The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-26

because had the statement OF French
officers who had been at Verdun and
Liegc and MI those places.
Our batteries never stopped hrlns
from the moment the Huns began.
In the middle Of it the boches started
20 cross the Marine on their way 10
Paris. AS soon as we perceived their
object every one Of US rushed down
(" the river front and held them WIN
rifle fire. grcnades and everything We
could lay our hands on. That is where
we had the hand.to-hand stuff. We
sure did pile them up in great shape.
This IS where the Seventh Infantry
gained the name Of the Rock Of the
Marine from the French.
There were bochcs in front OF Us.
boches to the right Of US and boches IN
tho rear OF us, and we did not give
crol,nd 4 half inch. The Huns con-
sidcrably outnumbered us Americans
The river was about 100 feet wide.
They came across on boats, rafts'
bridges and ropes. for the river was
deem in the center. The ropes they mad
fastened in some mysterious manner
to our side of the river, and they pulled
themselves across on them.
THE fight lasted all Of the l5th' ana
then the Allies started to apply tnH.
pinccr process at scissors and Rnelm'',
The boches were quick to perceive this
ord nj once started to save their sup
niles and artillery. They tried 10
r.i-bdraw out of the loop formed by
m. ninccr movement, but they lost
thousands Of prisoners and hundreos
Of guns. 1t was a beautiful s's"' ~
.eo them trying to burn up their am
r,un;tion dumps rather than nave al
,,,,,. material fall into the hands OF
the Allies.
Those Pennsylvania Boys!
1--WE followed across the Marine on
,nc 18th and chased them fifteen l1l'ies
,,o,or, ,ra were relieved. That nghe
,,rorrbt the line to, Fismes. the
PENNSYLVANIA troops in the - LIVE
Sim on our right made some history
,hore The Yankee division from '"e
>-or England States also did grea'
work. The boche gaif.eu d.
ltyslCl0n.
como respect for the Yankee o''''to
rno PENNSYLVANIA troops were soou'
,hoy were raving to so'and they wen.
We went five and six days "i'"ou.
s,oon You would want to steep. Do'
am would boiler gas ana We
49,. % wake up. You cannot go 70
' ",oo, with a gas mask on, ana Il w"
',o, mt one on II. five SECONDS you
ara out of luck. We lost all our
norses there and our water carts "e
nrt ont Of action by the big oomoafu-
won't When we crossed the RYE. W.
tound that the water there hao DEC"
,ostorcd by the boches. and pretty
, "nos Everybody there was SICK
81 don't think the Germans wan. 70
oebt any more. They were 'o'o 'nA'
americans did not take prisoners
,.,,e, we would make a capture
EVA first thing they would say "out.
80 .1,,u me- They we're a surprlseu
w. - birds when we did not obey
their requests. -
.It ,s q rotten thing for the Amerl-
o,r ncople TO say that the German
o,,,v &c on the point OF reVoiutlon'
Ivo arc going to lick them. Let tneti'
roro,t after we lick them but oon
SOW thore is detection in their ranks
w And speaking Of prisoners
.,u. o,,e OF our men surrounoeo w
&C., or six Huns. One OF them de-
.o,dod that he say 'Kamerad ana
the reply they got was staggering IN
moro ways than one. HELL no. came
,,o answer from our man, at the s"me
limo nlunc;ng into the group; and SO
s,vorelv did he fight that he virtually
had them licked before his comrades
c,,no n his aid. saw no Americans
taken prisoner. There are no Amer''
cans giving in. I will never be taken
. nrisoner: I would rather be croaked
any day.
II guess that Is all except that they
son, mo back here to be an instructor
IN one of the camps, and that as soon
A.. 7 arrived here tclephoned to Figs
and told her I was on my. way home.
I'm glad I kept my promise to the
baby"
CAPTAIN Flannery Is now breaking
the buys In" at Camp Dix.