The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09
FOE GUNNERS PUT TO
FLIGHT BY U. s. SCOUT.
American Penetrates Enemy
Line Near Vauy and
Scarcs Boches.
ACTIVITY on THE MARINE
Gen. PershinU Tells How L. s.
Troops Inflicted Casual
ties in VOsges.

WASHINGTON. July s--Gcn pcrshings
report for Sunday telling OF the success
tul raid in tho Vosscs. in which Losses in
killed. wounded and prisoners were In
fcted upon the enemy. says the day
raised quietly at other points held by
! Americans. The communique follows:
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN EXPEDITION
hRY FORCES. July Z. l91S.--Section n
| IN the Nosges we maze "A successful raid
killing and wounding a number OF the
enemy and taking several prisoners. The
Gay passed quietly in other points occu-
pied by our troops
Section BIN the Chateau Thierry re-
sion between July and ) the rifle and
machine gun duel on the right of our
line continued. Most Of the German FIRE
came as before, from Hill 204 and the
| Bois Bouresches. Machine guns were
also in operation against Yourselves.
The enemy's artillery fire was dis
tinctly lighter. A much smaller number
of his shells fell on the right OF our ad-
vanced positions than during the preced-
ing days, although this part of our lines
remained the principal objective. It was
also notable that most of the shells were
Of small and medium calibre and that
the proportion of gas shells had dimin-
| ished. On the other hand. the Germa
alrplanes appeared in greater numbers
ana larger formations. number of
groups OF from five 10 eight planes being
| observed.
Abnormal Movements Decrease.
In the enemy's rear areas the abnor-
nal troop movements which followed our
attack on Faux seemed to have de-
creased. The enemy is busily engaged
creating machine gun emplacements and
constructing other works. There was
evidence pointing to the destruction OF
still another ammunition dump. Several
paper balloons containing copies OF the
Gazette des Ardennes fell in our lines
American patrols consisting OF an off,
Ger and twenty-five men operating south
of Torcy killed one of the enemy and
l-captured two others. all three being
| found in shell holes. One of our bat
TALON scouts penetrated the German
lines, located machine gun empiacements
ana returned safely A group OF the
enemy on duty at the machine gun posi-
tons fled at his approach
In the Marine sector held by our troops
July and were quiet. The enemy's
artillery fire was much less than ours
| and was of harassing and destructive,
| nature. Much of the enemy machine
gun and rifle fire was in reply to our fire
There was further decrease In the
eneiny's aerial activity.
The movement OF troops in the Germa n
, area continues abnormal. The flares
and signals behind the German lines
have slightly increased. From explo-
sions and fire observed in his rear areas
at points on which we were firing at
! the time Il Is believed that We struck
at least two ammunition dumps and
ignited fire which burned for several
hours.
Prisoners Captured In Picardy.
In Picardy from July to July 4
the main event was the capture OF
prisoners and machine gun by party
OF our men. From the statements OF
/ prisoners II was learned that the Ger
| mans were told to he on the alert since
the Americans were likely to attempt
some operation on Independence Day
, our party started In three groups. SUP
ported by a box barrage The Germans
| opened strong resistance, but were over
powered. Besides suffering heavy losses
in killed and wounded they left three
| prisoners in our hands
The German artillery showed onlv
average activity. There were concentra-
! tons near Cantigny and Grivesnes. with
attempts by the enemy to place interdic-
i ton fire on our roads around Villers
lOuTnelie ana BroyeS. There were also
attempts at adjustment of the northern
part OF our advance positions There
was no really heavy fire at any point
| Very few German balloons or planes
were in operation In the German rear
areas Are occurred at Mesnil st
Georges and n heavy explosion between
Faverolles and Ftelfay during the night
In the Colmar sector on july . 3 and
, patrolling and raidng activities were
very marked on both sides During the
night of July ! to July . no less than
four hostile parties OF varying strength
approached our line. on the right Of
the sector two German patrols were
driven OFF at o'clock In the morning
and at one point at 3 O'Clock IN the
morning. One Of our men was wounded
and captured.
Enemy Forces Attempt Raid.
In the same region raid was at
| tempted by the enemy at 3 o'clock In the
morning. A party of forty men, sun
ported by automatic rife fire. approached
our wire and threw a large number of
grenades. None OF the grenades reached
our trenches. Our machine gun and
automatic rifle fire. and particularly the
thanking fire OF one of our machine s7ins
forced the party to withdraw. Our artil-
lery cooperated In forcing the with
drawal. Our own patrols operated this
night without incident.
On the night of July TO July no