The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-02
YANKS CONTINUE
HEAVY ASSAULT
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X
ated IN this assault ny evening
the German resistance had been
wiped out and tho wood was cleared.
the allied troops progressing al
most To Gouxancourt Uhrce miles
east Of CicrEcA)
Fighting In Mcuniere wood was
intense. artillery rakinR the hochcs.
while infantry charged M steep
hill, into row OF machine guns.
driving out the defenders with tho
hayonct
American artillery continues 20
pound German stronghclda along
the roads leading northward. exact
ing heavy casualties. Latest indi-
cations are that the bochea arc
maasing in Increasing numbers TO
oppose further advances, aitho no
additional defensea have been en-
countcrcd other than widely scat.
tered sections OF haif-dug trenches
and Increased barbed wire entanglc-
ments.
The wire ia not continuous. hu,
Is used as barriers for machine gun
pogtA
4. = mitigating"
Tho Germans now opposite tho
Americans are mostly young troops
and good machine gun fighters
They show increased courage In
hant-to-hAnd combat. hut no Ger.
man yet encountered has proved
the equal ~ the Yankees IN tho
style ~ mitigating that goes with
the bsyonct
our men are exceptionally EQUIP.
ped now. having IN addition 10 their
usual outfi, field glasses and dn grers
taken from German officers and
shock troops
While lying inside the American
lines In Ncslcs wood yesterday. a ser.
Eeant remarked that he needed a
pair OF glasses, Ito walked into the
~Scod and encountered =. German OF.
ficer and three men. He KILLED the
officer. chased the men and returned
with the formers glasses and re-
vciver
Al roads behind the American
lines are thickly dotted with vehicles
carrying units 81 German nmmuui
ton and supplies, Much OF Il IL un.
counted. owing 10 all attention being
conferred on tho advance.
Prisoners Are Young
Some Of the prisoners brought In
last night were extremely young
Several are above the ayerag. intel.
ligenoc All repeat the substance %
ones remark --"Oniy the German rul
srs expect To win We don't care
who governs so long as tho war
ends Food Is 80 scarce and the pea.
pie are sick nd suffering"
\ group u prisoners frnm new
unit said the Germans arc not ~.
tempting 10 erect any permanent De
tense this side ~ the old F.nuc- line.
Alcnr the Ourcq. where 'he Amer,
lean rl-ht wig was in hetisn. II WIS
reported that many Ger uans were
found chained 10 their machine guns
The bo~'ies attempted 10 utilize
and aero circus 90 hamper America n
/ infantry. but our Arches" put up
an effective barraE~. on the other
hand prisoners tell o. the havuc
NFRI~At w Ht*A ~ ifsAN" - "sA @Afftt
/ their troops
Twenty five doughhoys rescued the
civilians 81 sergy who hailed the
Americans az sav,ors when the lat
ter divided their meager pack Of "a.
tons. the first food the French VII
layers had in days.
Life aud Death
! Far In the rear. while on my way
| 70 the front lines. ! saw pretty
/ picture OF Chateau Thierry. Rsfux
ees were sun returning To their
ruined homes. and men. women.
children and babies were eating
doughboys' food from rolling kltch
ems
But In contrast to this picture
| were the hundreds OF graves all
about. with earth roughly hcaped
above and "a helmet atop. The fallen
/ mems names are stencillcd on the
I crosses above the American graves.
Z the Germans are marked only by