The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-07
ALLIES CAPTURE
MANY PRISONERS
Repeated Counter Attacks OF
Germans RepuIsed by Gal
liant Marine Corps.
LIVELY ARTILLERY DUElS
Marked Features Of Early
Morning Fighting-Avia-
tors Active.
LIVELY ARTILLERY DUElS
fRv Newton c. Parke, International News
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nv Newton c. Parke, International news
Service Staff Correspondent
with the American Army at the
Name June 7 % am m)-Severe fghting
northwest of Chateau Thierry, with
Americans engaged, was still continuing
early today.
American marines, who launched two
successful attacks against the Germans
Yesterday. have gained all their opJec-
tives excepting al one point, where they
were held up by nest OF German ma
chine guns in a small wooded positioh
on the right of our attack, called Bois de
Balloir.
Tho original plan OF attack did NOT
call for us to enter the village OF ORGY.
hut the marines swept on after routing
the Germans. entering the village anu
holding IT,
The Germans made repeated counter
attacks but were unable to retake the
village.
The sharpest encounter In last nignt
aehting occurred around Bouresches
thirteen miles south of Neuily and just
northwest of Chateau Thierry). There
the American marines reached the edge
of the village Mt dusk and swarmed III
upon the German machine gun emplace-
ments, annihlsting the boche gunhers.
The Germans were bayonetted az thefr
runs and others that attempted to make
a stand in the streets were captured.
Numerous prisoners were taken
Late Thursday night the Germans MADE
a sudden counter-attack against tne
American infantry holding the right bank
of the Marne river. forcing them to cede
some ground at one point. Our men im-
mediately delivered a counter attack.
ufh
ternational News Service correspondent
left the battlefield the American infantry
was slowly driving the Germans back,
despite a torrent OF German shells that
covered all the back area.
The Germans, at an early hour to-day,
were conhning themselves largely to
seventy sevens" and 'l65 millimeter
gas shells. ss,4v
our batteries we're replying with the
liveliest fire on the whole line Since
midnight the earth has been rocking
with our gun fire and the very air has
trembled with the violent conclusions
from exploding shells
(Torcy is about Ave or six miles north
west OF Chateau Thierry)
Occasionally n huge train OF trucks car
rying ammunition and supplies would
rumble through villages half destroyed
in the Marine fighting in 1914
Scattered here and there were British
Tommies who drew off occasionally as
American dispatch bearers flashed by on
motorcycles that were humming with the
speed of whirlwinds. amidst binding
clouds of white dust.
We soon found ourselves in villages inn
mediately behind the battlefront from
which practically all OF the civilians had
fed at the German advance. In one
quaint village a corpuent old woman
with white handkerchief wound around
her head alone refused to flee. She stood
at the gate Of her little cottage waving
her hand and wishing all Americans good
luck
Now as we approach the battle line, we
sweep through a town in which Ameri-
can ambulance men are bilieted. In one
place there is a crowd upon the street
watching an air duel between French
and German aviator. In another place
ambulance men could be seen ducking
for cover while boche armen were aiming
to hit the billets. The Germans dropped
a few bombs, which fell in fields, doing
no damage.