The sun., 1918-09-02

brief moment. evidently rendered an in
accurate report, for soon after his mo-
mentary appearance there began failing,
10 the establishment Of the Americans
and doubtless TO tho defenders of the
town, German shells.
once the enveloping movement had
been consummated the little place was
taken by assault. There had been sent
forward another attacking party In the
direction where the enemy was expected
but they. too succeeded In spite OF q
terrible fire from machine guns The
plan was for them to arrive from the
west at the same time as other troops
appeared from the east and to close m.
They did.
+ From their dugout positions they had
passed through a machine gun barrage
irto cid trenches that had been in SER
vice since 1914 and through them into
the Couroune Wood. Again they were
subjected to a grilling fire but they kept
on until they were at the edge OF the
village and ten minutes later they took
hand In "mopping up
There was not a great amount of
hand to hand fighting. however. The
defending force appeared to recognize
the futility of further resistance, al
though the Germans had fought with
From one quarry cave there were
taken some $50 men who had concen.
trated there when the Americans rushed
into the place II was learned after
ward\ that the Germans had used the
cave as refuge when the fire OF the
Americans became too hot, reappearinp
to man the guns when possible.
Meanwhile the remainder Of the line
advanced to positions and united with
the French on the left and right. Ger
man dead and wounded and freshly
made shell holes marked the path of the
American advance. Little in the way OF
stores, however, was left behind by the
Germans. There was one big gun in the
woods. scores Of machine guns and auan-
titles of ammunition, but Il was evident
the German command had Anticipated a
repulse and had removed most of the
supplies from the endangered zone. A
few of those same machine guns, with
the captured ammunition, were used on
the Germans to-day.
Tragedy mt Quarry Entrance.
The German prisoners who were killed
and MANNED by their own army's shell
had been taken to the rear and were
being escorted down into an old quarry.
a cave that might house a thousand
men, That particular cave had been
used as division headquarters by the
Germans.
shell landed exactly at the entrance
at the very instant when II was crowded
with German prisoners who were to be
kept there for a few hours II was a.
8 80 o'clock this morning. The Ger
mans. who were nothing more than boys.
were thrown into mangled piles by the
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from THE shock actually cursed their own
countrymen for what they regarded as
punishment. They believed their guns
had fired on them in retaliation for hav-
ing surrendered.
One Of the young men wanted to know
how soon he would sail for New York
He said he understood all prisoners were
being sent to America.
The extraordinary grit displayed by
the American wounded has aroused COM
ment in the dressing stations at the ad-
vanced positions. One young man from
Milwaukee. who had fourteen wounds
from shrapnel and machine guns, anx-
iously asked when he would be able to
get back into the trenches.
Another man awaiting treatment for
minor wound was a Captain. At his
side, lying on a stretcher. was a young
ster who before the war was boxer
well known In sporting circles. He had
a. number Of flesh wounds in the thigh
The conversation carried on by the men
waiting to have their injuries treated
were good humored and a grin and a
joke almost invariably accompanied re-
sponses to questions regarding their
wounds
1t Is regarded as rather remarkable
that out of the number OF gas victims
not single death SO far has been re-
corded in the American division from
that cause. even including the action
about Juvigny. There has been gas in
abundance. but the results OF discipline
also have been displayed. The Ameri-
cans are now adept In handling their
gas masks.
Thirty prisoners were accounted for
by Sergeant 8 b. Leschinsky OF Mil
waukee in the capture OF Juvigny by the
Americans. In command of fourteen
men he had lost his way beyond the
town while the encircling movement was
going on. In general way he knew
his wherea bouts. but not that OF the
outfit to which he belonged The SER
geant was entirely out of contact with
his own forces and believed himself to
be within the osrman lines, as In fact
he was.
A turn in the road brought the de-
tachment race to face with two Ger
man officers. Captains, who apparently
were as greatly surprised as were the
sergeant and his men. He ordered them
TO halt and they did
A minute later a marching detach-
ment Of thirty Germans appeared, who,
on seeing the officers had been taken
prisoner, unhesitatingly surrendered.
The German officers questioned the au-
thority of their captor to take them and
they resisted. The sergeant and his own
men made their way back to headquar-
tiers with thirty prisoners. tThe two
officers presumably were shot)
The commanding officer of the French
army to-day sent to the Americans his
personal congratulations on their gal
lantry at Juvigny. which. by order of the
officer cmomandng the American divI-
sion, will be read wherever possible to
the troops, whether in reserve or on the
line.
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