Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-16
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TO u. S. HISTORY
Bravery OF american Boys In Great
Drive Enhances Respect Of En-
tire World for Hhnks.


PARIS, France. oct l2.-I have
Just returned from trip over the
Marne battlefield. scene OF a glo-
rious allied victory
Back of the line, in a woods !
stopped at the battalion headquar-
ters OF a famous American diVis-
ION, many Of whose men came from
Michigan and Wisconsin, and which
bore splendid part in crowding
the Germans back to the Nesle river.
We crowded tho enemy so hard
that We ran away from our kitchen
wagons" said one OF the officers.
We were after them night and day.
We would shout, There they go,
There they are and VIC hunted the
boChe down from one woods TO an
other and one ravine 70 the mex.
There were several times when, had
the Germans known our condition
they would just have wiped he'll out
Of Us For we were for nine days
without kitchen wagons. We threw
away everything but our rifles and
gas masks We had three meals In
nine days, but II was no tault OF the
comm ssary. The men were run
ming on their nerve for the last three
days Just in the hope of getting an
other boche. The day they cam
back, they came back in amhulances
and trucks. They did not have the
strength TO walk.
NumbcrICSs Acts Of HCroiSm.
There were numbericss acts Of
bravery and courage. On the morn
ing we attacked to take the bank Of
the Nc,ic, we were repulsod We
took II in the afternoon. After the
capture one Of our fellows, with an
eve out, and one side Of his face
badly shot. came back with his head
bandaged and cooked on one side so
nc could see TO walk. \ lieutenant
saw him and told man to take him
back to II pOstc de SeCours The sol
der who was stumbling along waved
tho man away and said; Go TO
blazes. can get back myself
"One Of our companies became
separated from the battalion which
had been caught in gas attack and
had stopped 10 TX the gas masks
The company. however had kept
marching. Looking across a ravine
the captain saw the battalion but he
was unable to make out whether
they were friends or enemies. lie
called for volunteers to make up a
patrol and find out, when out from
the ranks stepped German born
American soldier. ia like to go. sir,
said he, one Dutchman can't kill an
other.
I'VE took prisoner a German who
could talk a little English. He was
greatly surprised at the spirit and
heroism OF our men. These must
he the American shock troops he
said
at another time We were in a
woods on the bank Of river. There
was no one on our left and the Ger
mans were firing right in our midst,
putting up tremendous strafnig.
So we decided 10 withdraw, but a
sergeant and lieutenant stayed there
with an American one-pounder to
see that no boChe took our posi-
ton"
French Praise American Skill.
The splendid initiative shown by
the Americans In the advance to
Fismes. right through the center OF
the former German wedge, is given
great praise In report by the
French sixth army. The American
division mentioned came into battle
on July 80. In the early days OF tho
tlEntlnE ana AT intervals lneTedlleE
II encountered the most violent op-
position in which the enemy counter
attacked with many machine guns
and strong artillery. But, despite
many privatlons. the Americans kept
pushing on. Only a narrow road af-
forded the conveys the opportunity
OF coming up and there had been
heavy rains. Finally. after furious
infantry Comhats advanced to the
outskirts Of Fismes which. by the
night Of August :, they had cap
tured and cleared Of tho enemy. This
spectacular advance to the Nesle
hastened the German retreat. The
Americans are commended in the
French report for their keen sense
for infantry maneuvering and for
their excellent knowledge of machine
guns. auto rifles and light mortars,
which enabled them to speedily re-
duCe the German defences.
BY the graves that marked the
heights and hillsides facing the
enemy one could almost draw a line
Of our advance and the points of
greatest opposition.
In the world there must he Ger
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