Republican farmer., 1918-06-14

calling "Kamerad.'' That settled the German. The sergeant shot him, as he did four others who also had sur rendered but refused to put up their hands.
 The marines advancing in the Bel leau wood region went forward in four waves, in open formation. The men in the first wave were for the most part armed with rifles and bombs, while the rear waves were equipped with automatic rifles, while with them came squads of machine gunners Juggling their coilapsible guns. They crossed the open space and toiled up the slope, bent over by enomes. The trenches the marines passed over were clearly visible from below. but they hardly deserved the name, for they were simply lines of little holes, each big enough to hold man. while barbed wire was lack | ing there. There was some, however, | Iinterlaced among the trees of Bel Ileau wood, but the marines pushed | through it.
 Out in the open field artillery off, cers with glasses were directing the lsupporting fire, while on the roof Of | A nearby farm house a signal man wigwagged with his red and white flag. On all sides the guns were flashing, some of them stationed right out in the field, while others were hidden in the woods. Looking down i into the valley, only a mile away, the
 village of Bussaires could be seen on
 fire.
 AS the correspondent watched the
 scene, the clouds of white shrapnel smoke over the village of Torcy also Ibecame brownish and flames appeared in that town.
 The artillery fire that preceded the
 attack lasted an hour and was of es'
 pecial intensity for five minutes pre- ceding the time when the marines
 went over the top. French and Amer ican batteries both took part in the firing, putting down rolling barrage
 and then shifting to the roads behind
 the German lines.
 It appears that the marines in going
 in forestalled an attack that the Ger
 man had planned. It was to have
 been carried out by the Prussian:
 who had been put into the line fol
 that purpose, and was to take place
 either today or tomorrow. These me1 had relieved the Prussiau Guard d1
 vision which was severely cheWed III in the fighting of the last day or two They, in turn, had relieved the Saxons just after the marines took over tn sector, so the marines are proud of tn fact that they have used up thre German divisions in less than a weel and are still very much alive them
 selves.
 The morale of the men is wonder . full. They are willing to attempt any thing, and are talking with pride 0 the heavy losses they inflicted on :n' Germans in their attack this morn : ing, while all the early reports indi
 cated that the afternoon attack hat been more costly to the enemy. l This later attack was undertaken largely because of the splendid show ling the marines made in the morning ; coupled with the discovery that th morale of the Germans in the opposit } position was low, which made the go l ing easier for the fiery soldiers of tn
 marine corps. The advance was car
 ried out by the same men who attack , ed in the morning and who had had n rest, They asked nothing, however but plenty of ammunition and hardl. ate the food that was brought up q them, so absorbed were they in tn
 task of chasing the Hun as far 9
 possible.
 No one who saw the marines in ae i tion today did not thoroughly agre with the exclamation of their com . mander, himself an army man, whe1 he said:
 'T just wish I had an army corp [ of 'em here."