The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-06-27

MOntdidier, adds the statement, In.
ilicting losses and taking prisoners.
With the American Army in France,
June 26-American troops on the
Marne front again attacked the Ger
mans last night in the Belleau Wood
sector. The Americans made an ir-
resistible rush for the complete clear
ing of the wood, in which 1t was dis
covered yesterday the Germans were
still occupying small strip of the
underbrush.
The Americans are now in possess
sion of virtually all the valuable tao
tical positions in the Belleau Wood
sector. Most of the prisoners taken
belong to the 347th German division.
On Sunday the Germans placed the
crack 2O1st division opposite por-
tion of the American line. Despite this
the Americans went through in steam
roller fashion.
In an attacksupon the German lines
on the Marne front last night the
American troops extended their line
northwest of Belleau Wood. Up to 10
o'clock this morning PIG prisoners
had been counted, together with a
number of machine guns and other
booty. Additional prisoners are COM
ing in.
The new sector held by American
troops in Alsace, is in the region
northwest of Gelbweiler This sec
tor is not far from the famous Hart
manswiler-Kopf, the scene of so much
fighting in the past.
The Americans are now holding a
considerable front in three different
sectors in Alsace.
German prisoners captured by the
Americans on storming the Belleau
Wood section last night now number
$50, including seven officers One of
the officers said the German COM
manders have been telling the SOL
diers that the Germans have landed
an army in America, captured New
York and are now marching towards
Philadelphia. The Germans are also
told that submarines have sunk be-
tween forty and fifty ships in Long
Island Sound
The Importance of the American ad-
vance in Belleau Wood is not indi-
Gated by the amount of territory cap
tured, as that only amounts approx
mately to five hundred square yards
The new positions of the Americans
however. dominate the ridge beyond
so that they now hold the upper hand
Another German officer arrogant
and sarcastic, remarked: "We are
just starting with the Americans. We
are going to wipe out whole divisions
as if they we're companies"
The German privates were less ar
rogant, and apparently we're glad
they were captured. One declared that
the Germans were surprised at the
Americans, who appeared so young,
fought like devils when they got
started. Another declared:
This war will soon be ended
There are too many Americans COM
ing to Europe"
This prisoner was a Prussian who
fought on the Russian front. He con-
fessed that the Germans we're pre-
pairing to attack the Americans in
Belleau Wood, when the American
troops started their attack. 1t was q
surprise affair. The Americans came
one way and the German officers tried
to force their men forward the other
way. The prisoner was shot in the
leg by'his own officer because he hesi.
tated confusedly between the Amer.
leans guns and bayonets and the pis.
tolls In the hands OF the German Of
| icers.
One OF the American wounded re-
marked TO the correspondent: II go1
bumped pretty badly. but guess 4
was worth while. II we had a mil
lion more like our outfit over here WI
would go to Berlin"
Some Idea OF the thorouRhness will
which the Americans prepared for IN,
attack may be CLEANED from the fac
that they fred approximately hv'
thousand high explosives shells Il
one hour. The American gunner
worked 20 fast. the Germans said the,
dId not have time 20 think The Ger
man lines were torn up and th'
ground around strevn With German
dead and wounded. Two members o.
the German hospital coFps we're cap
furod.
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