The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-22


points Of resistance. In this work the
tanks. having finished their Job OF the ,
morning. played a useful part. They
were free to any one who called for
their services -,
The Immediate Objectives.
The objective Of the French was the
Chateau NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road. which
was. according to La Liberte, already,
under French artillery fre north Of Cha.
teau Thierry at II o'clock this morning.
and also the road between Fismes and
Edre. This itself was enough to hasten
the enemy In evacuating Chateau
Thierry. -
The fighting at vierzy was extremely
difficult The village was captured by,
the Americans and then taken from them
and recaptured by the Americans. who
are described by another Temps corre-
spondent on another sector in the fol-
lowing words: rs
But the finest thing in the battle was
the dash OF the Americans You ought
to have seen these great fellows. TUNES
OF. shirt sleeves rolled up to the ell
bows. crossing the river with the water
up to their shoulders, and then fiinginG
themselves at the Boches like so many
will be time to guess what America will
be able to give her allies on the front
from now on until the end Of the war.
THE Germans at sight OF these mag
nlficent strong, young. cheerful troops
fed or surrendered without the first
order of throwing down their arms
They cast them down. unbuttoned their
braces and ran toward our line, hag-
gard, muddy and frightened. I wish all
hn p(
sons in this war could have seen this
epic sight. Hhey would have seen
vengeance at work" 80
1t was at Vierzy that the German
reaction was most felt. yet it was able
to do nothing. All the news that has
hcen received shows the Germans In the
northern line were completely surprised,
Crack Divisions Were Employed.
Among the divisions were some of the
best troops of the German army,
Bavarians and Saxons, and also the fa-
nous Sixth Brandenburg Division, which
took Douaumont which the Emperor =.
celebrated as being "invincible." The
losses OF the Germans were so great dur q.
ing the full offensive that the enemy
was Obliged yesterday evening to throw
in four new divisions and two still suf-
fering from the previous offensives 80
In the early hours of this morning
French troops of Gen. Degoette's army
crossed the Marine again and entered
Chateau Thierry The enemy was
threa tened from the south and west oc
this town and his position also was men,
aced by the Franco-American troops
who advanced from the north. Satur- -
day night the enemy viewed this menace
SO we'll that. being cut Off from the
north by Gen. Mangin's advance, they
determined to withdraw to the north
west.
French troops have continued to mako
progress beyond Chateau Thierry and
early this morning they occupied Etre-
pilly. five kilometres north. This marks
the definite defeat Of the enemy's Of
fensive in this sector.
The collapse of Chateau Thierry de-
prives the Germans Of one OF two pill
lars in their line toward Paris. the
other of which Is Scissors. scissors
itself is now commanded by French
guns To Gen. Demitry belongs the
honor Of having recaptured this town.
According to the news received IN
Paris. the retreat OF the Germans In
this sector of the front was very much
in the nature OF flight They with
drew along the line OF fire on the
Tardenois road and also fell back
along the Chateau -Soissons
road through Ouchy lie Chateau. The
southern portion of the enemy front.
between Chateau Thierry and Scissors.
has been broken up, whereas the
northern portion. still resisting. has
taken the form OF series Of salients
around small villages dotted alongside.
tho road. ~
1t Is clear that the enemy is making
n desperate effort to keep the neck OF
the nippers open in the region OF Mon
tagne de Rheims. where Marfaux ~
being fought for with the utmost obst'-
macy by the Germans and the British.
This ruined village already has changed
hands several times