Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-18
RAlDlNo PARTIES REPORT TWO
INSTANCES or HUN
sARsARirlEs.
GERMANS PAY DEARLY
FOR ToRrURiNo YAkks
Sergeant Sns.isnbers, Of Waterloo,
Returns Home and Tells Of inhur,an
Warfare 40 Praetiesd by Hun-Ex-
poets Defeat of Central Empires by
July, tste-spirit Of Yanks Remark.
able.

Waterloo, Sept. lS.--American SOL
diers have been crucified by the Ger
mans in France. according to Sergeant
r. M. Snellenberg, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H., Snellenberg. 230 Kingsley ave-
nue. who returned this week after more
than seven months of active service on
the battle front of democracy. He en-
listed here last April and went over
with regular army division. He was
sent back to this country to instruct
infantry regiments. His orders instruct
him to report at Camp Meade. Md,
after spending a furlough with relatives
here.
i've been in a comparatively quiet
sector having been stationed in Asace,
but know what it is to crawl out into
no mans land and hop down into
German trenches" Sergeant Snellen-
berg said. ~ don't know how many
raiding parties I've been in for fellow
doesn't keep close watch on such minor
things as that
Into mo Mans Land"
TITS a great sensation. this going
over into mo mans land It's as dark
as pitch. there is no noise except your
own labored breathing, and the shad-
ows that form as you creep along are
ghostly in the darkness. And then you
clip the barbed wires and know you are
close to the trenches of the enemy.
You grip your rife a little tighter and
feel some better when you realize that
the bayonet is as sharp as a razor.
Then all of a sudden you jump to your
feet. hurl yourself forward and land
down in the trenches of the Germans.
Sometimes there is a struggle. but
more often. especially when they are
outnumbered. the Huns attempt no re-
sistance. They are great fighters when
they have superior numbers and when
they are winning. but pin them with
their backs against the wall and they
quit like dirty yellow dogs. They seem
quite pleased to be made prisoners, but
express great surprise when they OBJ
serve that the Americans really have
an army in France. They have been
told by their officers that the sub
marines are destroying American SOL
diers more rapidly than they can be
brought over. One prisoner told us that
he had been informed that during July
a transport was sunk with a loss Of
30, 900 American soldiers. They are ig-
norant of practically everything that is
going on.
Americans Suffer Atrocities.
1.-THE Germans are practicing their
atrocities on our troops. Friends of
mine who participated in extensive
raiding parties told me on two different
occa sions they had found American SOL
diers crucified in identically the same
manner as Canadians have been tor
tured to death. 1t doesn't take long for
such information as this to spread over
the whole sector and I am not bit
backward in saying that the Germans
pay the price for every atrocity they
perpetrate on our men.
Everyone in France feels that the
Germans will be whipped decisively by
July of 1919, It might come even soon
err. When the enemy breaks it is ex
pected that their opposition will simply
dwindle away. The spirit Of the Ger
mans isn't what it was last April when
they were flushed with success in their
great offensive. Their backs are to the
wall now ,and they can't stand the
pressure.
1.-THE American soldiers are happy
and we'll cared for. Their spirit is
wonderful. They are over there to
wind up the job az quickly as possible
and get back to Gods country The
fighting ability Of the Yankees has
made a great impression upon. the
French and British