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YANKEES STOP
new HUN BLOW
Americans Hold All Gains on
hilarne LI.iu.
AvIATORS DO GlO] NOhK
Down German Planes over Dorrnans
Front and lnfiict Heavy Losses on
Enemy Trying to Cross harne.

Front and lnfict Heavy Losses on
Enemy Trying to Cross hIarne.
With the American Array III rance,
July 1S-The American troops, CO.
operating with the French al Il p"-n'
where counter alta ~ We're carried
Out were attacked again by The enc
my. who by reason of the nature OF
the ground was able To make slight
ans at some places, VIII le III o hers
the Americans again pushed their way
back
The lines here have been wavering
back and forth for lwen.y-.our hours
and he result of The entire operation
is indefinite
In the region of NauX. west of Cha
trau Thierry. the Germans are laying
low after the two defeats they had
suffered there in two consecutive
days.
A downpour of rain over the battle
zones, between Chateau Thierry and
Dormans, on the Marine front, has
served 10 SOW up the operations,
but extraordinarily heavy artillery
fire has been in progress on both
sides. East of Rheims the American
troops i'm their sectors are holding all
their positions. In some localities
periods of quiet equaling that proceed
ing the offensive prevail, but there ap-
pear to be signs of further activity
In the neighborhOod of FoSSoy, In
the river bend district, the Americans
further improved their positions Many
Germans between the railroad and the
south bank of the river appear TO
have made good their escape To the
north bank at several points during
the night
Five German airplaneS and one bal
loon were destroyed by American avi-
ators in the fighting over DnrmanS.
on the river Marine
Zenos Miller of Wooster. o..
brought down a balloon and fought off
three Fokker machines. Charles Por-
ter, of New Rochelle. \. Y. knocked
down q German, whose machine fell
1000 feet. Francis SimmondS. of New
York city, brought down two German
machines in the same flight. Arthur
Jones. from HaywardS. Cal. brought
down one airplane. and Ralph O'NeH.
of Nogales, Ariz., destroyed two
scatter.
The American aviatOrS on this front
did great execution. lowering in
great droves over the Marine, they
peppered the German troops crossing
the stream with murderous machine
gun fusilades. American Observable on
balloons also rendered valuable serv
ice sporting" the German long range
gun emplacements and directing til"
fire of the American counter batteries
Examination of prisoners taken In
the latest cOmbats reveals that the
German morale has never been as low
as it is since the new offensive was
crushed in its incipiency. The Prus
sian officers have lost their arrogance
since our hot counter offensive show
ed them what stuff the green" Amer
leans are made Of.
Wounded Yankees Are PIucky.
Paris, July 1S-The spirit of the
American wounded rivals that of the
wounded warriors of ancient Greece.
according to James ]. Bingham. of
Philadelphia. a Young Mems Christian
rs lcation field worker, who was
Gassed while carrying wounded from
The firing line.
Bingham, who is recovering and who
Expects to be back at his post with
n a few days, declares he saw any
number of wounded Americans who
after being brought into the frs
dressing station refused to have their
wounds attended until their comrades
received treatment.
"a typical case" he said, was tha
of young man who had fractured
log and two bullets in his arm. When
il doctor tried to dress his wounds. the
soldier waved him away. Don't both
er with me now. Look after some OF
those other fellows he said. And he
refused absolutely to- have any one
touch him until the others were care
for That is the spirit shown by al
Bingham, who operated little soul
kitchen in dugOut in tn" front In"
Just escaped death short time befCr
he was gasSed He had Just stepp,T'
out of the dugout when German.
shell landed squarely Oh top of j.
,lemolishing everything He wa%
thrown by the force of the explosion
1ut was not injured