Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-02
WOUNDED THREE
TINES BY HUNS
r.rDoraI George ". PLUGGED, For
mer Rock Islander, Writes of
Battle Action.
,xockS OUT ENEMY GIN CREW
r.ucht hy Bullet But lie Succeeds
In Throw ing Bomb That Cleaned
Nearby Territory.

izg battle by Corporal George ".
7uegsi, 3 former Rock Island resi-
ssst who is now in a hospital in
rrnce He is the son of Mrs.
7rjius Genre of PittsVille, Iowa,
mi Of the late John F1uegel, al
- time the proprietor Of 4 bak-
~ shop in this city
Letters from home are the most
.nnreciated things that j soldier
sFe-seas gets, Corporal F1uegel
k-;ngs out in q letter home in
rhich he also tells Of . gas at
tsck which interrupted the read
'rg Of mis- mail until the air had
cleared
letter sent TO his mother and
farvarded t. Mrs. F. E Miller, 606
Corporal FluereI's N this city, is
appended:
vii write 10 LET You know some
If the experiences OF soldier in
action. First ! must say that we
have been having very bad wealth
81 TIE mud in the trenches is bad
md The ground Is slippery when
ever We want 10 make a sortie.
4 am corporal OF a Lewis auto
matte rife squad. and. having two
teams. three men to ? team, to look
sfter an kept out of mischief II
The people of the states only knew
xbat store the soldier sets on the
mail from home more letters would
10 written. Not so long since a
Il
eft q letter for all OF us but one.
md do you know I had 10 get after
that one fellow and give him some
solid good cheer talk before
could lift his depressed spirits.
And right here is the soldiers
lie. While We were reading our
mail the Germans threw over some
gas shells and as the bell sounded
there was a scramble for gas
masks When the trenches were
cleared we again got back to our
letters
After q gas attack the guns
Rave to be recleaned as the gas
seems 20 do them 4 lot Of harm As
We stood on the firing steps a few
Minutes after q German snipeT spied
E lad IN the next bay TO me oCcu-
pied by a bomber's squad and he
raid for exposing himself with his
life. And we couldn't locate this
s1iper to repay him either.
Knocks Cat Four.
Two days later in an over the
top IS I crept out of q shell hole
cane upon = machine gun hidden
N q standing CoTnfeld. Charging,
! was struck in the thigh by an
piercing bullet with which
The gun was loaded for shooting at
tanks. l fell. but succeeded Il
throwing 3 bomb which knCC-ed
ont the whole gun crew of four.
Finding that l could travel despite
tie wound I started out after q
German had seen disappearing into
q dugOut I threw a bomb down
hut when I started back this partic-
ular German wasn't so far gone as
had supposed and he followed me
and wounded NE with his bayOnet
l retaliated IN a more mortal fash
ION and now have to my credit five
victims for two wounds. Contiau-
ing on we were attacked by an am
cot d third wound-but my sixth
victim; the seventh I shot at point
blank range.
Like a Man.
Another young corporal who
rad killed two of the enemy had
taken two prisoners. We were rest
Ing. the two prisoners disarmed ly-
ing on the ground also close by.
Two more Germans came up with
fixed bayOnets. Posting the butt
OF MS rife on the ground the
young corporal shot one Of them
and realizing that the prisoners
were Germans jumped up saying, I
know 7 have got 70 get Up on my
feet and fight the other three like a
man And Ike man he did il
He turned the Germans bayOnet
With the uuZzle of his rife and
thea swung the butt against his
skull.
"Au this happened in a German
she'll hole defense Just east of a
small village which was scarcely
fortified Or held The big fight was
On tie other side where il was sup
posed the Germans had several
batteries in the hack areas They
are going out now. I am told in the
hospital"
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