The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-01
LIES REST
LETTING { GE
Do WORRYING
In Follows Two Weeks Heavy
Fighting.
tR BOYS HOLD GROUND
L,in.t Americans Fourth Prus3ian
Division Fails for First Tins
During War.

Paris. Aug. 1.-The Germans this
orning attacked the French in the
llgnv region southwest OF Rheims,
be attack was repulsed the war Of
&c announced.
with Americans in France, July 81
Americans and French attacked
is afternoon from Seringes TO Cier-
os on the center of the Marne front
straighten the line and dsmolish
I Intanglements. The Germans today
,spd new gas having white fame
md smoke.
The purpose OF this attack is to out
|Aank Meuniere wood and cut OFF the
F,nnt edges of the salient in line be-
yeen Romingny and Cierges.
With the Americans Aisne- Marne
Tront. Aug. 1.--France-Americans on
tbe main battle front have continued
in Strengthening the line. They scored
advances. the Americans pushing be-
yond Sergy to within two kilometres
c Chamery. This progress vas met
with stubborn resistance. Chamery
is where Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt
fell TO his death recently.
Iondon. July 3L--Almost hull las
fallen upon the Marne battlefront fol-
lowing the terrific fighting of the
last Two weeks.
Almost only fighting of any con-
sequence since yesterday aftcrro, n
took p'aCa in the Fere region on The
front held by American troops about
seringss and Sergy.
Here there was hard lighting last
rahl aud this morning, but the Germ
e.. e1oIla failed to disCdse the .ar-
ca II ls.shing.
.s.er in the day opoia1itns a'ang
" eriirs front resolved irto i agel
o. heayy guns.
Wah Tie American Army IN Franc e,
rny 81. It has become apparci n
~. last ,wenty-four hours that The
\ G.rnans Lave determined IL i;fs a
s'nG. for the present at ieds,, en-
| N, tAi.i,nF line of the SrssAr s.
4 Ph.ius srlient. This was indicated
ye,trday. when. following the &c
| iei' oi the Guards by Ainsrl 'ahs
nrth y: tho Ourca OH Suadty, aesh
shdck noops were thrown asalnS'
our p,tn.
IN s.ito Of this opposition We
pmhed ou' lines forward in ;hc b't
t,rest SORT of fighting 10 the. aul }
offs ergy and to the edge OF Nestles
Woods At the latter place Oil
trltpS fornd barbed wire entanG'n
res.S and trenches fresh frs 'h'cl
shewed that the Germa'is NJ nctt
10 make some sort Of = ha.t theie
Tlis arrears to he somewha, of
change in the enemy Ilans, WHEEL
were believed to be 20 fall back OF
the Vesle River.
It is not yet easy to say whether
the determined stand against th'
Americans North of the onrcq IS IN
tended only to DELAY retirement o
TO attempt to fix a permanen1 inc
The next two days will tell.
The change from rearguard wal
fare where the German machln
Gun nests had the attackers ~ dis
advantage. to warfare Of attacks AM
counterattacks has given the Amer
cans a new opportunity u in1lc
heavy losses on the crack Germa
troops. Part Of one American diV
sion has met the 4th Imperial Pru'
sian Guards in the last ;wo day
north of the Ouroq IA thc vicinity G
Sergy There has bccn ihe bite
est sort of lighting by brave me
against brave men. Amrrica1 so
diers who charged these Prusslaf
manning machine guns tell me the
had to shoot them at the guns
make them stop firing.
Last night seven Germans wei
brought in, members OF the 9TH FOO
Guards Regiment, part OF tho 4'
Prussian Guard Division. They ga
that the day before their compm
$50 srong. had been thrown I'M
: the fight. They refused to retro
and the Americans refused to J
treat The seven said they we're q
that were left OF their colapan
Thcy we're captured in handtn-aai
hghtng after their ammuni'l'
was exhausted.
The 5th Guard CreGaGier llnI
4 men, and the 93d Reserve Rel
menl. which also wers part of The !
tsian Guard iNfri'". suffer-
h0ily, too. This ~" foremost
oil ihe Gera ms dlyieiDns mllro u
Ah,re'u bore th reputation
never having failed in its missi'
lls mission this time, according
orders found on German bodies. W
10 drive the Americans back into I
OurcQ They failed for the III
Time during the war.
American are game lighters. al
therefore, somehow or other ha
an admiration for these Prussia
who fought so hard. Totally din
enl from many Germans agail
whom our troops have been thro
IN this drive they did not surren,
when the Americans got close.
fought TO the end the death.
tae whole two days fighting OF {
aNlsion we took only eleven pris
yrs. That tells the bitter story
itself
Instead of fighting their mach