South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-31
STORM
CHAV|GNY AND
OPEN UP ROAD
Air Observers Say Enemy is
Preparing Retreat Follow
ing Defeat Between ALL
cite and AiSne.
BY HENRY q. WALLS.
international News Service:
WITH THE AMERICAN AR

lnternatio News Service:
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
Oh THE AISNE-N ISLE FRONT.
Aug. 800 Night D-America troops
late today stormed Chavisny. on
The French right and succeeded in
opening up the road through Bois
de Couronne which exposes
.Tuvisny 10 American attack from
three sides.
Air ohserrerS report there il eV-
cry evidence that the enemy IS pre-
parine 20 retreat following his de
feat between the Ailette and the
Aisne. in spite OF the fact that y
fresh Germs divisions were rushed
up 10 oppose the Franco American
forces.
Before the Americans launched
their drive this afternoon there had
been no infantry activity since
Yesterday when the Germans We're
cut 10 pieces in I'VE massed at
tacks The enemy debOuched from
Bois de Couronne with orders 10
aght 70 the death. Five times the
gray waves rolled en- mssse toward
the American positions. Every at
tack was bloodily repulsed by
American artillery. machine gun
ners infantry and tanks
Identify New Divisions
The new German divisions have
been identified directly in front OF
the America unit The Seventh
Pruesian guards already had been
thrown into support the original
nr.fr
Part Of the Prussian reinforce
ments We're concentrated around
Juvigny others We're massed
around Chavigny American pa
trops captured numb Der Of the
former after The nitterest hand TO
hand hghting From Chavigny The
Prussian machine sunners enrIsded
the American positions and swept
them with whitening FIRE until the
American held batteries turned up
on the enemy and smothefed him.
German aJrpianes have been eN-
tremely active over the America
positions. They succeeded in set
Ting TWO observation balloons shre
nut both observers escaped 0y des-
ceuding In para chutes
Praise New Tanks.
American officers and men are
loud in THEN praise of the new
model light tanks with which the
French have been assisting their
operations These tanks helped
the Americans greatly in sweeping
over Won Boehm's elsborstely con-
structed advance trench system he
tween Chsvgny and Jurisny. along
The Juyigny pateau
The Germans tried i'm vain 20
check these tanks with their new
est anti-tsnk rifles powerful gin
which penerra tes thirteen -sixteenths
~ an inch of stesl Al 220 wards
Two Of -hese tanks caught FIRE
during the hzhtine Yesterday ana
The crews we're rescued by 1hs ki
4 clad Americans who We're sdvs ncinE
/ in conjunction with them
/ sprint Across Plateau.
/ In capturing the Chsvigny-Ju
vignv narrow gauge railway line.
( the Americans were forced 10 sprint
across 500 Yards of bare open pls-
( teau. which was raked oy the IRE
Of the enemy After this heroic
dash they occupied small en
bankment only 10 feet from ne
, Germans who were on the other
side
Both the Germans and America rs
hurled hand Erenades over the
en- bankment until me Germs rs
wete driven back oy enAlsdInz ma
chine gun fire.
Gearmsn patrols are active on the
Nesle front In the vicinity -
/ Fismes. several patrols we're dr1N en
back ny the Americans and fWo
were g ptured near BszoucheS