Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-02
Americans Fought Brilliantly
in Driving Huns From Juvig1y

$ From /uvigny
manding ofncer and his stan intent not
only on Wrestling valued positions from
the enemy. but on saving the maximum
n ans Il. Of pr nis S.n Of u se s
man artillery and machine guns. it was
planned to encircle the objective. An
order was given to the artillery to
cease ring on that region ,o because aus OF
fantry had been asked to take.
The principal nearby support position
for the Germans In Juvigny was the
hill to the north on it were on; lee
American left wing succeeded in worm
ing line between it and the town
and from the other side there had been
jective another lot Of troops who came
into contact with the first attachments
at a point almost directly to the east
Of the objective.
Literally thousands Of German shells
had been blowing the field, but little
interference was afforded to the thin
lines that closed about that place.
Heavy clouds had appeared and just
was effective was that Of the allies,
and that only for the purpose of re-
cording the movements of the troops.
The visibility grew worse and sole
German aviator, who appeared for a
inaccurate report, for shortly after his
momentary appearance there began
falling. to the establishment of the
Americans and doubtless to the de-
tenders of the town, German shells.
Take Place by Assault.
Once the enveloping movement had
been contaminated the little place was
taken by assault. There had been
In the direction where the enemy was
expected, but they. too, succeeded in
spite Of q terrible fire from machine
guns. The plan was for them to ar
rive from the west at the same time
as other troops appeared from the
east and to close in. They did.
From their dugout positions they
had passed through machine-gun
barrage into old trenches that had
been in service since 1914 and through
them into the Courrone woods. Again
they were subjected to grilling fire,
but they kept on until they were at
the edge OF the village and ten min
utes later they took a hand in mop
ping up.
There was not a great amount of
hand-to-hand lighting, however. The
defending force appeared to recog-
nize the futility Of further resistance,
although the Germans had fought
minute.
Remainder Of Line Advances.
Meanwhile, the remainder Of the line
advanced to positions and united with
the French on the left and right. Ger
man dead and wounded and freshly
made she'll holes marked the path OF
the American advance. Little in the
way of stores, however. was left be-
hind by tho Germans. There was one
big gun in the woods. scores of ma
chine guns and quantities of ammuni-
ton, but 1t was evident the German
command had anticipated q repulse
and had removed most Of the supplies
from the endangered zone. A few OF
the same machine guns. with the CAP
tured ammunition, were used on the
Germans today.
The German prisoners who were
killed and MANNED by their own
army's she'll had been taken to the
rear and were being escorted down
into an old quarry, cave that might
house . thousand mon. That particu-
lar cave had been used as q division
headquarters by the Germans.
A shell landed exactly At the en-
trance at the very instant when 1t
was crowded with German prisoners.
who were to be kept there for q few
hours. It was at $50 o'clock this
morning.
Thrown, Mangled, in Piles.
The Germans. who were nothing
more than boys, were thrown into
mangled piles by the explosion. Many
of them on recovering from the shock
actually cursed their own countrymen
for what they regarded as punish
ment. They believed their guns had
fred on them in retaliation for hav-
ing surrendered.
One of the young mon wanted to
New York. He said he understood all
prisoners were being sent to Amer
lea
the extraordinary grit displayed by
the American wounded has aroused
comment in the dressing stations ct
man from Miiwaukee. who was
brought in with fourteen wounds
from shrapnel and machine guns,
anxiously asked when he would be
able to get back into the trenches.
LOST sergeant's Squad Captures.
Thirty prisoners were accounted for
waukee in the capture Of Juvigny. In
command Of fourteen men he had lost
his way beyond the town while the
movement was going on. In
a general way he knew his where
abouts.. but not that Of the outfit to
which he belonged. The sergeant was
entirely out Of contact with his own
forces and believed himself to be with
in the German lines, as. In fact. he
was.
A turn in the road brought the de-
tAchment face to face with two Ger
man officers. captains. who apparently
were as greatly surprised 4s were the
them to halt and they did.
A minute later q marching detaeh-
ment Of thirty Germans appeared who.
prisoner. unhesitatingly surrendered.
The German officers questioned the
and they resisted.
hsa 1sy back 20 Wiz
thirty prisoners. (The two officers
were shot)
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