Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-07
BOOBIES LACK NERVE
TO STAND Up AND
FACE AMERICANS
HEROIC BRAVERY or PERSHlNG
FORCES CRUSH FOES MORALE
-YANkS BOAST THEY'VE GOT
FRITZ NUMBER.
BY Ernest 7. Orr.
fF' rFIII' oN T . UT
stan Correspondent of the lnterna.
tiOnal News Service.

Stan Correspondent of the lnterna-
tional News Service.
Paris, June l. - American wounded
arriving in Paris late Thursday direct
from the battle front at Chateau
Thierry. on the Marine. were frantic
ally eheered by the crowds lining the
streets.
The Americans We're all cheerful
despite their wounds and the story all
had to tell might be summarized il the
words OF one:
We've got Fritz's number He
doesn't like to stand and face US"
A lad from iHoboken. who. together
with pal, captured two German ma
chine guns, taking the crew prisoners.
said:
They all yelled kamerad' in hur-
ry"
Is shot four times.
He was carrying back his pal, who
was wounded. when he himself was
shot four times in the back and
shoulders, His pal was killed but the
young Hobokener managed to limp
back to safety.
graphic story was told today by
an American officer commanding
machine gun platoon of kentuckey
corporal who. though dying worked
his machine gun until il was red hot.
Whel he finally toppled over He was
Immediately replaced by two shell
feeders. who continued firing until the
piece finally melted.
The officer who told the story had
been gassed in the fighting at Can
tigny, on the Picardy front, and was
brought here for treatment. tCa1tig-
NY was captured by the Americans
about week ago
The corporal was mortally wound
ed and knew he would not live long.
but begged to be allowed to remain a.
his post. He continued to crank his
gun until he fell dead.
Breech of Gun Melts.
Then the feeders. refusing to save
themselves, covered the dead body
and continued firing until the breech
melted and they were unable to force
in any more cartridges The fighting
platoon did not know they had been
gassed NATL their eyes closed Then
they were carried back to safety.
A Massachusetts lieutenant who
was gassed also praised the wonder
full work of the infantry dispatch
bearers One was blown completely
off the highway by high explosive
shell He imped up and delivered HIS
message
A Captain from New York who had
been gassed lay for six hours in the
open under a continuous BON rd
ment OF gas shells and high explosives
He declared that the Germans were
unable to approach the American lin %
The stencil of the hundreds of Ger.
man dead in No Mans Land was ap-
pallng it was said
Scotch the Black Snakes.
The Germans whom the Americans
whipped at Cantigny called themsel-
YES the Black Snake Division" he.
cause they seldom slept and were kept
crawling on their stomachs trying to
approach the American lines while
au'tting clowds of poison gas, But
1t seems that they are scotched now,
IT IL semiohcialy reported that
ten ambulance men that were eyacu.
ating wounded from advanced posts
during the German attack at Jaulgon.
ne on the Marine River are missing.
The Germans put down barrage
against the ambulances. shooting IN
the drivers who we're advised 70 re.
turl to the rear. The drivers insist.
ed on remaining and doing their duty
Later German prisoners said
"We have got several of vour am.
hulance drivers; thay are working
now driving our wounded"