The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-05

II don't thiuF amy one ordered
Fire said one NJ the Americans.
only we all did
one Of the eight was brought into
an American hospital later with TWEEN
ty-two bullet hnlc4 through him He
was dying. at COURSE. hut before he
died he was abir to say that he and
his companions were Germans and
hat they hnsl been ordered into
French uniforms bv their officers.
They had fried go sncak INTO he
american lines with the two machine
guns and 500 rounds of ammunition
Il is easy to pu,.s what would nave
happened " those Americans had not
adapted themselvos to IN" new war
fare and to the crooked tricks of tae
Poche.
How did they get that machine
II I asked the other day
~ dent know was the reply Just
vent out and took it, guess
lets GO Get It,"
hut there was more 20 It han that
and again the American military
qualities OF Initiative ana nudacity
were demonstrated. \ machine gun
we'll hidden In the edge OF Helleau
Wood had bothered the marines in
front. no M know precisely whore
IL wan. for the position WIS rpntiuu-
ally being changed But u worried
them.
Lets go get IL, said the officer in
command.
His name has not filtered through
yet. But lac sent out W. squads, n
on each flank. and they began to
wiggle through the %springing grass
like So many snakes. Every now
aud then the machine gunner would
have an attacS OF nerves and would
lroum the grass over their heads. liut
they Kept ON until they got into the
edge Of the wood There they wrig-
gled on-and wrigglcd on until ~
last 70 whistle sounded and they rush
ed the gun. The six men of the
crew were killed II was o a big
operation. but these youngsters
handled IL like veterans.
They won't filter, an officer com
planned to me the other night. The,
Ike 10 rush then positions.
The Germans utter and the French
litter IN this open war The impatient
= fNNff = NAFANl 90 fNNNN AH ~ " 10
aud threes, or Dee lu wait for hours
Eut whenever al . Judged rush costs
too much the word passes down the
line. The men .it around IN sunny
places after thu eight and talk over
tactics. They ar" as obedieut 20 or
dcrs aud as well disciplined rs any
European troop once they have CON
oucrcd % certain .lltish gaycty In ac-
ton hut they vur, out the reasons
for themselves as uo European troops
do. once convinced that filtration h.
tho way to wiz u this fighting in
hills and hollow, and little woods
they litter To q Ulcen's taste.
10 Hell with Retreat
During the fighting that resulted
IN the capty.rc pt Neuilly Wood "a
company of AnIrruans held a position
ON the edge OF fua wood They were
-hellcd neavily and began to lose
iieaD quarters thuYrht they might as
well get out 90 'hcrc for the time
being. for prog was being made
on either flank Gut the men Of
the company w.rld not Their off
GERS were down but no matter The,
would po forw 90 by themselves
ia hell witt that retreat stuff is
the reply M SOME unidentified pri-
F waite sent bl +, TO the " Q suggestion
that they 81. back They held ON
under q tIa thar grew worse ana
worse, uui. at last they saw their
way clear ID. get on They advanced
hy little rusNoS-a man 40 20 time In
some ease igainst a German AZ =
timc-uutlI last they had gained
their ohjr,fEus. Back as the ~. g u
was felt thIt a spiri, like hat Was
too fine a. ur reprcsscd. The losses