. 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 . nd won by the Americans. The Germans ad-vanced in close formation from their trenches without beingchecked. In some cases they were allowed to approach close tothe American line. Then the American gunners, from their hid-den nests, mowed down the enemy ranks with showers of bullets. Later came a fight for the possession of a hill known as 204,situated between Vaux and the Bois de la
. 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 . nd won by the Americans. The Germans ad-vanced in close formation from their trenches without beingchecked. In some cases they were allowed to approach close tothe American line. Then the American gunners, from their hid-den nests, mowed down the enemy ranks with showers of bullets. Later came a fight for the possession of a hill known as 204,situated between Vaux and the Bois de la Roche. The Germansheld it and the French, in essaying the task of wresting it fromthem, invited American detachments to lend a hand. The hillstood just outside the American sector and commanded Chateau-Thierry. Volunteers were many; most of them were new ar-rivals who had never faced the Germans. Practically none hadbeen under fire. They were waiting their chance, some swim-ming in the Marne, others catching baseball, when the call came,and the response was five times the number needed. A group of thirty Americans joined the French; they werepitted against hidden machine guns, camouflaged rapid-fire nests,. American soldiers near a barricade in the Rue du Pont, Chateau-Thierry. The Germans were drivenfrom the town in the First Battle of the Marne, 1914, and again in the Second Battle of the Marne, 1918 VAUX AND HAMEL 399 gas shells, and the deafening roar of a heavy barrage. They wereshot at by snipers hiding in trees, they were shot at by big andlittle cannon with a roar that deafened them; but they went aheadwith the French veterans. They took machine-gun posts, theytook trench positions. But the German resistance was too strong,due in part to their new device of fighting in ambush from thetops of high trees, where they escaped shells exploding on theground, and obtained a good vantage point for pouring shotdownward on the attackers below. Elsewhere on the western front Ameri
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