Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-02 | Page 3 | Battles in Air Feature U. S. Advance

1 DA BATTLES IN Am AIR AmI I FEATURE I I ADVANCE Flock of Fliers Aid Yanks in Chasing Foe From Highway By Bert Ford International News Service Staff Cor Cor- respondent WITH THE TIlE AMERICAN ARMY AT ATTHE ATTHE ATTHE THE MARNE 1 July 2 6 a a. a m. m m.-Amer- m. Amer American lean ican troops in a brilliant attack last I night captured another slice of the I Paris railway west of Chateau Thierry Thier Thier- ry on the Marne front They tool took the village of Vaux and the tho railway station and German prisoners there Five officers were among the captives captives captives cap cap- tives taken at Vaux The Americans' Americans captured also a number of machine guns and much war war material Air fights were a feature of the battle i The enemy threw a number of of gas shells but did not attempt an any an counter attack At the height of the American bombardment bombardment bom bom- flocks of our aviators were darting overhead protecting observation observation observation tion balloons and driving off enemy planes There were a number of com com- bats The streets of Vaux were filled with German dead and dying The German airmen attempted to raid towns in the rear of the American lines JInes