Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-21
Greatest Offensive Yet Un- dertaken by Prussians on American Trenches Beaten Off with Losses
CBy Review Leased wire)


 FRANCE. April 20 CBy the Associated Press s)-Twelve hundred German storm troops. the largest number ever encountered against the American troops for an offensive operation. were hurled against the American positions | on one mile front west of Renneres forest, northwest of Foul today. after a terrific bombardment of gas and high explosive shells. The enemy succeeded in entering the front line trenches and making the village of Seicheprey, but after | furious hand-tO-hand fighting. which | Was stIll going on at nightfan. the American troops recaptured the village | and most of the ground lost in the early fighting
 Capture Prisoners No Americans were taken prisoners ' but three eGrmans were captured. The attacking troops carried rations and ertfenching tools. indicating that ! they intended to occupy the American positions for long period A heavy . haze Cverhung the sector when the attack began. but later there was bril- | liant sunchine. The American artil- ! lerylnen did valiant work. the men on masts.
 The enemy's casualties are believed to have been the heaviest sustained bv them thus far in any operation against American troops. Numbers of German dead are lying in No Mans Land in 1 front of the American trenches. Airplanes. flying at low altitude. at- tempted to disOrganize the American fighting men, but two enemy aviatOrs were brought down and the others driven off. The Germans suffered heavy casualties and the American i lines remained virtually intact. Down Hun Pliers The German sirmen poured machine gunfire into the American troops but { the anti-aireraft batteries came into : play and American airmen took the air. bringing down two of the enemy ! planes and dispersing the others. All | the American airmen returned safely. The correspondent viewed the battle from hill a short distance behind the lines. Trains moved to the front with great regularity and scores of huge shells were seen bursting. throwing up clouds of white smoke in the neigh boring hills. The heavy rumbling was heard all day.
 The American ambulances tore over the shell torn roads and approached tO within a short distance of the front line. Numbers of men in the rear pO- sitions begged their commanders tN be sent up the assist the infantrymen bear the brunt of the attack The 2 men Of all services were eager for an opportunity 10 fight the enemy in the open
 In High Spirits
 The resistance offered by the Amer ican troops was a surpTist tO the en- emy. who expected tO break through with little difficulty.
 COnirasted with the activity of the Americans behind the lines. scores Of old men. women and children were seen peacefully employed in the fields appaI entity unmindful of the furious fighting which is going on less than five miles away, The troops in nearby towns eagerly sought news. expressing confidence in the Americans and hop 4A~ tNl Aut tu1AAtt tt tdht part
 All the Americans moving to the front were in the highest spirits and waved their caps to the cheering viii lagers
 Occupy 20 Miles
 The village of Seicheprey. where the eG~man attack occurred Saturday. Is northwest of Toul and about miles cast Of the forest of ApremOnt where the Americans repulsed masses Of Grnian storm troops recently. The fact that Americanp troops have been on the sector north of TOul has been known. but the fighting at Seicheprey. together with the reports of an engage ment north of St Mihiel. shows that upwards of 20 miles of the line in tha- sectO frs under American colOrs. SeickePrey lies among rolling hills overlooking widening valley which runs off to the northeast. The prob able objective of the German attack there. was to get possession of stra- tagIc road which parallels the battle line for l5 miles