Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-28

of the carnage. You think Of all kinds
of things. /.
about sixty Germans Jumped up
out of a trench and tried to surrender
but their machine guns opened up. We
fired back, they ran and left company
after them. That made gap that
had to be filed, so Sibley advanced one
OF his to the Job. Then shell hit
machine gun crew OF ours and cleaned
1t out completely.
AT 10:3 80 we dug in-the attack just
died out. l found hole or old trench
and when I was fiat on my back
got some protection. Holcomb was
next to me: wilmer some way off. We
then tried, to get reports. Two COM
panies We never could get in touch
with. Lloyd (Maj. Egbert T. Lloyd. OF
PHILADELPHIA came in and reported he
was holding some trenches near
mill with six men. Gates Uieut. Cliff
ton B. Gates. of Tiptonville, Tenno
with his trousers blown off. said he
had sixteen men Of various companies.
Another officer on the right reported
he had and could see some forty men
all told. That, with the headquarters.
was all we could find out about the
battalion of nearly 500. OF the COM
pany officers who went in. three came
out. and one. Gates was slightly
wounded
From then on to about p. m. life
was chance and mighty uncomfort-
able 1t was hot as Il furnace. no
water, and they had our range to a
t. Three men lying in shallow
II 20 &c
II went to the left of the line and
found eight wounded men in a shell
hole. We thought they were killed
but they were not hit. You could hear
men calling for help in the wheat
fields. Their cries would get weaker
and weaker and die out. The German
planes were thick in the air; tneE
were In groups of from three to
twenty. They would look us over and
then we would get a pounding. One
Of our planes got shot down; he fel!
about a thousand feet. like an arrow
and hit in the field back of us. The
tank exploded and nothing was 1eft.
1--WE had a machine gun officer with
US and at six runner came up and
reported that Sumner was killed. He
commanded the machine gun company
with US. Hughes headquarters were
all shot up. Turner (Capt. Arthur H.
Turner, of Wilkesbarre. Pa..) lost
leg.
"Well. we just lay there all thru the
hot afternoon. 1t was Sreat-a shell
would land near by and you would
bounce in your hole. AS twilight came
we sent out water yparties for the re-
lief of the wounded. Then We Won
dered if we would get relieved. At
o'clock We got message cOnSratulat-
ing us, and saying the AlSerians
wsuld take over at midnight. We then
began to collect our wounded. a IMAM
who had been blinded wanted me to
hold his head. Another, wounded in
the back wanted his head patted, and
so it went: one man got up on his
hands and knees; I asked him what
he wanted. He said. Took at the full
MOON" then fell dead had him
buried, and all the rest could find. All
the time bullets sung and we prayed
that Smelling would not start again
while we had our wounded on top.
"The Algerians, came up at midnight
and we. pushed out. They went over
d
made the relief under German flares
and the light from burning town.
I'VE are now back in town for
some rest and to lick our wounds. AS
rode down the battalion where once
companies $50 strong used to march.
now you see fifty men with kid sec
ond lieutenant in commanu; one COM
panyscommander is not yet 81.
I'm the first fight 1913 Of the men IN
the company that brought over were
killed or wounded. The second fight
must have about cleaned out the old
crowd.
1--WE advanced ten kilometers, with
prisoners and guns and the bells rang
in New York for the victory. while
addressed girls and white-shdrted
men, no doubt drank our health III
many lobster palace.