The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-30
Desperate Resistance.

AMERICAN ARMY {. IN .FEANCE,
Aug. 2s.-All the skill of General Won
Schwerin. commanding the Seventh
Guard division is being exercised to take
back the Americans at their point IN
the line northwest Of SCISSORS and save
tho Germans from tn @ menace the?
would be under il the allies occupied
the plateau extending further toward
the east.
Recovering before the day ended from
the shock Of the early morning attack.
Won Schwcrn brought into play his ar
tillcry and other rcsourTesJn n desper-
mic effort to check the movement.
Equally determined efforts were made
by those organizations in front OF the
French divisions on the right and left
OF the Americans.
Reports from. points along the line
, where the attacks are, in PROCESS indi-
cate that the Americans arc confronted
by what is believed by many 10 DC
ono OF tho most determined stands yet
taken by tho Germans. who realize that
hrrak nj any point would likely b.
followed by disaster
The oninion seems to be that every
yard OF the territory gained will be bit
trrl,. contested and that il is not i'm
probable that villages and other OBJ
jcctives viii. be subjected to the fate Of
capture and rccapture many times BE-
fore their possession Is undis7utcd. -
The rapsdity with which the gains
were made by the Americans and
French carly in the day. were not dupli-
Gated in the afternoon when the battle
Settled into a strong artillery duel. in
which the guns Of both sides fired often
at direct targets and at unusually close
range.
The country which has been the bat
held almost four years again is tho
scene Of n conflict which has started out
with the promise Of being most stub
bornly fought. Tonight, tlr. sky Is dotted
with flashes Of exploding shells, while
the roar Of the barragc and counter-har-
rage must be audible almost TO Paris
In tho hack areas shells are falling be-
hind the Americans but not so fro
rrcntIv AS Mt many times previously.
The Germans apparently are using al
their guns and energy in attempting 10
tear down the determined lines Of their
advancing army.
Two captured officers. when QucS-
tionrd today BY intelligence" officers. al
tempted 10 give the impression mat HI
tie resistance would be made. assuring
the officers that there were few ma
chine guns left rnlplaccd. While tell
Ing the story. however. II was being re-
futcd within their own hearing.
/ How many hundreds or thousands oe
these little guns the Germans have I'M
mcdiatcly in front Of the Americans IL
NOT known. but the number is quite IN
"a the lately developed German tactics.
Every hillside. ravinc and wood crackles
with their fire whenever they are APP
preached. And II has been In the face
Of their Il, structivc ofTcnsc that tho
Americans. and the French As we'll. have
been moving.
Comparatively little gas has bcen cn-
ploycd by tho enemy. perhaps because
the wind has not he"n altogether favor
able to It's use. There have arrived At
the dressing stations q few Ease OF men
suffering from mustard gas but most
Of them encountered it in shell holes.
holows and denrnSsinns. where It was
old but still effective.
:, A. the day passed tn" visibility i'm
proved and the aNiatnrs of both sides BE-
cnmc more active. Those Of m: allies
rendered valuable assistance In obser-
Walton work.
Tho G- mans today concentrated
much nr their efforts on the destruction
oT tanks.