The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18
PILE OF 5000
HUN CORPSES
(Continued from page L.


"AlI right, come out" Brown re-
piled. between shots. All of the Ger
mans, numbering nearly hundred,
dropped their guns and surrendered.
Brown and Pipp again started for
the rear and encountered other
members of their platoon with pris-
oners. Brown took charge OF them
all. The wood where Brown and the
shelled continuously. Once Brown
and Pipp were surrounded, but they
fought their way out with automatic
rifles.
At the edge Of the wood, Browns
companions left him to "get some
more Heinies" and he herded his
prisoners along shell-pitted road
toward the rear, still cIutching his
trusty automatic.
Arriving at headquarters, Brown
made an accurate count of his bag for
the first time. There were 1853 OF
of them, including major, captain
and two lieutenants. The sergeant
assured the commander he had ire
ceipt' 'and turned over a pistol and
a pair of wire cutters he had taken
from the major.
Brown had narrowly escaped death
IA numbe of times, as his uniform was
torn with bullets. Early In the fight
ing his pack had been shot from his
back by shrapneL
Browns feat was the climax OF
dozens Of similar episodes. Eight
Americans, captured by the Boches,
were taken to the north side Of tho
river. They overpowered their
guads, took valuable maps from
herman officer, grabbed boat and
padded back
A single machine gunner saw two
piatoons of Huns advancing. The gun
had been injured and he was unable
to sMerve it to bring them into the
line of fire. Whipping out his auto
matte pistol, he fired several shots,
picking off the Germans on one side
and causing them to alter their
course. This brought them within
range of the machine gun. He then
wiped them out.
Small groups Of Germans filtered
through the American lines near
Mezy, but our line was not with
drawn. Instead the Americans hunt
ed down and killed or captured every
one Of them.
One American trumpeter took COM
nand Of his company when the cap
tain became separated from them.
ADVANCING EVERYWHERE.
[By Fred S. Ferguson. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY I'M
THE CHAMPAGNE, July 10, (4:2o ..
m.)-Anerican troops are still ad-
vancin1 everywhere along the TWEEN.
ty-fiwe niIe front where they are CO.
operating with the French in to-
days great counter offensive, as this
is cabied.
At headquarters, messages were
Acoming In from everywhere, asking
permission to push on farther.
Il was essential that the line should
be kept straight and IN some in
stances it was necessary to order
the troops to hold back until adjoin-
ing units came up.
It is the greatest pursuit Of Boches
the Americans have yet engaged In.
Enormous numbers Of prisoners have
been taken. 1t is impossible to es.
innate how many.
American airplanes, flying over the
lines, fought the Boches above, while
the doughboys and machine sunners
fought them below. Aerial observers
dashed through the clouds and others
carried back messages.
The surprise not only was COM
plete, but the concentration for the
attack was unusually rapid. Field
guns were loaded on trucks and these
dashed up to the lines. The horses
were carried up the same way.
Lines of trucks carrying six and
eight horses apiece have been hur.
ried UP for the past twenty-fou-
hours.
The German artillery resistanee-
was feeble until o'clock, then tn .ir
guns opened up, but the Americans
had advanced too far for the enemy
guns to stop them.
Torcy was captured In fifteen min
utes. Belleau fell at $40, and Civ
ray half an hour later.
The greatest force of Americans
which has yet participated in single
1aeement, is advancing with the
French in this offensive, which was
launched at 4:3o this morning.
Eighteen cannon were captured by
the French and Americans at cour
champs.
Latest reports say that the advance
continues everywhere.
Take Twelve Towns.
jLBy Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
THE CHAMPAGNE, July 1s (2:1o p.
m.)-The Americans are advancing
with the French on the forty kiio-
meter front Us miIes) between Sois-
sons and Chateau-Thierry.
The Americans had captured more
than a dozen towns and villages, TAX
en- numerous prisoners and advanced
more than three kiloreters (nearly
two miIes) up to noon.
! Uo the the hour of cabling. the
/ Americans had captured the follow
ina towns west Of Chateau hierry:
! Vfiier-Heidon
Dammard
/ Courchamps