The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-06
PERSHING DETAILS
FIGHTING AT YAUX
Germans Make No Effort With
Infantry to Recover Lost
Ground.
RAIDERS TURN TABLES
Meeting Enemy Force in the
Cantigny Sector They Quick
ly ROut Them.

WASHINGTON, July 5.---Gen. Pershing
to-day on American patrol ac-
tivity in the Chateau Thierry region yes
torday and announced that American
troops were engaged in tho Fourth OF
July offensive, which resulted in the
capture OF Hamcl. His report follows:
Section AIN the course OF successful
patrolllng activity in Picardy and In the
Chateau Thierry region we captured
prisoners. In Plcardy a machine gun
was also taken. Hostile planes which APP
preached our lines near Naux and in the
Vosges were driven back by our fire.
our troops cooperated with the Brit
ish in their attack made to-day"
Section B--Near Cantigny one of our
raiding parties this morning encountered
an enemy raiding party OF seventy ready
10 start out. Twenty-Five OF our men
penetrated the enemy's wire. killing at
lest twenty Germans. wounding others
and capturing three with machine guns
Further details are now available con-
corning the German counter attack in
the vicinity OF Bots de Ia Roche In the
early morning OF July .. The attack
broke down completely under our artil-
lery, rife and machine gun fire. Be
wounded, our troops took 40 prisoners
These were included in the total of 500
previously reported For some time af
ter the counter attack the enemy kept UP
a continuous harassing fire on our front
lines. and during the day OF July in
termttent fire on our front lines and on
points in our rear areas. Our own bat
terIes were equally active.
The German air forces were also ac-
tive, but met considerable opposition
from our airplanes. whose activity is in
creasing. Conflicts occurred OF which
the results have not been reported. In
the German rear areas troops were in
position around Bonnes Wood and near
Givry. Epaux and the Picardy Farm.
Patrol Attack Repulscd.
During the night of July 10 July 4
a hostile infantry showed some slight
activity, directing bursts OF machine gun
fire on the right Of our, line and sending
out patrol which attempted to occupy
a house north OF NauX. The patrol was
easily driven back. At the same time
two Of our men penetrated the German
lines in the same region and brought
back prisoners. Throughout the night
the hostile artillery shelled our front and
rear positions on The right Of our line.
gas American artillery vigorously re-
piled.
During the day OF July there was
some machine gun fire and sniping on
the right half Of our sector. but such
aggressiveness as was shown by the
enemy was developed mainly by his air
forces. Once again, however, the Amer
lean planes showed themselves able to
cope with the situation, driving some OF
the German machines back over their
own lines.
Opera ttons in Picardy.
I'm Picardy the day extending from
noon June 80 to noon July was marked
only by the aggressiveness of the
enemy's airplanes, The German ma
chimes were more active in combat than
has been the case recently. They We're
fred on by our own planes and anti
aircraft batteries No results arc as yet
reported The enemy's artillery fire was
of moderate intensity and was ConCen-
trated only on some of our positions in
the vicinity OF Broyes and Nillers Tour
nellie. Very few shells fell on our front
lines His machine gun fire. originating
mainly from the vicinity of Chateau
Jenlis. was directed principally on our
lines near Cantigny.
"ln the Mulhouse sector on July l the
feature OF tho day was the attempt OF
the enemy TO raid our trenches after
artillery preparations. In connection
with this our advance positions between
the Doller River and Ralschwiller were
heavily bonlba rded between o'clock in
the morning and o'clock in the morn
ing. The bomhardment involved tho
use OF very large number OF shells OF
medium and large calibres. hut our cas-
ualties were exceptionally light, The
raid itself was entirely repulsed by our
counter barrage
Heavy Enemy Smelling.
Resides the artillery activity on both
sides connected with the attempted raid
much Smelling occurred during the day.
The most notable concentration on the
Fart Of the enemy was one placed in the
vicinity of BOILER River shortly after
noon, our own batteries in conjunction
with the French artillery were active
along the whole front,
The German machine guns kept up n
continuous fire from the direction OF
Pont dAspach and Burnhaup lie Haul.
between o'clock in the morning and
o'clock in the evening a number OF Ger
man planes cirCled over our lines and
over the eheinH auNahceo posi'lohs'
some penetrated our n'es' nut were
iorceu DUCK oH a"U-'"CFai' batteries IN
our rear areas
Turing tn' nIH"' tne enemy "nereo
lights including 800 flares and rockets
st various points along the front and
req ana Sc'o" pd'Ipons' CdrI'er pigeons
were seen nNihg from MS front 10 MS
rear POSITIONS our own infantry was