Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-15
uy HAMILTON NJ WRIGHT


rAnta Suv 80 This ls q story
OF men wounded who went back 10
fight H. "a Jungle ~ woods. whct"
sometimes yuu cannot Hre twun'y
feet ahead ~ YOU. of others WI"
carried messages ana brought SUP.
plies over shell swept areas, uf stlll
others Who fought to success against
tremendous ODDS. fought tholr way
10 the hidden machine guns of tho
enemy and dragged the Germans out
~ their foS hulrH and duguuta In the
forest II IN the story of men who
never turned back
II In the heroic story 90 IN. fight
Ing IN tho Uois dc li"llcau tnow offi-
cihlly poorest Of the American Ma.
rtncsD, an impcrishable ANA gloti-
GUS record IN American history
The story " tho lois do bclleah
has been told hundred times It
vii continue to ho told as long nH
thera arc Americans Hut since the
censorship has been lifted, II can hc
given In "a little more detail than be-
fore aud In the light Of succeeding
events II can assume itA proper place
aS a turning point In the great war
For IN the IiOls dc llcllcau. whore
the desperate and gallant fighting
was not exceeded IN tho whole four
ana one half years OF bloody war
fare. the ucrmnp troops learned
what Kind of flghtcrs the Americans
were. ana are
On June 18Th tho London Times
came out with great editorial say
ing II was proved IN hattly that Ger.
many Was beaten. that the numbers
we're being cquallycd In the field
that the German troops could not
stand up against the Kind OF "a lght
the Americans put up.
June iith, tho day before, was the
-day on which the marines, having
taken two-thlrdz ~ nclleau woods,
swept over ana took tho town >ot
bouresches,
soldiers Knew This
what the London Times said was
what the soldiers already knew.
though hiHtorihns may give tho turn.
ing point uf the war ~ July 18th.
when Marshal roch began his often
awe IN the second battle ~ IN"
Marnc baslng' their opinions on
tactical considerations Yet there
are millions who will always believe
that on tho dhS when the mntiucs
stepped up to v1ve I'ariz ana ia the
face " prodigtuus numbers dtuvc
tho crown ptinCca army bach, thht
dyy there was proved hy actual ,uW
hat what everybody knew before.
that there could only he one outcome
of the war. aud ~ soon ~ the Amer
lean boys got ON the ryld IN numbers
uoy would shattcr tho German
morale.
II VIA then that General pctshlng
uttered his battle cry, 'll"l. llnhu.
ken or Heaven before Chris.mnF
II was then that trninload after
tfalnlnad ~ German wounded flllrd
the hospitals ut the llhlnr.
/ was IN Brllcau woods when the
gallant marines we're Htlll thet" ]
went AZ the invitation ~ Major tthpu
itrlradirrl General James e. llnr
hurd, n splendid and gallant officer
"A Fighter ~ the Hrrshiug 'Npc. whom
had known years before, IN the
Philippines nud VINO was In com.
mnnd uf "a brigade ~ marincs at hcl-
icnu woods
Uollrnu woods IL huge kidney
shaped forest. three or four miles
long. fllrt with huge rookie ana al
most iWpasathc II Wa part ~
That territory where the German
wedge reached nearest raris, The
uthcr historic points a." chateau
Thiefry, about thto mites DISTANT
nrurr-chc-. iuN across the valley
IIih ~, Luce lc llo,agr aud Tti.
angle farm
casualties Mrrr iiigh
Three trou~nnd eight hundred ma
rincs. MnIni t.cy told me. we're ctsu
alties IN Hvkuu woods Aud adloin
Ing territory rhS ~ not supposed
to hc an ofticltl figure II was too
carl. tn hc drfiuite then. II was
lWcuN five TO thlt'y deNs before tho
woods were ClcItri ~ tho Ierinaus
Tho marinra who took the i'm
porinnt strong points, ~ llc'lctu
Nuds UourcSchcs and NauN en-
rascd und defeated with great loss
lures German divisions For "A part
~ tho time they fought AZ odds ~
fiVe or siX To ono. There was prnc-
UcaUy nothing left ot the German
divisions liollcau woods was m.
comfortably filled with their bodies
lc-iaea fourteen hundred prisoners.
survivors of 'hr fight We're taken.
ana uttuN fDh'rr gums
Here u the way The battle began.