BRILLIANT CAPTURE OF JUVIGNY BY AMERICANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16946, 4 September 1918, Page 5

BRILLIANT CAPTURE OF JUVIGNY BY AMERICANS.

RAPID ADVANCE OF ARTILLERY AND MACHINE-GUNS. Australian and N.Z. Cahlo Association. LONDON, Sept. 2. The capture of Juvigny, 4i miles north of Soissons, by the Americans, was a remarkable exploit, The town lay on the further slope of a hill. Two parties crawled along shell pits over the crest and got near the town before being observed. They rushed the town, in which were 1000 Germans. There was fierce bayonet fighting, and the attackresulted in 250 prisoners being taken, all the rest being killed or wounded. Time- LONDON, Sept. 2. The correspondent of the Times at American headquarters reports that a picturesque feature of the fighting at Juvigny was the galloping up of a large force of American artillery in the nick of time to prevent the Germans saving their heaviest guns. This was a fine example of rapid fighting, supplementing a pushing advance by scores of machine-gunners, who swept the fugitives with deadly effect, Tho artillery laid down a triple barrage covering wide stretches of the field and woods and well-wired trenches, on which the enemy especially relied. The infantry following the barrage captured the guns and took 1000 prisoners. French tanks smartly assisted in cleaning up outlying machine-gun nests. The Germans retreated beyond TernySorny, with the Americans at their heels.