Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-04

/ AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS
, March (.
\ personal visit to the rhcmin-dcs-
] Danes sector. where American troops
were holding the front in conjunction
with the French. reveals the high state
Of efficiency TO which the Yankee fight
/ crs have been brought. Although the
AmcricaiIl At this point az" ostcnsiby
/ engaged only in top training" they arc
performing deeds worthy % acasoncd
veterans.
They la,, hccu ON this line ?or nearly
II month, during which time they have
participated 'u four raids IN couiuuc-
/ ton with tho French. earning tho OIL
/ Cial as we'll as verbal admiration Of
the French high commands. They have
also aided IN rcpulsius 1--WE hochc raids,
none of which succeeded in entering our
lines. This involved desperate hand-to-
hand fighting outside our inner wire.
during which two Americans were killed
and several wounded. Several French
soldiers also wcrc killed and wounded.
Tue bochc casualties in killed aud
wounded totalcd thirty-cgm
BOCIIES DRIVER orr
Ou ono occasion two Sammcc squads
Of sixteen men each collectively drove
off eighty bochcs without losses to them
selves aud wouudiug or killing eleven
of the enemy. Fourteen of these Yankee
boys have been awarded tho French war
cross in the last ten days There have
been MANY instances Of personal Keen
ness. bravery. hcruism and devotion to
b the cause \ general officer saw a
private making his way to the rear with
fIlI equipment. when spoken 10 10y the
officer, the soldier yalutcd and said earn
ostIy. ~ certainly have had rotten
uck My company goes in tonight and
here | am with tn" mumps going to
hospital"
one machine gunner stayed at his gun
after his four comrades had been shot
down. Another iustanc" of bravery was
| when a lieutenant returned toward the
bochc fire after reaching his own lines
from a raid. Finding four of his men
missing. he Immediately called for vol
untcers to return and find the men.
Eighteen Yankees went with him Just
outside the boChc wire they heard an
enemy raiding party advancing aud took
refuge in shell holes. They let the
bocl,eS pass aud then opeued up with
grcnadcs and rifles, demoraliZing the
Germans and driving around back Of the
lines, leaving siN dead on the field
DEAD BOCuE HIS PRIZE
An American soldier in this party re-
turned carrying a dead bochC. An Of
iirer noticing this asked tho reason,
II thought sir that his person might
disclose information valuable TO us" was
the reply The Lieutenant allowed the
body to he brought in aud buried within
our lines.
Before the American advent in this
sector tho bochcs occasionally would
stick their heads up over the trenches.
ON the first day Of our occupation
Yankee snipers accounted Tor four such
reckless Germans. and since then no
buchc dares to look over the top
Tho Borh"s knew Immediately that
tho Americans were there, for they stuck
mp Il sign reading in English; Wei
come. Yankees" The Americans shot
this sign down and promptly put up
signs Of their own in three places on
their front reading: There's no moro
No Mans Land this Is Yankee land. "
ono company objected TO being relieved
after n days stay on the front limo.
They asked permission to stay longer
The alcrtncss Of the American artiI.
, lcry is equal to that of tho infantry.
! resulting thus far in the dcmoraIiza :
, tion Of every Bochc raid. The total of
American casualties in this sector since
, February Z has been nconsidCrabC. in
, Guiding only few killed.
visited hoSnitalS back of the lines
whcrc our wounded are being cared for
I saw one Yankee there whose leg had
been shot off, u" had also lost part OF