Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13

Infantry.
You should have seen the Ger
mans drop" he writes, "Just like
leaVes from tree on windy day.
We chased them out of town, but
they made q counterattack and we
again opened fire on them with their
machine guns. Out of the 100 or so
that had managed to get across the
river. only five got back"
Lieutenant Fred Flick, of Hazle-
ton. has been wounded. He was a
student at the University of Michi-
gan when he entered an officers
training camp, and went overseas
with the Rainbow division. Lieuten-
ant Cecil Bell, of Freeland, is in a
hospital with both, ankles crushed
with a shell.
Harry Dunkelberger. of Pottsville,
had leg broken by shrapnel. He is
only Ii years old. James NJ. Leach,
or New Germantown, and Frank
Moreland. of near Marysville, both
with the l12th Infantry, have been
wounded.
Joseph Gallagher, of West Consho-
hocken. who was drafted last April,
has been killed in action. Sergeant
Richard G. Bechtel, of Lebanon. with
Company d, 109th Machine Gun
Battalion. of Bethlehem, has been
wounded
After Private Martin Cover. OF
Lancaster. with Company d, 151st
Machine Gun Battalion. was killed in
action, his comrade. Private Joe My
ers. also of LANCASTER. killed eight
Germans in revenge. Myers himself
| was wounded
| In letter from their sons, George
and John GCepfert, who are with the
| First Engineers in France, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Lawrence Goepfert. of Maha.
noy City, received the information
that the boys captured several pris.
! oners with considerable German
money on them and valuable gems
! They stated they also found a Ger
man soldier moaning among the dead
on the battlefield and took him to a
| hospital. The Boche was stunned al
the treatment and said a German In
such case would have hacked his
wounded adversary to death.
Frederick L. Duffee, of Franklin
an ambulance driver. describes q
duel he witnessed between two
wounded soldiers, French and Ger
man.
Duel Between Wounded Men
The German wounded soldier, as
we passed. shot at a wounded
Frenchman who was lying some
twenty yards away from him. Upon
seeing this. a Frenchman near us
shot and killed the Boche.
One night, will never forget.
German machine gun emplacement
had been stormed. the Germans be-
ing killed while the gun was in ac-
tion-the. gunner with his hands in
the handles, a couple of others with
the roll of cartridges all ready and
the gun itself, Maxim, with a half
empty roll in it,"
Wendelin Pfiueger and wife, of
Pottsville, who had received word
that their son, Valentine Pflueger.
was dead in action, to-day were
overjoyed when they were notified
by the government that the young
man is in a German prison camp.
The parents were notified that GER
tain goods could be sent to the pris-
oner. t-
ThomasG Giles, nineteen-year-old
youth, of Mahanoy City, with Com
pany E, 112th United States infan-
try, is in a hospital in a serious con-
dition, having been gassed BY the
Boche. He was in the act of going
over the top for the third time when
overcome. His companion, Clarence
Belyz, shared Giles experience.
Harry G. Robinson, of Chester, re-
ceived a letter in regard to the death
of his son, who was killed in >ac-
ton some days ago. as follows:
"The officers and men of Company
B, First Engineers. join me in ,ex-
tending to you their deepest SYM
pathy in the loss of their comrade,
Private Harry G. Robinson, who was
killed by enemy shell fire on July
20, 1918, near Scissors, France.
Private Robinson always per-
formed his duties as a soldier in a
cheerful and willing manner.
He made the supreme sacrifice as
only brave and courageous soldier
can on the field of battle.