Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-26
She Earned Her Success
Americans DriUe
Wedge on Meuse

1he Germans- When the Americans at.
tackes It Thursday they found the enem,
In deep trenches, leading into dogouts
t61t seemed impregnable. and were de.
ae9nded by us and 1865. The whole
wooded hill was one great nest of ma
chine guns.
We hrst attacked the hill Thursday
sfafternoon. and got half way un the
s1to-fcot slope, and helt: on until Friday
{m0rning at O'Clock. when a fresn
regiment Of Germans drove the Amer
leans back down the hill.
ss BStween 8 O'clock yesterday mornine
and in the afternoon the Amer;cans
attacked Ave times, each time being
driven back. At o'clock another attacl,
vas made. and when left the front at
1iisk word had just come in that we
K had two companies on the crest OF the
promontory, which had been cleared
4 of the enemy.
~ Meanwhile hot engagement was in
nroeress at Belleau Wood. north of IyiII
40. where a German counter-attac
7 Arove back our advanced elements After
4 three American attacks We have reached
the further edge Of these woods. which
have been won and lost six times in
the last three days.
Coed Gains Are Made
In the Americans series Of local ar.
tacks against the German positions. espe-
ciaAy good gains were made on the west
rank of the river north Of Bois forest
We have strongly organized heights
north Of Brieules and control the town.
which the Germans continue to shell
z heavily.
West of Aincreville heavy fighting
vas taking place. the Americans netting
Uome minor gains in the morning. There
wes heavy German machine-gun fire
from the heights 10 the north Artillery
on both sides WAS active.
The German artillery fire is weaker
west Of the Meuse. but strong and ac-
\ eUrate east OF the Meuse. where the
enemy bombarded our positions all day
~ far back as Verdun. which was
3 heeviiy shelled for several hours.
Fires were reported at Dun, Clery le
I QRond and other German positions.
t1l19 was not taken to indicate a Ger
1v91o9n retirement.
4 bunch of German prisoners who
sfnh they were Bolsheviki gave an
4 oiabosated description Of how they had
NJ 1qA0red among German divisions. They
eai1 they had been told that men from
the Russian front would not be put in
& the line on the western front. Although
they gave q long account of the results
~ their doctrines and what they had &C
4 anGnplished in the German ranks. littl,
3mpoFtsnce was attached TO what the,
- 70 say.
Tell 81 Aiming Boy scouts
fheae men also repeated the storI
sohont BOY Scouts In German cities hav
- besn supplied with machine guns Z
49, Qse1 against rsvolts. They salt
III Vaaoehs of fourteen and fifteen year
5,,3D(nee hoing trained for. this work. The,
<& - haA tale that some seventy-fiv
n ineniss Of recalcitrants and would-b
63rtars had been formed and put int
<< Inn0orous positions on the front line
III 1g{ainly no soldiers of this type hav
ortlv appeared against the Americans
G1o0oral Liggett's corps. the FRS
G1ean corps has now been opera
oh the battlefront for 100 days. TAX
GARt In the Chateau-Thierry. st
u ana Msuse fighting The corp
1nptured s1%o prisoners. including
- looFs has taken 17s guns, larg'
~ Of machine guns and an i'm
o amount OF booty. including loco
~ tafs and h1g gun ammunition
70 nen have fought against TWEEN
Ak German divisions, including
r1usslsn Guard divisions.
o*Ueethsr turned much colder to-