Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1918 — YANKS CAPTURE 15,600 GERMANS [ARTICLE]

YANKS CAPTURE 15,600 GERMANS

PERSHING’S BLOW LIBERATES ISO SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY. Washington, Sept. 15.—1 t required just twenty-seven hours for the American troops and their supporting French divisions to reduce the St. Mihiel salient. This was disclosed by General Pershing’s communication for yesterday, received tonight at the war department. General Pershing said that besides liberating 150 square miles of territory and taking 15,000 prisoners, the Americans captured more than 100 guns of all calibres and “hundreds of machine guns and trench mortars.” A partial examination of the battlefield, the American commander added, shows that great quantities of ammunition, telegraph and railroad materials, rolling stock, clothing and equipment were abandoned by the enemy. This was in addition to the laqge stores burned by the Germans during their hasty retreat.