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Show ! U. a FORCES POT OUT 12,000 HUNS AN ENTIRE GERMAN DIVISION IS CRUSHED BY AMERICAN TROOPS UNDER PERSHING. Two Regiments Practically Annihil-ated Annihil-ated in Assault Upon Cantigny, When Our Boys Demonstrated That They Mean Business. Willi the Army in France. An en-: tire German division ( 2,000 men) was P"t out of action for at least a month firing the battle of Cantignv, it was learned Saturday. Two regiments were practicallv ' annihilated in the American assault on ' the village. The remainder of the divi- : slon, which was in reserve, was cut up cither in counter-attacks or by artillery fire. The division, therefore, is useless until it is reorganized. The bodies are now under the necessity of holding this division here when it might otherwise other-wise be diverted to the new Champagne Cham-pagne battle area. A German carrier pigeon, killed hv shrapnel, fell in front of our lines Saturday. Sat-urday. The message was recovered and handed over to the French Intelligence In-telligence officers. It was a message from a regimental commander near Soissons to the divisional commander in the Montdidier region. The knowledge knowl-edge thus obtained was used to advantage. advan-tage. . Another valuable bit of information resulted from the shooting down of an enemy aeroplane, of which the pilot ",a anci tne observer wounded. There is great aerial activity and continuous heavy cannonading on this front. The American artillery keeps the enemy rear areas under a constant pounding. |