Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-04-25
Enemy Onslaught Described as
Fiercer than Assaults on
verdun Front.
FOE FORCED TO RETIRE
Village Of seieheprey, Northwest Of
Toul, ls Scene Of Heaviest At.
tack, to Date, on Amer.
lean Front.

American troops guarding the bat
tic line that passes through the lit
tie village of Seicheprcy north of
the Germans.
Attacking over a front of nearly q
mile, the. enemy, to the number Of
into the American positions, but Cen
eral Pershing's men fought savagcly,
and where they were forced to give
ground, counter attacked and drove
the enemy back to his own lines.
The American losses are said to have
been small, while the enemy lost
severely.
North of St. Mihiel the American
lines were subjected to an attempted
raid by the enemy, who was driven
off. leaving dead and prisoners be-
hind.
With the American Army in
France, April 22.-After the heavy
German attack of yesterday the Am
erican main positions remained In
tact, and this morning, after n brief
bombardment. American troops at
tackled and drove the enemy out of old
outpOsts which they had gained, thus
breaking down an offensive which 1t
is believed was intended as the begin
ming of a German plan to separate the
Americans and French.
There was 81 comparative lull today
along the sector northwest Of Toul.
Americans engaged in the terrific
hand-to-hand fighting showed most
daring bravery, stories of which are
already being recounted.
AS indicating the violence Of the
German offensive, French ambulance
men, who went through the famous
battle of Eerdun. declared that. COM
paratively speaking. the German ar
tillery fire against Americans was
heavier than in any single engage
ment, on the Verdun front ut any
time.
The German attempt to break
through continued until late Satur-
day night. Troops that were hurled
do and arrogance, waving their rifles
and shouting like mad, but they found
more than they bargained for.
When the Germans entered Seiche-
prey it was evidently in the belief
that the Americans had gone, but
some of them remained scattered
through the village and they attack
ed the Germans with hand grenades.
killing many of them. Furious hand
to-hand fighting ensued in the village
streets. the Americans falling back
only when they were greatly out
numbered.
Later the Germans were driven out
of the village, but they had concealed
three boxes containing high explo.
sives. to which they had attached
wires stretched across the streets.
Some of the American advance guard
stepped on these wires, causing heavy
explosions, but steps were immetl-
ately taken to clear out these Ger
man traps.
German forces came across No
Mans land in three waves. They had
been especially trained for this OPP
GRAFTON, Americans, although great
~ outnumbered, fought for every
inch Of the way, giving ground slowly
and pouring deadly machine gun. rifle
and automatic fire into the advanc-
ing enemy.
German Aviators Brought Down.
German airplanes, flying at low
altitude, attempted to disorganize the
American fighting men, but two en-
envy aviators were brought down and
the others driven off.
The Germans suffered heavy cas-
ualties; and the American lines re-
NAMED virtually intact.