New-York tribune., 1918-07-05

ing to register on some Of the roads
in our rear.
"Our own batteries vigorously re-
turned the fire and at one point reg
lsstered directly upon detachment Of
the enemy. The activity Of the German
alrpanes, like that of the German
artillery, was notable in being continu-
Gus rather than concentrated at any
one tlmo or place. More than the
usual number of balloons were in eyi
dence. One of the hostile planes was
brought down by anti-aircraft fire op
poslte the right of our sector and
forced to land behind its own lines
Numerous groups Of mon passed fre
quently along the roads running be-
tween Givry, Epau, Belleau, Bonnes.
Grisolles, Etrcpilly, lie Tartre and
flalsance Wagons and trucks moved
along the same routes sngly and in
large groups. Infantry activity on botl
sides was normal
oo' Along the Marnc on the 2Sth and
18th OF June the German artillery con-
tlnued to deliver the scattered bur
1alrly vigorous fire of the davs nrn.
cedlng. On this day, however. the
heaviest fire was on the left rather
than on the right Of our sector.
Left Draws Shrapnel
ION the other hand, our left sector
sun continued to draw most of the
shrapncl The shelling was confned
mostly to the afternoon and evenin~
and on objectives identical with those
previously reported. German machine
guns were particularly quiet and there
was little rife firing. Hostile airplanes
We're also less frequently observed than
| mas been usual during the past fort
night. Behind the German lines men
We're seen strolling about in the usual
'In the Colmar sector the day of
June 20 passed quietly. The German
infantry delivered some scattering ma
chine gun and rife fire and made use
OF few hand and rifle grenades.
During the night German patrols were
observed on several occasions, two of
them coming under our rife and gre
made fire. There were no encounters
and no serious attempts to reach our
lines.
THE German artillery delivered only
light and scattering fire with guns
mainly OF medium calibre. His air
planes appeared only at rare intervals
and were in nearly every case driven
back by our anti-aircraft batteries.
They were engaged mainly in recon
naissance work, but made some at
tempt to regulate the artillery re. Be-
hind the German lines the haymakinc,
IN which women play an increasingly
large part, continued, but neither in
the matter of circulation nor in the
construction Of works did anything of
note occur
'ln the Mulhousc sector there was
no unusual occurances on June 30
apart from the increased activity on
the part of the German air forces. Late
III the afternoon an air combat oc-
CURED, and one of the German ma
chimes was seen to descend in an ap-
parently crippled condition. Lirht
artillery fire, the throwing of few
grenades on our wire, with normal rife
fire and the ordinary circulation on tho
German rear areas, comprised the
other activities of the day"
Further description of the fighting
along the American lines near Chateau
| Thierry, on the Marne, and in Picardy
is given in the second section of We'd
nesday's communique. The dispatch
follows:
"section A-Northwest of Chateau
Thierry there has been intense arti-
Iery activity on both sides. In the
Nosges three raiding parties which at
tempted to reach our lines we're re-
pulsed and suffered severely from our
| fire.
Section B-Northwest of Chateau
Ihierry the day of June 80 to July /
was occupied by our troops mainly in
preparation for the attack made dur
ing the evening of July l. on Vaux.
The preparation consisted in continu-
Gus and heavy harassing fire from our
batteries, commencing at o'clock in
the morning. The German artillery. on
the other hand, was somewhat less ac-
tive than on the preceding day. Its
operations took the form of harassing
and registration fire, which fell mainly
on the Marette wood, lie Thiolet. La
Croisette, Bourbelin, the Paris road
Triangle farm, La Cense farm, the Bel
leau wood, Bouresches and La Vote du
Chatel.
shortly after S o'clock in the after
noon the enemy's fire on Menneaux.
Hill 2O4, our lines of Belleau wood and
our positions in the vicinity of Boures
ches became heavy. The German in
fantry increased its machine gun. rife
and grenade fire, especially from the
region of Hill 204 and Vaux. Other
wise there was no unusual activity
until after the commencement of orr
attack, when the circulation of troops
and vehicles in the German rear areas
greatly increased.
"Of the numerous prisoners taken in
and around Vaux, July to July ., one
gave especially interesting information
regarding the German counter attack
The main points of his story were ms
follows: GO
l "At 4:ao o'clock on the afternoon