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Part Pr L. XXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918 No. 23 MARINES GO OVER THE TOP LIKE VETERANS l Americans Show Magnificent Fight- h ing Qualities in Battle SWEPT HUNS BEFORE THEM ! Their Commander Exclaims "Wish I Had an Army Corps of Them With the American Army o nthe S Marne.-The second attack made to-it day by American marines on. German t posiions northwest of Chateau Thierry early gave promise of being t as successful as this morning's as sault. The marines reached all their' objectives set for the first hour within f that time limit, and pushed beyond b them. The early reports indicated the Germans on the run for the time be ing and surrendering right and left 'o the Americans. One of the toughest of all the objectives. Belleu wood, some four miles from Chateau-Thierry was swept b~y the marines without se rious trouble. There seemed reason to expect German counter attacks in strength before long, for previous to f the beginning of the afternoon attack, which began at 5 p. m., the roads b:"- . hind the German lines were filled with troops, guns and wagons, but the American artillery turned on them and cr-ated havoc. Swept. by Marines t The marines in thm fo'rwa-d swep took strong positions on either side 1 of Belleu wood and cleaned out the i ravine south of Torcy, which linked up the line with Ilill 142, which was taken this morning. This gave them 1 a strong and dominating position for continuation of their attack. Their total advance was approximna tely two miles over a three .nile front. Tie total number of prisoners taken we not known this evening, but addi- t tional captives were brought in after the morning attack, which netted about 100 prisoners. A notable development was the low morale of the prisoners, all of whom are Prussians. They expressed them selves as tired of the war and glad to ,et out of the fighting. This was de spite the fact that they are furnished with food, although the Saxons, the Wuerttembui g troops and others may go without. Put Up Good Fight It must not be imagined, however, that they did not put up a fight this morning, for their officers were among them, urging them on, but the marines dashed into them, yelling like Indians and plying bayonet and rifle. One ma- -ho was taking back a , prisonei -a into two German officers 1 and ten met He tackled them single handed with his rifle and bayonet, killed the officers and wounded seven: of the men. Another sergeant was about to take a prisoner when the German threw 0I I SSUiEK IUNITEI 0 I and ever invest heli war as well your future. Invest in United ! War Savin "$5.00 Bal Thrift Stamp. 21 Office., Banks a Thia space paid ho D. HIRSC imself on the ground and rischarged is revolver at the American after ailing "comrade." That settled the erman, for the sergeant shot him, as e did four others, who aiso haid sur endered, but refused to put up their ands. Forwvard in Waves The marines advancing in the Bel mau wood region went forward in four raves of open formation. The men in he first wave were for the most part rmed with rifles art: bombs, while he rear waves were equipped with utomatic rifles. With them came quads of machine gunners hwg'ing heir collapsible guns. They crossed he open ground and toiled up the lope bent. over like gnomes. The renches the marines passed over were learly visble from b.. low, but they ardly deserved the name, for they vere simply lines of little holes, each ig enough to hold a man while b:.rbed vire was lacking. There way some. owever, interlaced amon.' th. treo if Belleau wood, hi. e-. _ iushed their way through ;t: Out in the open field artillery offi ers with glasses were directing th upporting fire, while' on the roof if nearby farm house a si.: man vig-wagged with his r:d am' w.hdte lags. On all sides. the a-, rc lashing, some of them st1 od :-et mit in the field. wh]l" 'it: ".rr ridden in the woods. Lookine ,.v w n nto the valley only a mie akw th: pillage of Bussaires could be ten ) ire. As the correspondent waitchedl he scene the clouds of white .Ahrapnai moke over' the village of Tor:' ahe,-) >eeame brownish and flanes ,ppxre n that town. The artillery fire that preedwld -he tttack lasted an hour and was of es iecial intensity for five t pre 'eding the 'tie when -a ::r . vent over the top. -r:nen .. . r ran batteries bAth tua'. r. ? the iring, putting down . rolh'' .:srr a;:. mnd then shifting to the rnai -, 'n he German lines. Frustrated Hlun<~ Phan' It appears that the :;ards n " .: orestalled an attack the G .~.t'- d Manned. It was to hav- ts- :airi(d mut by the Prussians, who h-aI been )ut into the line for mna: purpose and was to have taken place eitner toda, >r tomorrow. The men had eheved he Prussian guard divn;ir hie: was badly chewed up in the f iting >f the last day or two. They in turn lad relieved the Saxons just after the marines took over the sector, so the marines are proud of the fazt that ;hey have used up three German divi dons in less than a wee: and a;-F st il rery much alive themselves. The morale of the men is wonderful. 'hey are willing to attempt anythine and are talking with pride of the eavy losses they inflicted upon the 3ermans in their attack this morning, while all the early reports indicated hat the afternoon attack had been ven more costly to te enemy. This latter attac!k way undertaken argely because of the sj- "idia .how OS. IGS8TAMPS STATES terest! r dollar you >s win the I as helping. ;tates Govenmn gs Stamps my Bonds" le Each at Post rad Dept. Stores r' and donated by H MANN. ing the marines made in the morning, coupled with the discovery that the morale of the Germans in the opposite was low, which made the going easier for the fiery soldiers of the marine corps. The advance was carried out by the same men who attacked in the morning, and who had had no rest. They asked nothing, however, but plenty of ammunition, and hardly ate the food that was brought up to them, so absorbed were they in the task of chasing the enemy as far as possible. No one who saw the marines in ac tion today but did not thoroughly agree with the exclamation of their commander, himself an army man, when he said, "I just wish I had an army corps of 'em here." Going Right Ahead With the French 'Army on the Marne.-Up to this hour the Amerean and French troops advancing be tween Veuilly-La-Poterie and Torcy have reached the outer edges the towns of Bussaires and Torcy. On the wst th Allied' line has ben carried to Granges farm, south of Gandelu west of Veuilly. Belleu wood, east of Torcy, has b:n cleared of the enemy. Further details arc not available at this hour. The A mericans comprise the (letach ments in the left wing of the advanc ing line. After capturing. a small wod shaped like the letter S the Ansericans reached the enemy cemetlery at Veuai! ly and cootinued to press for'warl slowly under a heavy fire f'rmi Ge man machine guns. I in'r .the attack this iornain tr at dawn the German art illerv fire against the Allies was feeble,c'hut the (!einy front line was we4l studded with wa:chine runs. In the action this mor'ing the A mericans and IFrench advanced one kioam('tre, into the G-r mn l lies .e:al m :oatiured 27n1 I son eris. inclu- nez': I1 n offie:>r:!. Forty-fv e nz.inutsitter the fi-rht ing st.arted on- IF reanch regi mein t h-al attained the' border of agares wipool an'd the edge of a triangular wool 500 yards southeast of Bussaires. not withstanding share resistance. This regiment alone took more than 100 prisoners. Marines Reach Bouresches Vith the American Forces on the Marne.-American marines last night reached the outskirts of Bouresche, northwest of Chateau-Thierry, and poured volleys of machine gunfire in to the enemy, inflicting terrific eas ualties. Bayonets were used freely against many of the Germans who at tempted to make a stand in the streets. At daybreak today the ma rines were slowly driving the Germans back in the face of heavy artillery ifire, including gas shells. The Amer ican artilelry was performing mag nificently in this operation. 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