Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-02

Dflltsh dlTIuaH WIS drought 10 earth
andtng behind the British lines.
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about daylight came the barraso :,
was pretty big thing-the biggest wo
ever heard The time came for tina
charge and we pushed out.
"A few of our boys We're too anylops
and they got so close to the barYge
that they We're hurt. My pal was
struck by shell beside me-"
Again he stopped and this time tbers
were tears in his eyes and lump was
working in his throat. There WINS 81.
lence for moment. then he went on.
I'VE were advancing toward Hamel
village and had to go over one slope
then down into a little valley and m
another HILL We got along an right
but down in the valley there was lot
of barbed wire that held us Up some
| know / got caught. but not for very
long.
Our men were fighting like any.
thing and killing a lot of Boches who
were in the trenches and shell holes.
A good many of the Germans were
yelling Kamerad' and surrendering
too.
1.-TWO of the Boches came running
up to me with their hands over their
heads. didn't know what to Ito with
them, but an officer came along aud
cant fboFo 70 fba ,saor
Wounded, but Killed TWO.
'"Then we went on and had about
reached our objective when something
hit me in the leg and went down,
tried to get up but my leg wouldn't let
me and / was dizzy. While was as
my knee saw. two Boches charging ut
me with fixed bayonets. l had the
butt of my rifle resting on the ground
my finger on the trigger and fired
when they were about ten yards away.
One of them fell over dead. but the
other kept on coming and was on me
before l could throw in fresh cart
ridge.
Then I knew I had to fight him
with the bayonet like a man. So
got to my feet somehow, and as he
jnbbed at me with his bayonet ! par
ried 1t with my rifle and then SWUNG
the rifle to his head as hard as |
could. The blow broke his skull and
he went down.
"That's all remember until woke
up and found chum beside me. He
had gone out and brought me back"
That finished the personal story OF
This boy who had fought and killed ana
been wounded, but he had something
else which was much on his mimi.
After much hesitation it finally came
out.
Il wonder If my little girl Mt home
is happy" he said anxiously, referring
to his sweetheart In Chicago. The
correspondent told him she certainly
would be very happy and proud to
know how well he had done.
II hope she will be-" he responded
thoughtfully, and then added:
would it be too much trouble for
you to drop her just line to let her
know that ! am all right? ! don't
know when shall have chance 10
write"
That letter will go Immediately, but
pending its arrival the girl in Chicago
should know that he is wounded, but
as he himself says. all right. Appaf-
emily. his wound is not serious
German prisoners, taken recently
have been surprised to learn OF the
number of Americans on this SIZE
The German higher command has been
spreading reports that the overseas
troops were not arriving in such MUM
bers as the entente capitals had stated
The German prisoners admitted rue
fully that the drive had been conduct
ed with cleverness and invincible cour'
age. To this praise was added o tele-
gram from Field Marshal Haig to tne
forces involved. including the Amer-
can detachment, expressing his warm
congratulations