Show CAPTURE I I 2 PRISONERS IN INt t HUN ATTACK Shock I Troops Troops' I I Driven D iven Off Many Killed S I by Americans wa was a in the early morning under the cover coter of a heavy barrage fire and the Germans were we-re favored ored by a thick mist which hampered observation I MOWED DOWN BY YANKEES The Germans advanced ad in mass formation for tor- mation matlon but were mowed down by the tire fIre from the American rifles and machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns When day dawned a 0 number of ot bodies could be seen lying in No tans Plans Land Two wounded Germans were captured One died from his wounds and the other is In a field hospItal hospital hos hos- pital in a critical condition He had i b been n shot through the eye S Tho The action followed a 0 number of ot minor raids directed at a point where German prisoners were captured on Saturday The fight tIght was the first real test of the American Infantry and tho the Yme Yan- Yan Reee e proved more moro than a match for forthe forthe the th enemy in every branch of ot the service service ser see vice engaged The attacking brigade was made up of crack troops that had teen been picked for tor an effort to to break the American lines S Th The Tho signal to the American gunners tor for a 0 counter barrage when the at attack attack attack at- at tack commenced was answered so quickly that the enemy's strategy was upset and the shells th that t plowed through the tho advanced ranks did great groat execution L SE SERGEANT GEANT CAPTURED Daring During the night the enemy's guns S hail had cut tho the wire entanglements but when the advanced to the I attack they met met with stiffer resistance from tho the Americans man they had anticipated Throughout the entire night the sectors Rectors defended by the Americans had bad been bombarded with gas shells and high explosives eXI from German guns Of all aU calibers The fortitude displayed by the theS I S American soldiers won the praise o otheir otheir their commanding officers and French army anny e. e experts The spirit of ot the men Wa so BO high after the German attack that they wanted to pursue the enemy It now develops that one of ot the theS S Guman prisoners captured by the Americans last Saturday was a ser- ser nt who had won the iron cross |