Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-10
MAN FOUND IN SHELL HOLE
PRAISES CULPEPER DIVINE
Virginia Soldiers Let Out Rebel Yell
as They Go Over the Top,
Soaring tho Huns.
SQUAD sURRENDERs TO ONE
German Prisoner Spies Kaiscr's Pic
ture on the Battlefield and Stamps
1t Deep Into the Mud to Vent His
Feelings.
ny DAMoX Rt;NYoN.

Copyright. 1918. by Universal Service.)
WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST
Amy; November (De!ayed.) old
held the heights commanding the
towns of MontmCdy and Louguyon, as
well as Contains. These arc railroad
cehters OF vast Importance TO the Ger
mans They are piled high with Ger
man supplies. They are alive with
German troops.
Tonight they are within reach OF
the fiery lash of the American big ar.
tiliery pieces. Strung along the hills
aoninating these towns and across the
texas. ok!ahoma Kansas. Missouri.
Colorado. New Mexico, New Jersey.
New York. The District Of Columbia
and Maryland.
the fields OF France as the boys from
virginia climbed the heights along
with the rest. The are all part OF
The army which Germany said would
never get here In timc-the army
which Germany admitted today in her
ilne aud caused II German retreat
They sleep in duEOuts still Uttered
"ith German belongings and in shell
holes siil warm from German bodies.
I:iggett's men find IL easier 70 chase
me Germans out of their positions than
10 build new ones. Regular men OF
rushed the line day This time a
year ago most OF the latter were wear
ing derby hats instead OF the steel nell
NETS under which they fought to-day
their heads.
In three days they have showed the
teen-mile front. They have taken about
twenty villages. Most of these VIII
lagos are being made into roads By
American pioneers. as one OF them OK.
planned today. They use she'll crushed
stones which once formed pictures in
me old house TO pound into the high
aV,1 30 III n
ton for the intcrminable American
caravans OF trucks bearing supplies.
Trying desperately TO keep up with the
fi!ing troops.
MANY HISTORIC TOWNS
ARE GROUND INTO RoADs
Many historic towns arc ground into
the roads now. The men in the front
line are caked with MA from head
TO foot. II was clear again overhead
to-day. but the path OF war again led
over soft ooZe. The intantrymen went
along Kicking huge hunks OF mud rom
,heir feet, occasionally they would
from their coating made Of the soil OF
France One lone doughboy came down
the road jus, behind the battle line,
herding "A bunch OF German prisoners
One Of tho prisoners accidentally
dropped photograph from HIS pocket
II proved to be photograph of the
Kaiser. The doughboy glanced at IL.
Another prisoner paused and looked
at. the picture, then proceeded care
fully, to stamp the features OF his be-
heavy military boots II was such
tough going over the fields that many
soldiers threw off about everything
they carried except rifles and ammu-
milton. ;SiE =
Private Stephen Doyle, former Wash
ington Jefferson baseball player from
Sharon, Pa, was discovered snoozlng
IN hole which had been carved out
or the mud by hinge she'll His main
tonic OF conversation was the bravery
or ms captain, q former Presbyterian
Hooper. Steve's admiration for this
valiant man OF God was so great he
could not talk Of anything else. but
when the Rev. Hooper was located
II. another. watery she'll hole he spoke
enthusia sticaily Of steve
Fighting Is SO intimate along tho,
quarters are pitched in shell holes.
by day II SHOWS machine gun bullets
up there. BY night tho German ar
tillery holds ear-splitting" conferences
with the American guns 4 bunch OF
American soldiers were sleeping last
night In small shed in town just
tionai Army \ big she'll screamed
through the shed so man woke up.
Only the chaDlain had his eyes omen
TO testify 10 the occurrence.
GERMAN MACHINE GUNNERS
SURRENDER TO OHIO MAN
lieutenant william w. Dawson, or
Cleveland. graduate of Ohio Wesleyan
College was following the troops as
IN observer. having been assigned to
that duty for the purpose Of complet-
ing his education as an officer. He
had only pistol. 4 gang of Ger
man machine Eunners rushed up to
him while the line was advancing and
surrendered to him, much TO his as
constituent. Some Germans seem only
too anxious to give up whenever they
had chance.
There was n detachment of them
handling n machine gun in front of one
swung IN across the field. While fully
1900 yards away. when the Germans
were vague dots against the horizon.
our sinners took pot shots at them.
The Germans suddenly took on the
appear nee OF shadows outlined against
the distant trees. They had their
bands in the air and were yelling
'kamerad." When the Americans
reached them they found the sinners
shots had killed three. In the dugouts
from which the Germans were routed
stuff looted from towns. At one place
there were lot of French hooks dat
ing back centuries. gorgebuslv bound.
They probably came from some old
chateau and must have been very
valuable.
Reggie" Fosters pioneers. moving
~. with the line, have collected 500
suits OF steel armor used by the Ger
, man sniDers. The armor will turn ma
chine gun or rifle bullets. 1t protects
ly!he body from the neck to the knees.
An enormous mass OF German military
supplies Is being piled up.