New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-06
FIGHTING QUALITY OF OUR MEN
IN FRANCE.

IN FRANCE.
eve are stalking the game upon Il
help of the Americans" declares Premi
Clemenceau before the French Chamb
of Deputies And he adds: "If you al
resolute to go to the very end, victory
ours. The Americans are coming" W
know that even the U-boats now prov
ling off our coasts have been powerless .
errupt the khaki-clad stream that
pouring steadily across the bridge c
ships" into France; and last week Wa
Secretary Baker announced that NOR
than 100000 of our soldier had alread
crossed, and that the million mark woul
be passed shortly. But the question re
mains, what account of themselves viii
those newly trained and inexperienced
troops render when pitted against tn
Kaisers seasoned veterans? An answer
and one eminently satisfactory to GU,
allies, has been supplied by certain hap
penings at Seicheprey, at Cantigny, and
at Veuily, Jaulgonne, Neuilly Wood
Bouresches, and other points in the Cha
teau Thierry sector of the Marine salient.
Altho Seicheprey is already an old story,
it is nevertheless interesting to learn
from the Journal de Geneve that the
Americans are now holding front OF
about twenty-five miles in Lorraine; that
the Germans continue to concentrate
troops opposite the Toul sector as tho
they feared an offensive; and that in less
than two months American aviators on
that sector have shot down thirty-three
eight of our machines. But it is the part
played by our soldiers and marines in
checking the Crown Princes Marne
drive that arouses the greatest enthusiasm
among our allies. with strong will
and irresistible activity the American
troops continue absolutely to dominate
the adversaries they oppose" affirms
statement issued by the French Govern
ment; and Lloyd George pays tribute 10
the superb valor and trained skill with
which the Americans have taken thei,
part in the struggle and defeated the
foe" "They are coming in steadily"
adds the British Premier, "and we are de-
pending up them" "The way the Amer
leans have developed IS fighters is one
of the most amazing features of the
war;" remarks high officer of the Brit
ish Staff to the London correspondent of
the New York World; and he goes on
to say:
"Those engaged in the present and last
offensive were placed beside . French
corps d'elite. It was their first expert
ence in . big battle. The Americans
fought ~ superbly as the crack veteran
French corps beside them, displaying al!
the finest fighting qualities-dauntless
courage, stubborn tenacity, GOODNESS,
initiative, and resource.
1.-THE Americans will do even greater
things than were expected Of them"
A correspondent Of the London Daily
Mail with the American Army in France
quotes an unnamed general ~ saying
that the American spirit and enterprise !
1t . critical moment served to maintain
the morale Of the French troops around
Chateau Thierry. This correspondent
continues:
"American troops fresh from the Uni
ted States continue to arrive with Segu-
hrity and in numbers more than suff-
Gent to Justify renewed confidence in the
ultimate triumph Of the Entente. The
Americans at this moment are distributed
over q very wide front indeed.
Tn some sectors entire American di-
visions form one unit holding 4 certain
extent of line. while elsewhere they are !,
brigaded with French and British regi-
ments. In the Luneville and Toul sec
tors the Americans hold very difficult
sslients dominated-in the Toul sector
completely dominated by the German
artillery on Montsec-by the enemy. The
Germans recently have been drenching
these positions with gas, but the Ameri-
cans stood firm and won the ready ap-
precialion Of all observers" /,
1.-THE candor of Clemenceau's declara-
ton that America. ard America alone,
could crown the Allied cause with VIC z
tory" remarks the London Daily News, Z
"is at once an impressive evidence of the
confidence Of one member !
Of the alliance in the loyalty Of another
and just testimony to the power of
America to cast into the scale weight
to which the enemy can find no coun-
terpose." THE Germans may read their
certain doom in the spirit and skill Of :
The Americans in the fight At Veuillv."l
--s the London Daily Express. The I
Germans do not like the Americans, ac- +!
cording to one officer quoted by an As
Dociated Press correspondent. "b--.r-e /
thew can dig in with one hand snd fieht !
nth the other and smile at the same
lime" /,
Turning to Canada. whose own sol i
Tiers have won the highest praise Of the I
sAavx e. A. 4
|Ontario) Free Press remarkine that 'sif
he enemy persuaded himself that the Il
'ntrance Of the United States into III. +
var would not be . matter Of Significance, .
e must now see the wisdom Of revis- :
ns his estimats." Commenting on the b
dash and easeruess" of the American o
older, the ottaws Citizen thinks &ha. '
even in Germany il must be known ! il
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