The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-15
u. S. TROOPS KILL
100 GERMANS in
F0UR-DAY FIGHT
Eremy'S Casualties Estimated at
Between 800 and 400 Near
Apremont Forest.
TWO new ATTACKS FAIL
Twelve of the SO Prisoners Captured
by Yankees Northwest Of Toul on
Friday Die of Wounds-Ma-
chine Guns Taken.

With the American Army in France.
April 15.-After another night of ter
rife artillery fire and a bombardment
with gas shells, the Germans continued
their efforts to drive through to the
third line of the American positions
near ApremOnt forest, northwest of
Toul
They made two attacks both of
which failed.
The enemy's casualties in the four
days fighting are estimated at between
300 and 400. =
Yankee Kill 100 Germans. E
Of this number more than 100 were
killed.
Although the enemy wasted fully a
half of his specially trained shock
troop battalion of 800 men. he was
unable to penetrate the American
lines, which remained unchanged.
OF the 36 prisoners taken by Amer
lean troops in the fighting on Friday
northwest of TouI, during which two
German attacks in force were repulsed
with heavy casualties to the enemy,
IL have since died of their wounds.
Capture Machine Guns.
The American troops also captured
two German machine guns, besides
quantity of small arms, grenades and
other war material.
The prisoners taken belonged to the
Twenty-fifth and Sixty-fifth Land
wehr units, the Sixteenth Pioneers and
the Uhlans. The prisoners said they
had had no food for two days, as the
American artillery had prevented their
rations from being brought up to their
position. The captured Germans
quickly devoured the food given them
by our men.
The enemy front lines had been de-
StrOyed by shell fire, and during Fri
days attack the Americans tempo
rarily abandoned their own front line,
allowed the Germans to enter it and
then forced them to engage in hand-to-
hand fighting in the open, in which
fhe American troops greatly eXcelled.
Show Deeds of Bravery.
This attack, which was the longest
and largest scale operation conducted
against the American troops since the
entry of the United States into the
war. has developed many deeds of in
iividual bravery and heroism.
A young lieutenant, whose home is
just outside of Boston, with three en-
listed men, attacked 10 Germans who
had penetrated into one of the Ameri-
can trenches. The lieutenant called
on the Germans to surrender. One Of
them raised his pistol as if to shoot.
but the lieutenant shot him through
the head, upon which the others lifted
their hands high in the air and yelled
''Kamerad." The lieutenant marched
the prisoners into the rear Of our line
and then returned to the front and re-
sumed the command Of his platoon
Berlin Claims Gains.
Berlin, April 15.-German troops, ac-
cording to the official report from
headquarters, made a successful ar
tack against the Americans north of
st. Mihiel. The Germans claim TO
taken prisoners.
Yankees Win on Meuse.
With the American Army in France
April 15.-Preceded by an intense bonn
bardment of high explosives and
poison gas shells, picked troops from
four German companies hurled them
selves against the American positions
on the right bank of the Meuse north
of St Mihiel early Sunday morning
but were completely repulsed after
terrific hand-to-hand fighting.
The Americans captured some pris-
oners.
The German losses already counted
are "a dead and 10 wounded. who were
in the American trenches, and 80 dead
In No Mans Land Several of the
wounded enemy were taken back by
their comrades to the German posi-
tions.
Under Fire All Night.
A concentrated artillery fire on the
American position in the ST. Mihiel
sector began Saturday morning
1t was resumed with increased vigOr
just before midnight and continued In
termittently until nearly daybreak.
The Germans then laid down a bar
rage and leaped over the parapets and
reached the American front line
trenches closely behind the barrage.
At this moment the American in
fantry burst from their shelters, at
tacking the enemy with grenades and
bayonets.
U. S. Men Completely Victorious"
The struggle continued back and
forth for some time but over most