The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-06

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| purposes
| new STAGE OF
Continued .rom Page One,
, for which it is known they have made
preparations.
Activity in Macedonia.
There has been an increase in in
| fantry fighting on the Macedonian
| front. Allied troops have withstood
| successfully Bulgarian attacks against
| the new Greek positions at Skra Di
Legen, near Gradisnitza, and between
| Lakes Ochrida and Presba.
Kill 900 Huns, Lose One Man.
blythe Associated Press.)
With the American Army in France,
| Wednesday. June 5.-An American
machine gun battalion accounted for
approximately 1000 Germans while
holding a bridge at Chateau Thierry
during the recent fighting. The Amer
| leans lost only one man killed and a
| few wounded. At the same time
French troops wiped out force or
| 800 Germans who had obtained foot
| ing on the southern bank OF the
| Marine.
While the Germans dominated the
| town from Hill 2O4 the Americans ana
French set up machine guns in the
twindows and doorways in houses
| Great flerC6neSS marked the IlSllliIlS
| which ragged for several days.
Wanted to Charge the Huns.
| One officer told the correspondent
today that it was all the commanders
could do to keep the Americans from
| crossing the river in the teeth of the
enemy fire and assaulting the hill po-
| sitions.
U. S. Gunners Defend the Marine.
! With the French Armies on the
Marine, June 6.-American machine
gunners, supported by French infan-
| try ARE still holding the south bank
| of the Marine between Chateau Thier-
| ry and Jaulgonne "a distance of about
seven miles).
| AS a result of the Americans deadly
craftsmanship, the Germans have re-
| Trained from occupying the southern
portion of Chateau Thierry. where
| they would be constantly under the
Americans fire.
One of the most famous OF French
generals is unstinted in his praise of
the efficiency, GOODNESS and bravery of
! the Yankee machine gunners, who
have covered themselves with glory
since they entered the line.
Situation Entirely Satisfactory.
Paris, June 6-The battle situation
is frankly satisfactory, says a Havas
agency review today, and the enemy.
temporarily, at least Is not likely to
make attacks all along the front be-
tween Rheims and the Disc. Local
attempts seem to indicate that the
Germans have renowned for the
cision on the battle field picked out
by their commanders on May 81.
Huns Preparing a New Blow.
Nevertheless the newspapers do not
believe that the German offensive is
ended. The Petit Parisien thinks that
General Ludeldorff is preparing a
blow which he expects will have pro-
| digious results.
Yankees Raised French Morale.
London, June 6.-The behavior of
the American troops at Chateau
Thierry has demonstrated more than
anything that has yet happened on
the American front the splendid mi
tiative and enterprise with which the
American army is endowed and moth
ing has aroused the keener enthusiasm
of commanders, says the Daily Mail
correspondent with the American
army in France. He quotes an I'M
named French general as saying that
the American spirit and enterprise at
a critical moment served to maintain
the morale of the French troops
around Chateau Thierry.
Now Down Hun Ranks.
Among the incidents of the engage
ment the correspondent mentions is
the steadiness and persistence of the
American machine gun fire in the
streets of Chateau Thierry. Company
after company of the enemy marching
four abreast repeatedly tried to adj
vance but recoiled sorely shattered be-
fore the fire of the American gunners.
The streets were strewn with German
dead and wounded and the American
officers estimate they inflicted at least
1000 casualties.
Get Out of a Bad Hole.
When a bridge across the Marine
the Americans were left on the
northern bank with the enemy inSfront
of them and the river at their backs
Carrying their guns the Americans de-
scended to the lower banks of the riv-
err and under enemy machine gun fire
and artillery fire succeeded in reach
ing the next bridge. The correspond
emit predicted that much will be heard
of the deeds of the Americans in the
next few days and adds:
Yankees on a Wide Front.
American troops fresh from the
United States continue to arrive with
regularity and in numbers more than
sufficient to justify renewed conf
dence in the ultimate triumph of the
entente. The Americans at this mo-
ment are distributed over a very wide
front indeed"
French Repulse Huns Everywhere.
Paris, June '6.-German forces last
night crossed the river Disc in the
vicinity of Sampigny, but were driven
back by the French, the war office
announced today.
North of the Aisne the French i'm
proved their positions in the neigh
borhood of Hautebraye.
There was heavy artillery fighting
in the neighborhood of Veuilly-La-
Poterie (where American troops have
been in action0
The statement follows:
+ East of Sampigny French troops
late yesterday drove back enemy
groups which had succeeded in cross
ing the Disc. The French took 10n
prisoners. North of the Aisne the
French improved appreciably their