The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
.SANGU|NARY FIGHT
 EXPECTED TODAY BY !. MOTOR CLUB TEAMS
Official Statements From War Offices as Contra dict0ry as Those
 From Europe
By ELLIS c. HoLLUMs

On the Battle Front With the E. NJ. C. C. Armies-The allied forces of the
 Actives division. led by the intrepid Col.
 John E Shelby. repulsed the first great drive of the Lifers division, made under
 the direction of Col. George A Blinn, Jr., commanding, yesterday The casualty list shows that the Actves escaped with l a loss of but 26 while the Idfers sustained
 a total loss of IS. No officers were dis abled
 In an official statement from the war office of the Lifers division in yesterday
 mornings Age-Heratd. it was stated that that division expected to disable the ar tillery of the actives early in the engage
 ment which was fought yesterday The action was not quite up to the schedule
 of the Lifers. however, due to the great personal bravery of the companies com manded by Captains J. Paul Jones, J. A Yates, F. N Brown and w. O. Broyles. These companies bore the brunt of tho attack, and repeatedly repulsed the on- slaught of the enemy. Captain Jones' company reported 16 new members in the campaign yesterday: Captain Brown re- ported 15; Captain Yates 1T and Captain Broyles 10. Colonel Shelby will mention | Captain Tom Panley and Capt. Charles ] Denegre in the dispatches for signal gal lantry, the former securing five new mem
 bers. the latter getting four. | Colonel Blinn refused to be quoted yes- | terday, saying the official statement from his war office was sufficient. That state- ment follows:
 1 Secret agents of the enemy mixed sand l in our powder a few hours previous to | va l held him stationary throughout the day at the point of the bayonet, and, not withstanding the tremendous odds, we are able to report tonight that we have not ] lost a foot of ground. We expect re- | Inducements tomorrow, and will be ready 1 for the enemy when the first rays of | the mornings sun can be seen shlmmering across the beautiful Birmingham Motor l and Country club lake,
 Revelry prevailed throughout the camp | of the Actives until late hour last night and it was with difficulty that The Age Herald's special correspondent on the bat tie front located the general staff The official statement of the Actives divi- sion follows:
 "We have met the enemy and he is
 ours"
 Two of the most sanguinary engage
 ments of the campaign are expected today and tomorrow, when the membership | cs mpaign will close. President c. F. Rice of the club expects to secure 1000 new members before tomorrow night. The detailed report for yesterday fol- | lows:
 Idfers-Company A, Capt. H. M. Bailey, no report; Company B, Capt Jack Bid- dle 8; Company c, Capt F. P. Cheape 3; Company D, Capt. w. M. Drennen, no re- pert; Company F., Capt. Robert Jemi- 1 son, Jr.. 2; Company F. Capt. H. F. Lati-
 n.er, no report; Company G, Capt J w. | Sharples 4; Company H. Capt R. L. Tot | ten, 4; Company I, Capt J. T. Yeatman. no report; Company J, Capt. R. w. Ew- | ing, 1; Company K, Capt. Dr. B. $. Les | ter, no report; Company l.. Capt. F. D. l Smith, 2; Company M, Capt. r. A. Rib | ble 3.
 | Actives-Motor, Capt Charles Denegre. | 4 Growlers. Capt J. Paul Jones. 16: | Launch Capt R. r. Burnett, no report: Auto. Capt Joseph B. Pool, 1; Tango, I Capt. E. N. Brown. 15: Music, Capt Tom Pankey. 5: Swimming, Capt. Charles |. l Smith, g. Boatsmen Capt J. A. Yates. l 17; Bachelors, Capt H. A. Moseley 3; Golf, Capt. D. s. Richards. 4: Lake, Capt. | w. O. Broyles. 10; Racing. Capt, T. |. | Moses. no report; Fishermen, Capt. J. | Hugh Miller, l.
 The total secured by the I4fers for yes terday was 26, while the Actives secured 1 7S The total to date for the Lifers is 124. l and the Actives have secured total of
 | is 324
 The teams will meet at the Tutwler
 today at 1 o'clock to make reports.