Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-08
Intrepid Americans
And Australians In.
Big Raid at HaineI
Volunteer Party Of Sammies
Made A Brilliant Raid
Against Boche.- Two OF
I Them Taken Prisoner
American Officer Praises
Australians.

With the British Army In France.
Sunday. July 7-(ByN the. Associated
Press )-In the German attack
against the positions gained by the
Australians and Americans around
Hamel two Americans and five Aus
tralians were captured by the enemy.
Volunteers were called for and an
American party brought back the
captured men and q German officer,
while twelve Australians. brought the
number Of prisoners to fifty. The
story Of this incident as told by an
American officer who took. part in the
fight follows:
1.-The boches did not bother us until
Thursday night when they made their
counter-attack which was repulsed.
They did succeed in the first rush,
however. in. getting hold of two
Americans and five Australians whom
they carried back.
Volunteers Called For.
I'VE Immediately called for volun-
teers to go out after these captured
lads and all our men at once began
yelling for the chance. Corporal
Raymond Powell was first up and he
was given q squad Of men for the
work. N .sfss,r .ssS.
''The guns had put down q heavy
bafrage but the corporal led his chaps
straight through this. fierce fire and
charged hot-foot after the retreating
enemy. The Germans retired to q
itronrpoint but the corporal with the
other Yankees went in after them!
ssk4s "Ourt two boys were re-taken along
with the five Australians and. the cor
poral and his party also captured a
sboche officer. In the meantime
twelve, Australians had scircled around
and Joined the American part with
the result that fifty German prisoners
were brought back.
''That night a boche sniper> caused
lot of trouble from a nest in the
front line and one Of my men went
out across No; Mans Land alone after
him. The Yankee got him and left
him dead on the heidi y
Work OF q. S. Corporal.
IAN Australian oificer. was telling
me about one of our corporals who
did what was considered fine piece
Of work. This lad had charge Of a
machine gun squad. Early in the
push all his comrades were knocked
out by shell fire and he was left alone
with the gun.
''ae knew that the gun was needed,
so he. started forward with. it himself.
Il IN and WORKING r. nntil he got
through to the f,nai objective where
he made his final stand. He was
numninr reliriouslv at the boches and
the Australian officer was watching
hin, with Interest and ha knew he was
4 green man and admired the way he
was carving on. Suddenly the cor
poral raised himself NJ and then
dronped to his knee again with his
head hanxinr.
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