Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-06
OUR ARTILLERY IS
PLAYING HAVOC IN
THE ENEMY RANKS
American GunnerS Making Life
Miserable for Fritz-Great
Calamity by Uncle Sans
Men in TOday'S Fighting
BY FRED S. FERGUSON

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN
FRANCE. Sept. 3.-American artillery
is ripping up the fields, roads, trenches
conjunction with the French. who are
attacking northeast of scissors.
The intermittent rains ceased la.e
yesterday and the roads in this region
are dry and heavy with dust. Emerg-
ing from vast clouds of dust, long
columns of French caissons were visible
today, h1rrying forward. The six horses
attached to each caisson went forward
at a gallop, their riders cracking THEN
whips over their heads and flashing
their animals to greater effort.
Stories of individual incidents of Sat.
urday's fighting today brought addi-
tional honorS to French and Americans
alike French divisions on the righs
and left of the crack American units
which participated in this fighting did
brilliant work, but during the entire
attack the Americans led in the assault
When one small French tank was put
out Of commission, its crew of two men
leaped out of the machine, seized rifles
and continued to fight alongside the
American infantry.
General Exposes Himself
At another point a German machine
gun nest temporarily held up a certain
American detachment under command
of Lieutenant Harris. Harris crept UP
alone and single-handed captured ire
nest. He has been recommended for gal
lantry in action.
North of TernySorny. an American
brfgadier general went forward in the
open although constantly exposed to
terrific machine gun fire, in order to
make personal observation of a machine
gun nest preparatory to ordering arul-
lerv fire. At another point Major
Dusenberry joined the men OF his bat
talon at the front line when communl-
cation was interrupted and personally
directed them.
The Americans who participated IT
Saturdays fight give the highest praise
70 the cavalry. Despite the, fact tna'
the battlefield was covered with OLD
trenches and strewn everywhere VIII
wire, the cavalrymen rendered lnVal
liable service, patrolling the country IN
The wake of the retreating enemy ana
maintaining constant contact.
Wire Service Intact
One of the remarkable features OF
the battle is the fact that the telephohs
service from the ITOHl iiiiC "SN'
Nv interrupted at any stage OF the llsh'
Signal corps men advanced under heaVy
artillery and machine gun fire along
side the infantry and kept their wires
strung at all times to the nearest com
mand post.
During Sunday afternoon the Amer
cans delivered five attacks against
hostile trench beyond the Terny-oorhS
road before the position was captureu.
On the sixth attack they went o HoI
With a rush. cleaned up all the machine
gun nests and killed or captured suci
Germans who did not flee
Beaumont woods, southwest Of Terny-
Sorny, was encircled by Americans after
machine guns there had given bitter re-
sistance. The woods were quickly
cleaned up.
The Americans in the front lines con
tinued to fight Saturday and Sunday
without hot food. Their last hot meal
was received Friday morning. There
after their movement was too continuous
and the German Smelling too heavy to
permit bringing up of hot rations.
Among the trophies captured by the
Americans was a German sawtooth bay
onet. ore side was srarIoned to keen
edge and the other side carried a tooth
ed edge.