The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-19
US. TROOPS SKATER
CRACK GRENADIERS
Left Their Dead in Ucans
When Driven Back Across
the Marne.
FEAT OF A SERGEANT
Attacks Nest Of Four Machine
Guns, Captures All and Goes
Back for More.
FEAT OF A SERGEANT
~ HERBERT BAILEY.
Special Gable Despotch TO THE suS aak "A,
Public Ledger

ny HERBERT BAILEY.
Special Gable Despatch TO THE sux aak "A,
Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918: oil rights rrss-,,d
ON THE AMERICAN Front, july II
(delayed) The American troops ar.
again to-day fighting valian,ly with III,
French. The Americans have been in
action east OF Rheims during the las,
few days, and the reports are tina, they
are conducting themselves with Their
customary distinction.
But their resistance OF the attack
across the Marine on Monday stIll hold,
the premier place. 1t now appears that
whom the Germans crossed the river The
Americans refused to leave their post.
lions, and aoon the enemy was in grpa,
distress American machine gunuers
fired into the Germans bacNs. qu.cKly
compelling them to retire to the north
bank At several places the Germans
were unable to cross 30 terrible was thu
American artillery and machine gun tire
One grenadier regiment was shattered
One OF Its battalions had very few men
left. All around lay the German dead
piled in heaps. Both banks OF the
Marine were covered with bodies
what . Sergeant Did.
As the Germans retired individual
Americans went out to hunt them.
Many stories OF bravery and Initiative
are told which are amazing The story
Of Sergeant J. Brown is a good spec
men. He was wandering around with
an officer looking for Germans and at
attacked a nest Of four machine guns
and captured two.
The officer was killed. Armed witt an
automatic rife the sergeant seized tho
third machine gun. and with corporals
help attacked the fourth. He - OF 4
German private dead and when Ger
man officer there reached for a knife he
killed him also. The fourth German MA
chine gun thus fell into his hands la
then brought some prisoners. maps ard
souvenirs in and handed II EN- to a Mill
tary policeman, and asked. as he says
in his report, for receipt.
When he made his second excursion
with a number OF comrades lie found
more than 100 men In a trench !! w0.,h
there were many dead and which was
cut OF by artillery fire. With lis au;,-
matte rife resting on his arm 'intl' e:
was so hot that he could scarcelt hold t
he fred till the Germans threw VI .her
hands to surrender He marched four
teen miles with his captives, safely de-
livering fifteen prisoners, including
Major. On the way several captives
fell out and died
Americans Escape Captors.
Another American was capture ard
taken across the Marine. He escaped
and. getting small boat rowed across
to the south side. Another little ;'arty
that was captured turned suddenly upon
the sentries guarding them and escaped
ON the way back they were arrested b.
the Americans as stragglers. They were
surprised to find among the captives ne
German officers who had given the order
to the sentres when they were captured.
An authoritative statement issued here
says that the Germans captured in tho
last few days complain bitterly against
the officers OF the active army who re-
main far in the rear for safety. These
Views have been expressed by reserve
officers. One OF them said:
I'VE cannot publicly express iudiEna-
ton because the officers In the rear 'aAs
note OF us and would take part IN No
court martial which would Judge us hnt
the war will end one day and those
people then have accounts to sqgass
with u.s."