The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-25
AMERICANS Use
LONG RANGE GUNS
Shell Germans in Gorze Area.
German Plane Brought
Down. ~
VARIETY IN FIGHTING
American Doughboys Prove
Dauntless Fighters on
Western Front.
VARIETY IN FIGHTIN
(By Henry G. Wales. }


with the American Army on tho
Lorraine Front. Sept. 2b.--ul a. m.)--
Il. N. S.)-Patrols were active during
the night on the front opposite Metz.
A great artillery duel is in progress.
A German airplane was brought
down today near Nammss by our high
angle guns and the pilot and observer
were both captured, uninjured.
The guns at Fort Graf Haeseler, on
the Moselle river (one Of the outer
defenses of Metz) kept up a harassing
fire with six-inch shells against the
areas in the rear OF the American lines.
The long range American guns re-
piled and shelled the German' In the
Gorze area.
Two Hundred Divisions.
with the American Army In France.
Sept. Al. N. s. by Mail.)-One- half
Of the German army on the western
front has been In contact with Ameri-
cans. And all Of the German soldiers
who have come to grips with the
doughboys know of their own personal
knowledge that the Americans are
dauntless fighters even though they
are green and unframed" as Luden-
dorff described them. And 1t II be-
lieved that the half which has met
the Yankees has told the other half OF
1t Is estimated that more than 100
different German divisions have fought
against American troops since last
January, when Gen. Pershing's men
first took over the sector north of Toul.
according to. this estimate there
were over 200 German divisions or up
ward of 2.40o. 900 German troops on the
western front this year)
Some of the units that wer, pitted
against the Americans were drawn
from the army OF the Bavarian crown
prince in Flanders. The most OF the
Others were from the army Of the Ger
man crown prince. although Americans
were also sent against troops from
the army Of the Grand Duke of Wurt-
temberg. t-tff
The enemy has clashed with the
Americans on the rtcardy front. her,.
tween the Oise and the Aisne sTisUtgs
and on the Marne-Vesle front, on the
Mouse river. on the Woevre plain and
In the Vosges mountains.
Three -fourths of the divisions which
have opposed the Americans from time
to time are first class troops.
Prussian guards and Bavarian
"shock" troops have met the Ameri-
cans and met defeat as well.
A fine example Of American fighting
quality was shown on the Marne when
the Americans. instead Of accepting
the suggestion Of a French general
that they retreat, counter attacked and
hurled the Germans back.
Put EN- Down and Out.
An American soldier of Polish de-
scent led detachment Of Moroccans
in sharp scrap with a dozen bull
necked Prussians during the recent
fighting on the Marne. and the Polish
Moroccan combination put
the kaisers best down and out.
Sergt. Matez Kocak was the Ameri-
can. Kocak's job. as the allies were
In the German Marne salient
one morning. was to put boche machine
gun nests out Of business He did it
well.
One German stronghold was a dug
out from which a steady stream of
gun bullets came. Kocak
from thicket under the fire.
He dropped back. gathered up a num-
ber Of Moroccans who we're advancing
with the Americans and charged tho
1ugout.
No prisoners came back after that
scrap.