AMERICANS IN FIRING LINE.
SAMMIES FIGHTING WITH THE '• FRENCH.
NEW YORK, October 28
It is reported that some battalions of Americans are now in the firstline trenches, and that American artillery is shelling the Germans.
According to other advices, American headquarters in France announce that the troops were sent to a quiet sector on the French front for continuation of training, and will form the nucleus of groups for the instruction of later contingents arriving from America. The troops are satisfactorily adapting themselves Ij.o their new conditions.
The United Press correspondent at American lieaclciuarters reports that the Sammies are fighting along side the Poilus. The greatest camaraderie exists. The infantry restlessly awaited orders to advance from a village. They marched through the streets at nightfall, some singing "Tipperary" in an undertone. The Americans display the greatest enthusiasm.
The first shell case used by the battery has been sent to Presidfent Wilson.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17126, 30 October 1917, Page 5
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151AMERICANS IN FIRING LINE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17126, 30 October 1917, Page 5
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