Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-08

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His black. clerical coat was worn
shiny and his wide brimm"d hat was
battered. vet hc carried himself with
dignity. He was wearing pair OF
German l."rts that he had picked from
! - pile Of rcf,Is" behind IN" enemy bar
racks. An aged woman was driving
a tiny donkey hauling a cart contain
| ing bcdclothcs. alongside OF which
,rotted a cute donkey colt. so small
that the American soldiers crowded
around TO look AT it.
Can I get to Paris" asked the old
woman. THE Germans told me that
the city had been DESTROYED. have
been living in a cave with this animal
and my lG-year-old grandson. whom
the beast opprcssors have sent to Ger
many"
4 French soldier was pushing a
whcclbarrow in which was large or
molu clock. two mirrors. and bundle
of clothing. An elderly woman follow
Il t0 lt1ul1lS IlS IOi NV 'o'N'N'
was French cavalryman. He had
come upon the woman near headquar-
tcrs where as orderly ne was attached
to the French liaison officer. She was
his aunt. whom he had not seen FOR
six years An American general VINO
witnessed the reunion gave the soldier
ten days leave to enable him to take
his relative to her sister.
\ little boy was carrying box con-
tanning two rabbits. He told us he
had walked sixteen miles without
breakfast. whcreupon an American
soldier produced a large cake of choc-
olaf" from his pocket.
noticed but one baby in Tn" entire
line. All the children were four years
old or more. One farmer said the
Germans told him the submarines
had sunk all the ships that had started
with American troops. y woman with
tcar-paths worn under her watery
eyes said the Germans had said the
| French were doomed. the people were
| starved and diseased.
One actually wcaricd of saying so
many times "Bonjour" I have never
seen Il people so happy as these were
when they met our troops upon the
roadside. Their actions made us feel
what in n personal sense our entry in
! to the war meant.
Tales of the American tanks. cred
tied by many German prisoners with n
large part in the proceedings. are told
in this dispatch to the New York Tri-
hume:
The advance OF the tanks brought
out many examples of daring on the
mart of their crews. One major whose
| machine was equipped with thirty
seven -milimctcr gun instead OF ma
chine gun violated his orders and went
far ahead until he was within range
of Nonsard. With one well-placcd
| shot he Knocked two Germans out of
n church steeple from which they were
firing a machine gun.
A lieutenant, shot through the palm
of the left hand by an explosive bullet,
was sent te-a-hospita1, but escaped
and walked six miles hack to the field.
He appeared at his tank with the
statement that he could carry on
with his right hand.
Several others were wounded. but
remained on duty. No one was killed.
however even though a German six
inch shell plowcd clear through n
small tank. destroying it. but injuring
only one Of the crew. Another tank
captured battery of 77s. hut was so
far ahead of the infantry it could not
turn over the guns 10 them.
The story is told of another tank
which went into town with sergean,
armed with a rife pcrched on the tur-
ret. This machine captured two bat
tcrics of us. five machine guns and
many men.
Tanks were occasionally as much as
two miles ahead of the infantry,
throwing CONSERVATION into the Ger
mans. Part of the success which at
tended their share In the battle was
undoubtedly due to the intensive train
ing given their drivers who had been
taught TO operate their machines
blindfoldrd. guided only by signals
| from the g,nncrs. This sometimes Is
necessary when the drivers are blind
cd temporarily hy splashcs OF mud.
One OF the latest. though far from
the least important. reports states that
the hospitals near st. Mihicl. establish
ed and prepared with n view to hand
ling thousands of American wounded.
have found themselves with almost
nothing to do.