PINE FIGHTING ON THE OURCQ
(reuter's telegram.)
LONDON, 7th June,
Reuters correspondent at French Headquarters, writing on 6th June, states : "The first American infantry engaged in the battle took part in the defence of Neuilly Wood, on the south bank of the Ourcq, on 3rd June. They left for the front in the highest spirits, resolved not to yield an inch of French ground. On the morning of 3rd June the Germans crossed the railway running through the Ourcq Valley. They took the village of Bussians, a mile from Neuilly, also a height to the southward, and advanced in strong force against our line at Neuilly Wood, with the object of gaining a footing in Marigny Wood., south of Neuilly. The French and Americans took up positions south of the wood, the Americans on the left. When the Germans came within range the Americans opened a flank machine-gun fire, causing the heaviest losses. The Germans halted to rally, when their rout was completed by a French counter-attack, which put them to flight."
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 137, 10 June 1918, Page 7
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