The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-07
men GO FROM TRAINING |
CAMP ITO BATTLE AND
PUT GERMANS To ROUT.
Recruits Bear Brunt Of Fighting; Marines
Also Win Victory and War Council Says
America Stemmng Tide For the Allies

w up largely newly enlisted only recently
Yesterday gnay defeated the foe the biggest
engagement which the OF Uncle Sam have yet engaged in
Europe.
West Of Vculy Woods which marks the tip of the German
recently driven and where the German invaders closest
to Paris the battle was fought Here the Americans are holding
the guarding road French capital
that the Americans helped break the German offensive making
brilliant charge athe end OF long march Sunday and
throwing the Huns back along bloody path.
HUN ATTACK CRUSHED
aveng this defeat the Germans yesterday massed large
which thrown against the American lines The Smmies
steadily and their machine moved the
hundreds keeping such pite hail of bullets into the
gray ranks that the Germans could longer face it. The attack
crumb then broke and the Germans fell back fleeing confusion
complete victory for the AMERICAN in their first large
engagement and the first honos of the battle fall regiment
had had trench been before under fire
This men which faced the center Of the German advance had
from training camp the battlefield and
composed of fresh from the United States.
MARINES WIN VICTORY
All the honors Of the day did fall to the doughboys how
Along the Marine American marines were engaged Throughout
In the morning the seaoers charged and captured
Of Gle machine wpng the defenders killing
many and others During the afternoon they fought of
German and took prisoners Last night they
psed and wiped large German patrol During the day they
OUTNUMBERED BUT WIN
In the foul only thirty Americans entered
penetrated far back the third line de
There they encountered German patrol Of than M
attacked them with that fairly took the
off its feet The Americans used grenaes rife and pistol
dubbed muskets and fought the off, although
for than twenty minutes incng
heavy falling good with which
under the circumstances regarded extremely light
Accounts of the fighting Of the Americans com
dispatches from France which the American de
eated the Germans three the north Of the Marine where
they assisted materially the checking Of the von
efforts proceed further westward.
General Pershng that credit is the Amer
forces the official French for their brilliant counter
attack" to the OF Chateau Thierry.
Despite long march they had just completed the Americans
the battle within hour they reached the
front They showed similar spirit and equal vao other point
to the north and south of that position.
1t American troops who protected the Marine bridge while
the Allies crossing and fought off the Teuton causing
sanguinay losses them before finally destroying the bridge
they, themselves crossed.
Military chiefs here the the
very the they believe
almost quite stabilized Berlin! longer Claims
advances
Further desperate fighting expected where the Americans
help to bar the way Paris
WARM PRAISE
The council has declared that American
ton will make mpoible for the gain the victory BY
down the Allied before his
hauSted.
Official dispatches from Paris last French
enthusiastic praise of the soldiers Their
fighting and and vao which they displaying The Mati
reported The Americans have thus quickly shown
that they Jealous and full spirited attack steady rocks
defense These robust Young soldiers
become the equals Of the British and French veterans"
Other dispatches Paris quote French army surgeons
saving that they ninety the wounded
will
The department gave the following casualty fist
erday: Thirty action thirteen Wounded three dead
" accidents six OF disease foseven severely wornded
missing.