The Washington herald., 1918-08-26
ALLY VICTORY
In YEAR, SAYS
]. HAM LEWIS
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CONIlNGE4D thOA PAGb ONE
enemy to retrat. That was the first
humiliating defeat for the Germans.
At the British front. at Chipilly
(southeast of Albert, where the Ger
man right held out longest against
the British onslaught at the opening
OF the Picardy drive), it was the
Illinois men-the First and Second
regiments from Chicago-that led the
victorious attack.
Under Col. Sanborn they took the
high ground right under the noses
of the German cannon. They cap
tured these cannon and took hordes
of German prisoners
So magnificent was this American
dash to victory that the English
commander. a veteran of the East
Indian and Egyptian campaigns, said
ito me:
Englishman HonOrs Yanks.
VI wouldn't have sent my men into
that attack. 1t seemed impossible
to take the hill"
Sanborn was brevetted brigadier
general and given a medal of high
distinction by Great Britain.
A wonderful, noble spirit lives
in these boys from Illinois. I Wis
tied them and mingled with them
on every 'front.' 1 saw them in the
trenches and in the dugouts.
They make you think of fellows
camping out preparatory to a hunt
for wild animals. saw that they
had every comfort and better food
than may be obtained in city hotels,
They are given every care.
n hn l.,
cared for as if they were in their
homes. They recover rapidly and
all are in great haste to get back
TO nght- They cry out as a slogan:
Illinois Men.
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken; then
paradise-Illinois"'
The names of our young men are
| heard everywhere. Col. Robert Nc
Cormick. Joe Medill Patterson, Col.
Reilly and Capt. johnson, of Reilly's
battery. are with the hundreds of
| others setting an example of valor
and noble conduct.
Illinois may be proud of her fight
| ing men in France.
Even the Australians pay the tri-
butte that the Americans go 1t too
rough" and kill everything at once" ;"
Inv NCl ItdE utISaI ana ulS-
| aster. German prisoners confess that
their commanders say the result lies
with America and that America s
fighting will change all previous esti-
mates of the Germans in Germany
They admit, further. that 1t is neces-
sary to recover from the defeat in
flicted on Germany in the very first
test of the Americans, or the German
people will be crushed in spirit
They had been taught that Ameri-
cans could not be reckoned with as
an independent force, but merely as
servants of the British
The present drive and its success
viii, IL continued by the increase of
American soldiers, lose Germany
every inch of ground previously
gained in France. and will mark tht
beginning OF an advance on German
soil. The cry Of the American SOL
der at the front is:
"On to BerIin!s
"On to Berlinr'
The most noticeable thing to me is
the unity with which the American
works and co-operates with the Brit.
ish and French on the field. The
Americans are new at this work and
at harmonizing themselves with other
nationalities.
Germany has circulated statements
through her army that the Americans
would revolt and not obey French
orders. The French say the conduct
Of the Americans is winning the war
year before they had hoped for
success.
The health of our troops is a wonder
the food, comfort and care excel
that which any Of them got in any
city. All are content.
The only fear revolves around the
impatience Of the Americans to finish
the Job.