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Americans Continue to !Push Forward, Gaining! Hill Along Bank of the:*Aire in Quick Rush.— -- ibONE GERMAN ARMYeiIS NEARLY TRAPPED aie:(General VonMudra’s Force Had Hard Time to c-Escape Advancement of,a French and Americans.DtWith the American Army \'midlest of Verdun, Oct. 7.™Ami'riean Troops forced their vr;iv across the west bank of the Aire river to-day and occupied a village which the Germans hud evacuated in the face of the fire of the Americans. After occupying the village the Americans this morning continued to push-forward, mounting the slopes of t the hill along tho bank of the |cCVI:UnvcetAire.aArmy Nearly Trapped.General Von 3Iudra‘s army wasnearly napped bv the swift advance of the TVencb and Americans. Tt fell back TvHh rapiditv that bordered on ,m aetaiftl and now fisUtlnff Ik ri'\ progress on giound Ami has beenof. combats nince 13H* tmericitu Planes aided in the *■ enroll for a detachment of Americans which has been lo*?t in the Ar-coime forest. The a\Jatois droppedco.iulmmr hcsmncr puponsA ■ rur location In the tnre*-t whore j 11. v u* ncans wcto 1a*t seen bat in. p*,mon* havv not ^turncu A tank lu utcnmi who mes luNjj xammir hb* land ship ahead nr the p nhuitn m the il^ht up the Aire val-i.-\ discovered three Gorman m.x-f 1 iih- Rim nests that were threatening nisi men,Awaited Our Men.The lieutenant awaited the n'h 1 of tu* m st detchmcnts and called for ;liii n volunteers to help wipe out thorrvts i -Among those responding* were t*o lt;nu liver*, Basil VMtman of Van-ryuur. Wash, and George F- E*,vu* ni J1«r;heater, X YWlnb* ers crept In uponlt)Yi Hanks, the tanks assaulted one no'U of tor another, capturing six cprmans Tho others ft ere killed.
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Mon, Oct 07, 1918
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