The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-05
HUNS FAILED TO SHAKE SAMMIES
Two Regiments of Enemy Soldiers
Are Wiped Out.

With the American Army in Picardy,
June Under fire that prevented
bringing up rations, owing to the lack
of trenches. subsisting on hard tack
end raw bacon, fighting, digging day
and night.
That is how the Americans held
Cantigny for three days. The village
has now been in the Americans hanas
five deys and conditions are rapidly
improving but stories of how they held
on Immediately after the capture ere
the most thrilling since the troops en-
tered the lines.
For the first few days, as fast rs
the boys dug trenches, they were
blown up by the Boche artillery Then
came repeated counter-attacks. Com
munica(tion trenches were dug. but
were blown up. Rations and ammu-
milton began to run low. Machine
guns and rifles captured from the
Huns were used.
In the meantime three platoons
traversed German bsrrage to the
rear and carried up ammunition on
their backs through the shell fire.
l. There was no chance to sleep, day
or night. The enemy bombardment
was constant. But not a single man
hinched.
Lieutenant Watson, of North CaEo-
lima, stood on parapit during the
hottest bombardment, encouraging his
men and yelling:
stick to it boys. Give 'em he'll
They want to drive you out. No boche
ever lived who could lick an Ameri-
can"
| The boys stuck. Any bOche who got
beyond the American counter-barrage
was shot down by rifle or machine
gun fire. The new No Mans Lend be-
yond the lines outside Cantigny,
was Uttered with German dead. The
Americans are now digging trenches
faster than the Huns can shoot them
to pieces. Their lines are greatly i'm
proved, and rations and ammunition
are reaching them.
Two Regiments Annihilated.
| An entire German division. Q2,OO0
mem was put out Of action for at least
a month during the battle for Cantigny
it was learned today.
| Two regiments were practically an
initiated in the American assault on
the village. The remainder of the divi-
sion, which was in reserve, was cut
I'D rather in counter attacks or by ar
tillery fire.
The division, therefore, is useless,
until it is reOrganized. The boches
are now under the necessity of hold
ing this division here, when it might
otherwise be diverted to the new
Champagne battle area.
A German carrier pigeon, killed by
shrapnel fell in front of our lines to-
day The message wais recovered and
handed over to the French intelligence
offices. 1t was a message from reg
mental commander near scissors to
the divisional commander in Montdi-
der region The information thus OBJ
tanned was used to advantage.
Further valuable information result
ed from the shooting down of an en-
envy airplane, of which the pilot was
KILLED and the observer wounded
There is great aerial activity and
continuous heavy cannonading on this
front. The American artillery keeps
the enemy rear areas under constant
pounding.
A German lieutenant and three pri-
Yates, taken from cellar in Cantigny,
brought the total of prisoners to 251.
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