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Two companies had been killed. wounded
o. taken prisoner, except one Lieutenant
Smith, Company =. Many oc the men
had fallen. Calling the survivors
around rim in = wheat field, bounded on
thrc" SIDES by a forest. Lieutenant
Smith formed the remnants into one
! company and these men held uD the
flower OF the German army and delayed
its advance so that the objectlves never
! were reached
Caused Great Loss of Life
Those boys stuck in the shell pits
I In that field until they caused such
( terrific loss OF life in the enemy'q ranks
! that the Germans finally went around
: this handful of soldiers. rather than
I face further determination. The casu-
aities on the German side were fright
! full | went over the battlefield after
ward and there were at least nine dead
( Germans to every American, and maybe
moro than that.
Germans tried to pick our boys out
Of the shell pits by climbing trees and
/ firing down. but the Pennsylvanians shot
! Germans from trees as they climbed up
gallant defenders Lieutenant Smith took
his little band TO the Marine River
/ short dstance ahead of them. and they
made their way in it, staying close TO
shore to the regmental headquarters,
where the lieutenant and thirty-two men
reported 20 Colonel Kemp.
/ Not understanding the French sys-
tern Of spring back warfare. a Phla-
! delphia mess sergeant became excited
and broke military law, but was not
! punished because of what he afterward
did,
I We We're at mess one day when some
: French troops fighting on hill in full
! view began falling back. The sergeant
watched them. Then he turned to some
| pans he had started cleaning and kicked
the utensils in all directions.
{ Drops Pans and Grabs Gun
. Damn those kettles he shouted,
and grabbing a gun. raced away to join
/ the soldiers. He was forgiven. But
when he got to the scene of action the
| French We're driving back the Germans.
! having worked their snap-back trick Of
retiring. then rushing forward suddenly
| The night before the big drive be-
gan. Colonel Kemp aid myself went to
| the advanced obserS alton post of the
regiment We could see shells bursting
along the line, extending from scissors
to Chateau-Thierry.
! About o'clock in the morning hell
broke loose. The most violent shelling
took place, and gas and more gas was
poured on the 10th Regiment. But the
boys did not finch. Splendid fellows that
they were, they returned everything they
! got Then the Germans began forcing
their way across the Marine. In two
places they crossed. but before they did
they suffered terrible losses.
The cream OF the German army was
in that advance. Strong men were sent
/ in by the Crown Prince. Every one was
ft and brave.
Until Thursday, July 49, the battle
swayed back and forth Lines advanced
only 10 retreat. The Pennsylvania boys
hourly crowned themselves with glory.
Their heroism was displayed anew with
each moment of the struggle.
Thursday saw rapid changes The
I Pennsylvanians were re-enforced by the
385th Regiment of Blue Devils, who We're
brigaded with the Americans. Then the
Franco-American sweep began
Priyates Organize Themselves
Through that fighting many times
priyates had to organize themselves to
! repel attacks Their officers gone, the
men would form their own plans and &c
into the battle fighting with wonder
full sprit. Too much cannot be said for
the men from this State who are in
France
"One sergeant from this city came
into n Red Cross station TO have shrap-
mel wounds dressed. His side had been
ont in several places. ! attended nm
and then said an ambulance would be
along shortly to take him back to the
base hospital ~
back there and he Jolneu ms company
on the firing line
.oThe woods in which much of the
6sbtinr was done contained briars
which presented considerable difficulties
IN the hoys. but they went through then
~ the fight as II nothing was wrong
with their paths. .,
I'm the Grand Forest, the 11otl
oa,tured a chauteau which was filled
Win ammunition, left by the enemy II
his hurried retreat before the onrushin'
Pennsylvanians'
Pepnsylvania Boys Clean
..r.u this TO all Philadelphia AM
Pennsylvania:
"rhe Pennsylvsnis boys are clean
-. not going to the Jimmy Bow
Wow. over there. Not alone are the
= n..n,nr their bodies clean, but thei
! souls, too, are good. 49,,
why II is better there than in Amer
lea" .. ,,,,,,sa,,hi
: Doctor LaViolette left Philadelphi
today to go TO Pittsburgh to tell tn
: rslatiyes and friends of members or IN
old Eighteenth Regiment and the FIJI
tesnth Engineers about the work thos
. hovs are doing for democracy he
i the pastor OF the Queen Ann Methodis
5 Episcopal Church, Seattle, WASH.