Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-08

like Roman gladiator over a huge
German whom he had beaten to his
knees Said Lieutenant Otto RisZen-
thaler of Baraboo. Wis. When
reached Dexheimer 1t looked for a
moment like the German was done
for. He was begging for mercy and
DeXheimer was cursing him out in
his own language for following the
kaiser. We have many boys of Ger
man ancestry in our ranks. They are
splendid men. with one defect-they
are apt to lose their tempers."
Like n Fighting Maniac
Lieutenant Edmund Czaskos, OF
Milwaukee. after Hill $50 was taken,
received orders to dig in and hang
on. INSTEAD. he took his machine
guns further, going ahead, his COM
mander says. like a lighting maniac,
cheering and overcoming all resist
ance.
One sergeant from Neilsville. Wis,
reached an enemy trench in which he
counted seven German dead Hang
ing over the edge of the trench was
the body of the lone American con-
queror, who proved to be the SER
geants kid brother from another
company, also taking part in the at
tack.
Upon a highway north of Char
treuve | came across three young
sters busy under terrific shell fire
buryirg two fallen comrades. There
was no chaplain around. so one OF
the trio, Sergeant Charles f. Evans,
of Brookville, Pa, said few words
of the burial service. His comrades
standing uncovered beside him were
Privates Charles Marcavage, OF
Pottsville, Pa, and Frank Brown. of
Brookville. They made an impressive,
unforgettable picture.
l observed that number of mo-
tor cars burned and abandoned by
Germans in their fight had torn
tires. indicating that the enemy is
completely out of rubber.
The flame of burning ammunition
dumps in the area the Germans are
fleeing from is so bright that one
can read newspapers at night inside
our lines. Millions of dollars worth
of German supplies have been de-
stroyed by the retreating enemy The
whole horizon at night is a success
sion of gigantic red patches with oc-
Casional roars of -ouched-off am
munition which they could not re-
move.
Yanks Brave Machine Guns
Machine guns, which have virtu-
mans, are undoubtedly the bane OF
our soldiers, yet the Americans
throw themselves against this per-
nicious weapon with almost super
human audacity. These "Kugelspitz,
set up in rocky nests, clumps OF
bushes, clusters of trees or along
ridges commanding fields of uncut
grain, are handled by an experienced
enemy, who keeps his presence OF
mind and offers the most desperate
type of resistance before his oppo-
nents can come to hand to- hand con-
flicts, where the superiority of our
fresh, well-fed troops always mani
tests itself. / find countless authen-
ticated instances where our boys have
tossed aside all traditions of warfare
by rushing the venomous machine
guns without there having been any
previous artillery preparation.
Lieutenant Harry Yagle, of Dun
dee. Ill, while digging in with his
men before reaching their final OBJ
iective, was caught by the enflading
fire of a machine gun in a sunken
road 200 yards off. With Sergeant
Frank Kotjune, 2103 South Spauld-
ing avenue, Chicago, and two of our
brave allies, he charged the positions
capturing the gun and eight pris-
oners.
Corporal Henry Zyburt and Pri-
vate Justin Swerebel. both of Illinois
each careened alone into machine
gun nests and after disposing of the
handlers obtained possession of the
weapons.
Corporal Albert Painesipp, of Bata-
via, ILL.,, single-handed attacked q
machine gun position upon a knoll
When the weapon was turned point.
blank upon him he tried to grab it