The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-15

Tho creation ~ this hridg"h"ad was
a very serious mnit"". and though ;h@
troops which could To- brought NJ 4"
meet III" German pr"$Sur" 1T TINS point
w"r" still very Scanty tH' F!"ucn r"t"t-
miu"d upon Il counter attach. They
tried tn rush III" lIit!" post At tn" ran
road station with ravalr; nmd I" get
around Il AZ the same zine with iuihn-
Try on IN" RICH; Flank. hut ;h" cavalry
wa; stuck by maahinc Euu fire.
Americans Hiaster and Destroy Post.
Just after they had :all"n back An
American company al maCh!n" rInnrrS
came up and supported III" atin"h and
mustered the counter In" FROM III" sta
ton. Ii WIS this which permitted th'
French infantry I" work around hE tn"
right and to destroy the advanc" Cor
man post of rather less lhan ON" tn"u-
sand men VINO had. got acr"S" just I've
fore III" counter attack began. Much
the greater part were destroyed. Il c'r-
tain number reached the further hank
hy swimming and a few got away in
Two boats. accounting. perhaps. Tor
thirty Or forty men who safely r"nrh"d
tho further bank. Flu, most IT th"s" at
/ tempting Ia TCcroSS found THAT tn"
means OF conrcyanC" by brIdg" az boat
had broken under iirr aS they did :"
and L number Were Killed III III" open
ground rs they ran for tn" river. About
ono. hundred prisoners aNd six mach.n"
guns remained in the hands -: TIA"
French and Americans At tn" end nt thu
action.
The. whole affair. though on q small
scale. was OF II significant charac;"r. II
proves that III" enemy even 4 slate ~
June intended If possible L. for" tn"
obstacle OF the Marn". 1t proves 'hat
nc had all the material ready for such
an effort and AT III" same tim" that H..
did not know that even Il small fore"
mustered against hun could appear -"
early. On tho significance II IN" com
bincd action Of IN" French ami .Nm"r!-
cans / need not insist
Already. three days before. 'rt -.
on May 81. American troops ht'i ':"itl''
into action on i larg" seal" and helped
t. prevent the main effort /" cross I'll"
Marur which The Germans mad" while
their victorious march from In" north
WAS still III full SW!n=. THIS attempt
was made at Chateau Thirrr% ii*'!!.
where thu cover Of thv town. tn ihrl
that Il good stone brliGr had MOI Yet
been destroyed and thu narrowing -
thn stream at tniS point give IR| ''hIllH
great chances Of success. Nh during
tn. night Of that Friday and an Saiur-
day. Juno /. up Ia tn" "vculnG. Tia"
French Colonial infantry anh tn amer
lean machine Sunn"rS. vii" var" n"r"s-
sarily gravrly inferior III numbers. main
tanned their defence. RHi h'Irr" II VA
dark on Saturday. about :! nrlnCk. Il
great mass al the "n9iuy under "''N"r 81
Il s,nul" screen ana protected by Il very
violent hOnhnrdm,ut reached tn" town
and the briGg" ami began crossing til"
latter.
q. S. Machine Gunncrs Decide Result.
In addition To- tn" americans viii"
wore working on tn, n"rIh bnik If TIA"
! river on tn. uutSkirt~ "t the town Their
was also n larC" fore" "t .Nln.riv!ln ma
chin" plInnrrS on ilI" ulh"rn part
across III" river ami II WIS th"$" whu.
hv SUPPORT uf Ia. French t"lun:;l
troops. decided the result. I'll" French
engines. had At ""lrS". Iuju'! Tin"
bridge. and wh"u Il considerably part al
4. tn. "ncmy'S force had crossed. ami when
:. dense column was actually OH III"
bridge 1t WIS blown uu.
But the small FranCo-.tmcrican fare"
which was containing those great num-