The Washington herald., 1918-07-01
NERVOUS HUNS
BUSY BEFORE
U. S. LINES
P Pershing's Communique
Shows Enemy's Whole
some Fear Of Americans.
ENEMY, SCARED DIGS
NEW LINES OF TRENCH
IBoche So Fearful of Attack
That He Riddles One Of
Own Patrols.
ACTIVE WEEK OF q. 5. RAIDS
BRINGS IN MANY CAPTIvES
Thirty-six Prisoners Taken Saturday
on Picsrdy Battle Front by
Fighting Americans.
ACTIVE WEEK OF q. s. RAIDS
BRINGS IN MANY CAPTIVES

SATURDAY, MADE PUBIC mere yes
terday, gives an interesting
resume of the battle conditions on
the American fronts during the
latter days of the past week. The
report Is highly significant, since
it gives official confirmation to
the growing belief among military
observers that the German leaders
have a wholesome respect for the
American fighting men and are
sparing no pains to be prepared
against thrusts at any hour of the
day or night.
Huns Evidently Scared"
American scouts report that all
along the enemy lines facing those
heldb by Pershing's men the Ger
mans are working feverishly in
the construction of new trenches
and the emplacement of new
barbed wire systems. Their SEN
tries are unusually alert, a strong
indication of the growing fear
which the Americans have en-
planted in the mind of the enemy.
A typical example of the nervous
state into which the activities of
the Americans have forced the
Kaiser's soldiers is the statement
that evidence points to the shoot
ing down by the Germans OF one
of their own patrols, which was
mistaken for an American force.
The untiring efforts of the
Americans to clean out Belleau
Wood has proved a powerful les
son to the enemy, who give con-
slant indication that their Off
GERS are utterly at a loss to pre-
dict where the Americans may
swoop down next
Text Of CommunIsue.
The communiQue follows:
Headquarters. American Expedi-
tionary Forces. June 2s.-"Section
A-Raiding and patrolling have
been marked at several points.
In Picardy this morning a small de-
tachment Of our troops captured thir-
ty-six prisoners, of whom one was an
officer. and inflicted severe losses on
the enemy. Our casualties were very
small. In the Chateau Thierry region
strong hostile patrol was driven
back and suffered severely in a patrol
encounter. A raiding party which at
tempted to reach our lines In the
Vosges was repuised by rifle fire.
Section BIN the Chateau Thierry
region the day Of June 26 to June q.
noon to noon. was marked by the op-
erations Of our troops south of Torcy,
where our line was advanced for one
third Of mile and our positions i'm
proved with little opposition. Besides
this. our infantry was active in con-
tinuous patrolling and our artillery In
delivering harassing and destructive
fire. The German artillery shelled
our positions In front and rear with
considerable vigor. The Belleau,
Clerembauts and Marette woods along
our front lines. as well as positions in
the rear extending back several kilo-
meters and covering most Of the sec
tor. received harassing and destruc-
tive fire during most of the time COW
cred by this report The hostile bat
teries were observed to be especially
active from the vicinity Of Torcy,
Givry and Petret, at all of which
points they are able to find cover In
patches Of woods. The German ma
chine gun fire was directed as for
meriy on the Belleau Wood and Hill
2OL II originated mainly in the vi
cinity Of the La Roche Wood, and the
outskirts Of Torcy. The German air
forces were extremely active but per-
formed only reconnaissance work. In
the enemy's rear areas movements
were mainly confined to small groups,
although detachments numbering up
to about 100 men were more than once
observed There was also consider
able traffic Of wagons and trucks.
Foe RiddIes own Patrol
'.The enemy continues to con-
struct works In and near the woods
around Bourseches. In the early
morning q large German patrol was
seen near vaux moving northeast
On being challenged by our listen
ing posts II disappeared. From the
firing and cries which were heard
shortly after. Il Is believed that the
patrol was fred upon by its own
machine guns.
Along the Marne from the early
evening of June IS to the early eve-
ming of June ~. there were no no.
table developments. except further
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