The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-05
Chas. l.. Orr of Lyons, Ham,
One of Five Wounded.
He Probably Is in American
Hospital Near Front.
CAPTURE WOUNDED GERMAN
Americans Intensive Training
at Front Developed Battle.
When Discovered They Are
Caught in Germans "Straff."

Washington. Nov. 5.-Thc officlal
casualty list of the losses of American
trooDs in France in their first clash
with tllc Germans follows;
KILLED
Private Thomas +. Enright sister
Mrs. Mary Irwin, 6641 Promo street.
Titt-burS .4,,,,.
MIS-. Alice Dodd, 1901 West ONO
street Evansville. Ind.
Private Merle ID. Hay, father Harry
d. Hay. GIidden. Iowa.
WOUNDED.
Private John J. smith, brother f.
ID. smith, Isox 81, Ludington, Mich.
Private Charles j. Hopkins, brother
james ". Hopkins. stanton, Texas.
Private George L. BOX, father
James J.. FOX. 700 North Grady street,
AItus. Okla. .'-.--.-
Priyatc Homer Givens. father VIII
liam e. Givcns, Glove dale, Ala.
P.ivute Charles l.. Orr, mother
Mrs. Sarah Reg icH. Il. +. ID. No. 3.
Lyons, Kan.
CAPTURED OR MISSING.
sc,~cant Edgar NJ. HaIyburtOn.
''G'1H Go,poraI Nicholas l.. Mulhan, Jer-
s'S Cor o porai Edwin II. Haines, Wood
"'p.. P.ivete ' HerchcI Godfrey, Chicago.
private Vernon NJ. Kendall, Roll
p~ivate William p. Grigsby. Louis
" Tri,atc 1Tt Frank f. McDougal, Mary
VI p,i 1s ate ate Daniel B. Gallagher, Block
' private John p. Lester, Tutwiler,
Mss. c,.,o
Il GfaVsTn
Iowa. \.
AttnrAd Taking Lesson in War.
TIM list was accompanied by the
follo7vinC announcement:
.,The war department has received
a dispatch from the comma ndlng gen
eral of the American e%peuIlioi,ai sl-I ,itl,. ,
forces which states that before DAY
Teb+ %oVe---Eur 8. a salient occupied
for instructor by company OF
American infantry was raided by the
Germ MS The enemy put down a
heavy har~ane FIRE. cutting OH the
salient f~o-r the rest OF the hne- OuI
losses were three killed, five wounded
md twelve captured or missing. The
enen1v's losses are not known. One
sounded German was taken pris-
oner"
Infantrymen of the American over
seas forces have had their first CLASH
with the &C mans in front line
trench position and three Americans
we're killed, five wounded and twelve
caDtureT The Germans attacked a
davbreak on November 8, under cover
Of a heavy balrage fire " hich isolated
a short alieHt occupied by company
of Americans apparently left the little
force at the mercy of their enemies
The report from General Pershins
dealing with the enga cement which
was made pu ,ic by the war depart
ment early today did not give th'
names of the casualties and also omit
ted to mention whether the trench
had been captured. However the fac
that one wounded German was takeI
by the Americans leads to the belle
that the attacking party did not re
main to further contest the position
hut W. content to slip back to thei
prote citing lines with their prisoners
That Al G lean troops receiving in
tensive traini. & in the -~enches hat
had their frs fight with the enem,
was intimated on Saturday in crypti
OFFICIAL statement from Berlin an
nouncing the capture of North Amer
lean" soldiers. Cable dispatches from
the American army headquarters il
France also served to prepare tn
American public for the news of tn
engagement thru announcements tina
the artillery activity was somewha
above normal. altho not anything nea
as intense as on other parts of tn
front.
Turning Point of War.
While General Cadorna's s forces ar
holding the invading Austro- Germa
hordes along the Tagliamento, a
Italian naval bulletin referring to in
tense activity in the Gulf of Tries
indicates that the Adriatic may 500
be the scene Of an important devel
opment and the turning point in tn
present struggle in that theater OF tn