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WE ARE GOING TO COUNTERATTACK his occasion to fol ¬ low the counsels of our masters the French but the American flag lias been forced to retire This is unendurable and none of our soldiers would under ¬ stand their not being asked to do whatever is nec ¬ essary to reestablish a situation which is humiliat ¬ ing to us and unacceptable to our countrys honor We are going to counterattack counterattackThis This was a message sent by an American general in command of American forces south of the Marne Monday afternoon after the Germans had succeeded in forcing the Americans back toward CondeeuBrei
