Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-30
AMERICANS DRIVE GERMANS
FROM BANKS OF THE OURCQ

morning. He is wondering yet. he says
how he got through. because snipers
were trying to pick off the Americana
crossing the river Richard Kelly. oil
Tarrytown. said he had the same expert
ence as Brady.
The sentiment Of all these lads Is
simple prayer to get back at the
boche again. Because of the great use
of machine guns by the enemy in rear
guard actions the doughboys declare
that the Germans are fighting the war
with machine-guns and that, except. for
snipers, they have run into no rife fire.
incidentally the Americans have been
successful the last two days with a new
method of meeting machine guns. This
consists of infantry taking along and
scattering field csnnon--7Ss. When a
machine-gun nest Is located. one OF
these Incompatible little guns is fred
at II pointblank. as one would rife.
one shell is more than enough for any
machine-gu nest. One gunner swears
he can shoot German machine-gunners
out of trees with his rs, which is about
a three-inch gun.
L. s. shell Wrecks German Train
What the Germans will do during the
next three days one can only walt and
see He has his best troops In front
of the Americans. but is being driven
back from day to day. After Sundays
advance the American aviators reported
heavy movements northward between
OurcQ and Nesle Rivers 4 train OF Ger.
man troop cars was seen wrecked In
the yards north Of Fere-en-Tardenois
where an American shell had blown II
to wreckage and torn up the track Be.
cause of the mud, much trouble with
/. l. 4, ,s tod
For the first time our troops Sunday
took possession of large stores Of am.
munition Before that the enemy cleaned
terial were also left on the south bank
of the Ourcq
The next natural line of defense 70,
the Germans is the Nesle River line
virtually straight from Scissors tt
Rheims Back Of that is the Aisne line
Certainly the Germans must make 1
stand on one line or the other.
The German communique yesterda,
mentions new positions without givint
any details of being driven back owe
the Ourcq as they were across thu
Marne one week ago. incidental,
Americas war effort is having a greate
effect than the mere military advance
| That its eventual effect upon the popula
| tion Of Germany is feared Is shown by tn
/ fact that, although a large part Of thu
/ line from which he is retreating Is helt
/ by the Americans. our nationality 1
conspicuous by absence of its mention
| in the German communique.
! Tributes to Yankee Shooting
Here is an extract from a letter
| German wrote 10 his parents:
| Il am not yet with my company. as
| cannot get out of this village. as the
| are firing quite heavily-in fact. w
have Americans opposite us. When the
| fire it just halls. and we think ever
| hour our lives are at an end"
Another letter, to girl, reads:
The Americans are shooting wit
! such effect | am never sure of my life
| We all hope the war will be ended 500
! and that we can go back to Baden an
/ stay always in the fatherland. In thi
! vicinity the Americans have been firin
! on us. one cannon after another, so tina
| one can't go out at all"
The letter concludes with this admoni
! tion:
Don't pay any attention to that acto
for I will send you lots of money an
also a beautiful ring / found in France.