The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18
FIGHT LIKE "INJINS" ON MARINE
Work Of Clearing Out BOches
Like Frontier Days.
Small Groups OF Men Wage
Their Own Warfare.

With the Americans on the Marine,
July Is.-The fighting in the fields
and woods in the present battle CT the
Marine Is most unusual Companies.
pIatoons and even groups OF two or
three men are waging their own war
fare in clearing out the boches.
Sergt- J. F. Brown. separated from
his p1atoo..- encountered the captain
of another company. Pointing at four
enemy machine guns, the captain
said;
Let's get EN-
The pair charged the nests SEEM
aagiy fznpervious / the hail of bullets,
sad killed or captured the crews OF
two OF the suns. The prisoners We're
in their way. so Brown turned them
over to the capuain and cleaned up the
otter two guns alone taking addi-
tioraI prisoners and smashing the
The captain had started back to
the American mes with his captives.
Brown followed some distance in
rs wake. The scrgeant encountered
a c. I4laade- Corporal Pipp. who volun-
ueerec to guard the prisoners. Brown
reudiIy accepted as he had Just caught
sight Of Il shallow SC on of trench
half filled with dead -boches The
very much alive Browns auto
msilc rifle had become so hot that ne
could barely hold it. But he Law il
soss his arm and opened fire on
IRE trench, killina several of its occu-
PR Is.
one Of the Huns yelled "kanerad. ."
A Hundred Surrendered to Ono.
All right. come out" Brown re-
Piled. between shots. All of the Ger
mans, numbering nearly 100 dropped
their guns and surrendered. Brown
ard Pipp aEain started for the rear
and encountered other members Of
their platoon with prisoners. Brown
took charge Of them all The wood
where Brown and the others had been
T shtins WAS being shened continuous
y once Brown and Pipp were sur
+ unded, but they fought their way
cut with their automatic rifles.
At the edge of the wood Browns
companions left him to get some
more Hein5es," and he herded his
PRISONERS along 4 sl,ell-p5tted road to-
ward the rear. still cIutching his
trusty automatic.
Arriving at headquarters Brown
made an accurate count of his bag
for the first time There were 159 Of
rhem- including a jor, a captain and
two lieutenants. The sergeant as
s't-ed the commander he had a ire
cciptT and turned over a pistol and a
PHI w wire CulAcLS lie A4ftu ldhe4l
from the major
Had Narrowly Escaped Death.
Brown had narrowly escaped death
4 number OF times. as his uniform was
torn with bullets Early in the fight
ing his pack had been shot from his
bark by sl1ra incl
Browns feat was the climax OF
c zen of similar episodes. Eight
Americans. captured by the boches.
we're taken to the north side Of the
river They overpowered their guards,
tNok valuable maps from a German
officer. grabbed a boat and padded
back
4 single machine gunner saw two
pl1toons OF Huns advancing. The gun
had been injured and he was unable
70 swerve II to bring them into the
line Of fire Whipping out his auto
matte pistol he fired several shots
picl1i4.- off the Germans on one side
and causing them to alter their
course. This brought them within
range of the machine gun. He then
wiDeti them out
Small groups OF Germans filtered
thru the American lines near Mezy
hut our line vas not withdrawn In