South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-26
SNEEzE SHELLS
USED BY HUNS
TO STOP yANKS
Machine Guns and Aerial
Bombs Also VainIy Used
in Attempt to Slow
UP Americans.
BY NEWTON c. PARKE.

International News Service
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
AT THE AISNE GO p. M, July
25.-A large number OF German
"sreeze shells" mixed with high eX
plosives were thrown into our ad-
vancing lines northeast Of Chateau
Thierry today but only a few casu-
alties resulted.
The boche also tried to hinder our
forward movement by machine gun
ming and bombing our marching
troops from the sky. Two German
airplanes were employed for ma
chine gun work while another drop
ped bombs but the missiles fell
harmlessly in a wood through which
the troops were passing.
Can't Catch Fleeing Huns.
Our advance on Wednesday was
30 rapid that one American organ
ization. which went forward to align
itself with an attacking unit. march
ed al day, but was unable TO catch
up.
The Americans moved up ahead
of some Of their ration wagons and
the men began 10 complain that If
the first Unit did not stop chasing
the boches and let them catch up
they would starve TO death.
Despite the rapidity of the Ger
man retirement IL must be admitted
that IL was carried out in orderly
fashion The Germans left behind
only small amount OF booty and
few prisoners were captured.
Capture Big HOwitzer.
a l0-inch hOWitZer that was stuck
in the mud was the biggest gun that
the Americans have yet captured
during the war II looked as if the
breech had been removed.
We captured an eight-inch piece
in the sadue vicinity after a direct
hit from our artillery had killed
practically the entire German crew.
The German retreat throughout
yesterday was carried on i'm two
columns. one column leaving ma
chine guns and a few rihemen 70
hold up the American advance,
while the other column would re-
tire as rapidly as possible for a kilo-
metre or so and then the first
column fell back while the second
sent out rifemen TO help cover the
retreat. This continued after noon.
when the Germans made a stand
in the woods across the Fere en-
JaulgOnne road
Find Pair of Baby shoes
Boche machine sunners obeyed
their orders 10 stick 10 the end IN
spection OF their emplacements to-
day furnished evidence OF bloody
fighting In one dugout the corpses
)f four Germans were found. One
Hun had evidently seized rifle
when his machine gun was put out
OF action. He had been killed by
grenade as ne raised the rife 70
his shoulder 10 ire Before him on
the firing platform of the en- place-
ment was nailed a small picture Of
a woman with cha IN her arms
Beside the picture was tiny pair Of
blue baby shoes. II was as il the
German. knowing that death was
inevitable placed these mementoes
Of home life before him for his hnaI
soJace on earth
Oddly enough ! saw another pa
of baby shoes in another German
dusout yesterday on top Of Hill No.
2e@. which was captured by the
French when the Americans took
NauN
Airmen on both sides were verv
active throughout the day our syia-
tors iyinc low over the Germs
lines forced down balloons
Throughout the afternoon the sky
was constantly spotted with burst
inc Shrapnel and shells from op-
n.,ins anti Ircraff batteries