. The story of the Great War; history of the European War from official sources. Complete historical records of events to date ... Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill [and] Francis Trevelyan Miller . hreenew divisions of his best troops into the breach. Against themthe Americans advanced in a solid phalanx, singing and whis-tling Yankee Doodle, and cheering. No barrage precededthem, although there had been some advance artillery prepara-tions. On certain parts of the line the resistance was weak; butin other instances our marines ran into German machine-gunnests which, in some ca
. The story of the Great War; history of the European War from official sources. Complete historical records of events to date ... Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill [and] Francis Trevelyan Miller . hreenew divisions of his best troops into the breach. Against themthe Americans advanced in a solid phalanx, singing and whis-tling Yankee Doodle, and cheering. No barrage precededthem, although there had been some advance artillery prepara-tions. On certain parts of the line the resistance was weak; butin other instances our marines ran into German machine-gunnests which, in some cases, succeeded in inflicting considerablecasualties. But they did not stop the Americans. Marineswith hand grenades and rifles charged the machine guns,wiping out the nests, and in one instance capturing a gun andits crew. From the new line gained by the first attack, a second Ameri-can advance was made at five in the evening, and by night itreached Torcy and Bouresches. The next morning, June 7, 1918,the Americans were holding Torcy in the face of repeated coun-terattacks and pushing back the Germans through the streetsof Bouresches. Torcy was not part of the American objective, A DRIVE BY THE MARINES 383. War St. 7—Y 384 THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR but the eager marines swept into the village by their own mo-mentum. The hardest fighting took place in the wood of Belleau, to theeast of Torcy and between that village and Bouresches. The wood of Belleau into which the marines penetrated withsuch ardor proved a hornets nest. It was ambushed with ma-chine guns, which hampered the American advance and causedmany casualties. There were about twenty of them in the pla-teau formed by the wood. The Americans vainly tried to demol-ish them by rifles, mortars, and hand grenades. Finally, despitethe streams of bullets, they surrounded the plateau, cut off theGermans in it, and went ahead, capturing a hill beyond thewood and inflicting heavy losses on the Germans as they with-drew. The ti
Size: 1273px × 1963px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectworldwar19141918
