Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-02
Germans Caught Mapping.

completely to encircle them. German
machine guns and trench mortars all
to sns
Of "a arc drawn about their rear. -,
sa to
The German dead have not been
counted. The number is big.
Two days ago American patrols were
You'd it. The retention Of the town
was assumed, but the Germans were
not exhausted and their determination
to contest the advance of the new
tho repetition Of the experience of GER
tain American divisions north OF the
River Marine when town after town
mans were definitely pushed back.
Thursday night, when an American
detachment escorted by tanks en-
tered Juvigny. the German line once
west Of the town. There tremen-
dous struggle began. the Germans
employing every faculty to hold their
positions. not only In front of the
Americans. but in front of the French.
Americans Told to Harass.
On; Friday the Americans were in
structed to pound the German lines
and to harass them in every manner
while the French were bringing UP
forces on the tanks, but not to make
any effort to advance.
The French advanced rapidly, how
ever. and late in the day the Ameri-
tack. Again German resistance OF
great intensity was encountered.
Fer . time It appeared as though the
Germans were not content merely TO
resist. 1t was learned they were con-
centrating a force in Juvigny and the
Americans prepared to resist eoun-
ter attack. The artillery was in
structed to concentrate its FIRE on
Juvigny and positions nearby and for
an hour in the afternoon American
and French guns hurled tons Of ex-
plosives and shrapnel into the little
town, already hardly moro than
mass Of ruins clinging to one side OF
. deep ravine.
the French and Americans were con-
fdent Of It's occupation and they did
not desire to prepare for themselves
pools Of invisible deadly gas.
Americans More Forward.
About 4 o'clock part of the Ameri-
can line moved forward. Juvigny was
believed to have boon cleared. At least
fous companies Of Germans had been
An aviator who hew over the POSI-
ton and who was the hfst airman
who was not nrsd upon while en-
gaged in reconnaissance operations
reported that he had seen no signs
Of the enemy.
The enemy. however. was there and
at other positions as we'll The ruins
Of villages and the hill to the north
proved to be big nests Of machine
guns with supporting machine guns
In the positions nearby.
Tho Americans now settled down to
. hsart-breakins struggle. The men
dug In, advancing one line After an
other. The soldiers were strung out
in open order, Offering as slight .
mark as possible. but the machine
guns had done their work. They had
slowed up the attack.
The men who had jumped their limo
forward in q remarkably brief inter-
val Thursday were forced to accept
the situation and to dig and crawl
and Tight their way forward: but
neither they. their company nor Held
leaders appeared to doubt the result.
From their hastily dug pits to she'll
holes and to abandoned trenches some
of them again dug In. Other men
scrambled over the ground while the
German artillery continued It's inefleo-
tive IRE.
Plan to Encirolo.
Two miles to the rear Of the dght-
3nG infantry was an American com.