Evening star., 1918-08-15
c(t0z1 GOEsOVER
H!'AE TOP|'WITHMEN
Private Solder Tells How
Americans Chased Huns !
While Bullets Whizzsd. i.
WORK oEENEMY LooTERs
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c.S,ss..@ f. The Eys.ass ~ ssss s,,s ssa
WITH aTHu AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT. August 1a.--~We just
went up q. littieSravine, with the bull
let's whizsing ron all sldee. untll we
came TO the German machine sans.
and we took them over. The colonel
went over the top with us this time.
But that's about, all knew about the
fnghting tmyssif until It stoppsd. The
other fellows told me what they had
seen." said Private Edward Teih Of
Chicago in describing q recent SCRAP.
Tho mans summary - typical Of
what tthe average soldier knows about
things ontsids his tewn Immediate
vicinity. During the night his knewi.
edge is limited TO- what he sees.
I'Usually during the settlement Of bat
tie his horison is sIaAh.
Eneounter Maehine Gun Nests.
The men gre opposed through all
The German IsaT xsasd sst'ons ,sa aD,,rs by
German infantry being practically
machine gun 'unitA According 70
Information Received from German
sources, the kitest class Of boys called
to the cslors are petns trained M "A tns tsS
Machine gu Is arc mot az strong an
OFFENSIVE asf defensive weapon, pessl-
bly, indfcat lng that Germany 10 pre-
pairing to settle on . long defensive
war. Machine guns are Unable .s se
. xS,a Iva AZ Infantry AIWaY&
outstripsf the artillery.
Capt hohn Richmond. one Of tns
leaders Jof the advances against ma
chine gun nests. told on ten smaA 1e-
tachms Snts and worksd arenna M
He fcnnd thslmsthoA effective. teduc-
ing IAs own Casualties 70 the mini
mum, Capt James Melville success
full 3 used the system OF bringing up
his Hown machine guns near sne hoss
til,s guna, and fushing them out or
tbA nests. the same as artiaery.
1t 10 Q great novelty for our men 20
gret into the German trenches. ana
Eheir zeal 10 undampened as long as
itthey are able to reach the terrkery
which the Germans occupied: me pc
| keeping the men down. a. they waat
to prowl around searching for souve-
Mrs aftar- occupyinG, the places fof-
meriy hell by the Germans.
| sman oplnion Of TrenehsL
~rrom What we had road Of ths Ger
man trenches. we thocght they were
like pictures Of Fort srmtsS ~
can build ourselves" said Private
| John Prozysd Of Chicago.
Though lit was q rule some states.
men made that are could not be used
In warfare. still shars what the ossss 0sss
FIRE, but n6rtunately we did not get
burned" !" ssld Private crossley Helreyd
of Philadelphia.
"PatrolEshg e great sport Il beats
any kind Of sans huating rvs ever
aeainas aRan . a sussh q shs snsmy. pick
on a.fcouple and capture . m1cAine
gun That's some 6dveheure. said
Privste w. J. Kautenberger, Chicago.
/ PSvate Raymond Chastsin q In
Army today. because after . long hike
and needed rest me prospect of get
(.ins into the iasht i.aias ,sss,S aw,sS chfs. .
q ma ssss " VIA is sis aas s
so as not to miss any danger.
Supply Depot in Ruips-
tween Eefe-sn-Tardenois (4nd the
saponay 'swftch tfAeks are the r.
1 mains Of one Of the big supply deDcts
which the retiring Germans dsetroyed
behind them. The asAnnuoition-. oumle,
/ which formed part Of the store4s eyfs
IDENTIFY exploded ID the course OF %
Il hre, which consumed most ot the
building found in the stfewn
msnts. raiiroad trucks torn AeAst md
| even rails twisted and bent donnle.
One OF the most int6festfnk eA<tD
was the supply o. loot which the 0ees
mans had coilected from tho coHnt<y.
.rSs rSs Il o1ifsinss snsf esatssasae he Iocs
area by 4 highR11 BIG siens "a car
man along ShsE reSd strictly 1orheAs
premisea. One euofosnre ouutAjns
brass which had bean collecte6. The
largest 6in9Ie piece 10 TIE pie ten1 o
bell which evidently had been taken
from some village church.
Lootess Take Eserythia1
Ths houses bad svidsntfY sOssn,
secured clean. Of clocks. hand s3nstru-
ments andirone. caudleatiCEB, af7u evan