The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
'THREE. KILLED.; n.
FIVE WOUNDED
FIRST CASUALTIES ON FIRING
LINE IN FRANCE.
TWELVE SAMMIES PRISONERS
Iowa Has Fist Among Killed ann
First In Wounded - Merle Hay
Of eIldden Gives His Life
In Acton.

"dSuluSlOu, NOV, O.---l lTtG AlIleT-
ian soldiers in the infantry division
are dead, five are wounded and twelve
captured as the result of sharp at
tack by the German forces on a sal
lent of the front line French trenches
held by General Pershing's men Nov
ember 3. .....s...
One wounded German soldier WAS
captured. .... ..a
Iowa Boy Among Dead.
Those reported killed are:
Private Merle d. Hay, whose faith
er is D. Hay Of Glidden, Iowa.
Private Thomas f. Enright, of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Private James B. Gresham
First Wounded Also lowan.
Among the wounded was Private
d. d. Kern, whose mother is Mrs.
Eva Tilton, of Collins, Iowa.
This report which was announced
by the war department brought home
to America today the first casualties
in dead and captured as the result
of the actual fighting on the front
line trenches on the French battle
fields between the Sammies and the
German forces.
+. Germans Capture Salient.
Attacking before daylight under
protection of heavy barrage firing
which cut the American salient off
from the rest of the American lines,
the Germans apparently captured all
Of their objective before reinforce
rncnts cauld be sent to the Ameri-
cans.
ia. v. S. Troops Wiped Out.
No word which was received from
General Pershing's statements indi-
Gated the extent of the Americans
part in the fighting.
An ordinary salient holds from
twenty to thirty men so it would be
apparent that the line forces of the
Sammies were practically wiped out.
Sammies Take Prisoners. .,.
That a wounded German soldier
was taken prisoner by the American
forces showed that fight was put up
before the Americans yielded.
The size of the attacking. force and
The German losses were not given in
the statement.
The war department has Cabled
for full information.
Parents Are Told.
Glidden, Iowa, Nov. ST am proud
OF my son if he has given his life for
his country" said d. Hay, father of
Merle d. Hay, twenty-one years or
age and one of the first three Ameri-
can soldiers to die for his country,
in an interview with the United Press
today, when informed that his son
had died in France from a German
bullet received while fighting on the.
front line battle fronts.
Mother Collapsed.
Mrs. Hay, mother of the dead hero,
collapsed when she was told of the
death of her son.
Young Hay enlisted in the army
one night last May after the declara-
ton of war, according to his father.
He had been working on the Hay
farm but he could not work any long
er after the war had been declared.
Would Give Other Boy.
Il gave him my consent to go and
| am not sorry" said his father to-
day 81 won't object to his brother
going, but at the present time he is
too young" ..
Young Hay has a brother, Basil,
who is eighteen years of age, and one
sister, Opal, who is fourteen.
Proud of Their Soldier Boy.
Collins, Nov. .5.-Their chins were
tilted just a little bit and there was
smile on the faces of the sister and
mother of Private Dewey Kern who
was reported captured or missing
following the Sammies' infantry en-
gagement with the Huns on the
French battle fields Saturday. What!
We sorry that Dewey enlisted? Well
! should say not! We are prouder
4 OF MIN imam ever DelOTt. we cHCOul-
aged him to enlist" said his sister
today.
| Somebody has got to go to war
and somebody has to be killed or cap
tured. There is one thing sure, he
did not shirk his duty"
Mother Is Overcome.
Mrs. Eva Triton, Kern's mother,
was too nervous today to talk fol-
lowing the announcement that her
son was one of those numbered
among the captured or missing.
Kerns stepfather is head of the local
company.
The fact that her brother was one
of those taken nv the Germans a"d
! numbered among the prisoners did
not seem to worry his sister in the
least,
| HerscheiI Godfrey's Mother.
Chicago. Nov. 5.-7Mrs. William G,
| Oberst burst into tears today when
she was informed her son 'Henschell