Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-28
OVER zoo PRISONERS,
INCLUDING OFFICERS;
TAKEN BY AMERICANS
Losses inflicted on Germans
Are Extremely Heavy and
Our Own Losses Are Not
OiSproportiOnate to Gains

WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
MARINE June 26.-1O:SO a. m.-Ihe
Americans took the remainder OF BEL
eau wood last night
The German losses in killed ana
wounded were extremely heavy. Ihey
also lost at least 22l prisoners. inc'ud-
ing a captain and six other officers. Inc
Americans captured many machine guns.
In this action the Americans further
fattened the apex of the German drive
toward Paris They now completely hold
the wood, the northern end of which
has been i'm dispute since the Americans
first halted the German rush three
weeks ago.
The Germans desperately sought to
retain the advantage of holding the
wood, without which a movement to-
ward the Meaux is impossible. They
literally crowded their part of the for
est with machine guns.
Heavy Smelling All Day
our success resulted from heavy
Smelling all day which was followed by
an attack at 5 O'Clock in the evening. a
half an hour later the enemy was re-
ported as attempting to leave the woods.
They were swept by an enfilading ma
chine gun fire, many fighting to the
death, others surrendering.
At daybreak this morning Private
into headquarters here in charge of
seventy EIGHT German privates and five
officers, all of whom surrendered to him
voluntarily after they had first taken
him prisoner Lennart insisted he had
promised his captain he'd take them in
alone and had obtained consent to lead
them out of the woods
This incident does not indicate the
general nature of the fighting. which
70 - 4
midnight when the Americans aided by
German prisoners, had dug i'm to main
tain their gains and an American unit
in the open on the right had Forced
its way as f." north as the point of the
woods completely Strengthening the
line.
The Germans with the execution of
one captain, who knew before we did
that we had him surround ed. fought
until they were driven from their
strongholds by hand erenades or bay-
onetS. They reserved their rifle and ma
chine gun fire until the Americans
closed IN. German losses in dead and
wounded were heavy. while our losses
were not dispropQrtionate to the sue
cess obtained.
Sunday Night Raid
betaits are now available of the Ger
man raid on the American lines north
OF Baccarat Sunday night
The Germans laid down two heavy
box barrages, completely surrounding
two Franco-American outer positions.
simultaneously enemy planes bombed
BadonNillers and Neuviller, to the north
During the barrage two groups of Ger
man infantry each numbering more
than 100, attacked the Americans and
French who had been cut off. In one
OF the positions the Americans refus-
cd TO give a foot, although they were
outnumbered three to one. They fought
until practically every one of them were
casualties. Most of them received in
Juries that will incapacitate them only
temporarily.
The other group of boches penetrat-
ed village and took a few prisoners
They fled before a counter attack.
On the foul front the Germans are
heavily Dombarding the American posi-
lions, throwing large quantities of gas
into Rois de Jury, Bots de Remieres
and other sectors