Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-06
IN LONG coMMUNIoUE DEALS WITH YANKEE FIGHTERS AND THEIR DoINGs IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE LINE OF BAT TILE
BORE SELVES NOBLY
EVERYWHERE OUR MEN RE- PULSE EFFORTS OF GERMANS TO PENETRATE LINES OR RE- GAIN TERRITORY CAPTURED FROM THEM
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WASHINGTON. July 5.-General Pershing reported today on American patrol activity in the Chateau Thierry region yesterday and announced that American troops were engaged with the Fourth of July offensive. which re- suited in the capture of Hamel. The announcement follows.
 Section A: In the course of success fu} patTOlling activity in Picardy and in the Chateau Thierry region we cap tured prisoners. In Picardy a ma chine gun was also taken. Hostile planes which approached our lines near Vaux and in the VOsges were driven back by our fire.
 "Our troops co-Operated with the British in their attack made today.
 Section B: Near Cantigny, one Of OUT raiding parties this morning en- countered an enemy raiding party O. seventy ready to start out Twenty five of our men penetrated the en- emy's wire. killing at least twenty Germans. wounding others and cap turing three with machine guns.
 Further details are available con cerning the German counter attack in the vicinity of Bois De La Roche the morning of July 2. The attack broke down completely under our fire. Re- sides inflicting heavy losses our troops took 1A0 prisoners. These were in- cluded in the total of 500 previously reported. For some time after tho counter attack the enemy kept up a continuous harassing fire on our lines and during the day of July 2 inter- mittent fire Os our lines and on points in our rear areas. Our batteries were equally active The German air forcA met considerable opposition from our sirplanes whose activity is increasing. Conflicts occurred of which the re- suits have not been reported.
 In the German rear areas troops were in position around BOnnes Wood and near Givry. Epaux and Picardy farm. During the night of July s to July 4. hostile infantry showed slight activity. directing bursts of machine gun fire on the right of our line and sending out a patrol which attempted to occupy a hOuse north of Vanx- It was driven back. Two of our own men penetrating the German lines in the same region, bringing back two prisoners.
 July 8, there was some machine gun fire and sniping of the right haif of our sector, but such aggressive ness as was shown by the enemy was developed mainly by his air forces American planes showed themselves able to cope with the situation.
 "In Picardy the day extending from neon July 1 was marked by the az grcssiveness Of the enemy's airplanes. The German machines were more act i've in combat than recently. They were fired on by our own planes and antiaircraft batteries. No results are yet reported. The enemy's artil- lery fire was moderate and cOncen- tratod on some Of our positions m the vicinity of Broyes and Villers Tour nelle. Few shells fell on our front lines. His machine gun fire. orisi- nallv from the vicinity of Chateau Jenlis. was directed principally on our lines near Cantigny.
 "In the Mulhouse sector on July l the feature of the day was the attempt of the enemy to raid our trenches att CT artillery preparations. Our advance positions between the DOller river and Balschwiller were bombarded between 8 o'clock in the morning and o'clock in the morning. The bombardment in- volved the use of a large number of shells but our casualties were light The raid was repulsed by our counter barrage Beside the artillery activity
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