THE GERMAN RETREAT.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 60, 2 August 1918, Page 3

THE GERMAN RETREAT.

AMMUNITION ABANDONED,

NEW YORK, July 31. The “New York Times’ ” correspondent on the American front states that the Germans are re-

treating so fast that they abandoned hundreds of tons of ammunition. While the retreat was was not a rout, the American pressure played havoc with the Crown Prince’s army. The Americans’ charge across the Ourcq was the most thrilling episode in the fighting. The Germans withdrew to strong positions in the hills overlooking the river, and placed hundreds of machine guns into positions from which they had command of the stream. They also placed two fresh Guard divisions opposite the Americans.

✓ The Germans also destroyed bridges on the American left, but they were driven back by a merciless machine gun fire. The Americans finally bringing bridges, spanned the river under the heaviest fire, and forced the Germans to retreat to another series of hills. The Americans crossed the river in a dozen places. The Germans fired on Allied stretcherbearers carrying wounded across the stream. German aeroplanes swarmed up behind a truck load of wounded.