Evening star., 1917-11-05


stated that the German artillery hat
dropped a heavy barrage fire about
sector of the trench, cutting the men OF
from help. No explanation of the eigh'
casualties reported and the twelve mef
taken prisoner was received. The fact
that one wounded German was cap
tured, however, indicated that the
trench had been reoccupied by the
American forces. Here is the ofticia
casualty list:
Killed:
private Thomas F. Enright. sister.
Mrs. Mary Irwin, 6641 Premo street.
Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Alice Dodd, 1901 West Ohio
street, Evansville, Ind.
Private Merle ID. Hay. father, Har-
vey d. Hay, Glidden. Iowa.
Wounded:
n. smith. Box 81. Ludington. Mich.
private Charles J. Hopkinss brother
James w. Hopkins, stanton. Tex.
Private George J.. boz; BOY; fGtnsr. Grnsr
James l.. Box. 100 Norm f"o'
P~ivnte Homer Givcns. father,
William F. Givens, Cloverdnie' Ala.
private Charles l.. Orr. mother.
Mrs. Sarah Regnell, Il. r. d., NO. D.
Lyons, Kan.
Captured or Missing.
Cautured or missing:
sergt. Edgar NJ; haIypu nn s.onS
ther, George ID. Ahai5
S.orn. Nicholas l.. Mulhall. mother.
Mr.. bridget Mulhnll. 1s0 9th street.
Jersey City. \. J:
E,t,oheth Haines, route No. 4,
private Herchel Godfrey. father.
william c. Oberst. 100 North Ridge
way avenue. Chicago; ,.u Ill father
samuel Kendall, II. f. d., No. =. Roll.
Prixnt- william r. Grigsby, moth
or. Mrs, Lizzie Grigsby, ITS Willow
.renue. Louisyille. ky.
private Frank f. McDougal. ia
.h.r r.. l., McDougnl, ~: East LIST
street, MaryvilIe. Mo.
priynte Danield B. Gallagher.
father, Neil GALLAGHER. biocton. Ala'
private John =. Lester. father.
xU,ii,am Lester. Tutwiler, Miss.
pr,~nte Harry LnnEhmnn. Ada II.
I.anrhman. 461 Oakwood bonieSard'
Chicago. Ill.
Hrixnte Dewey ID. Kern. mother,
NJ. Eya 'TiltOn. Collins. Iowa.
n",v.te Reckon. not identified.
Protected by heavy barrage fire
the Germans advanced across no man
go oH from reinforcements by the
rain of German shells. 1t is thouSht the
dafanders were obliged to meet force
Greatly superior in numbers with the
st;on of one German captured
nothing is known oi 'he en' VI Inv
enemy's losses .,
The first fragmentary details made
10 mention of the location of the flSht
hat
but Berlin dispatches IN lnd1eaia 'na1 Marne ,e
San.I in the section defended by the
crown princes forces.
Details Not Yet Reported.
whether the men killed and wound
cd received their injuries in hand-to-
h.,d ,phting with the raiding German
;nfantrymen or were struck down by
shrannel is not known. A single shell
scorins a direct hit in the trench, might
hova caused all the casualties. That
would not explain: however, ever the sur
render Of the remaining twelve.
Under anything short Of positive or
ders the twelve would have been ex-
nected to offer desperate resistance to
the Germans crawling up through the
darkness to jump into the trench, and
there probably would have been more
than one wounded German left behind
when the raiders retired
The general practice of trench raidins
ali along the front. however, seems tc
affer possible explanation. 1t has
been customary for French British OF
German raids to be carried out with ar
;ntanse barrage fire used to isolate the
amail sn,anss sector Of the enemy line which
It was planned to invade. AS addi-
tionai protection s FOR the : raiders, ID, the \.
nortion of the front than that which
Constituted the real objective of tht
raid. The object OF the fire is to con.
ceal from the defenders the exact poin1
Of attack until the raiders arrive there
Presumably an Advanced Post.
Presumably the American trench
| ratded was an advance post. With only
| twenty men In 1t, 1t could not have hae
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