New Britain herald., 1918-06-06
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r, Bfssell of Pittsbgrgh HAS been cited
for Hhe French waa cross for leading
his lle chine gun sompaand> ito the
north side of the Marne in an at.
fenpt to stop theAGernsan attacks
kS Anxious to Get. BsA;5 lii Line. e
4 Pars, Wednesdays. June 5.-The
spirit and morale ee the American
Soldiers wounded gin the. Carugny
battle, aoSper cent Of Wlaorn Will re-
cover, is wonderful. The first ques-
ton they ask. the surgeon is:
"Doc, when will I be able to so
back after the German WHO fixed
me?" - &
Tw1afSoung privates We're Waiting
their turn to enter the operating
room of a large American .hospital in
Paris today One said. Z 20.
II have been oyer the top three
times, and it is the sreatest sport: I
eyer had Fix me up. Quick because I
want to go back after the. Boches
again.
The second soldier Who had seri-
Gus wound in the thigh, said:
"If Lido not return to tho trenches
L
that L f1sSa three-two bavoneted and
one shot, am satisfied"
The soldier probably will recover
but hr~will never cross, hyonets
with the Germans again as he will
lose his leg. : -.
French ENTHUSIASTIC Over Americans,
London, june 's.-The behavior Of
the American troops at Chateau
'Thierry has DEMONSTRATED more than
anything else that has yet happened
on fhe American front the splendid
initia.tive and enterprise with which
the american army is endowed and
nothing has aroused the keener en-
thusiasm of commanders says The
Daily Mall correspondent with the
American army In France. He quotes
an unnamed French general AS saying
that the Am er&an spirit. and enter
prise att a z&riskl momeHt served to
maintain 'the faorale Of the French
troops .around Chateau-ThierrV.
The correspondent epredicts that
'n1vch will be heard of the deeds of
the Americans in the next few days
and adds: 80
Il "Anferican troops fresh from the
United States continue to arrive with
regularity sind in numbers more than
sufficient. to justify renewed comb
dence in TIE ultimate triumph of the
Entente The Americans at this mon1-
emf are distributed over a. very wide
frput. indeed.
/ Tin. sori1eN sectors Aentire American
division form one unit holding a Ger
tain extent>of line while, elsewhere
they are brfgaded with French and
British regiments. SIN the Luneville
and Toul sectors the Americans bold
Perry sdiffie41 itsss&sfents completely dom
mated by the Eernlan aEttNerys
Y. NJ. G. A. Workers Also Heroes.
Paris, June 6.-Am erican, men and
to the American Y.
M g 4 units with the French troops
played heroic parts in they recent re-
treat, east and wesf of scissors ana
one, Carl Lyttle.s ofA.North@. kf1eld,
Mass. is believed to Rave lost his life.
Amid rain Of gas shells Lyttle went
into certain burning village to, res
cue refugees after the troops had
come out. He has not been seen
since.
Y M. c. Az workers stayed with
the troops during, the rear guard
fighting, gathering and. distIibutlng
supplies Fobr Y. M. G, a. men
Joined the staff of q base & hospital,
swamped with ssFrench land, British
wounded. and worked 20 hours. a
day as stretcheA BEARERS .and- nurses.
Wanen1s workers particularly dis
tinguishedss theHlsetFss. Ons, Miss
Maria Herron, Of Gin innati.a sister !.
in-law of dormar- Pr sident Taft, re-
NAMED IN a hit serving food and1
cGffee to the soldiers until the village
was +set ON fire., by German shells.
Miss Jane .Rolifr of Cincinnati only
left "a hut, at SoissonssA few hours
before the GERMANS entered the town.
The battle situation is frankly sat \
isfa Glory, says 4 Havas agency review
today, and the nen1y,stem porarily, at
least, Jis not likely to make. attacks
all along the front between Rheims
and the Disc. fSLocat attempts seem
to indicate that the Germans have re-
nounced for. the me nent their pur-
pose to win a decision on the battle
field @picked out MY their commanders
or May 81. ~, -
Nevertheless, the newspapers do
not .$believeFEthat the German offen77
sivesis ended. The Petit Parisien'
thinks That Gen. Ludendorff Is pre-
pa rfssg IA sbow which, he expects willsi
have brodigious, ases I'll Its. Y 4
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