiii give the boche." |