Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07
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These words Of an unnamed American
general written after American troops
had been forced 10 give ground near
Condo en-Ilrie, south of the Marine, last
Monday, seem destined to take their
place with the immortal words of other
arfny and navy heroes dear to the hearts
D. the American people.
The French general In command Of that
particular section of the front wrote to
the American commander that the re-
Ferse was not serious and that there
the lost ground, He couuselied delay.
This brought the notable reply from the
American general.
The American troops did counter attack
and they won back the lost ground with
an additional half mile for good measure,
The quotation undoubtedly in take its
place In the minds OF many Americans
heside the famous rallying cry of General
Phil Sheridan:
race the other way. boysl We are 90
ING haek"
General Sherldans meg the Valley
Of she Shenandoah on the morning of
October 18th, 1864 had been forced 10 re.
treat after "A surprise attack by General
Harly's army, Sheridan, returning from
Mashington had reached W m,
nf the battle reache him Then began
Sheiadan's Ride made famous in verse
by Thomas Buchanan Read The boys"
turned back and drove the Contederates
from the Shenandoah Valley.
Ono OF the earliest OF the historic say
ings Of American military heroes is cred-
tied to General John Stark. who as he led
his men 70 the assault on part OF Bur
goyne's army near Bennington. Va. Aus
gust 18th, i7T7, cried;
ssThere they are, boys We beat them
today or Molly stark's a Nldowi"
The Americans almost wiped out
loree Of loco British ana General Stark
John Paul Jones'. father Of the AM
erican Navy" coined the expression
which has been guide to American SOL
niers and sailors ever since, when 10
cried;
u have Just begun 20 siohtl"
1t was Jones's answer 20 the demands
q Capt. Pearson, commander OF the
British ship Serapis, that the American
aator surrender the Bon Homme Rich
ard. The Richard, dashed 90 the Scraps
By Jones, was in a sinking condition, but
the American sailors had Just begun 10
tight and three and one-half hours after
the conflict began the Scraps struck her
eo.ars. The Bon Homme Richard sunk
the next morning and John Paul Jones
sailed into q French port on the Capa
tured ship. the ii ambers Of its crew pris-
pners.
Another famous battle cry of the navy
WAS The dying Injunction OF Capt. James
Lawrence;
"pon't give up the shlpl"
Capt Lawrence. in command Of the u,
$, $. Chesapeake. had encountered the
British frisate Ehanuon, thirty miles off
Boston, June !. 1913 Lawrence fell
mortallS wounded at one OF the first
hreadsdes from the British warship. His
DYING cry was in vain.
Three months iater-Sept 10, 1913, TO
be exaet--Commodore Oliver Hazard Per-
~ sent 10 General Wiuiam Henry Har-
rison his famous message:
1--WE have met the enemy and they are
Commodore Perry had built fleet OF
nine vessels on Lake Erie and went out
10 give battle 10 the British fleet near
Put in Ray. PerTy's flagship. the Law
renee. was almost destroyed hN tbs enemy
fire With the flag OF the Lawrence
wrapped around his arm, Perry rowed 70
the Niagara and from that shin directed
his fleet To victory.
A famous battle eVNreSSton = credited
BY many historians NTH being reSpou-
sihle for the election Il TIE twelfth PreSi-
Gent of the United ttsS &c iFfal Zach
airy Taylor was It's author. q ~ when he
surrender al Busra Vista February -,
1876;
..'General TAYLOR never slfrrenders
General Taylor Nth Sac men, most
Of whom had neVS been In battle before
defeated s. MIA Az $ 20. 900 n he'd troops
the flower Of the Mexican krmy The
war soon ended ad Geueisl Taylor was
elected President
General Grants historic sentence: