. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. hine guns. Mount Kemmel, the hill on whichthousands of Germans died before it was capturedby them, was abandoned without a fight. Juvigny Taken by Americans. About the same time American troops gained asignificant victory in the capture of Juvigny northof Soissons. The taking of this place in two hoursfighting exposed the German positions eastward be-tween the fortress of Laon and the Aisne river toflank attack. Juvigny was captured after an ad-vance of three miles over difficult country. A thou-sand Germans were taken prisoners, a
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. hine guns. Mount Kemmel, the hill on whichthousands of Germans died before it was capturedby them, was abandoned without a fight. Juvigny Taken by Americans. About the same time American troops gained asignificant victory in the capture of Juvigny northof Soissons. The taking of this place in two hoursfighting exposed the German positions eastward be-tween the fortress of Laon and the Aisne river toflank attack. Juvigny was captured after an ad-vance of three miles over difficult country. A thou-sand Germans were taken prisoners, along with 100machine guns, two cannon of four inch and two ofsix inch size. American machine gunners thwartedan attempt of the enemy to drag away the cannonby shooting down the gunners and the horses at adistance. After seven weeks of the offensive, the Allieswere practically back to their lines as occupiedMarch 21, when the first enemy offensive of 1918was begun. Above Cambrai the Canadians wereeast of that line. Before them was the Canal du r^ ^.-^ § .0-,. V/ ^ -^^:-^ ^^ui4( 1?^^
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