The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-19
r DEMANDED
AMERICANS FOR HELP
His Slaughter of the Huns Aided Greatly by
Valiant Assistance of One Famous Division
From the United States.
BY COREY

ooh what military men consider q
long chance and pulled OFF a great
raid on the enemy trenches. As "A re-
suit OF questioning the prisoners he
took that night d. learned the very
hour OF the attack the next day itf-
teen minutes before the ser
FOR the hop-oNrr ue opened IN the
packed German trenches with All his
guns.
The result was pure slaughter. The
trenches had been Jammed n
pressed with men The attack was to
Ice In hug. force Tor this WAS no
mere diversion thIt was to be at
tempted. hut a true offensive. which.
In German opinion might end the
war Tho German- could neither go
forward nor go ha'k from the reok
Ing holes Ia which they were being
hammered 90 bits.
So perfectly had Gouraud judged
the time for his artillery fire that
one 81 the best German divisions neV-
cr did leave the trench. Il had been
cut - pieces ana its remnants were
relieved. Nevertheless, the German
attack was q gig nj effort The
plan vas carried % as arranged cX-
crpt for the Wrench interference
ou the morning Of july i5 the Ger
mans attacked the French American
positions seven tines. Nin divisions
were hurled against each allied corps
front OF ten 10 .ieN.n kilometres In
length. Three German divisions were
in the trenches along h a front,
three more worked through the first
three and thrc, more came up from
the rear The result wil always be
q classic Tea war
"Ouc German offensive in 1915 last
cd three weeks. commented an oh
server. Another lasted ten days
ana another i've lays. The last Ger
man offensive began ~ az o'clock
la the morning n was definitely
over at ~ O'Clock Of the same morn
INK
Where Nmrricans Fought.
Thcr" was fierce fighting on the two
following days. Or - true. but the
power OF the offensive hnd been brok
en- in thos" trven morning our
The result was largely oue 10 the
excellent information gathered and
acted upon hy Foch hnd Guuraud
on the morning ~ The hig drive the
French "alcrt,I' hy withdrawinE
their troops from the first line. which
was exposed tu the concentrated fire
az the German artillery. The first
and empty liurr were knocked 10 hits,
bu; thr defense Mas made upon IN"
second or intermediate lines,
iictr the pD American division
bore &c. part IL had but five bat
ANFi 80 HHNN ~ wv
engineer m, German attack was
ne less ,"tcrulred against the DIS
than against 900. other part ~ 10" al
He'd line ana was no less CALAMITY
resisted. Al 60 It's artillery was iu
play and tho rriuaindcr of the dlv'
sion wa ln th, second position uI
last line Of dDiuIse
zone platoon was attacked hN 70
lull COMPANY ,I Germans said tho
man who told 'tr STORY Major An.
d"rsun happened To- be Ia command
~ n "a platoon. lie babe his men
hold their tine until ne gave the word
tie did not ,.fu the word until IA"
boch"s were u,Ir enough TO SO" th'il
faces clcarif Then the men Hired.
"NoW ru fu o." he yelled 20 ms
men, and bus u.Itoon vent oyer and
met ia" Germ us right IN the wire.
Nu' "a German ltyed through II, and
not an American was hart They
fought hk" vl.I men. Major And"r-
sons report . viii being quoted
through the army;
"A platoon of . Company attacked
q company of Tho enemy" he wrote,
tn" attack NH- successful. The Ger
mans are Hll I..d."