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Show SERIOUS JOB FOR : THE HUH . i i Attempt to Cross the Marne Disastrous Venture, OFFICERS ON THE RUN Americans Inflict Heavy Losses on Fleeing Enemy. FRENCH HEADQUARTERS ON THE MARNE. June 6 (Via Ottawa.) , The attempt of the Hermans to cross I the Marne river at Jaulgonne (which American troops helped to repulse) was more serious than appeared from firs., reports The enemy, it IS learned, threw 22 ladder foot-bridges across the river. Four were destroyed by gunnn-. A Prussian battalion crossed on tho remainder, re-mainder, twenty men abreast, and advanced ad-vanced immediately upon the railway, installing a machlno gun detachment at tbe station, and the remainder spread in along the line behind the sheltering embankment. The defense decided to throw the enemy back across the river and this was carried out by dismounted dragoons dra-goons supported by machine punnci: The latter engaged in a duel with the German battalion and began frith the French working behind the enemy who fled, headed by their officers, some of whom plunged into the river. The n-malnder n-malnder of the battalion was killed or captured. The enemy losses in the machine gun battle with tho Americans for Chateau Thierry bridce wen also heavy More than a thousand German dead lay on the bank of the river ami the streets leading to It. I no |