Show OUT 4 TIMES r E Taken b by r Americans in Spite of Desperate Resistance By Dr Universal Service With Ith the Americans at the thc Marne Jul July 23 delayed The delayed The cd The Americans won and lost the thc hamlet of four Cour four miles northeast of or Chateau Thierry Thierry- four Cour our times before finally driving ing the Germans out The American advance guards g comprised mounted infantry light machine gun and auto automatic maLic rifle units As S they swept Into the thc village e eIt It was suddenly raked b by enem enemy machine machine ina- ina ma ma- chine gun un fire tire and volle volleys s 's of hand liand grenades came from roofs and windows win win- dows After ACter the thc Americans- Americans lead had overcome o this sniping the Germans Germans- brought ht up more machine guns Juns from Crom the wood to the southeast and opened nr Ire fire again The Thc Americans withdrew until light field guns uns arrived and shelled tho the tc wn Then thc they entered It a again aln this time Lime without resistance But Bul the German German German Ger Ger- man machine gun un fire from the outskirts outskirts outskirts out out- skirts forced them to evacuate It again Then the Americans advanced ad on either cither side sidle enfilading the tho wood and stamped out German resistance Our men found the Germans strapped to their machine guns The They tossed tossell hand grenades among the crews finally killing or capturing all c Wounded Germans before dying as asserted asserted as- as their theft officers had Insisted ll that must be bo held at all costs The Americans captured supply and nd ammunition trains and much equipment equipment equip equip- ment In Barbillon wood after taking |