The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-07
ARE
PRAISED OVER
BOLD COUNTER
IN BIG FIGHT
Helped Hold Huns At Apex Of
Their Drive Where Invaders
Line Had Reached Closest To
Paris
ALSO AMONG ONES
GUARDING the MARINE
Americans In Lorraine and Pi-
cardy Also Having Their Share
OF Fighting In Trenches and
In Air

MANEIINGTON, June S.
" ASSOCIATED Press - Re-
ports from American army head
quarters in France and from Paris
show that the American forces in
cluded i'll General Foch's reserves
played a conspicuous part in the
check OF the German drive to-
wards Paris. The Americans
moved into the battleline on Fri.
day last and we're with the French
detaChments that threw the Ger
mans back across the Marine
when they succeeded in forcing
the passage Of that river on May
so. Later Americans took part
in some of the most important
fighting west of Chateau Thierry.
The fighting west Of Chateau
lhlerry took place on Monday,
the Americans going into action
at the point of the German adj
vance nearest to Paris and on a
front regarded as the. most criti-
cal of the western side of the
salient. 1t was here that the
French line had given on Sunday
and the heights west of the town
had fallen to the invaders.
DROVE HUNS BACK
The Americans drove the Ger
mans out of their positions in a
brilliant counter, following up
this success and regaining inn
portant ground for the Allies. The
Sammies suffered a number of
casualties, the number not being
as yet officially announced. Nine
American wounded have already
reached the American base hospital at
Nice, however. '.~.s
The official report Of the American
participation In the fighting in cooper.
ltiou with the French states that the
American counter was "a magnificent
LASH. II was made near NeyiIly,
north Of the Marne.
General Pershing reports on other
lighting by Americans. There has been
! violent artillery duel on the Toul sec,
tor, where both sides used guns of all
calibres. American combat partols
fought a large enemy patrol in the
Luneville section of the Lorraine front,
the Americans having Q few casual
ties $3.50.
victors In the Air
In the air the Yankee aviators have
been maintaining their fine record.
Since the American flyers have been on
he Lorraine front they have brought
down total of thirty three German
planes to seven they have lost Of their
own. Yesterday three American flyers
attacked six Germans, downing. one of
the enemy aud chasing the other Ave
back. The German machine shot down
yesterday has been taken into TOul,
where II is being exhibited.
In addition to meeting the German
aviators in the air, the Americans for
the first time are manning the air-de-
Tense batteries along their part Of the
Pieardy front. Here the German Taid-
ers have been specializing on the Amer.
lean hospitals back of the lines Ono
raiding squadron which came over yss-
terday was stopped by the anti.aircraft
shells and one big plane was tumbled
out of the skies.
The casualty list reported by the war
department yesterday carried forty
names. Three were reported killed in
action, one died of wounds, nineteen
by accident and other causes and six
from disease. Eight others are report.
ed seriously wounded, one slightly
wounded and enc missing.
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