The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-06-21
U. 5. SOLDIERS ARE
Doing BIG STUNTS
DARING DEEDS TOLD ABOUT OUR
MEN ON THE sLooDy
FRONT FRONT.

/ american front IN FRANCE benus ut
following thrilling stories.
| Our gunners now have learned &c
use their cannon and can shoot them
| like demons. They have orders &c
| spare no ammunition and they are not
i sparing it, The Americans have made
a name in all France for work with
the French 75s. A German officer
who was captured wounded yesterday
said:
Perhaps am going TO die. but be-
fore l die for Gods sake let me see
those three-inch machine guns you
| fellows have.
| This analogy perhaps is exaggerat-
ed. but IL shows what the Germans
have found out about how the Ameri-
cans can shoot this French three-inch
piece.
And while the artillery is doing its
bit the doughboys are cleaning their
rifles and conducting frequent raids.
was with these men weeks ago. and
when saw them again today they had
many stories to tell me.
A remarkable story was told by a
Colonel Two OF his men the other
day. while exploring over in the Ger
man positions, came on a big dugout
with two entrances. One American
with bayonet on his rifle, took posi-
ton at one entrance while into the
other his comrade three hand gre
nades. As the Germans came out of
the other entrance the first American
got them.
The system was working fine when
the hand grenades gave out. The An
q passing Frenchman and sent in a
hot message TO the remaining boches.
who came out quickly. These two ac-
counted for AZ Germans.
Corporal Captured Eight.
Another story has to do with young
Corporal who alone came on a dugout.
Calling on the inmates to come out,
he threw in two hand grenades. Eight
Germans with hands above their heads
walked out. A few moments later the
Corporal said to his Captain. 1 beg TO
report sir with eight prisoners.
Then he told his commander IL was
a big dugout and ne believed more
Germans were there and he asked for
four men to help him get them He
got permission and started over again.
when a German 150-millimeter shell
blew him into pieces.
The Germans hold positions on this
sector on an elastic line that has no
continuous trench defense. but dugouts
every $50 yards. r.
A Sergeant at n listening post the
other day could hear no Germans
moving. Taking two doughboys with
him he went forward and found 20
Germans. with rifles stacked, outside.
asleep In dugout with their guard al
SO asleep.
Dispatching the guard with the bay
onet. they called on the 20 to surren
der. When several Boches started to-
ward the Sergeant he threw In two
hand grenades. He and his men
brought back five OF the Boches as
prisoners. The rest were killed.
On the way back German machine
gunner had his gun trained on the Ser
geants party when an American snip
er got the Boche through the head.
These are samples OF how the Ameri-
cans keep the Boche busy in this
sector.
A captured German officer told an
American General that the Germans
have christened the American division
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