| Show Yanks A Assist l in Capture e of Juvigny 1 bg 11 Iy n. As o fN s time the American merlc rm in F France FIance Aug UK 9 Accompanied b by a fleet eel of or tanks and coveted covered b by a heavy artillery barrage the Americans swept forward earl carl early t oda today oday a against the time German lines lints that slowly and nod reluctantly fell back Jv over o eny Plateau me The little operation car carried recd out yesterday yes yes- es h by the French and Americans had been merely preparatory to tn th the o attack which began at 7 o'clock this this' morning The kink had been een taken out of ot the thc lino IIno yesterday but no de ele- ele effort was made to advance ance to any an extent Tho The firing Irin was continuous throughout through through- out the thc nl night ht on both sides the German Gor Ger- man maui guns suns being especially active The rains of or the thc earl early evening e c ceased before be be- be fore tore the ground round had been heen converted into mud so when the tho orders were given today the men moved forward unimpeded The Thc German positions were shelled most vigorously 1 oro b by heavy guns mortars mortars mor- mor tars and light 1 ilet es firing almost point blank as w wl Jl Jl as b by long Jong- ran range c naval na guns which searched ti th the i L I I I I n wv uv pos 1 lions ions far ai and neat near And the then n the thc In n- n fantry advanced ad In-I In Con Onn Guard Cuard Rear Henr Upon the plateau the time infantrymen went towards l Ju Juvigny n and across the thc little ittle railroad running north and south south- The Thc Germans immediately began beg to employ em- em ploy plo tho the tactics of ot similar retreats leaving caving their rear real defended by a lino Uno of oC machine guns uns hidden hiden behind every clump of o brush promontory and woods Only a few Cew detachments of oC Infantry were loft left tho ho enem enemy a again aln a adopting measures calculated 1 to save the most men possible From Couronne woods and another little Ittle wood stan standing like sentinels bet be- be t Juvigny and the American lines JInes he the German guns uns delivered dell a deadly cross fire ire Juvigny n Is only onh a u village but located along along- the lime side of or a hill It Jt t offered a 1 peculiar opportunity for defenso de- de until the tho advancing forces moved mo Into into nto positions from rom which the they were able to male make it untenable Th Time The c Germans then Olen retired farther Carther east into more broken round ground Time The frontage assigned to the time Americans Americans Ameri merl cans was less than two miles That I part in which Jut u I is Juvigny II located was the scene of oC a tank drive Under Under Un Un- der the cover cr of oC artillery the light un I French tanks flirted alon along both si sides o of the tho path up Ull to th time little place smashing down n one olle machine gun nest after aler another In spite of ot the employment employ employ- mont ment b by the Germans of oC their theft new tank gun un a n sort ort of oC super This gullis gun gull gunIs gunis is virtually Identical tit with the time mauser except that It Il fires Ires a bullet a littlemore little littlemore I more than half haIC an Inch In diameter This It Is 18 calculated 1 can pierce tho lie tank and possibly Injure some vital part o of the engine But nut In tho the path of oC the advancing ad clig machines there now lie I broken in l smashed 1 Into the earth carth scores of oC th those lc guns f There Is Ig unquestioned mastery nf or t M lime h A I nil ah h by t the l-e l allies l i along I g this front t on It has be been n misty this morning and there thereas was as little effective aerial work an and 1 practically none b by the Germans Only a few prisoners are arc reported asyet as aset yet et the thc Germans apparently seeing to It that only machine hun gun crews should 1 be sacrificed |
