Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-08-23
YANKEES HAVE SHARE
AN GREAT VICTORIES


The stars and Stripes. the ofacial
newspaper of the A. E. r. tn France.
in It's issue Of July 20 publishes the
following very interesting incidents
In connection with the first days OF
the allied offensive:
Where. In earlier engagements.
they had taken prisoners by fifties
and hundreds. the Yankees in the
first days Of the great Allied counter
offensive took prisoners by thousands.
Before their nart OF the drive had
run its frst IL hours. while the hip
hip-hooray of the first rush was still
In full exultant swing. thousands Of
bewildered Boches we're trudging sol
EMMY to the rear of the American
lines.
When the story OF this offensive
comes to be written In full. IL shall be
told of one banner regiment of In
fantry that IL alone captured 2.260|
Germans In 1S hours. They were TAX
en- In such numbers that sometimes
they had to be dispatched TO the rear
unguarded.
expected that high commanders
within the forces of the enmey were
caught before they could make a dis
Greet withdrawal Majors abounded
in the Yankee nets, and the captains
and lientenants captured were too
many to mention. And they were bet
ter than majors-though, naturally
enough. the higher you go the fewer.
"a Yx1sa II uaF 20 4sxFz
ment as to the morale OF an army
from the morale OF prisoners, for
when any man falls into the hands of
the enemy he feels as though the
world were coming to an end. so 1t
Ia quite humanity comprehensive that
when the mighty Count Won Wendell
gave stately recognition of the fact
that those Americans had surrounded
him, he radiated the impression that
the war had either come to an end
thereby or might as well stop grace
fully.
Mighty Count Won Wendell.
The Count, who was formerly
aide-de-camp OF Grown Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria. and whom we
found as q lieutenant colonel com
handing the 3rd Bavarian Infantry,
had taken refuge In q quarry along
with 200 Germans of various ranks.
His cave was surrounded early In
the day and the answering Yankee
Infantry passed by, leaving only
enough to guard the entrances to the
quarry and take occasional pot shots
into it. All day the invested 400 held
out. and then toward shutdown they
surrendered. They did not shout
'Kamerad, kamerad!' Not they. They
surrendered In the good old-fashioned
way, following a fashion almost for
gotten in this death-or-glory war.
For at shutdown the Count sent
out white flag, and with II q formal
note OF surrender. This was gravely
received and answered, and a little
later the Count emerged. followed by
an imposing company.
He seemed little offended at
something. Possibly he was family
surprised not to find General Per
shing waiting outside on milk-white
charger Certainly he was vocal with
indignation because no motOr-car
awaited him.
hopping Up the Caves.
''The American officers expressed
their regret-nay, their grief-that
none was available, and the last seen
/ in that neighborhood of the former
aide of the Crown Prince Rupprecht,
he was hiking with the rest of the 200
hiking 1 6 kiIometers to the rear.
4 Many such caves and quarries are
| to be found in the contested country
side between the Aisne and the
Ourcq. They are perfect places for
2. %, and they are formidable refn-
ges for beaten soldiers who want TO
die fighting. Fortunately for the
Yanks who had mopping-up duty 10
do last week, most of the Germans did
not want 10 die at all. The resistance
from within the caves could hardly
be called stubborn.
"One mammoth cave did threaten
to hold ont to our cost. but French
cavalrymen drove their rideieas hors-
es into the opening, drew the machine
gun fire on them, and then charged
the cave themselves.
sOne such cave had many gums on
many tiers. II had ammunition and
| food to serve q regiment, and Il had
hunks for 1000 men.
Little Sergeant Hercules.
ut was In deep, inaccessible dug.
out that one high German comman.
der was fonnd---the one the Yankee
regiment concerned In his capture be.
lieyes to have been mator-genefal
Certainly IS men guarded him an Il
he were very precious to the German
Army. and he was whirled away in al
auto 70 high French headquarters
as TX he might have information i'm
lp0rtant enough TO seek without mo
mentis waste Of time.
Il But no prisoner capture was more