Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-26
IRON DIVISION In
THICK OF BATTLE
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our company that were there have
reported.
''It was something awful, and your
prayers pulled me through. God GER
tainly answered them. 1t is impos-
sible to describe it. They shelled us
all night Sunday and came over
early Monday morning. Shells were
dropping every second all around us.
Some were killed and many were
wounded by the shrapnel during the
night. We lay there all night with
gas masks on.
II was out eleven days and lost
everything had but rifle, side arms
and gas mask. had not had a wash
or shave for eleven days. I was a
sight when 1 reported at brigade
headquarters this morning. I had not
slept since Saturday night, and this
is Thursday. l did not eat from Sun
day supper till Wednesday noon.
'I was between their first and Sec
ond lines from Monday about noon
till daylight Wednesday, when
managed to slip through by swim
ming a creek and Joined a French
outfit. I was alone after Tuesday
evening; two others who were with
me were wounded, and I thought
was the only one left but ten others
had reported back ahead of me-"
lie D1e0 Game
Two brothers, sons of John Nc
Farland. of New Brighton, were in
Company B, another heroic unit
which suffered heavily in the 10th
Infantry. One of the brothers was
killed.
Don't worry too much. dad" the
survivor writes home to their father.
He died game. He held his rifle in
his hands. and there were seven dead
Huns in front of him."
Private Kenneth F. Kressler, of
Easton, is with a French ambulance
unit. He relates these incidents of the
Marne battle:
"On the afternoon of the 18th a
much-beloved priest of our division,
while going over the top with his
men, was wounded three times in the
body with machine gun bullets, and
his right arm so badly shattered with
5shrapnel that since then 1t had to be
amputated.
Along with a young doctor went
out to bring him to the first-aid post.
When we brought him in a crowd of
soldiers crowded around the car to
see the man who had so completely
won their hearts by his unself1sh de-
were two badly wounded soldiers,
one an officer and the other a pri-
vate.
LAS the stretcher on which the
priest lay was drawn from the ambu-
lance the wounded officer laid his
hand on the pallid cheek of the
priest Then the private took the un-
wounded hand between his two
blood-smeared hands. They both
muttered something to the priest
Several stretcher bearers turned
from the scene with moistened eyes
--the first time have seen a soldier
shed tears.
Hun Cruelty to Prisoners
Here is the story of an American
soldier, a cook in an infantry COM
pany. When the fight began he grab
bed his rife and went out to meet
the oncoming Boche. Meet them he
did, six in number. in an open space
in the woods. Two he killed with his
rifle and one with his bayonet The
other three ran, shooting as they
went.
They hit him twice below and
once above the knee. He fell and lay
quite still for a while. After while
he craw1ed toward his line. only to
meet more Boche, who took him pris-
oner.
when the Franco-Americau forces
assumed the offensive on the second
day of the lighting the Boche beat a