Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-26
AMERICANS RUSH
HUNS OUT OF WOOD
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American fire. They were happy to
gei out alive.
The raid Monday morning in
which two companies of French and
American troops near Badonviller
lost prisoners was made by an entire
battalion of German troops. The
enemy advanced in two columns af-
ter the way had been prepared by
heavy oomnardment with gas shells.
The official statement issued Tues
day in Berlin said: The number of
American and French prisoners
brought IN yesterday morning east
of Badonviller has increased to more
| than fifty"
Washington, June 26.-Belated re-
ports giving for the first time a de-
| scriptive story of what the American
/ troops have been doing northwest of
I Chateau Thierry since June 20. are
contained in General Pershins's 5
| communique for yesterday. received
/ o-day at the War Department. The
! communiQue reads:
Section B-For our troops in the
/ Chateau-Thierry region the "a hours
/ from noon June 20 TO noon. June 21.
were quiet as compared with the
many days of great activity which
4 they have recently experienced. The
/ German artillery continued to shell
/ both our front lines and rear areas,
/ distributing its fire rather impartial
/ ly over the sector. The Cleremhauth
/ and Marette woods, Lucy lie Bocage,
/ Triangle farm, Lethiolet and Boure-
I shes all received their share. So did
I the Paris road on our other principal
/ lines of communication, but the
/ number of shells used was moderate
I for this locality and most of them
/ were of small or medium caliber.
The fire was of various sorts,
/ some of the harassing sort directed
against our billets in rear areas at
! intervals during the day and night
and some for the obvious purpose OF
Z cutting our communication. AS usual
some of the lower and wooded areas
were sheiled with gas, but high eX-
> plosiVes and shrapnel were frequent.
| The German machine guns were
| tiv eagainst our lines. especially in
/ the vicinity of Bouresches, and
snipers were active near the edges
of the Bois De Belleau and around
/ the Bouresches railroad station"
The enemy made one of his GUS
I tomary attempts to ambush an
American patrol in the vicinity OF
Tafournay farm. but his ambush
/ party was caught and dispersed by
I our fire. German airplanes were
active along our front, paying par
| ticular attention to the right half.
/ In the rear of the German line
small groups were seen in constant
motion passing along the roads be-
Z tween the various farm towns and
/ woods. A considerable number OF
them appeared to be carrying
+ stretchers. Wagons. automobiles
and military caissons also were in
constant bovement but in not
/ more than customary numbers.
Troops Bear Burden
Our own troops bore their full
share of the days activities. advanc-
I ing and improving their positions
and returning the enenly's intentions
| in the matter of artillery fire. Af-
| ter burst of fire on a cluster of
woods. a number of the enemy were
seen running away in all directions.
/ All of our units sent out patrols
which effectively reconnoitered the
/ hostile positions.
I'm the Chateau Thierry region the
day of June 2r to June % produced
no marked developments. In the alb
sence OF infantry actions artillery
prayed the leading part. The German
( artillery was active in the same man
ner as on the preceding days and TO
a somewhat greater extent. German
| airplares were also present in some
/ what greater numbers.
Patrols Constantly Active
In the rear the same small groups
/ were again seen and once again our
artillery fire had marked effect. driv-
I ing back into the woods near Lucy
J farm a group of men who had at
( tempted to emerge. The German in
( fautry seemed to give most of it's at
] tention to the Belleau woods and to
/ checking our patrols. One of our
1 parties southwest of Waux encoun-
( tered lively rifle and machine gun fire
/ and from the same point there was
/ considerable sniping on our lines.
4 Bouresches and the Belleau woods
again received special attention from
/ the German machine gun detach-
ments Gsrman snipers retained their
/ positions of the day before. Our
| troops. as usual. returned what they
received both in artillery fire and
sniping, while our patrols were con-
I ffpfa1lr acffve"