Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-02

suggestion was ACeePleu 'h P'I'~'PSh
ana my estimate OF 'heir oiieiislfe
hghting quaiiiies was sOon put u -ia
test Il
me enemy mao enco'F"seu N.s SO
alers to believe mat me jury - aC
Iack "ouid conclude .ne war VIZ
herman peace. Al1housH ne 'naus -
orate pans TOT the operation Ae ia'ie1
10 conceal lnily MS lhteii'ious, "ul 1H
irohi OF attack was suSpec,en at '1'lss
one week ahead. On me Chan'l'asns
front the actual nour TOT the as9aui
was known ana the enemy was ehecAeo
with heavy losses ne hofty-se'onu
division entered the line near Soilms
by immediately and I'VE OF us 'nlan-
try batialions and ai OF IT'S afliAeil
became engaged Sour "eSi OBJ i'iieilIs
and along the Marine 20 the east OK
Chaieau-Iherry ihe Germans vera
nj first somewhat successful. pene-
tration Of eight kiiomefers beyond ne
river being erected against the french
Immediately 10 tie right Of our IAird
division Tie following quotaLon
from the report of me c'ininanu!hz
general gives the result Of the hghtlna
on his front:
None Crossed but Prisoners
"AIrhough She rush of the GermaE
troops overwhelmed some of rbe fronts
line positions. causing rhe Infantry and
machine gun companies 10 suffer, In
some cases a 50 per cent loss. no Gers
man soldiers crossed the road from
Fossoy to Crezancy except as a pris4
oner of war. and by noon the following
day Gully 10y there were no Germans
in the foreground of the Third division
sector except the dead"
On this occasion a single regiment
of the Third division wrote one Of the
most brilliant pages In our military
annals. It prevented the crossing at
certain points on its front, while on
either flank the Germans who had
gained a footing pressed forward. Ouf
men, firing In three sections, met tbs
German attacks with counter attacks
at critical points and succeeded Is
throwing two German divisions intd
complete confusion, capturing cog
prisoners.
The selection by the Germans OK
the Champagne sector and the easts
ern and southern faces Of the Marna
pocket on which to make their offeas
sive was fortunate for the allies. as IL
favored the launching of the counters
attack already planned. There wers
now over 100000 American troops IA
France, which PROVIDED cohslueraDas
force of reserves. Every American oi.
vision with any sort OF training "aA
made available for use IN a counters
offensive. J
General Petain's 'nltal piah lor -
counter-attacks hFniFea lle e.1-i
western face OF the Marne saiiens<
The First ana second american W.
sions, with the rirst reii'" NHOi
division between tNeih, were ellploS -
as the spearheau o. me ulain - -
driving directly eastward th'ousn 'ls
most sensitive portion .. tne Uel n.-a,,
lines to the heights south Vi oOlsSo
The advance began on jury To- "itnous
the usual 0rieI warning Oi p'eiiI
mary oomDardment' ana these tniee u
visions al single oouhu oroHe .nl01s
the enemys defenseS ana oeeL. .
MS arlilery' eu't'Is u - p-s
the German coih,n uiie'' 'io"s
ing INTO the salient
Withdrawn from 'ile "aiue vas .1'il -,
diateiy began oy 'le enemy "no se
fought stuoDorh's 10 p'eeeu' u's"''''
Took Serzy-ie-See- =
The First division. throughout TOUR
days Of constant lighting advanced II
kilometerS. capturing BerzyleSec
and the heights about scissors ana
taking some $500 prisoners ana %
field guns from the seven German de
visions employed against IL IL was
relieved by a British DIVISION ms
Second division advanced eight Silo-'
meters in the first 70 hours, and oy'
the end OF the second Jay was laei"s'
Tigny. having captured 5'ooo prison.
ers and &C field guns. 1t was renewed
the night of the 18Th by a French divl-i