The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-09

and prisoners were inflicted upon Jn at other points held by the American:
 The communique reads in part as fol- lows:
 section An the Vosges we made ing a number of the enemy and taking several prisoners. The day passed quietly at other points occupied by our troops
 Section B-In the Chateau Thierry region between July and the riflo and machine gun duel on the right Of our line continued. Most of the Ger man fire came as before. from hill No. 204, and the Bois Bouresches- Ma chine guns were also in operation against Bouresches. The enemys ar tillery fire was distinctly lighter. on the other hand, the German airplanos appeared in greater numbers and lar ger formations a number of groups of from five to eight planes being cb- served In the enemys rear area the abnormal troop movements which fol- lowed our attack on Vaux seemed to have ceased. The enemy is busily en- gagged creating machine gun empiacc- ments and constructing other works There were evidences pointing to the destruction of still another ammunition dump. American patrols, consisting of an officer Snq 25 men. operating south !, of Torcy. killed one of the enemy and captured two others, all three being found in shell holes. One of our bat l talion scouts penetrated the German lines, located machine gun emplace- ments and returned safely A group ot the enemy on duty at the machine gun positions fled at his approach. Tn the Marne sector held by our 1 troops July and were quiet. The cnery's artillery fire was much less l than ours, which was of a harassing and destructive nature. There was a further decrease in the enemy's aerial activity. The movement of troops in the German rear areas continues about normal From explosions and fire ob- served in his rear areas at points or which we were firing at the time. il l is believed that we struck at leas,
 two ammunition dumps and ignite1 q hre which burned for several hours. Tn Picardy. from July to 1, the i main event was the capture of prison l CTS and machine gun by a party ot our men Our party started in threc groups. supported by a box barrare The Germans opened strong resistance put were overpowered Besides suf , fering heavy losses in killed ant
 wounded they left>three prisoners !r
 our hands. The German artillery { showed only average activity.
 7 Tn the Colmar sector on July 2. ant lf patfoling and raiding activities wer, i very marked on both sides. During tn i night of July to July no less thal TOUT hostile parties of varying strengtI approached our lines. On the right o | the sector two German patrols were driv eh or at o'clock in the morning ant at one point at o'clock in the morn
 ing. One of our men was wounded an, captured. In the same region a raid wa attempted by the enemy at 3 O clock il the morning. party of 40 men, sup l ported by automatic rifle fire ap | preached our line and threw a large mum Der of grenades. None of the grenade l reached our trenches. Our machine gu,
 and automatic rifle fire, and particularl, l the Ranking fire of one of our ma l chine guns, forced the party to withdra N 1 Our artillery co-operated in forcing tn witharawal On the night of July | July no German patrol approached ou lines, but one of his parties, consist ing or about 25 men. was encountere and driven back by one of our patrols On the night of July to July ou patrols were very successful in investi eating the German positions, while German patrol which approached ou trenches and threw grenades was drive off by our rifle and grenade fire. Dur ing these days the German artillery wa exceptionally inactive
 Tn Lorraine between July 3 and Jul IA our own troops furnished most whatever activity there was to repor Our batteries heavily shelied the pos tions of the enemy, while his execute only light and scattered fire in reply On the other hand, the German machin
 gun fire doubled in intensity. Patro ing activity was marked on both side Our own parties secured much valuabl information and returned safely. A hos
 tile patrol which attacked one of ou
 advanced positions at o'clock in tn
 morning was driven off by our rifle an
 grenade fire"
 Section E of General Pershing's con
 munique of July 6, which had been q,
 layed, was made public today by tf
 war department, The communicate
 part is as follows:
 Section B-(Paragraph omitted hei
 due to errors in transm ssion, now bein ] ccrrected.l
 Around Belleau Bonnes, Bois BOnne
 Plaisance, Le Tartre Givry, Epaux, al,
 other centers of activity in the Germa rear areas horsemen. cyclists, pedestrian and all kinds of vehicles circulated cor tinuously in very considerable number During The night fires occurred in the rt
 zion Of Etrepilly and Chateau Bellea
 The fire i'll the latter region is suppose
 to have resulted from the success of ou
 artillery in finding one of the enemy
 Ammunition dumps. Our snipers contir
 ued to pick off the enemy in notab l fashion. "