Evening star., 1918-06-01
us. TROOPS TURN
HUN GUNSONFOE
Captured Rifles and Ammu-
milton Used to Check At
tacks of Enemy.
QUALITY AMAZES GERMANS
BY JuNIuS n. WOOD.
CableGraW to The Evening Star and
ChtcSxo Daily News. Copyright. 1914.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE FRENCH FRONT. May 80 tde-
layed) German machine
guns. rifles ard ammunition are being
used today by the American soldiers
holding the front beyond Cantigny.
Large quantities of such supplies
were taken and they are being turned
against the enemy in his Successive
attempts to counter attack. The de-
termined efforts of the enemy are
thought 10 have cost him the loss OF
the reserves for an entire division.
The Americans continue to hold the
entire salient captured Tuesday morn
ing. They have also established COM
municdtion support, dug themselves
in and strengthened their position.
Six definite counter attacks were pre-
pared by the enemy. Two did not
pass the formation stage because they
were broken up by artillery fire which
worked havoc at the assembling point.
Four were launched in the last twelve
hours.
Not Survivor Returned.
Only the first wave of one of these,
advancing in four massed lines. reach
ed the new front trenches. The others
were literally wiped out by artillery
barrage. OF those reaching the front
trenches not a single survivor re-
turned.
The attacks were launched at diff
ferent points. A ravine leading to
Boisdeframicourt was the fayorite
route of the attempted advance. One
attack was also launched against the
troops opposite Fontaine Sous Mont
didier
Private David Lessard. a French
brought in eighteen pris-
oners Tuesday and returned to the
fight, though slightly wounded in the
forearm. On entering Cantigny he
discovered two Germans emerging
from a dugout Shooting at them and
throwing a grenade, he put both out
of action. Ten more came out with
their hands over their heads and sur
rendered. He started back with them,
but was obliged to shoot one who OBJ
jected to giving up. He picked up an
ether batch cf ten, including an Of
ficer. before he reached headquarters.
He turned the prisoners over to a
guard and went back for more fight
ing.
Prisoners continued to arrive yes
terday. They were mostly soldiers
hidden in dugouts and overlooked by
the first mopping up parties. The
total prisoners SO far are between $40
and $50.
q. s. Fighting a Surprise.
One of the prisoners. a Prussian,
belonging to a signal. corps. and q
on-commissioned officer speaking
French and English fiuently, says
that Germany realizes that the sub
marine campaign is a failure. but
heartened by the recent advance she
hopes to win the war this summer
before the American aid becomes ef-
fective. He said il was a surprise to
German military men that the Amer
leans were able to fight so well with
out more training.
He added that unless more food
and supplies were secured from Rus
sia than at present this offensive
would also be failure and serious
trouble would be looked for in Ger
many during the coming winter.
The effeminate appearance of one
Of the Prussian officers captured
caused a rumor that he was q Ger
man baroness in disguise and re-
suited in an offer by Capts. Violet
and Alice McAllister of the Los Ange-
les Salvation Army to detail one OF
their number at the front village to
care for woman prisoners. The Ger
man prisoners were indignant at the
story and a surgeon assistant to one
of the commanding officers spoiled
the romantic yarn.