The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-03
YANKEES SMASH
IMPOSING ATTACK
BY THE GERMANS
Specially Trained Huns, Sent to
Win Decisive Victory, Suffer
Overwhelming Defeat.
MACHINE GUNS CRUSH ENEMY
Great Counter-AssauIt Is Broken Up
With Heavy Losses to the kaiser's
Troops-Americans Use Their
Bayonets on the Boches.

use
Bayonets on the Boches.
Washington, June 15.-One hundred
and nineteen casualties In the Ameri-
can expedtionary forces were AN
nounced by the war department, divid-
follows; Twenty-nine killed in
action; five died of wounds; six from
disease; three from accident; 40
wounded severely; one wounded de-
gree undetermined and five missing in
action.
Washington, June 1J.-Defeat Of
heavy German attacks on front of
more than u mile and half on the
line Bcllcau-5oureSches with very So
we're losses to the enemy is reported
in General Pershing's latest conf
munique. The attack. which was
made early in the morning. broke down
completely, the cOmmunique states.
leaving the American positions intact.
Capture of % or more prisoners in
Belleau wood. bringing the number
taken 10y the Americans to nearly
1000 also is announced
Troops Specially Trained.
With the Americans Army mt the
Marine, June 15.-Latest information
Obtained from German prisoners. espe-
cially n PrusSian captain, and from
other sources show that the German
attack on tn" Belleau wood and Bour-
esches was IN imposing operation.
Specially rehearsed storm troops
were brought up from one of Fritz
Won Bulow's divisions. They had or
ders to- intlict decisive defeat on
the Americans, as it was recognized
that their morale and confidence were
infinitely rnised by the continued sue
ccsSful progress, which already cuts
the Chateau ry-yillers-C otterets
railway, where the enemy found
strong natural defensive positions.
Carried Six Days Food.
The attackers were bountfully sup
piled with machine guns and flame
projectors. Artillery units from sew
eral adjoining sectors were ordered
to concentrate destructive fire for
several hours upon the American po-
sitions.
The Gesmans carIieu rations for six
days and tremeadous stores of ma
chine gun am ,hinition. The Germans
figured on. taking Belleau wood and
BourescXs by storm and on digging
in uSm the positions were CONSOLE
JSoed. Krupp guns were moved up
to support the infantry, but the at
atck was utterly crushed. the Fran
co-American artillery blasting the
ground beneath the attackers feet,
and the foe suffered the severest cas-
ualtieS.
Meanwhile our machine guns cut the
Teuton "stOsstrupen" 10 pieces.
Yanks 6ayonet Foe.
To the eastward the enemy sue
ceeded Ia debouching from the Bou-
reschcs railway station. penetrating
along the Sunl;en road. hut the Ameri-
can machine gunnerS poured in with
cring fire on them. and then the Amer
lean Infantry d"bOuched from the ruins
~ bbuFcStNNN.
They swept the station clear, bay
onctlng miuy Germans Bodies trans
fixed with cold steel Uttered the road.
bu; not SINGLE American was bay
Onptcd.
The German machine gunncrs
abandoned their weapons and fed. |
Minenwerfcr squads dropped their
mine tiirowcrs and rushed into the |
fields beside the road, where they were
later rounded up
All day long the German batteries |
harassing fire on the |
American positions. The Germans
clearly were eXnsperated by the com
plete failure of the attack.
American Commanders in Charge.
Washington. June 15.-Two complete I
American divisions, under American
are now facing the Ger
mans on the western front, members
IF the house military affairs committee
we're told by war department officials.
The remainder of the American troops
n France are still brigaded with the
French aud English. but officials said
hey hoped soon to have four or five
separate divisions, with complete avia-
ion and artillery c0ntlngents in ac-
ion.