H'miii n Staff Correspondent of Associated Press
AT THE FRENCH LINE IN,
KEWA. March 11, via Paris. March
French troops had a chance today to show their dash and skill in
sentiopen fighting, and took ample notice of it. At the southern pivot of the so-called Hindenburg line, which is supposed to be about at Vailly, they came to trips on several occasions with the Germans, who attempted to make a stand on the edge of the rocky plateau, a strong offshoot of the still larger Leon plateau. The Associated Press correspondent from a near-in-height saw the French soldiers traditionally push away the German opposition, and attain the points they were seeking to occupy with a precision little short of marvelous.
The French had kept close on the heels of the retiring Germans since they quit Soissons, never giving them a moment's respite until the pursuers occupied the sort of triangle formed by the three points of-rouy. Missy, sur-Aisne and Pont Houge, on the Mauberge road. At the last named the Germans evidently expected to cease their retirement, as was shown by their abandoning the useless work of sawing down fruit trees.
It was this wanton devastation by the Germans in the country around Soissons and other places which so incensed.  The French infantry, composed mostly of peasants and farmers, that they could scarcely be restrained from a desperate rush forward after the retreating foe. But prudence prevailed, and careful handling enabled them eventually to capture from the enemy many positions which had been prepared for stern defense, such as Cavalry and Pont Konge. 