The sun., 1918-06-08
AMERICANS GAIN
21-2M MILES MORE
Forces Northwest of Chateau
Thierry Advance on Six
Mile Front.
GERMAN DEAD PILED HIGH
Eneply Amazed at Daring Of
Marines and Many Are Glad
to Surrender.
GERMAN DEAD PILED HIGH
Bv the Aasocidted PreSs.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
PIcARDY. June As the result OF the
two attacks by the Americans against
the enemy northwest Of Chateau Thierry
800 prisoners were captured and the
Americans extended their line after the
second attack over n front OF about six
miles to depth Of nearly two and a
half miles.
While the losses Of the Americans nec-
esearily have been heavy. owing to the
nature OF the fighting, the German dead
il piled three deep in places.
number OF machine guns were
added TO the American booty.
The German prisoners taken by the
Americans, many OF whom were mere
boys. had only been in the line for two
days Some OF them wore the white
bands Of the Prussian Guard.
Each Man Get German"
Private Carl 3. Mills OF Visal!a. Cal.
was in the first wave OF Americans TO
advance in the Veuilly Wood to smoke
out the Germans remaining there He
said that after his unit obtained its OBJ
jective many Of the men went back and
filled the ranks Of their advancing COM
/ rades. All worked like clockwork, he
said, The favorite slogan was Each
man get Gernt don't let German
get you"
Many instances are related OF the
heroism OF the Red Cross workers in
braving shells in No Mans Land and
gathering in or aiding wounded.
The correspondent to-day talked with
a nineteen-year-old German prisoner who
was sitting under a tree eating Ameri-
can bread and drinking French wine
| He was tho object OF the curiosity of a
| crowd. The soldier said he had been
| fighting for year and a half for the
most part In Russia. He carried a pic
ture OF his sweetheart on heavy card
board. which he said had saved his life
from an American bullet.
Thought Troops Were British.
The youth added that in Germany
there was talk OF millions of American
| soldiers, but that nobody believed it
| He did no. know that il was the Amer
| leans opposed to the Germans He
thought the troops were British as they
wore English style helmets. He added
that the German soldiers no longer
hoped to reach Paris. All Of them wcr.
sick OF the war and he was glad he haG
| been made prisoner.
| The Importance OF the operations o
the Americans on the Marne sector ma!
be realized when II is recalled iha
| only the day before the Americans ell
about seven miles. The Americans arr
! now holding the Paris road near IL
| Thiolet for number OF kilometerS.
! Graphic stories OF last nights fight
| ing were related by wounded Aner
cans to-day. They said that AZ Pom
| the Germans crouched behind bould
ers and opened fire when the Americans
were within ten feet OF them on,
man who participated In an encounte
of this kind said,
Some Of us had not slept for -four
nights. but We were not tired. We took
a second lease OF life and sprang al
those Germans and smothered them.
never saw 30 many machine guns Oul
men did not think Of themselves. They
only thought OF getting Fritz
One Man Captures Fifteen.
A corporal captured three German,
and was leading them away wher
twelve others surrendered to him and
Joined the procession.
Madison Girman Of Evansville, Ind
was in Torcy. lie said:
I'VE were not supposed tn go there
but the men were so enthusiastic the,
kept on. They would GO to Rerlin il
their commanders would let them. tn,
only way to stop them is to kill them
The Germans can't make prisoners o.
MS. They tried hard to get some of us
hut We fooled them. We turned tn.
machine guns on them and took then
prisoner"
Floyd Gibbons Of the Chicago Tribun,
VAS watching the battle with a ma jo
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