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Show - , cover of clouds of thick white smoke from smoke bombs, in order to baffle the aim of the American gunners. A surprise, however, was m store for them Thev were already crossing the bridge, evidently believing themselves masters of both banks, when a thunderous thun-derous explosion blew the center of the bridge and a number of Germans wit.l t into the river. Those who reached the southern banks were immediately Cai1nUthtis battle in the streets and again at night the young American soldiers showed a courage and de termination ter-mination which aroused the admlia-tion admlia-tion of their French colonial com-rules com-rules With their machine guns they covered the withdrawal . of troops across the bridge before its destruction, destruc-tion, and, although under a severe fire themselves, kept all the approaches to lie hank under a rain of bullets which nullified all the subsequent eflorts of the enemv to cross the river. Kverv attempt of the Germans to elude the vigilance of the Americans resulted in disaster to them. Position Untenable. Purine the last two days the enemv en-emv has renounced the occupation of the" northern part of Chateau Thierry, which the American machine guns have made untenable. It now belongs to No Man's land, as, since the destruction de-struction of the bridge, it is not worth while for the French to garrison it Against our casualties the Americans Ameri-cans set a much greater loss inflicted in-flicted bv the bullets on the enemy. Thev have borne their full part in what a French staff officer well qualified quali-fied to judge described as "one of tne finest feats of the war." Machine Gunners Rush Into Fray After Marching March-ing All Night, and Mow ; Down Invaders With Admirable Precision.. ! BAYC::!IT CHARGE ' ALSO SUCCESSFUL i ! Dash of the American Troops Surprises th.3 Germans and Giver, ! Confidence to French i and English Soldi I . ! LONDON, June 5. The part played by ! American machine gunners in the defense ' of the Chateau Thierry bridges is classed i by Renter's correspondent at French i headquarters as worthy to stand with the i achievements of the American infantry ' recently at Cantigny. Telegraphing under date of Monday the correspondent writes: j On Friday, when the Germans were . ' already in the outskirts of Chateau 1 Thierry, an American machine gun ! unit was hurried there in motor lor- ''' ' ries. The Americans had scarcely j reached their quarters when news was ; ' received that the Germans had broken f into the northern part of Chateau i Thierry, having made their way through the gap driven in our lines ,: to the left of the town and then ! poured along the streets to the bridge, ; ; intending to establish themselves ..'.;: firmly on the southern bank and cap- : ' ture the town. Use Guns With Accuracy. The American machine gunners and French colonials were thrown into ' Chateau Thierry together. The Ameri- J cans immediately took over the de- . . ' fense of the river bank, especially the approaches to the bridge. Fighting I ' ! . with their habitual courage and using their guns with an accuracy which i won the highest encomiums from the ; French, they brought the enemy to a standstill. Already wavering under the American Ameri-can fire, the Germans were counterattacked counter-attacked by the French colonials and driven from the town. They returned - to the attack the next night, and, un-" un-" der cover of darkness, crept into the : town along the river bank and began ' to work their way through the streets toward the main bridge. At the same moment a tremendous artillery bom-. bom-. bardment was opened up on the southern south-ern half of the town. Surprise for the Huns. When within range of the machine ! guns the Germans advanced under |