The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-06-28
Interesting events
ON THE firing LINE
AMERICANS USE METHODS OF
THEIR OWN IN DEALING WITH
THE BocHE.

With American Armies in France
win live privates, one Sergeant and
one Corporal, Lieutenant Swickley left
the American line and crawIed on his
stomach over plowed ground along the
edge OF wood. until 100 yards away
rom Boche post he heard men talk
ing German. Then he crawled IN nm
III he was IL yards from the Boche
Lieutenant ordered his men to lie In
the grass quiet until called for. and
win the Corporal. went around behind
the Germans. Twenty yards away
from them he saw two sentinels. fully
armed. He took one side OF the path
the Corporal the other; and they crawl
ed toward the Germans When he was
five yards away a twig cracked under
Ewickiey's foot. The Germans heard
| and cried haiti
Zwivckly replied by calling on the
Germans TO surrender. Then the
Boche both opened fire on zwickIey
who fell as IL wounded, but in falling
he pulled his automatic and poured a
whole clip into the body OF the German
who was shooting at him.
Meanwhile the Corporal had killed
the other German sentinel. The six
other Americans who had obeyed their
orders 20 lie still In spite OF seeing
their commanding officer fall. as they
thought. wounded. were called up. The
body OF the German whom Zwickly had
killed had all marks of Identification
cut from his uniform. but the other
German body contained the Information
needed.
The Americans started dragging the
body. which was over six feet tall.
weighing $50 pounds In his report
Zwickley said the body was In no con-
dition 70 be handled. so they stripped
II Of identifications and returned safely |
TO the American lines. two hours and a |
half after leaving them
The American soldiers have an in
nate spirit OF fair play and a. a rule |
treat captives unusually well
But the Biche recently paid heavily /
for barbarity toward our men An in
stance OF this happened the other day.
when a Germans. including an officer.
were captured by a detail OF our men
by Lieutenant. After cry
ing Ramerad. kamerad.. and surrender
ing under the rules of war when the
men appeared. the German
officer and two men hurled stick gre
nades known as potato Washers at the
missing him but killing
three OF the Americans. An American
gun behind tree 80 yards
away opened fire on the Germans and
moved them down TO the last one.
Our medical corps is greatly hamp-
cred by the Germans firing on dressing
stations back OF the lines. although
they are plainly marked with the Red
Cross and with the Red Cross flag. A
Boche airplane recently located two
dressing stations. and a few moments
ater they were sheiled. A German
prisoner admitted that they had orders
10 fire on our medical stations.
I saw a captured German today who
'elopged to the Medical Corps and woe
Red Cross on his arm. when search |
d he was found to carry a revolver and !
wo daggers. Another had five purses |
which he had pilfered from American
md French wounded, Our medical Of
fcers while treating German wounded
ound they yelled and shrank in horror 4
rom a painless anti-tetanus injection.
When questioned by an American q
ctor~speaking German. they said the 8
Ifficers had told them that they would q
ct injections OF fatal germs from the .
american medical men. When shown }
hat the American wounded were in
ected with the same syringe they lost
heir terror.
This German canard IFS on a par with a
he officer telling the men to fight TO &
he death because Wilson had ordered e
american soldiers TO take no prisoners.
give this instance to show that the Il
americans. while wishing TO play the L
anne as fairly as It can be played. do a
OF intend TO be goats for any OF the
tricks