The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07


again.
The 6oches chung to the railway
station at Bouresches for several
hours. Finally the American rush
could not be denied and our boys
swept into the village, fighting their
way through the streets, stormins tns
station and winning control OF the ran
way.
PUSH HUNS OFF HILL.
Thy Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS ON TIE
! MARINE, June The Americans
who swept the Germans back TWO
miles on a five mile front nortnWSN.
| of chateau-Thierry yesterday ana last
night were holding their gains TINS
morning in the face of determined Ger
man counter attacks.
With the aid of French infantry,
/ the American marines and machine
qunners were consolidating their po-
] sitions all alono the new front
In the region Of Lucy lie Coea9e
| five miles west Of Chzteau-Thierry1
an American position was being badly
hsrrasssd by a German machine gun.
An American patrol ieaped from the
! lines, attacked the enemy pos'uoh,
killed the entire crew and captured
(, the gun.
part of the advance yesterday was
made across wheat field. the marines
alternately dropping in the wnea.
then raising up and half crawling, naif
WALKING into the face of the fierce ma
chine gun fire
The advance greatly improved the
marines positions, openirts the way
through a wood on hill which had
given the enemy the Dominating fos
ton. Now the Germans are pusneo
completely off the hiii. The marines
took up positions on the farther sioe'
having full sweep witt, their machine
guns across an open field.
Most of the prisoners who were
Prussians, said they thought the Sas-
isf1 were opposite them Tney Sio
they were TO have attacked again 9.
oay. They had not had any rations
for five days. Other German prison.
ers said the Prussians get what Ut
tie food there was.
The general morale of the Germans
in this region is the lowest. Prison
ers said that three divisions $4,000
n,en) had been used Up trying 70 rush
back the marines They Included the
Jaecers, VINO are crack rifle EsfeE-
one company of marines. which was
thanked during the advance, was en-
tireIy surrounded. After fighting tnear
way to an advanced position. Sasy had
to faht their way cut again taey
poured machine gun and rifle fire INTO
the Boehes, ripping through them 70
the main body Of Americans
One entire Germany company was
dressed in French uniforms, n an ef-
fort to deceive tire marines The latter
could not ffcuer hcs~ tire French could
be in front CT them and fired into the
masauerade-s. Tire Germans forgot
their car,eufEsse ard quickly cried
"karead.-
french sellers hostins position
overlooking tire fight r>ooreS terrible
execution by t-e MARINES H4csftne
guns as well as by artillery fire the
Boche dead we-. Trick 81 the aesc
The latest count shows ten machine
ouns captured. bit t-erc are uncouhc-
eddy more Two Of these were taken
in deliberate daylight raids twenty
I'VE hundred rounds Of ammunition
were captured.
Charles Gins5erq- formerly a news
bow AZ the corner Of fish street and
Le.fnoton avenue New York marched
into headquarters with his bsyonet
fixed on Eocre prisoner ~'7o was
WALKING ahead OF him GisS<rg said
il was "a tough, hot fight but that he
was anxious to get rid Of his prisoner
and get back into -
4 rcsrfraI corps man from WHINING
! ton. Del. vino dresses several WOUND
ed men under fire said c-ey were
/ the earnest punches ever.
He toId Of Corporal ks7Ser- VINO
was caught in the EocHe lines Tues
/ day and played dead, then took Gay
I and rTort 70 crawl back into the
American lines. The battling around
I chateauThie--y consists aIrost en-
tireIy Of machine gun ogehrs. the
( Americans getting far Tire best ct e.
| The marines say they Has Hst
every third Soche has machine gun
and from the fire they believe IL ST
( IL doesn't stop them
! Fighting IS row over g-o---o r1srsed
by the graves Of the FRENCH soldiers
who fell IN the first battle Of ire
Harne. Il is the fz-ch-st thing from
what you would expect 5s-i.fesd
to look like.
stood today waist deep IN tire
green Grain besi5. light battery
which was hurting into tire eounte-
attaching 5ocFes- Tiny tEesi'ss
were swimming in a pond near ~, al
ready accustomed % TIE strsnS.
sounds which they frs. isz-neo IN the
last few days.
A marine courier were rose
= piuoked from wall NEARBY. iast Re
: .yond, the historic Marine lay ike
blue ribbon shot from oolt - rTn1
at will in the midst CT the gree. car