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Show GROUND LOST IS RECOVERED I WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN" FRANCE, Sunday, April 21. (By the Associated Press.) When an entire German regiment, reinforced bv storm troops attacked the sector held by American troops near Seicheprey. General Pershing's men fought the mo.t serious engagement they have as yet experienced. The atiaek was made by a considerable consid-erable force and indications show that important preparations were made for it. Unusual precautions were immediately imme-diately taken along the whole sector of the front as soon as tho German intention was known An extremely heavy hostile bom -ba 1 d men 1 vviih 1 11 L'as -hell - opened open-ed duting the course of ihe night and lasted until 5 o'clock in ihe morning. At that hour the enemy dashed for ward preceded by storm troops which had been brought to' the scene especially espec-ially for the attack after preliminary training on ground similar to the sector sec-tor held by the American troops. The assault was over a line 2000 yards in length and at several places I the enemy succeeded in entering the American lines. They even entered I and occupied Seicheprey where the Americans holding that position of-i' of-i' led the most stubborn defense Without a moment's delay alter their retirement at Selchreprey the Americana organised, with the Pren b a counter-attack which was , carried out brilliantly dnv ing tlx Gel mans out of tin village and taking a number of prisoners. The lighting did not cease until late in the afternoon. The sever-est sever-est encounters occurred in theB.en-neres theB.en-neres wood, where the Germans had taken a ririn hold at dawn, notwithstanding notwith-standing the most strenuous defense by small bodies of Americans stationed station-ed there. The French and American troops Joined in the counter attack on this section of the line eventually succeeding suc-ceeding in ousting the enemy. Th" amalgamated troops worked in closest cooperation and by the end of the day were able to score a complete vlc-I vlc-I tory and restore l heir lines as they were before the engagement. In this vicinity inanv prisoners fell into the hand- ol the allies while the barbed wire and shell pitted ground was covered with German corpses. |