Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01

battle Il Still IN full tide ana prophecy
may rot be formulated yet.
Manein's operations began With GER
tain subsidiary attacks designed -
bring about q rectihcauon of our line
As soon as this had been effected
artillery Of man. caiihers, including
light and heavy American batteries
started method1cal destructive fre
Tanks Like Forpoises.
German guns retal,ated BIZ flooding
our sector With gas Although attack
ing With masks is decidedly no fun.
the zero hour found French and Amer
leans alike ready fer the tray. Fully
so per cent Of our boys wore their
resrIrators when our drumhre havlnE
lifted, the dehouched from the raul
road enbanknent west of JuNisnT
at s pm, heading eastward Whlr-
PET tanks rarblAd along with them
DIPPING IN and cut Of raTlnes along
porpo1ses-
The ground hereatou's y made Of
shell eraters. ripped up, teld fortihoa,
tons and trIsted nlAshes ~ harhed
wire IN IuvlEnv elements ef the Il,
prussian DIVISION. fresh troops whose
physique and morale wers both ~ the
Highest order. svarnled cn' ~ ne m
oerErnund 1uarrles nth rhlch this
Alsre country ahourds. to meet our
advancing columns
Fighting Of savage Character.
Fighting -as Of the most sa-a y
character. owing TO the redouhtahl= IA
ture Of the terrain. the reils md -''e
enerv's tenacltr Eefor. ronr the flow
of prisoners had set ii an, me A,ner,-
cans ware still p1shinF forward slow
ly but su-eiv toward the ,e'e1l"es as
signed 70 than
German machine guns hidden N the
depths IF caverns and suddenly r-h!sk =
ed rnt- posI-lons vera the worst
things With Hhlth our soldiers had -
contend Here the tanks helped
nightly They "harEeed the machine
gun nests 7s.a bull charges the red
cloth and ohfterated than before the
infantry came ur,
Yankee Takes Tank Gun.
Til. hoches had-a liberal stock Of
entl-tanE rifles with quaint lons bar
rels Private Wesley Barlow ef War
ear, WIS. captured one If these orr
Gus rearnns h. creeping up to RS
operator from behind. while squad
of American lnfantrv was pouring d.
rect FIRE II from the front The tank
Fritz sought 10 annlhllate lodged
about 50 "leverly that IT vas never
hit
The business Of rorplnE M 4 sub
terranean stronghold If the foe was
ticEilsh one Iust when all h7n9s
would think certain cave had been
clesnsed IF occupants hand srenades
or bullets would .ome from that quar-
ter. indicating the presence If some
cverhsIIEArent enemies
Struggles IN Darkness.
Caves are neCer entered until an adj
~acct guard hak thrown hand gre
nades INTO them. hut such Is the depth
and SIZE Of come If them that the
GermanF simply Law low a. one end
and waited until cur hovs follow their
bomb. underground Then baths
royal Ansues EsTonets, Ersnadas and
kn,ves are f3vorIte weapons IN the
struggle, often CARED on N .o.npl=ts
darkness
In places the foe had planted ma
chine guns so as TO sweep long gal
1erles of the caves
No Estimate * ,et possible Of the
number of prisoners taken Thev are
a stalr art lot and Of higher grade
than most Of the Germans We had
encountered recently. Thev we're par
ticul7rl- resertful when theT found
that a large percentage IF the Yankee
contingent that had opposed then,
were German Amer!cans