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Are sypicaliy Prussian. Some are un.
usually arrogant
Oh. Dear Me.
When one officer was asked where
~ came from. he came to attention.
pulled himself to his fun height, and
answered defiantiy. Prussia"
There are instances Of n lone
Samaritan picking up several Prus
~nians. A sergeant from Wisconsin
ran upon four empiaccd In shell
hole. All surrendered. The ser.
ooant marched them TO the rear. One
~ ths-n said the German soldiers
me being fairly well fed. the physical
reondition OF boys under II receiving
special attention They are given ex.
ssrA bread rations.
IL was an ideal day for a battle yes
.1erday. 1t WINS clear and cool. but a
ground haze obscured movements in
The early morning. Later the sun
peuetrlted the mist. unfolding n re
smaxkable picture--a vast field OF
moving men and war equipment.
Those plateaus are remarkable for a
~oo0gtAns silhouette view given TO
Moving men, guns and horses. Sharp
dps and rises here and there cause
etbe groups to be thrown into sharp
relief.
The Americans enthusiastically
.peaise the work OF the tanks in clean.
ing UP trenches and machine gun
nests and breaking thru wire entan-
sgIoments.
One tank placed itself across a
short trench. cnfilading and driving
-0ut the boches. The doughboys said
they did not see how the tank was
going to set off. but 1t climbed on
sacross without any trouble.
Bomb Heinies Out
When the Americans encountered
several strings Of caves into which
the boches had burrowed. they used
great numbers Of grenades with tell
ing effect.
Machine guns were found every
where. The wounded say that every
other boche appeared to have ma
chine gun. The wounded are ex-
tremely cheerful They are cared for
I. in dressing stations safely located in
the depths of caves. They said they
! waiting for the attack than during
the fighting.
Many Planes Out
The sky swarmed with aeroplanes
during the day. One boche eluded
the French patrols and shot down
two observation balloons in rapid
succession. As the sausages were
still falling In flames. the boche dart
ed back toward his lines with French
planes in pursuit. But he got away.
The artillery fire slackened In the
rear areas at midday. and concen-
trated on the front lines. but last
night the entire front echoed to the
roaring and pounding OF guns on
both sides. There we're infantry com
bats turnout the day.
In many Instances American pa
~frols penetrated beyond the main
German line and brought prisoners
! In. Organized and Individual expedl-
tons hunted up machine gun nests
and exterminated them.
Tanks encountered stiff going In
some places, but continued to oper-
! ate even when many Of their crews
were wounded.
II IL now permissible TO describe
the arrival OF the Americans in this
part Of the battle front. Turnout
Tuesday, Tuesday night and Wednes.
!. day, American men, guns and wag-
ons wound up roads thru valleys
which connected vast plateaus. They
passed over ground conquered by
the First and Second divisions when
the Americans first fought in the
Soissons region.
Race Into Battle
Late Wednesday. just as the news
OF the repulse OF a German counter
attack came in. I saw an entire
American battery silhouetted against
the dark sky. the men lashing their
horses as they hurried up along the
very peak OF long rise. Meantime,
infantry and machine gunners were
moving along the road and across
the fields. The movement wednes-
day, In conjunction with the French.
was carried out without great initial
resistance.
The Americans advanced their line
slightly across a plateau which was
deeply pitted with shell craters.