Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-02

angl. Of the Ncsles Tor
nst. The attack was backed 10y h"id
Guns and with II ragged harras" on
our second lin and batteries. the en-
,Iny'$ .;.n positions ai"v" 'irrs'S
i.,n-. w,!l placed iOf hanklnS hit
which the holders %: ScrGy ;ound 10
T.. most ir; ;iu=.
.'TI.- wcr,. forced 10 WIlhdr:t"
from u nnd iail haCk across tti" river
rfr cn"iny was Permitted a l'W uh-
f.,.I-:.Ht hours Di OCCUPATION dufihS
\. fllcn h, did his best I" imiroN" IN"
,!"f'nSCS and dHrin@ly trou"ht sofht
.l..,.! Guns forward toward lhe bFo" vi
. H.. hIll abUv' II. But these apparent
II :U,.HG ~" priC' o: lh'if "hIiilS
,uI.h 700 hi=h and tn american :Hh
:,Ic accurate :Or ih"!r d':tpl"atiihc'
s:.s ;gO:.. r:,pId than dlSnin"d.
rAs TN, frll hack wha; one hopes
mn. ,:t,,. h,cn In" last American at
tack "r S,r=y developed. The guards
;lt,rarcI.rh haa i-cn shaken by thcif
las: ,XplDN and. thnu=h in few IN
slnur..S Ihrl s,Iycd 10 iac" IN" hhH
ui.., ia. lighting was less q, Sp"ratc
ik.,n ih' day h"i"r".
-i.ltil after they r'cipturcd SCI
-. tn" Americans. who forced 'n'
,.,..s;Ig" al IN" umrru ovrrni%h'' a"-
l#u,,i iip the marrow valley divldlnS
:!n h.!l between S"TGy ami alter Il
;l:-h,. III winch ih'. hayUnct and the
rIIi.. butt w,Iv almost a!"ir' used.
to,.,. I,ur'y farm, about Il mil" up thc
valley.
This Was preliminary Ia an attack
ON S"rinr,s as from In" farm IL Mas
possible 10 nutildnk IN" S"rinScS de-
f"nc'S HMd approach them hH Il less
steep assent.
''Thr enemy held S'ring"s III great
STRENGTH. Ti, VIlia"" WAS also pro
ioc;,d hS machine gan nests on 'hh'r
si.l.. Tin" attack was an almost m
, rrdiil" affair iur III" r""ln'ss with
which it was carried out and Tor tn"
mere. fact thai II ,uu!i hv don" ,!n-
,.r. such conditions.
rhr aS-Hlhtinc troops formed up On
tn. south side at tn" burcq on open
=. rutu,i. IN, enemy uIrn'd upon them
. heavy fire ui artillery and mirhlh''
.uuS along the slopes 'ISt ana west "I
"a. river. IL. ground i'll front oi IN"
:rdvamrin:. lines wIS plOu=h"i hH th'
,urI,N'S III, and Tn" adN:ihr' MAS "l-
.,,icd ly clouds uf dust from the
corn nrlis through which they w"r"
ularciin.. Nevertheless tho men
inr,l,,I the riv,r with drill-lik" stead
mess.
Il, MAS a wonderful pcrformanc"
iof any iruuIi$, astounding: Tor troops
ST. recently enlisted and aS lin" Il test
~ ANY To Whi"h In" American army
has hrrm put.
"'rhc men went steadily up the
SLOPES. Sil"uC,.G ON" after another tl''
;,rmHn imn"hinr Kun nests and Sw"lh
ur 10 tn, top Ui ih" hll. ih'n. wheel
4 L.. |
Na% q ii,rs". ii"ht Th'r" Was no ask
Iny ~ .i>in. quarter. The enemy was
stuiu. hearted and the Americans wrr"
..l.u 10 lind thrm so. They wanted
HAT sort nf finish Ia their ordeal.
:Snrir al tho Germans fled into NcslrS
forest. The remainder are where
in,l will rrInHn--in the village.
"'rhr last success of tn" day was
the Caului-. ui IIil ~. ahov" S"rGy.
NnicE can now !" held ON much Sc
.'Ur,I terms.
so once NOR" the lin" is rc-cStah-
liSh,,I. HlIiuu&h In" Germans ar" still
holding III" pocket al
ci,r;:rS from which il seems nohod!
has Vet turned them.
some pru"rcSS may lac looked for
,rI.il. Th" forest lyin" right ahead
uI uur aINanC" will tax" som" clear
INK. Prisoners say III" enemy is MAX
in elaborate preparations To hold 1t.
rn, at his best regiments bCin" de-
tailed for he task. Troops wcr" seen
This mornin.: marching into NrSlrs. Il
liill- village lling below the forest.
"IriSuu"rS report sever" losses.
Two str,tchcr hearers say their com
Inny went into action with reduced
numbers and that this morning TN"
commanding lieutenant told th"m that
only thirty men were left, while dur
in. III" mornings ii%ht all tn" remain
in- thirty were killed. Almost all their
casualties. the prisoners said, w"r"
from rifle and machn" gun fire.
THE enemy is still rctrcating hut II
is very plain that We have slow work
before u.s."