The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-31
Morale Of Men In cantlgny Fight
TOD IN Dispatches That
Shows How They Advanced In
+ Their First Great Engagement
RAIDERS TOLD TO TAKE
y PRISONERS AND RETURN
LuneviRe Sector IS Attacked At
Three Points and Enemy Loses
Heavily - All Reaching Line
Are Killed or Captured T.

w ASSOCIATED Press1---Con-
sohdation of the positions which
the American forces captured at
Cantigny and the repulse of new
attacks are told in the communi
que which was received last even
ing from General Pershing. The
American forces are holding we'll
in that sector of Picardy, he said,
and have strengthened their posi-.
tons materially since theif first
victory at that point. Three at
tempted raides in the Luneville
sector of Lorraine are also told in
these dispatches. All were re
pulsed, several were captured and
many Of the foe were killed.
Twice yesterday the enemy count
cred heavily against the new American
potitioHs in aud about Cantigny and
both times they were repulsed with
Heavy losses, the machine gun and
rife FIRE from the American trenches
quickly, breaking down their attacks
Figh Praise Given =.
kyHigh praise for the American artil
Irry rs we'll as the infantry in their
FIRST really important engagement Is
given in the reports from the Amer
Jean front which tell of their. advance
Ia 4 -. T.,
which they eOmported Themselves
II was FIVE forty-fve O'Clock in tho
morning when the American barrage
opened heavily on the enemy and j.
was az hour later before the attnck
Of the infantry was ordered end the
iran'' went oyer the top. Behind the
,bafrsRe, With tanks leading, they al
vanced. moving forward in perfect or.
der. Meantime the artillery waa doing
magnifeent work and its accuracy. has
been highly commended.
Close Up Fighting
lCantieny was finally reached am
there hand-tO hand fighting occurred.
Iand grenades were hurled like base
balls into the mouth of a tunnel where
were located hundred of the enemy.
Describing the advance an American
officer says that the men moved for
ward laughing and smiling but that
their faces reflected the great Amer
lean determination IN which they felt
they were at last doing their part.
The men fought like veterans wher
the officers leaned forward shouting:
Come on boys!"
WCr derful Morale
,Oflrers agree that the outstanding
feature. was the wonderful morale OF
the men. Their confidence was abso
lutte aud they laughed and ioked about
difg:ng in. While the German macbinA
gums poured bullets against them like
aihail storm, they crossed No Man
Land, They iOkinglv spoke of "eat
ing bOches for breakfast" as they
went
With twelve French tanks support
ing them they entered the German
Lines for full mile.
Three Attacks Fail
S0rdered' to make prisoners at any
cost the enemy attempted to reach
the American lines in the LuRevi!le
sector at three POINTS Yesterday morn
ing, reports received from the Amer
lean front last evening related. The
attacks were preceded by n heavy gas
attack at an early hour in the morn
ipg and were repulsed with e0mpaTa-
lively heavy losses to the enemy and
light cost TO the Americans. Beth
sides fought in gas masks during the
eiItiFe engagement.
Fierce machine gun FIRE from the
American trenches broke down the frs
attack two kilometers west of Pre-
menil.
Behind the heavy enemy barrage
about a kilometer west of this upOih:
fourteen of the enemy managed to
reach the American trenches and hand
10 hand fighting followed. but all of
the fourteen who reached the Amer
i"sn lines were lost. Nine of them
were killed outright, one died of his
N5unds a short time Inter and the
remaining four were captured. This
prisoners said they had orders to re
turn with American prisoners at any
cost.
e Casualties of the main engagement
in Pieardy have not yet been reported
by the war department. The list an
nOuneed yesterday was a small one.
Ii included the names of FIVE killed
in action, five dead of wounds and tea
of disease, seven severely wounded and
two missing.
Claims from Berlin Of the capture
Of American physicians who were serv-
ing with the British are reported in
dispatches from Amsterdam. The claim
said that number of these doctors
Ha1 haAV IN