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Show AMERICAN MARINES WIN GREAT VICTORY Charge German Position, Kill Many of the Enemy and Capture Prisoners Pris-oners and Machine Guns. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 5. (By the Associated Press.) American marines wrote another an-other glorious page in their history Tuesday night and Monday in beating off two determined German attacks on the Marne battlefield. Last night they wiped out a large enemy patrol, this morning charged and captured enemy machine guns and this afternoon killed many of the enemy and took prisoners. ' The Germans concentrated large forces before Veuiliy wood and began a mass attack. They were mown down by the American machine gunners and the attack was broken up before reaching reach-ing the American line, the Germans fleeing flee-ing in confusion. The marines are fighting like Trojans and have no desire for sleep. After inflicting heavy losses on the enemy last night they almost annihilated an enemy patrol tliis morning. They outfought the German machine gun position this afternoon, killed seven Germans and captured a wounded German. The story of how the Americans aided the French in stopping the German advance ad-vance at Chateau Thierry is a most remarkable re-markable one. The regiment which bore the brunt of the fighting has had a glorious career, dating back to revolutionary revolu-tionary days. Although it is now composed com-posed mostly of enlisted men, many of whom had never been under fire before it arrived in France, and marched direct di-rect to the battle line from its training camp. The regiment's fire was so deadly dead-ly that they broke up an entire German formation and drove off the enemy in confusion. Their French comrades say they showed the greatest skill and accuracy ac-curacy while under fire. |