Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
Fine Work of Yankee
Art;11ery-G er m a N
Bodies IN the Marne.
Our Co1one7s and
Generals Lead At
tacks and Share Hard
ships of Their Mem.
Work of a Famous
American, Regiment.

ucrs TOT the battle, which were MINI
eographed. and the colonel himself
up and concentrate the infantry. The
artillery had moved up in night
marches two days before and estab-
ltshed themselves.
Or, On tho morning of tho 18th things
f %efe Strengthening out and the In
ing in buses. lite Timothy suiii-
van dry dollar picnic on Long Island.s
the colonel described 1t. The roads
were congested and traffic regula-
lions were not good. The. colonel de-
cided on radical step. He called
ordered them>to go out and take pos
session Of the roads In the name of the
United States. =.
An hour later traffic was better and
IN omat ,h gay the congestion n was cleared
system like any we'll Organised Amer
lean railroad. It was merely a case
or American efficiency methods applied
In war emergency. i,
cd al 1ar az part and Of ns The march
point OF attack, marched by night
only. the last night during q heavy
downpour. The colonel Of o famous
regiment req. which had fought at Vera
several American islands and South
american nations. was without guides,
but he got into position at $3.50 on the
morning M m a OF the offensive. He attack
I'm spite Of hell mad high water. W.
advanced the United States nag nine
kl!ometers on this divisional front"
sara tne colonel, and took $500 pris-
9nars the first two days. including a
teries Of 1908, six batteries Of lis and
four 210s-the only 210s taken. The
ammunition found is enormous and at
,east 6o0 machine guns are In tho
D DGo.y' Nv we also captured one grand
our objectiivess on the 18TH. attacked
again and did likewise on the 10th. Our
prlsners 90 not include large number
OF wounded. One man captured his
brother. who Is now willing to Join the
american rs Army and light for freedom"
tanks had proved great success, had
done moro than had been asked or
expected. and he believed the Legion
OF honor would be small reward for
the French captain who Commanded
the tanks on his front. 'N
X X
THE one comic thing about our At
tack" concluded the colonel. was
the meeting with the 2Sth Prussian
Division again. You remember me
Hos lAcm uoWn south When we helped
break up the drive on Paris. We in.
fiicted humorous casualties on them
then. Well. 1t seems they moved north
the same day we did. and sure enough
we ran plumb into them again in
this attack. This time we finished
them. There are several hundred of
their survivors in the pen now"
We went to see them. 1t was all
part of our victory. the entry into
Chateau Thierry. the crossing Of Hill
204, which outflanked Vaux, the coll
oners dugout. the chief of staff's
statement, the visit to the wire en-.
tangled prisoners camp. And as the
offensive progressed, new successes
every day. eliminating in the cer-
tainty that the German movement, her
aided as the greatest offensive In the
history of the world, had been crushed,
came the realization, distinct and un.
mistakable, in the ranks as we'll
as In the command. that q new
spirit had come over the allied
armies, the old will which the Ger.
mans thought dead had burned again.
and a greater flame burst forth. Our
men and the allies are now fortified
In spirit for the still greater blow.
Copyright. 1918. by Edward Marshall.)