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FRENCH ARE AMAZED AT RIFLE FIRE OF THEAMERICAN MARINES.That Men Should Fire Deliberately, Use Their Sights and Adjust Their Range Beyond ♦ he French —Graphic Eye-Witness Account of Fighting at Chateau Thierry in June.Washington, Aug. 10.—A graphiceyewitness account of th»* fightingnear lt;bateau Thierry in which Ameri-i an divisions, including the tnannehr’gnda, took part early n June wanmade puhlir today by the navy department. It if* v the form of a long letter from an officer of fin* marines toMajor Gen#.a! Harnett, commander»»f the corps, and the story told is ofpeculiar significance a , in tho opinion of many officers here, it was t Land «»f the Americans along uns line which saved Paris. The name of the writer is not disclosed.The America? were ru he.i »lt;» ;heline in motor trucks to support the bard »d F• and nr June 1the marine brigade deployed on a support position, the battalion commanded by Ma Th*ma* Holcomb hurrying into line as the men climbed off the trucks. The German?; were com -ing on and on June 2 4he French drop-ped balt; k, pn ung hrough the American ..............,.., wamm W .• had installed mlrselves in ahou e m la V**»e (ha tel, a little village between Chnmpillon and Lucy-. 1.** B cage,” the writer says. “Fromone ide we had ob«o* v»ti«*n of thenorth and when the Germans attack* ied at '» o’clock, we had a box seat.
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Mount Airy News
Mount Airy, North Carolina, US
Thu, Aug 15, 1918
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