AMERICANS OVER-RUN THEIR OBJECTIVES.

Marlborough Express, Volume LII, Issue 170, 22 July 1918, Page 4

AMERICANS OVER-RUN THEIR OBJECTIVES.

A RAPED ADVANCE

■■■ PARIS, July 10. Tho first wavo of Americans seize*? their objectives. Tho second wave carao over them and' captured positions according to programme. They had hardly completed consolidations' when the first wave swept on again, wigging the ground. Well beyond tho nxett objectives. Tanks cooperated' importantly throughout, preceding as. well as following tho infantry and clearing the enemy out of pockets. The.advance in some places was 6orapid that the French and Americans hurriedly- dined at tables at "-which: Germans breakfasted; The attackers mot Germans working batches of French prisoners oath c roads. They liberated the latter, who joined in the fight. There is ample evidence that thbFrench offensive siirprised the Germans. The attackers encountered & division which was being relieved. They also found officers asleep in dug-outs. The aircraft did splendidly, spotting enemy concentrations which' were promptly bombed. They • alsobombed three troop trains.