Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-04-19

eD'ststu etASh VtHcf. 1he DdyOneE clash
was brief. The ground quickly was
strewn with dead and the Germans
backed up to the stub of a trench
which was, to the soldiers, like the
root OF Oh aching tooth. Wire en-
Engagements stayed the pursuit OF the
Canadians who, however, hewed their
way through
He Blows Up Machine Gun.
Six hundred and fifty men went
over the top with Hanna. Perhaps
two-thirds of this number went on To-
wsSrd the trench, but this remnant was
decineted by a machine gun which
the Huns had set up on the parapet
The crew of ists gun played Ii on the
Canadians like a hose and all the CT
ficers were killed or Injured. Hanna
plugged on in the face Of the dreadful
fire. He had a Mills bomb and this
he hurled at the machine gun and
smashed 1t. killing or iSinring the
men who were feeding in the bullets.
1t had done Its deadly work. Hanna
was standing alone. All about him
We're lying his comrades. either dead
or badly wounded. Part of the bat
TALON had spread and, he assumed,
would come around back of the trench
and enter it from the other end He
jumped into the trench and in a sec
ond saw a row of stalwart Prussians
coming single file-this was neces-
sary because of the narrowness of the
xcavation-toward him. They rushed
him. AS the first one was about FIVE
yards away he pulled the trigger on the
only cartridge he had in his rife. The
cartridge was well aimed and No. I of
the Fifty fifth Prnssian guards was out
Of the war forever
The second one charged over his
fallen comrade, but met the bayonet
held in the viselike grip of the young
lumberman from Vancouver A third
Prussian also of the Ffty-hfth--
dropped down In the trench as If he
had collapsed, but as this was no time
for taking chances Hanna, now realiz-
ing that he was alone In a nest of the
enemy, used his bay0net with effective
results. A fourth Prussian appeared
almost from nowhere. He had the
stock of his rife in both hands on lev
el with his shoulder and was prepar-
ing to drive the other end home in the
form of the Canadian But Hanna was
TOO quick for him. There was a mo-
mentary grinding of teeth, clash and
the fourth Prussian measured his
length on the earthen floor.
Blows Up TWO Eugouts.
Hanna then tells of what hap
pened during the next few minutes.
81 then discovered that / was alone
in the trench and | was wondering
where the other men were. i moved
along, and at the entrance to dug
ont, which was, of course. dark.
heard the buzzing of voices. /, of
course. knew that was in dangerous
position. had no bombs. had used
my last ore on the gun. looked
around and discovered a German bomb.
About that time l heard the Prussians
coming out of the entrance to the dug
out and l waited till they were about
on top of me when / let the bomb fly.
1t went Off right in their faces. II was
quiet then.
II moved on few feet further and
saw another dugout entrance. II was.
the other end of a Z. There | heard
more voices. 1t didn't look very prom
Using for me. | hunted around quickly
and found two more German bombs.
/ threw the two into the dugout. hold
ing them just long enough so they ex-
ploded a second after they left my
hand. There was no more noise in this
dugout"
Hanna's story stops here when he