The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-08
DRIVE GERMANS
before THEM
u. S. Marines Take Two VIII
lagos on Smile Front.
THEY ARE STILL ATTACKING
Americans Plunge Beyond Detectives
on the Marine and Capture 500 Ger
mans.

Americans Plunge Beyond Detectives
on the Marine and Capture 500 Ger
mans.
With the American Army at the
Marine, June S.-Americ&n u'arineS In
the second drive against HI Germans,
together with the French At lie Marine
captnrpd 200'DriS0n, ~. ma n& total
of $40 for two days anl nearly TWEEN
ty machine guns, some of which We're
turned on the enemy.
Cur marines took the villages of
Torcy and RoureScheS. near Chateau
Thierry, and advanced beyond all the r
detectives. including Il long strip Of
The Paris highway. pushing back tn
Germ"ns 10 Il depth of nearly four
kilcmNt""S (215 mi!"~) along front
~ niHe k'I0meterS Mearly six miles,
without one American being taken
prs ncr.
III" american plan did not include
the taking of Tor. hut the marines
fwept into If and drove out the Ger
mans
The one point where the obiective
H-;.> net -, '."a WIS on the right Cf
he attack ~ he Rolleau wood. The
t5ercest fi"h, n% IS continuing here.
When he IT hines reached the GU
skirts of B"ures"hcs they poured vol,
7eys Of machine @'pfirp into tho enc
my. inilicting terrific c.1Sualties. Ravo-
nets were used frcel- against raay Of
the Germans. who "t+orrot"H ~ mot"
a st"nd in he streets The America"
artillery WIS performing magnffcient-
~ in this operation
On the west the allied line was car
ried to Garages farm south of Can
lclu. west of Veuilly.
The Americans comprise the detach-
mentS on the loft of the advancing
line. After capturing a small wood
shaped Ike the letter s. The Ampri-
cans reached the cemetery at Vn~ilry
and continued to press forwnrd slowly
under Il heavy fire from GpI1-an ma
chine guns. This took place Thurs
day
During the attack he German artil-
lery fire against the allies was feeble.
but the enemy front line was well
studded with machine guns. In the
action in the morning the Americans
and French advanced one kilometer
into the Gemran lines and captured
go prisoners. including ten officers.
Forty-tive minutes after the fighting
started one French regiment ia at
tanned the border of Mares wood and
the edge Of triangular wood 500
yards southea ( of Bussaires. notwith-
standing sharp resistance. This regi-
ment alone took more than 100 pris-
onerS.
In their second attack the marines
reached all their detectives set for the
first hour within that time limit and
pushed beyond them The Germans
were on the run for the time being
and suFrendering right and left to the
Americans
Previous to the beginning of the aft
ternoon attack, which began at five
P. NJ, the roads behind the German
lines were filled with troops. guns and
wagons, but the American artillery
turned on them and created havoc
The marines in their forward sweep
took strong ground on either side of
Belleau wood and cleared out the ra-
vine south of Torcy. which linked the
line with Hill 142. This gave them a
strong and dominating position. Their
total advance was approximately two
miles on three-mile front.
A notable Development was the low
morale of the prisoners, all of whom
are Prussians. They expressed them
selves as tired of the war and glad to
get out of the fighting This was de-
spite the fact. they said that they are
ons, the Wuertemberg troops and 9th
ers may go without.
1t must not be imagined, however.
that they did not put up a fight. for
their officers We're among them urging
them on. but the marines dashed into
them yelling like Indians and plying
bayOnetS and rife One marine who
was taking back a prisoner ran into
two German officers and ten men. He
tackled them singlehanded with his
rifle and bayonet. killed both the Off
GERS and wounded seven of the men.
Another sergeant WIS about to take
q prisoner when the German threw
himself on the ground and discharged
his revolver at the American after
calling him "comElde" That settled
the German, for the sergeant shot him.
as he did four others who also sur
rendered but refused to put up their
hands
The marines advancing in the Bel
leau wood region went forward in four
waves of open formation The men
in the first wave were for the most
part armed with rifles and bombs.
while the rear waves were equipped
with automatic rifles. With them
came squads of machine gunners lug
ging their collapsible guns They
crossed the open space and toiled up
the slope bent over like gnomes. The
trenches the marines passed over were
clearly visible from below, but they
hardly deserved the name, for they
were simply lines of little holes, each
big enough to hold Il man while barbed
wire was lacking. Their" was some
however. interlaced among the trees
of Pelleau wood.