Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-02
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOUGHT LIKE
FIENDS," SAYS BRITISH OFFICER
High Praise for Conduct of Yankees First Fight Side by Side With
Their British Cousins-Tod to XIII" and They Sure Did
That-Ausjraians Delighted With Com
radeS' ProWess at HamaI

With the British Army in France
All the traditions q the United States
army for valor were brilliantly sus-
taiued in the successful attack made
against the Germans south of the
River Somme, when for the first time
American infantrymen took their
stand beside their British cousins and
fought shoulder to shoulder with them
against the common foe.
Ii was baptism Of fire for the Yam
kee soldiers on this front. and they
came through with flying colors. prov
ing fitting comrades for the Austria
lian warriors whom they We're assist
ing.
The Americans fought like fiends =
declared one British staff officer. They
did all of that. They were magnificent,
and the folks at home may be proud
OF the part their boys took in the
shell-torn valley Of the winding Somme.
They were fighting over ground al
ready stained with the blood of thou
sands of brave soldiers, but no better
troops ever charged across the rolling
fields than the pioneers from the
American army. Along with this it is
possible to make the cheerful state
small Virtually the entire body of
Americans came through unscathed
This was probably due TO the weak re-
slstance which the Germans offered to
The Angl3-American onslaught.
One doeS not need TO derract from
The work of the Australians by telling
Of the prowess of the Americans. The
soldiers from the antlpodes far out
numbered those from the United
States and did corresponding
amount of the sanguinary labor. 1t
goes without saying that the big
framed men from Australia, who fear
neither man nor devil. fought with the
fierceness which has made them a ter
ror 20 the enemy.
The American troops who were to
take part We're brigaded with their
Australian allies. who took the deep
est interest in the welding of the link
Of brotherhood. The plans We're care
fully rehearsed until every American
knew his role almost as well as the
hartly veterans from his majesty's
army.
Few along the front knew of the
event. but the British staff officers
were watching every move with the
I,eenest attention. Those officers to-
dly were outspokenly delighted with
4 hat they had seen.
EnIoined to "Kill," and They Did.
FOR i week the British experts had
been dlnning into the ears of the
Americans the words. xiii! Kill
Ki.l = as the cardinal slogan of the
lighting man.
The Americans had learned their
lesson we'll The British officers spoke
81 this after the affair was over. No
Ilrilhnaster ever got better returns for
his talks than the one who taught
theS, Americans this hardest lesson
Of an. A large number of Germans
paid The price. ara the men from the
United States exacted heavy toll.
The Americans were naturaRr happy
over the success of the operation in
which they had played creditable
mart. and the Australians. were no less
pleased with their new-found pals.
The general in command of the
American troops was also pleased with
the work his men had done.
"Our troops understood thoroughly
when they went over the top that they
we're expected 70 do no less than any
Of rheir allies" said the general to the
correspondent. "Reports which have
received from the Australians indicate
that our hogs conducted themselves
with great credit and did all that could
have be ~ wished"
The <rrespondent visited casualty
clearing stations to see some 4 the
wounded Yankees who had gone
through the fight
Soy corporal's Story.
Ivias on a cot. thanked by British
..,asels. vas 2 Chicago lad who bed