The Springdale news., 1917-11-09
THEY DIED LIKE
 TRUE AMERICANS
Small Detachment of American Troops Overwhelmed By Superior Number of Germans, But They Fought Gallantly to the End.

Nov. 5.-A small detachment of American infantrymen were attacked in the first line trenches early Satur- day morning by much superior force of German shock troops. The Amer jeans were cut off from relief by hea- wy barrage in thelr rear They fought sallantly until overwhelmed solely by numbers.
 The fighting in the trenches was hand to hand. It was brief and fierce in the extreme. As result of the en- counter three Americans were killed and four wounded. 4 sergeant and corporal and ten men were taken pri- soner.
 Two French soldiers who were in the trenches also were killed. The enemy lost some men, but the number is unknown, as their dead and wound ed were carried off by the retiring Germans
 From the beginning of the engage ment until the end the Americans liv- ed up to all the traditions of the American army, the records showing the bravery Of the detachment and of individual members.
 The German raid on the American trench was carried out against mem bers of the second contingent enter ing the trenches for training These men had only been in a few days. Be fore dawn Sunday the Germans began smelling vigorously the barbed wire front of the trenches, dropping many nigh explosive shells of large ealiber. A heavy artillery fire was then di- rected so as to cover all the adja- cent territory, including the passage leading up to the trenches, thereby forming a most effective barrage in the rear as well as in the front
 The young lieutenant in charge of the detachment of Americans started back to the communication trench to his immediate superior officer for or ders. The barrage knocked him down but he picked himself up and started off again. He was knocked down second time but determined to reach his objective, got up again A third time he was knocked down and badly shell-shocked and was put out of ac- ton.
 Soon after the Germans, according to the report. to the number of 2l0, rushed through the breaches and wire entanglements on each side of the salient, their general protective bar rage in the forefield having lifted for moment. The Germans went into N~ VI S4iSiiSo ol achSldl polHeo' iiNy met with stout resistance. Pistols grenades, knives and bayonets were freely used.
 For many minutes there was con siderable confusion in the trenches, the Germans stalking the Americans and the Americans stalking the Ger mans. In one section of the trench an American private engaged two Germans with the bayonet. That was the last seen of him until after the rad when dead American was found on the spot. Another was killed by a blow on the head with rifle butt from above
 Some of the Americans apparently at the beginning of the attack did not reallze just what was going on. One ot the wounded, a private said:
 Il was standing in a communication trench waiting for orders. I heard noise back of me and looked around Tn time to see German fire in my direction. l felt a bullet hit my arm"
 The Germans left the trench as soon as possible, taking their dead and. wounded with them. An inspec- ton showed, however, that they had