El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-07
GERMANS
FROM VILLAGES
U. S. Marines Use Bayonets
on the Enemy, Take
Two Towns.
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bombs, while the rear waves were
/ equipped with automatic rifles. With
them came squads OF machine gun
ners Juggling their coIlapsible guns.
: They crossed the open space and
toued up the slope bent over like
] gnones- The trenches the marines
{ passed over were clearly visible from
I below, but they hardly deserved the
name, Tor they were simply lines OF
little holes. each big enough TO hold
3 a man. while barbed wire was lack
ing There was some. however. inter
laced among the trees OF Beleau
wood but the marines pushed their
way through it,
Bussuires Village on Fire.
out in the open field artillery Off
GERS with glasses were directing the
supporting fire. while on the roof OF
. nearby farm house a signal man
wigwaEEed with his red and white
flags, On all sides the guns were
flashing. some OF them stationed right
out in the field, while others were
hidden IN the woods. Looking down
into the valley only a mile away. the
village OF Bussaires could be seen on
fire. As the correspondent watched
the scene the clouds OF white shrap-
mel smoke over the village OF Iorcy
also became brownish and flames ap-
peared in that town
The artillery fire that preceded the
attempt lasted an hour and was Of
especial intensity for five minutes
preceding the time when the MARINES
went over the top. French and
American batteries took part in the
firing putting down a rolling barrage
and then shifting 20 the roads behind
the German lines
Marines Forestalled an Attack.
It appears the marines. in going in,
forestalled an attack the Germans had
out by the Prussians who had been
put into the line for that purpose and
was 20 have taken place either yes
terdav or today These men had re-
lieved the Prussian Guard division
which was badly chewed up in the
fighting OF the last day or two
They in turn had relieved the
SaEous. Just after the marines
took over the sector. so the ma
rines are proud Of the fact that
they have used mp three German
divisions in less than n week and
are still very much alive them
selves.
The morale Of the men is wonderful
They are willing 10 attempt anything
and are talking with pride OF the
heavy losses they inflicted upon the
Germans The afternoon attack was
splendid showing the marines made in
the morning, coupled with the discov- I
cry that the morale OF the Germans
in the opposite position was low.
which made the going easier Tor the
fiery soldiers Of the marine corps. I
The advance was carried out by the
same men who attacked in the morn :
ing and who had had no rest They /
asked nothing. however, but plenty of
ammunition and hardly ate the food
that was brought up TO them. so alb I.
CORDED were they IN the task OF chas- I
ing the enemy as far as possible
No one who saw the marines in .
action did not thoroughly agree with I
the exclamation OF rheir commander, /
himself an army man. when he said I
Il Just wish had an army corps Of I
them here"
The marines were hard to hold
They fought like tigers whist
ling eTumlzee Doodle and sing
ing aE they attacked As they
dashed Into action, they were
cheered by their French COM
rades in arms. who also were pre-
pairing to assault The fighting
resolved itself into fnnumerable
small enEugcmenrs in which
whole parties Of Germans were
shot down or bayonefed. OF 10
in one such party IS were killed
and one taken prisoner
The French general commanding
the sector went into ecstasies over
he MAGNIFICENT ardor OF the troops.
Germans Fear the Bay0net-
London. Eng. June The Ger
man troops fed before the bayonets
5f the American marines in the ac-
-fou between Neuiuy and Lorcy 4
Thursday. according TO the CORE