New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
German Guns F ONT West, but
Yanks | akeJuvignyF mEast
completely Outmanocuvre Foe With Encrcling
Attack IRON, Rear and Then Continue Their
Advance Far Beyond Town

done their work. They had slowed up
the attack.
The men, who had jumped their line
forward in a remarkably brief inter-
val Thursday, were forced to accept
the situation and to dig and crawl and
hght their way forward, but neither
they, their company commanders nor
sheir field officers appeared to doubt
the result.
From their hastily dug pits to she'll
holes and to abandoned trenches some
ct them again dug in. Other men
scrambled over the ground, while the
German artillery continued its inef-
fcctive fire.
Strategic Plan Adopted
Two miles to the rear of the fighting
infantry was an American commanding
officer and his staff, intent not only on
wrestling valued positions from the
enemy, but on saving the maximum
numbsr Of his own men. Fully rcaliz-
ing the probable efficacy of the Ger
man artillery and machine guns. it was
planned 20 encircle the objective.
An order was given to the artillery
to cease firing on that region because
OF the advanced positions which the in
fantry had been asked to take.
The principal nearby support posi-
ton for the Germans in Juvigny was
the hill to the north. On it were con-
cealed members of machine guns, but
the American left wing succeeded in
worming a line between it and the
town, and from the other side there
the objective another lot of troops, who
came in contact with the first detach-
ments at a point almost directly to the
east of tho objective
Thousands of German shells had
been .ploughing the field, but little in
reference was afforded to the thin
lines that closed about the place.
Heavy clouds had appeared and just
about nightfall the only aviation that
was effective was that of the Allies,
and that only for the purpose of re-
Germans Shell Town
The visibility grew worse and sole
German aviator, who appeared for q
brief moment, evidently rendered an
inaccurate report. for shortly after his
falling on the town, to the astonish-
ment of the Americans and, doubtless,
of the defenders, German shells.
Once the enveloping movement had
been consummated the little place was
taken by assault There had been sent
forward another attacking party in the
direction where the enemy was ex-
pectcd. and they, too, succeeded, III
spite OF terrible fire from machine
arrive from the west at the same time
as other troops appeared from the east,
and to close in. They did.
One OF the young men taken pris-
oner wanted to know how soon he
would sail for New York He said he
understood all prisoners were being
sent to America.
Wounded Want to Get Back
The extraordinary grit displayed by
the American wounded has aroused
comment in the dressing stations at
the advanced positions. One young
man from Milwaukee who was brought
in with fourteen wounds from shrap-
mel and machine guns anxiously asked
when he would be able to get back into
the trenches.
Another man awaiting treatment for
minor wound was a captain. At his
side. lying on stretchcr, was young
ster who before the war was a boxer
we'll known in sporting circles. He
had number of flesh wounds in the
thigh. The conversation carried on by
the men waiting to have their injuries
treated was good humored. and a grin
and joke almost invariably accompa-
MED respe nses to questions regarding
their wounds.
1t is regarded rather remarkable
that out of the number of gas victims
not a single death so far has been
recorded in the American division from
that cause, even including the action
about Juvigny. There has been gas in
abundance, but the results of disci-
pline also have been displayed. The
Americans are now adopt in handling
their gas masks.