The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
HUNS KILL u. S. MEN
FIVE OTHERS ARE WOUNDED
AND TWELVE TAKEN PRlS-
oNER BY GERMANS.
FIRST AMERICAN BLOOD Split
Gen. Pershing's Telegram Gives the
First Meaaer Details Of the First
Actual Fighting Experienced
by the Overseas Forces.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Armed forces
under the American flag have had
their first clash with German soldiers
in an attack which the Germans MADE
on frst-line trenches where the United
States troops had been taken for IN
struction and three Americans were
killed. five wounded and twelve cap
tured or missing The war depart
ment made this known on receipt OF
n dispatch from General Pershing
General Pershng'S cablegram gave
the first meager details Of the first
actual fighting experienced by Amerl-
cas- overseas forces.
Intlmatlons of conflict were had
in dispatches from Berlin declaring
that American prisoners had been
captured.
The official statement issued by the
war department is as follows:
1.-THE war department has received
u dispatch from the commanding gen
eral of the American eXpeditionary
forces. which stated, that before day
light November salient occupied
for instruction by a company Of Ameri-
can infantry was raided by Germans,
The enemy put down a heavy bar
rage fire cutting off the salient from
the rest of the men. Our losses were
three killed five wounded and twelve
captured or missing. The enemy's
losses are not known. One wounded
German was taken prisoner"
Washington, Nov. THE official
casualty list Of the losses Of Ameri-
can troops In France in their first clash
with the Germans follows:
Killed-Private Thomas #. Enright,
sister, Mrs Mary Irwin, 6641 Promo
street, Pittsburgh; Private James b.
Gresham, mother, Mrs. Alice Dodd,
1901 West Ohio street, Evansville, Ind;
Private Merle D. Hay, father, Harry
d. Hay, GlIdden, la.
Wounded-Private John ]. Smith,
brother f. -. Smith, box 50, Luding-
ton Mich. Private Charles j. Hopkins,
brother, James w. Hopkins, Stanton,
Tex; Private George l.. Box, father,
James l.. Box, 700 North Grady street,
Altus. okla; Private Homer Givens,
father William f. Givens, Cloverdale,
Ala; Private Charles l.. Orr, X. r. ID,
No. 5. Lyons, Kan.
Captured or msslng-Sergt. Edgar
II. Halyhurton, father, George j. EIaly.
burton. Stony Point, N. c.; Corporal
Edwin H. Halnes, mother, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Halnes, route No. 4, Woodward
Okla. Private Herschel Godfrey, step.
father, William c. Oberst, 700 North
Rldgeway avenue, Chicago, H.; PR.
vate Vernon NJ. Kendall father, Sam
Kendall. r. f. u. No. 2 Roll, Okla :
Private William p. Grigsby, mother
Mrs. Lizzie Grigsby, 1878 Willow ave.
nue., Louisville, KY; Private Frank e.
McDOugal father. II. L. McDougaI 800
East First street, Mnryvllle, Mo. Pr.
vate Daniel Il. Gallagher. father, Neil
Gallagher, BlOchton. Ala; Private
John 7. Lester, Tutwiler, Miss; PR.
vate Harry LOughman, next Of kin,
Ada II. Loughman, 46l Onkwood b0ue.
ward, Chicago, H.. Private Dewey d.
Kern, mother, Mrs. Eva Tilton, Col,
Inns, Ia; Private --- Reckon. cannot
be identified.
American troops captured by the
Germans In the trench raid on the
morning Of November 3 probably wer,
trapped in their dugouts and forced tt
surrender or be blown to pieces with
hand grenades without chance foi
their lives.