Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29
U. 5. MEN BREATHE
VICTORY, WIN GOAL
Long Khaki Lines Swing
Over All Obstacles, Wrest-
/ ing Land From invader.
MASTER HAND CONTROL
BY JUNIUs H. Woon.

BY JUNIUS p. WoOn.
Cah1egran to Yhe Sunday star and
Chicago DailyNeWs. COpyrixAt 101S.
/ WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, September 2s.-The
American Army. in cooperation with
the French forces. has wrested an
other portion of France from the grip
Of the German invader. The graves of
unknown allied dead at Mont Mort
Homme and of heroes resting in the
Vauquers forest and the Arsenne have
been avenged. Khaki-clad Americans
swept through fog which the rays
of the morning sun failed to pene-
trate. and, undaunted by shells and
bullets, passed through valleys and
emerged on the slope beyond.
II never realized the immensely of
the American expedition" said a vet
eraA allied officer on seeing the Army
continuing steadily forward We
will never stop until we reach Ber-
lin," said Private William Bentley, q
ple-faced youth. IMPLYING the spirit
that actuates the fighters.
All Share in Spirit.
I talked with hundreds of men who
had advanced beyond the German
lines, with others struggling back
wounded and with still others await
ing their turn to go forward
We've got the Germans on the run, j"
they all said.
The plans Of the Americans were
made with great care, and for several
days the men in the front trenches
had been awaiting the word to go
over the top. Artillery, tanks. ammu-
milton and supplies were hauled at
night On trucks or On the railroad run
by the Americans. They were stored
Guns were stationed in the darkness
of the night on the hillsides, and all
were ready to dive forward at the
given moment.
The never say die" spirit, as we'll
as the smile and die" spirit Of SOL
diers, swept the Americans forward.
The baby" division at Chateau
Thierry is already a veteran division.
Other troops were trained in Britain
and distant parts of France. These
are now seasoned fighters and it is no
longer a case of stalking all on q
gamblers chance. There is unity Of
effort from the footsore soldier, nerv-
death. to the commanding officer who
has gone days and nights without
sleep. These men turned the trick. The
only idle persons were the surgeons,
who saw, instead of wounded men,
long lines of prisoners passing in
Makes Everybody Happy.
THE sight of these ferries makes
everybody happy" said grubless,
Schorer.
How thoroughly the plan for the
attack was worked out by the Army
staff was thoroughly appreciated by
the accredited correspondents to
whom it was explained by a hrigadier
general a few hours before the often
sive started. Promptly at the ap-
pointed minute the roar of artillery
was heard fifty miles away and we
started for the front.
When the chill light of dawn tipped
the hilltops and valleys with glowing
red. cannon were spouting flames like
thousands of blast furnaces. ! saw
lines of infantry crossing ridge as
far as the eye could see, disappear in
the mist Of the valley and then re-
appear on the opposite slope, where
the Germans had been posted.
Rubbing sleepless eyes. one mar
human beings to such machine-like
precision. Through the day every
thing worked according to order. At
certain hours word came back that
certain detectives had been reached
just as had been outlined on the pro-
vious night. At certain hours certain
supplies moved on the roads
Allied Planes Waiting for Them.
When German airplanes came over
the American lines the allied planes
some instances they were not sufh-
GENTLY quick to save the captive bal
looms. A number of spirited fights
followed, with fatal results to twenty
seven planes. which were shot down.
In the first hours of the fighting the
allied aviators few so near to the
ground that they wore gas masks to
which their own batteries were
throwing over. Before the infantry
crossed a swamp in one valley an
company, commanded by
Capt. Harry A. Roe and Sergt. Alfred
Sweiger, advanced in the darkness
and despite barrage threw over four
bridges, prepared beforehand, in twenty
minutes.
''The only trouble the German shells
caused" said Sergt. Matthew Downs. a
student, twas to cut the telephone
wires"
''The machine guns caused us more
trouble than Shells" said Private Will
ford Caldwell. serieus-faced man
wearing hofn-rimmed spectacles.
Il saw a German stick to his gun
until he had shot UP the feed ribbon
and then he yelled Kamerad""
"How 1 did smoke cigarettes! made
four kilometers GA miles) on twenty
nf II Van
THE boys were so we'll cared fol"
said Private William Arnesen, that they
even had doughnuts with them"
Smokes Germans Cigar.
Private Bernard Snyder came in
smoking cigar taken from German
prisoner and with a pocketful of souve-
Mrs.
Let me light my cigarette from that
blooming boche cigar" inportuned
Sergt. Clarence w. Heming.
Everywhere the mems spirit was man
were hating with the trains on the
road, shooting crap or smoking in the
mud. In the intervals between the fir
ing Of the big guns the artillerymen
slept outstretched on barrels and lum-
bers, ready to spring into activity at
a seconds notice.
The sector taken is long ridge with
a succession of peaks, all of which had
been Scared by artillery for four
years. The Morthomme especially
was a maze of troubles. where not a
single blade of grass or twig re-
manned. The whole surface had been
torn by thousands of shells. I passed
down it's gaunt sides through the
German trenches, which were DESERT
ed except by the dead. I climbed up
the opposite slope, and from the ruins
of the smoking village 1 watched the
same brown lines still ascending in
the bright daylight and disappearing
on a crest beyond. They had gained
another supposedly impregnable peak.
And so the advance continued.