New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-14

present the Boche machines outnumber
ours, is carried on more slowly and
under greater stress than would be
necessary were our aerial equipment
larger. Yet it is being carried on none
the less by daring aviators with
sufficient success to keep in close touch
with the German plans and movements
At Bazoches the German air raid on
Friday night interrupted temporarily
the American advance, but Allied
artillery speedily restored the balance,
and yesterday the Americans were
finally securing their gains. Until
further consolidation is done here no
serious attempt to advance is likely to
be attempted.
SO the situation of to-day will prob
ably remain unchanged for a brief
period, but preparations are being
rapidly made to render the German
position untenablc beyond the Nesle
from the heights which the Allies can
shortly command with artillery
GermanS PrCve NandalS
Evidences of the vandalism and wan
ton cruelty of the Germans multiply
in horrifying numbers as one travels
through this area. In every little viii
lage destroyed furniture, pictures,
crockery and farming machinery lie
scattered in mute but eloquent accusa-
ton.
With these proofs of the atrocious
Boche's methods coming freshly to
hand, home folks will understand and
indorse the Get at EN-" spirit of their
fighting sons, one of whom, with both
arms shattered, I heard protesting to
the surgeon in the battalion dressing
station against any easing of the at
tack because of the possible cost
We've got their number and we must
keep right after them" the plucky lad
repeatedly exclaimed. He would not
be comforted until assured that such is
precisely what the Americans intend
doing.
At another casualty station one of
the group man9uvring to capture a
Boche machine gun nest came in with
three holes directly through the centre
of his hand, indicating in this way the
rapidlty of the fire which he had re-
ceived while reaching for his fallen
canteen.
Did the boys get the Boche machine
gunner" I asked him.
"You bet" he replied, turning to-
ward me with a CHEEKY smile. II got
him myself with grenade had in m
right hand. Oh, yes, got him all
right"
American Gunners Accurate
P.tted throughout its length and
breadth with great she'll craters, this
district Atheists he intensity and &C
ouracy Al the american gunhre in the
recent br i'ant advance. have seen
nothing 20 equal its sacrificed surface
Il any region subjected to the same
comparative brief period Of FIRE. The
exhibition argues i'll for the Beche.
The retstablishment Of lines Of com
sunication, the opening of roads and
the building Of bridges across the
Marine. the loss of which created such
difficulties for the Franco American
forces in getting forward supplies and
relaying wounded, has progressed with
amazing speed, and it may be said to
be substantially completed now.
That for the first few days the NUM-
tons, ra.lons and troops going in and
the wounded coming out of this pocket
from which the Germans were retreat
ing, literally destroying everything be-
hind them, had but one narrow pontoon
bridge to pass over suggests the nature
Of the task of transportation, and the
utterly unavoidable delay and hard
ships sustained by the wounded dur
ing this swiftly developed emergency
we're absolutely unavoidable.
Wounded Receive Skilled Aid
The lines are now restored and the
hospital force is adequate, while the
additional fact that this region, from
yesterday, is under the sole. undivided
control of the American First Army
means increased expansion of the roads
and the general facilities Of movement
and the installation of ample provisions
for the wounded receiving the best Of
care, from the battalion dressing sta
tons to the evacuation hospitals, by
the most skilled specialists and sur
ceons Of America, many of the ablest
of whom are here in the service.
Be assured that the Americans are
on the Fismes front to stay. Whether
an attempt will be made to push the
Germans beyond the Chemin des
Danes this season will depend on the
condition in which they arrive there
and at their point of final resistance
on the West front from which they are