Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
American END. Forces.

American EEb- HOrCeS-
 But his prospects for q long period of rest were rot realized The ma riles were cr.ce more t0 3Je called on to save the allies. AgHir as at Bel
 cau Wood. they were r. perform all eErlott Whic}? would t;li2 it's place among the heroic teeds 1f tie world.
 Tn the end Of September. ii became necessary for the allies to capture the bald. tagged, ridge, twenty miles due east of Rheims. known as Blanc Mont Ridge. Here ninety thodSai French men had given up their lives in 2 vain attempt to ysrest it from German hands. It Tras Lhe Keystone Of tbe German defense. the fd}4 at which 5v2uId have . far-rea ching effect uP- on the enemy armies.
 The region writes Edwin r-. James, /! ( 1respondeT. Of the New York Times. vas inc aIos5 difficult ia 3 most dil TlElt co3lnsry The German Dcst- tions during the four years had been , fortified with each new Improvement that experience had taught. The lat est device were shelters of reinforced concrete for machine guns, where sev- 1 eTaI stories were arranCe.l, one above ! the other. n addition tu the machine i aur nests. Darbed wire and trestles 1 were placed in every conceivable i lace. Here too. were tlua best troops i Of The German arny-CfdaTds Jaegers. and other troops that had distinguish i cd themselves. For the Germans real i i&eti the importance of the position they realized v-l1at it's faI meant.
 The 4lght:re had been very intense 1 '1o,. Fourth French Army. under Gen ols4I f3ou1s.rti huoyed up by the vic ] tories Of tile past month. were put -k.~< S4 ITT% I was Of no avail. They could not dis lodge the Germans The French dead were DiI;ng up higncc and high er on the slopes cf Mont Blanc I4;heircs had been taken. bt.t the en- tire advance Of the allies was stop. lped.
 Then. just at this crucial moment, even as at Chateau Ti1ierry came t' Il the rescue the American Marine. On' hundred kilonleters they had come
 om far to the south. thensc Teufel hunde, as the Germans called them
 Hardly sAtled in their rest billet from the fighting at S. Mihiel. the.
 were placed cn trains and thcn on mo tor trucks until they had come l. Champagne. For two days they re nIained ;n reserve in g. little wood t [ the east of Mont Blanc. while an at . tempt was made by tka 26th Divi 1 sion, men from Texas and Oklahoma , to take the hill. Brave and darin , were these men from the middle was ? get they never before had Eeen unde , fire and under the terrible rain c shell and machine gun tullets. the were forced to give ground and re { turn.
 Now it was the turn Of the marines l On the evening Of October 2d, the t went into line. taking over positio ] of three and half kiloI;eters, run }. ming eastward from Somnle.-Py. I l. order to get a good starting poir I they seized, during the night. the Ger
 man secS2d line positions 1ll front ( V them, taking arnored trenches an e wired lines. When the main attac e started or October 3d at 5.30 a T 6 in the morning. the marines were sut V cessful from the start They chars e ed up the hill in a steady persistel |. advance. And here they showed tn; # fniore than bravery was necessary
 Itake that strongly fortified ro9tio I For the Inachine-gun pits Guilt ( concrete tiers were, in truth, inpres nable i'll frontal attack. The on
 way that they could be taken was
 artaclIing them from the flank ar
 thus overcoming the defenders.
 Into veritable hail Of missing hu
 lets. they advanced In ,rue America
 fashion, d-at advancing. ten
 twelve yards. then kneei,:lg and hrin
 There was 10 wave folmatior1-
 squads they went at the machine gl
 Ipits and overpowered the defender Men fell on all sides. n4. they ma, their way constantly higher and higl CT Three hours continued tn