South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-07
FOUR AMERICANS
HELD BY GERMANS
Men With Famous Foreign Le-
gion Are Praised for Their
Work at ArraS.

PARIS. Aug. Tt now seems GER
tain that the four Americans Oh the
famous lighting First regiment OF the
foreign legion, who have been miss
i,g since the beginning OF the fight
north Of Arras on June 10 are P---
ners in Germany. -,,
-rbey- are Kenneth Weeks, Russeli
Kelly. Lawrence Scanlon ana JoHh -
me news was brought 10 Paris oy
the orderly Of the regiment CONN
who was lying on the held Oh 49, -
with a shattered leg WhSn NJ $50.
ricked nm 5v the German hed Clo9''
IL les, VS. amputated in a hel7 nos
nital and he was recently repalrl-
The American squal when the FIRST
regiment moved north from ule
Champagne region early IN My IA
cIuded Kenneth Weeks OF new D0u-
ford. Mass, Kiffin kockWell % 60,
IA. paul 2avolka or MaulSoh' 49,
I,,ssa1 Kelly of New York, Frank
AS,,s@rsve of New Orleans, Jack JAM
- Poeton. Lawrence Scanlon OF &c
J.b,,~et L I. John G. Smith OF Los
AngeIes LANES Jury of San Francisco
and \. Neamorin of Calcutta grau-
uate of oxford and frequent NlslIoi
10 America, and HadJi Zanms OF Oon-
stantfnople. formerly an inter prefer
an = New York importing house.
Led by Giant Boer
-.Lo sorad was led by Corpora
uidier a gigantic Boer. All were Vol,
,,nteers for the war except Jury dIIN
Tidier. Jury was the only amer e-
can in the entire legion who nad $50
African service, having put III seNe"
years in Morocco. e.oboad
while looking out over the parapet OF
a trench towards the German ~
shortly after the arrival Il the resl-
ment in the north.
During the fighting around Lapar-
aette and Neuville-St. Vast on May
LAM was shot through the chesI %
TiGe bullet While laying on the bat
lie 6eId q shell exploded near him,
badly decorating his hips. Later ne
was carried of the field and Is now
in the hospital at Rennes.
Losses Are Fearful.
After the fighting OF May ., lO anu
II the legion was sent TO the rear
for a rest. only 700 OF the 4'VOU WHO
had gone into action answered the
roll call New men, an entire bat
talon OF Greek volunteers, were
brought up from Lyons to tll out the
corps.
In the attack of June 16 which was
preceded by a terrific SO hours bonn
bardment Of the German lines, the
legion occupied position near
SoucheZ and Cabaret Rouge and was
supported on one side by regiment
of Zouaves and on the other by a oil
vision of ALGERIAN sharpshOoters, mag
nificent lighters
The first line of German trenches
was literally knocked to pieces by shell (
fire and easily taken. The advance
-
stream of lead from rifles and ma
chine guns. Whole sections or the
attacking party were moved down.
Gives No Quarter.
Corporal Didier fell with his left
arm shot or Zannis' lower jaw was
torn away. Neamorin fell with a ball
through his abdomen. Pavolka was
the first OF the American squad TO
reach the second line. He just got to
the edge of the trench which was held
by the Bavarians, when he was
stabbed in the leg by a bayoret His
assailant then dropped his gun and
cried "camarade, camarade."
Pavolka with blood squirting from
his wound, answered mo comrades
this time" and blew out the Germans
brains.
BY then the German trenches were
filed with a yelling mass of legion .
aires. Zouaves and sharpshoOters
the trenches threw down their arms
and ran for the rear with the French
in hot pursuit.
Pavolka took shelter in a German
trench TO bandage his wound and was
Joined there by Kelly who had been
hit in the shoulder. and Smith, with
a ball through his leg After a rest
Pavolka suggested 10 his comrades
that they had better crawl toward the |
rear. Kelly and Smith were too weak |
20 move and PavOlka made his way to |
the first aid ambulance alone. The /
Germans later counter-attacked and il I
is thought they captured Kelly and /
Smith.
Author Throws Bombs.
Weeks. who is the author of several I
volumes of short stories and plays /
was the chief bomb thrower for the \
SQUAD He went into action armed \
with a revolver. a sheaf knife and q \
basket of hand grenades and was last \
seen in company with ScanlOn, pur- I
suing the Germans who had fed from /
the second line trenches.
Weeks had many narrow escapes /
from death and was considered very
plUcky and resourceful.
The only American positively known /
to have been killed on June 16 was /
Edwin Hall OF Chicago, who arrived |
at the front only a few days before |
the battle and was placed in the ma /
chine gun section. IL was his first /
time under fire and he exhibited great /
GOODNESS and bravery. Halls squad |
rushed UP the machine guns 10 hold a \
captured position. The Germans COun- !
teE-attacked and killed the entire I