Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-15
EIGHTY SECOND IN
ST. MIHIEL DRIVE;
FOUGHT BRAVELY

That the Eighty-second division.
trained at Camp Gordon and differed
largely by southern men who were
trained at Fort Mcpherson and Fort
OglethOrpe, was in the thick Of the
fighting at ST. Mihiel. when General Per-
yhing's men completely wiped out the
big salient III twenty-tour hours, is the
thrilting news contained in letters from
Captain Howell Foreman, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l.. Foreman. OF At
IdnId.
Captain Foreman commands Company
+, 1hreu Hundred and Twenty-elghth
Infantry, Of the Eighty-second division,
and he was stationed Just north OF
FCnt-a-MouSson on the west bank of the
McSGlie when the great drive began He
writes two letters. the first being dated
on september IA, while the drive was
at its h-l6ht, ana the second being GATED
OH september II, when the Americans
had reached practically all of their OBJ
! Jectives and the drive was slowing up.
Although the letters deal only with
! that portion or the battle in which his
company was Immediately engaged, they
! bring the positive and definite lntorma
! ton that the Eighty-Second was in the
drive, which heretofore had not been
! certain. They mean not only that Cap
| tain Howell Foreman was there, but
also that his cousin, Captain Clark How
! ell. was there in some other section Of
! the battle. They mean that Alex Cum
bingham, Joe Brown COnnally, and
! dozens of other Atlantians and Geor-
| gians, were there in the thick OF the
| hghting.
! Gallant Death of Harrison
In the first OF his letters, Captain
! Foreman tells of the death of Lieutenant
| Charles Harrison, a gallant Columbus
| boy, who went out with a patrol in the
| opening stages OF the attack and was
! snot through the lungs by thanking fire.
! He died in few minutes there on the
! field. We'll. boys, I've got mine, go
ahead and save yourselves" were his
/ last words.
| The thanking fire compelled the men
| to withdraw slightly, says Captain Fore
| carl Heinel, a native German, born near
| Montsec, and one of my bravest and
| most skillful n. c. O.s, crawled out
under the Boche fire and caught Harri-
| sen and dragged him, in. But Charl1e
was already dead and the fire became
so fierce that even Heinel had to with
draw. The next night we recovered
| Charles body"
Describing the gallantry of Lieuten-
ant Cox, another OF his platoon leaders,
young American took patrol =
Maison Gauthier, an extremely advanced
point and a German strong point.
He caught an officer and men at din
ner," says Captain Foreman, and occu-
HIM to withdraw. Our brigade COM
mander sent down a memo saying he
was extremely satisfied with the diVi-
sion's work. of the day. and he even
|
of Maison Gauthier-the word delight
ed"
I Still another of his platoon com.
manderS, Lieutenant Love, of Philadel-
phia went alone Ito the northern out.
| skirts of Norroy and observed the enc
my in the town for three-quarters of an
hour. While on this daring hunt for
Information Love was knocked QUO by a
| shell bursting near him. He lay she'll
shocked for an hour before he regained
consciousness and crawled back into our
| lines"
| "Barrage Walked Toward Metz"
After 1.-The great fist of flaming steel
had taken the Boche in its grip anu
| hammered him for hours" says Captain
! Foreman, the "barrage began to walk
| toward Metz" His company did not fol-
| low Immediately after, but was ordered
| to probe deeply into the German lines
| by constant patroling. This they did for
| twenty-four hours. Then they went over
the top and found the Germans rapidly
| in retreat.
| In connection with the letters re-
ceived from Captain Foreman. mother
| interesting piece of news concerning the
| Il; ghty-second division is that Company
| d, Three Hundred and Twenty-first ma
chine gun battalion, has been cited in
| division orders for conspicuous conduct
| in the st. Mihiel drive.
This company is commanded by Cap
I tain w. A. Cunningham, formerly coach
| at the University of Georgia, and bet
| ter known as ALEX" Cunningham. A let
| ter has been received from Captain Cum
bingham praising the wonderful courage
| of his men. In this he sounds the same
| note as Captain Foreman, who declares
soldiers Of a marvellous
| kind