The Robesonian., 1918-09-02
FROM NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN FRANCE

Interesting Excepts From Official
Newspaper of American Expedition
ary Forces.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. John
H. Morrison. whose son Frank has
been in the military service in France
for over year, The Robesonian has
had the privilege of seeing a copy of
1.-The Stars and Stripes, the official
newspaper of the American expedi-
tionary forces, published in France.
This issue is dated July 26, last, which
was soon after the counter-attack was
begun which has since resulted in a
brilliant series Of victories by the al
lied forces. Some excerpts from this
paper, "By and for the soldiers of the
A. E. F." will be of interest.
Under the four-stack head Cyan
KEGS Reckon Boche Captives BY the
Thousands. Roads Thick With Pris-
oners Before Fight is IL Hours Old.
Formal Affair in Quarry. German
Doctors Taken in Drive Are Put to
Work at Our First-Aid Stations
there. is the following:
"Where, in earlier engagements,
they had taken prisoners by fifties
and hundreds, the Yankees in the first
days of the great allied counter-of-
fensive took prisoners by thousands
Before their part of the drive had
run it's first IL hours, while the hip
hip-hooray Of the first rush was still
in full exultant swing, thousands of
bewildered Boches were trudging SOL
emnly to the rear of the American
lines.
"When the story of this offensive
comes to be written in full, it shall
be told cf one banner regiment Of in
fantry that it alone captured 1880
Germans in 48 hours. They were tax
en- in such numbers that sometimes
they had to be dispatched to the rear
unguarded.
"The rush was so swift and so un-
expected that high commanders with
in the forces of the enemy were caught
before they could make a discreet
withdrawal. Majors abound in the
Yankee nets, and the captains and
lieutenants captured; were too many
to mention. And there were better
than majors-though, naturally
enough, the higher you go the fewer
Follows the story of the capture OF
the mighty Count Won Wendell, who
was formerly aide-de-camp Of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and who
was found as lieutenant colonel
who had taken refuge in a quarry
along with 200 Germans of various
ranks. When the count finally sur
rendered to the Yankees he was high.
ly indignant that there was no auto
waiting for him and was deeply griev.
ed that his countship had to go hik-
ing to the rear with the rest Of the
ECO.
After telling of the capture Of 9th.
er high German officers. the following
interesting story is told:
"But no prisoner capture was more
impressive than the bag of $50 Boches
including 8 officers, whose meek anc
painless surrender was negotiated or
the first day by single Yankee ser
geant. The Sergeant is only fee1
high and his name is Hercules.
sergeant Hercules Korgis IS :
Greek by birth. He was in the Greei
war that preceded the present expio
sion of Europe, and he was gay. witt
many medals when he went to Amer
lea and settled down in West Lynn
Mass.-settled down, as you have al
ready guessed, in the restaurant bus
mess. Of course, he enlisted the frs
crack out of the box. He showed
himself one of those small but terri
BILE fighters, and his regiment treas
ured him.
sIn the first morning Of the ed
Vance, Sergeant Korgis was sfo
through the neck by a German ma
chine gun and, thus wounded, he wa
taken prisoner. He was borne Oft IN
to an asily-defended, well-munitlon
ed little ravine, where whole Ger
man company lay unnoticed by tn
yankees who swept by them and ia
beyond.
saw that they were trapped, but the.
also saw that they could make thei
captors pay heavy price for thel
final submission.
"Sergeant Korgis, who, like mos
| restaurateurs, speaks smatter1ng Q
| half a dozen languages, drew on al
! the German he knew for an eloauen
harangue that carried the day. Earl
in the afternoon they decided to sur
render and sent him forth to negotlat
their safe passage to the rear. =,
"With his wound dressed but SUI
paining him, with mud and blood a
| over MIN. ilc was q "AAu-AOOAA11!S
vov when he ran into some Frenc
soldiers, who decided he was sp
and were all for shooting him the
and there. He dissuaded them fro1
this drastic action, pursued an
caught up with some stray American
from his own outfit, laid the case oe
fcre them, and, led by one Corpora
WILEY, they went over for the lorna
surrender. There was one nervous, ez
cited exchange of shots between On
unruly German machine gunner an
one distruetful Yankee before tn
whole $50 marched out OF the raYln
and were escorted by the sergeant
regimental headquarters"
There is more Of interest in tn
same story.
Under another four-stack head
"Yanks Have Share in Great Victor
of Allied Arms. Germans Peace G:
fensive' Turned From Failure Int
TIoao G0