The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-05
GERMANS FORCED
TO RETREAT Mile
Americans Successfully Re-
pulse Vicious Attack on
Lorraine Front.
CAPTURE SOME PRISONERS
Most Savage Fighting in Which
Our Boys Have Participated
OCCURS in Neuilly Wood.
CAPTURE SOME PRISONERS

BY Newton c. Parke. International
News Service STAFF Correspondent,
with the American Army In France,
June 4.-(Delayed) )--Amorican infan-
try on the Lorraine front successfully
attacked the Germans on Monday
morning. forcing them TO retreat a
mile and capturing some prisoners.
Our losses in this fighting were COM
paratively light, although the Ameri-
cans suffered somewhat from shell fre
! A small American patrol In the
Iunevile sector encountered Ger
man pat. oil OF seventeen men and n
tght followed. Grenades, pistols and
bayonets were used. Three of the Ger
mans were killed,
Another American patrol penetrated
to an enemy observation post, blowing
It up.
There has been unusually heavy ar
tillory firing on the Lorraine front for
the past Ave days. the Germans throw
ing over several times the normal
number OF shells. Most Of them were
seventy ivcs" and zone hundred and
fives." There were somo gas shells
among them, too.
In addition to growing artillery nr-
ing there is n great increase N aerial
activity.
Several German planes that crossed
the line were engaged by ours. There
have been numerous sky Combnts de-
spite nasty weather.
Savage Fighting.
The most savage LshtinL TINT the
Americans hnvo yet taken part I'm
since their arrival In France took place
at Neuilly wood north OF Chateau
Thierry) on the Aisne- Mnrne battle
front. In th'J gently undulating wood
the Americans delivered brilliant
counter attack against the Germans
engaging the enemy In hand to hand
fighting amidst the tangled piles of
stumpa that had been uprootcd by the
artillery nro.
The Americans swept the Germans
back from tho northern fringe of the
wood and here proved themselves
adept with tho bnyonet.
Charging into the gray ranks OF the
bochos the Americans broke up first
one group and then another hcodlcsa
OF the machine gun fire directed
against them.
Battle for Paris.
Our troops were rushed into the .
battle for Paris" ut "A high rate Of
speed. as the Germans were pressing |
forward on the Marne. Machine gun |
ners were Jammed into hugo motor |
trucks that whirlod along the dusty |
roads throughout Frink. passing long
rows OF refugees. They pushed past |
trainF OF artillery and arrived In the !
battle zone early on n certain morning.
They took up their positions In shell
wrecked buildings, IN hcids and every
where that offered nn opportunity
pouring out streams Of lead from their
mnChiono gums into the ranks OF the
enemy The Americans had the nd
OF occupying higher ground
than the attacking hochcs.
when the Germans reached tho out
skirts OF Chateau Thierry tho nllicd
artillery severely pounded their mn
chine Eunncts, compelling them to take
up new positions.
Tho Americans nrst entered the
nghting near Chateau Thicrry nnd
blocked the attempts OF the Germans
10 effect lodRmcnt on tho southern
bank Of the Nnrno. Hundreds OF
bocheR wctc slaughtered by machine
gun nrc M they tried to force a cross
Ing and hold H.
Comparatively fed Of the Germans
Comparatively fcw Of the GormnnH I
near JauIgonnc escaped death or cap
'uro. when the French ana Americans
counter attacked. n large number Of
he Germans were surrounded, Others :
roll beneath the whitening blasts Of /
machine gun nrc or I'm tho hama to
lnnd fighting which developed.
American RCD cross units have been :
continually IN ncton on the Mhrn" o
'ront eptnhlinhiur countless CnnircnH ,
md nldiuv the refugees nnd wounded.