Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-07
OFFICIAL STATEMENT

WASHINGTON, June b-GcneIdl Pershing's communique tonight an
 noances that American and French troops advanced their lines northwest of Chateau Thierry about mile this
 msrning, capturing prisoners and in
 flictcing severe losses in killed and
 wounded on the enemy.
 The statement follows:
 Tn an attack northwest of Chateau Thierry this morning. our troops, in conjunction with the French, advanced
 our lines Of Torcy about a mile. cap turing prisoners and inflicticng severe | losses in killed and wounded.
 There was lively artillery fighting
 in Lorraine last night; our batteries ] executing effective reprisals and neu- tralization fire.
 There is nothing else of import ance to report.
 "A French report of the work of an American machine gun battalion which has recently been in action at Chateau Thierry. includes the following: "On May 31, the enemy threatened to take Chateau Thierry, attempting to flank the town on our left and a breach was produced. The -- machine gun battalion, U. $. A. was immediately thrown into Chateau Thi- erry, simultaneously with the colonial infantry battalion. Immediately the Americans reinforced the entire de- fense, especially at the ends of the bridge Their courage and ability as marksmen, evoked the admiration of all.
 Crushed by our fire, the enemy hesi- tated. and. as a result of counter at Jacks, vigorously supported by Amer ican machine guns they were thrown beyond the edges of the town. Chateau Thierry remained entirely in our hands. On the first of June, towards evening, taking advantage of the dark ress, the Germans stoie- toward the large bridge, in which directicon they penetrated through the western SUI burbs to the banks of the Marne. In order to mask their movements, they made use of smoke bombs which ma Ie the aim of the machine gunners dift;- cult At the same time the town un- derwent an extremely violent lombard ment. At the moment when the Ger mans arrived on the large bridge, and believed themselves to be in possession of the same, a terrific explosion de- stroyed the central pier Some Ger mans who had already crossed were ! taken on the south bank. The Amer | ican machine guns held the south ] bank. The American machine guns | held the south bank and gave pro;ec- !, tion for the withdrawal of the troops ! retiring from the northern sectciOn for ] the purpose of crossing the bridge . prior to its destruction.
 Show Great Courage
 Here again the courage of the !. was beyond all praise. The | cOlonials themselves, though aecus- | toned to acts of bravery were struck . by the wonderful morale in the face of !. fire, the coolness and the extraOrdiI ary steadiness Of their allies. The of the Americans never failed them and with their machine guns playing upon the approaches of the destroyed bridges and foot bridges, they prevented any Te-attacking by the enemy. They will be relieved at the same time as the French troops al the side of whom they forght The French command, knowing their just pride, fared that they would have humiliated these valiant troops if they lad offered them rest sooner than their French companions in the fight The episode of Chateau Thierry will re- main one of the most memorable deeds ,f this war. It is a pleasure for all of us to know that our valiant allies have shared with us the victory.