Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
GIVEN OF hCTION
AMERICANS NJ CHA fEAI TbiEI~
pN uOHI THAf MATCH
FOR GERMAN hOOfs.


WASHINGTON. ID Further
ias rIptl0n of the fgIing along the
American lines near hateau Their
I ~. on the Marine. ia IN ricardy b
sl.rr boz the second tsction OF Gen.
pefstings commune Pc Tor Wed
ursday HhICh adds
cot The numerous trisoners iaker
10 and around Eauf july TT ia
July PM one gave especially In.
ierc.ilng Information regarding the
German counter attack. The main
points OF his story fere az folio0s.
Al $50 % clorkl on the after
noon Of July 1T. his battalion while
drilling Boo rear aria, suddenly re-
eeiscd the order 20 iall la Nith
marching equipment AZ o'clock
they left camp and proceeded by the
Chateau Ihierry-iaris road and
other minor roads through Vince
Jess to u point ahou 700 yards from
Vaut There they lay IN readiness
for the counter attack which was
scheduled no take place az 3 l5
O'Clock So heavy was the artil-
lcr fire ou both sides. however
fhat b. Was impossible for them 10
advance until 3.i5 O'Clock
Counter Attack.
The counter attack vas perform
Hd uy groups OF eight men deploy
"d boo krmish lin, and Immediately
followed ly other groups of which
each carried two lght machin,
guns After several attempts 10 go
forward they were stopped by our
machine gun fire Their platoon
leader asked for endorsements be
fore attempting ~ go forward but
endorsements were refused and o.
continuation OF the attach ordered
$40 next sent word that his platoon
aas receiving thanking fire from
tNo machine guns and could make
mo- progress Once again he was
ordered to attack under an circum-
stances bur his men refused 10 obey
Another platoon came up. doployinr
on tho lof Of the first. bat this too
Vas d"0imated by our fire Finally
the men received orders to save
themselves as best they could They
took refuge in cellar where 80 or
$50 of them surrendered shortly De-.
fore o. o'clock.
htillcry Not ~ Nctiyc.
'On the day OF june 90 10 20
he German artillery along the
Marine did not maintain The activity
hown on the day previous Tn,
fire which vas mainly from guns o'
small raliber. was distributed
Utmost impartially along the sector
\ few gas shll were noted this
being the first occasion that gas ha.
appeared In N sector for som,
.me Germa airplanes again
huWod moderN activity Behind
Me- German lines Isolated and indi
dual groups ys=Fe seen here and
'hcrc. O. few ~ the men riding hicy-
l"f During The night there was
plentiful display OF red and whit,
orkots oi fruI one to four star.
each. bon connection with the usual
hanging rope.
iitardy Quiet.
lu lIarit between noon Jun,
3 ih and noon of the 3uth. Their,
we're no notable occurrence. except
hD activity uf the cnemy's airplanes
Iis combat planes we're more Az
tf" I've Than usual and several
''Fhls ruHgud IN course of which one
'crman plane was brought down A
Tea bomb were again dropped bt
German machines during the night
iilllnr uu this occasion ON our
'front.' uu' The total number OF
herman planes was. however dis.
molly below the average The hos
Doe ARTILLERY lire was light. consist
nf of ,.Hi .harassiug fire lu our
.rlf area with short concentration
90 GfIH..Hn-- the Villers Wood and
other points. Very little gas was
ispd
lr " German rear areas moth
ur oI Hr'. ular note was observed
Except .w' "a party Ut forty 10 nfty
''rWan. aue under our rifle fy,
while moving In the vicinity oi
Fouiau Wood They we're scat
erred Hr. pat 10 flight During the
norunt propaganda balloon
anne I.Hn inside our lines