The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-10
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HELPS EN- Fight Foe at Marne

glasses and rifle and this here-hs
touched a bowie. knife in his right put.
tee--well, those Americans asked a lot
Of questions, but they didn't seem io
understand what we said very well and
then they tried me in German which
know quite bit. having been in charge
Of prisoners for four months, when get.
ting better from my third wound and
SOL talked back at them all right. But
II didn't do no good neither and
next thing we knows Is they
talking OF shooting Us as spies
That would have been fine
thing, eh. and me with these" and Ms
hand passed across two faded medal,
ribbons on his breast. 'hnd me pal
here began talk, though he doesn't
say much as rule, and they seemed
10 make something more of what we
told them d they agreed to keep Us
with them and send us back here later
We had supper with them, and Lord, /,
was good, after living on lettuccs and
onions and one-haf biscuit for three
day.,
"Then bullets began to fly and Fritz
came on hot and heavy. The Americans
had taken away our rifles and me
glasses, but they let me help carrying
the cartridge belts and when they'd
lost some men, me pal here who is a
Lewis gunner, gave hand al the ma
chine gun. II got very hot but those
boys wouldn't retreat, Make then,
bite the dust thew shouted while NOV
ing the gun up close and they did too
plenty OF them. But say Don't you
get too eager, there's plenty more
where they came from You'll be get
ting US all killed " you're not care
full
Tanks Cool Under Fire.
"But they wouldn't hear Of moving
and then we counter attacked and it
was all right. | wasn't far wrong
either, for the next day Fritz kept
creeping in towards the town and by
evening had showed us down to the
streets round the bridge The Amer
leans couldn't have been cooler II
they'd been under fire all their lives.
And there was plenty OF shelling, too.
Once when a machine gun was put oul
by a shell, an Americana great big
lad he was-came running across the
bridge witt new one on his back, he
was asking for IL as the bullets and
all were scattering around like peas,
but they missed him. They was all
like that--just so full OF fight you
couldn't stop them.
1--WE pushed Fritz back after that
again and got across the bridge all
right. Our ~ we're nearly the last TO
cross with the French infantry while
the rest OF the Americans gave Fritz
a direct sweeping fire from the other
shore. On Sur'ov they sent us up here
under escort but the officer of the
squad VIC were with shook hands with
me and my pals before we left and
said he thought we were all right. lie
was fine lad, cool as you please all
through II, and knew how TO handle
his machine guns all right, eh mate p
there came strong affirmative nod
from his taci'urn comrade. "fIe kept
me glasses though and used them when
his were smashed by bullet, But he
can have them as n souvenir that chap.
Twas nasty little business for your
first turn up so TO speak, but the
Americans did everything well, II the
rest of them are like that they'll give
Fritz something to write home about
before long. A bit too keen perhaps,
but they'll on steady down and keen
ness is good fault in a young dog
or a young soldier as the saving goes