South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-22
GERMANS DRAW
SUPPLIES BACK
Of AISNE RIVER
American Company, Cut OFF
From Base, Fights "a
Hours Without Any
Food.


WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY
OK THE AIsNE FRONT 6 p. M.
July 21.-While the Germans con-
tiEue to pour in reinforcements
which necessarily slow up our ad-
vance 10 some extent south OF Sois-
sons. at the same time they are
prudently Withdrawing supplies and
heavy artillery from the southern
part Of the Aisne-Marne salient
northward TO point clear past Sois-
sons
The boches evidently fear an al
lied advance 10 the Aisne.
The Americans participated TO "A
large extent i'm the capture of Ger
man guns. our men taking the
cight-inch pieces mentioned in dis
patches from French headquarters.
Carry Food To Company.
There has been terrific lighting I'M
the areas southwest of Scissors. one
0t our machine gun companies was
cut of by the steady enemy fire and
fought without food for % hours.
They sent back a runner who re-
ported at o'clock this morning.
Volunteers were called for. And,
with two side ears loaded with food
they dashed forward 20 the company
position in the face of heavy boche
machine gun and rifle fire. The re-
turn trip also was made i'm safety.
In two bursts of the hottest kind
OF lighting the Americans early this
morning forced an exceedingly
strong enemy position that had been
holding up our advance around the
southern edse OF the plateau south
coli scissors
Capture Ridge Positions.
The attack began al q o'clock In-
der cloudy skies.
The Americans swept straight zap
the slope of the hin in the face of
lhe Huns machine gun fire.
They captured "a series of enemy
machine gums along the ridge and
then moved slowly down the rayine.
Meanwhile the 1oche guuners
were duiug this raNluc and adjacent
-round with shells while our artil-
lerymen made deafenIne reply.
One strongly fortified enemy post
held up the advance of certain
company tor some time. sweeping
the western slope OF the valley uu-
tiI a lieutenant Ted "a direct frontal
attack with bombs When we gain
ed the position D = German dead We're
found inside the emplacemeuJ The
German position had been thorough
Ir constructed with concrete rein
forced with loss. stone and cement
and had been Intended as rally
ine point
Furious right Ncar Ruius.
The strongest resistance was en-
oountered in "a group of ruined build
In.s lust as the sun peeped throush
the low -hauEIug clouds. Here the
hoches had installed machine guns
as thick as bees behind heavy stone
gardeu walls aud the foundations
of buildings
We began methodicaIy Vlping out
these nests. uslng Jbe tactics that
th, Americans had found So sue
cessfuI ou the Marine. The men were
aghting creeping ON their bellies
toward the machine suns hose ire
was too high 10 hit vital spots. Then
suddenly they would leap -u their
feet and rush forward with @ shower
Of srenades. thus escapies with the
fewe~t possible ca~ualue~ These
we're generally leg wounds
Master Whole Position.
Seeing the ulanncr In which we
were clearing out these machine sun
nests TWO groups of boche gunner,
surrendered without q tght
Bv o o'clock in the morning We
were masters Of the entire strouG
point and were pushing ON east
ward tn the face Of hot ARTILLERY dre
The enemy had been rushing up
his guns filling the fields and raNines
southwest Of scissors with his tire
and pounding the Americans Wi1
-hrspneI and high explosives a~ well
a- some gas