Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-31

Of the enemy between the Marne and
the Ourcq has been broken, Gen.
Pershing announced in his 'commu
nique tonight, all extract from
which follows:
Section A-Between the Ourcq
and the Marne the enemy's resist
ance has broken down. Our troops,
with thoset of our allies, are in pur-
suit"
Throw Their Best ut "Sammies."
London, July 29.-The Americans
met Germany's finest regiments in
battle south Of Sergy last night,
where the enemy threw in the whole
fourth division Of Prussian Guards
in a desperate counter attack. Ad-
vices reaching London this after
noon show that the Americans stood
like stone wall, brought the Ger
mans to clean stop and inflicted
the heaviest losses upon them.
The dispatches praise the work Of
the Americans highly, but give no
details beyond mentioning the heavy
losses the Prussians suffered, par
ticularly from the American machine
gunners.
The fact that the Germans picked
the Americans as opponents for the
choicest battalions in the German
army indicated that they have learn
ed to respect the men from the Uni
ted States In the fighting Of the last
fortnight.
Tho heaviest lighting Of the last
"a hours occurred in this sector last
night against the French and the
Americans. Sergy, after having
been taken and lost four times, was
in allied hands to-day.
dispatches from American head
quarters to-day showed American
troops engaged In the fighting at
Sergy and announced the throwing
In against them Of two crack divis-
ions of Bavarian Guards as rein
forcements.) ,.
-H Tho American Summary.
New York, July 29.-Notwith-
standing the fact that the Germans
have powerfully strengthened their
battle line running across the Sois-
fresh reserves and have stubbornly
disputed further passage northward
to the entente allied troops, the en-
emy> front has been compelled to
bend back appreciably on all sides
Of the salient, except at the anchor
points resting Immediately on Sois-
sons and Rheims.
South Of Soissons further wedges
have been driven eastward into the
enemy front, down to the Ourcq
riyer,;ss ss eastward. along. the Ourcq
y lner 4 stf have
crossed the stream at various points
and advanced their line we'll to the
| northward, while southwest Of
Rheims the allies have debouched
from the wooded sectors and gained
the plains, Notwithstanding the vio-
lence Of the enemy's counter NANCE
uvers. At some points the Germans
| succeeded somewhat in checking the
forward movement, but nowhere
were they able to bring it to a stand
still.
Retiring Germans Hard Pressed.
The retirement Of the Germans
still remains orderly, but every
where the allied troops--and espe-
, cially the Americans near Fere-en-
TardenOiS-are pressing them hard.
Particularly bitter fighting has
taken place around Fere-en-Tarde-
nois and at Sergy, both of which
towns are now we'll in the hands of
the iFrench and Americans. AT Sergy
the Germans paid the Americans the
compliment Of reinforcing their bat
tie line with two divisions of we'll
trained Bavarian troops, men whose
courage previously has been tested
| when the tide Of battle was going
against the Germans. 1t was an ef-
fort either to destroy the Americans
| or to herd them back across the
Ourcq. The effort resulted in fail
| ure.
The battle line shifted back and
forth and Sergy changed hand:; four
| times, but the Americans proved to
| be the masters of the picked enemy
| troops and finally drove them out
| and retained the village. Heavy
| casualties we're inflicted on the Ger-
| mans.
The lighting in Fere-en-T Tardenois
also was Of sanguinary character,
the opposing forces lighting in close
| contact through the streets Of the
town, but with the Germans being
gradually driven back under the ma
chine gun and rife fire Of the
French and Americans or left welt
ering in their blood from contact
! with the cold steel Of the allied bay
onets.
Threaten to Flank Soissons.
Immediately south Of scissors on
the western edge OF the salient the
Germans strove heroirally to hold
back their enemies, in order to pre-
vent tho further fanking Of Soissons
and the possible cutting off Of large
forces OF their men fighting along
the Ourcq south Of Oulchy le Cha"
teau. Scottish troops, however, cap
tured positions in the outskirts Of
BuZancy, just to the west Of the