"I got eight out of the bunch by a little surprise shooting," said
the Sergeant with a considerable show of pride. "They flopped
nicely. Then I turned on the other squad, but they were leary and
I only got one. The rest of them got into the ditch and crawled
back without showing themselves. Later in the day their Red Cross
men came out to pick up the wounded. We've got orders not to fire
on members of the Red Cross, so I let 'em work unmolested. But I
kept tally all day when their Red Cross men came out. By my count
they carried off nine and they weren't all wounded, either."
The Germans during the day of June 1 gained the hills overlooking
the north bank of the river. Their machine guns and their
artillery observers, therefore, were able to direct a galling fire
on the south bank and portions of the north bank which still were
held by French colonials and two machine guns under an American
Lieutenant.