Evening star., 1918-08-18

patrol searching out German sntpers.
He lost his comrades and came to q
tortuous river. opposite which ne
thought our men were.
Leaving his rife and all equipment
except an extra shirt, he swan the
river. crawled UP the bank and faced
fifteen Germans tinkering with q ma
chine gun. One shouted. and the
others attempted to get the gun
range.
Two Days in Shell Hole.
Harden splashed back. hid in a shell
hole for two days. and finally crossed
tho river at another spot.
Bullets flying in the streets OF
men were surrounded by Germans with
whistling in a Storm" said one SOL
dier. One young officer and twenty
machine guns after reaching the top
of the hill beyond. One soldier re-
turned He said the others made q
stand rivaling Clusters famous last
stand"
Capt. Charles Hendricks. Blairs-
willie. Pa, remained in q shell-bat-
tered dressing station for three days
and four nights. 1t was twice neces-
sary to dig out after q shell hao
smashed down the walls to the en-
trance.
When evacuation. started Capt
George McGinnis. 3133 Frankfort ave-
nue.. Philadelphia, went up with one
of the ambulances to superfnteno the
work. Five direct hits were made on
the dressing station while ne was
there. He personally conducted three
ambulances at different times through
incessant artillery fire to the bridge.
Twice when planks were. thrown into
the air by exploding shells, they were
replaced so the ambulances would be
able to cross.
Until Last Patient Left.
sergt. William Lukens. Cheltenham.
Pa, went up with the first ambulance
and remained until the last patient was
removed. forty-eight hours later.
James r. Gum, $3.50 Hagerman ave-
nue., Philadelphia. and Joseph NJ. Muir
ray. 1910 North Camac avenue, Phila-
though fired on eight times before the
bridge was blown up.
Then four other ambulances dashed
up, swung around corners and stopped
Falls. 722 South 5Oth street. Phila-
delphia, and Alfred Baker, Tacony, Pa,
were in the first. car; Orginnes Bic
muller, dubbed Mike" Tacony, Pa,
and Jack Curry. s60s Hamilton avenue,
ry Broadbent. 1928 Tabar street, Phil
adelphia, and Raymond ,OnIy, 2s42
Bridge street. Philadelphia, were in the
third, and John F. Maxwell, Williams
port, Pa, and Albert Smith, Frankford,
Pa. were In the fourth.
"Reveilles had just started joked
one of these daredevil drivers. 1t
was o'clock in the Forming, just as
daylight was breaking, and the jar
OF shells falling on the village had
and started. The second also got
away: Broadbent and Maxwell were
still loading.
Patient Is Wounded.
Just as Broadbent was ready to
start, O'Neill came back running from
the river and reparted that the bridge
slant a shell struckimmediateiy out
down at the entrance, but
in beating him to the cellar, pa
tient. supposedly helpless on his back
in the ambulance, was wounded in
Hell! I didn't get touched" said
when the men rushed out to
ascertain the damage to the car. while
a third was lamenting the fact that
= screw from the side of the car had
been blown in his cheek. Three tires
Of the car were punctured, the sides
perforated and the roof blown on.
The patients were unloaded, awaiting
q Quieter moment
Again at z o'clock in the morning
another attempt was made. Finally
in lull in the shelling in the after
noon two cars escaped at o'clock.
After that the bridge had gone be-
yond repair, and for the remainder
Of tie day the brave men of the
Hospital Corps carried the wounded
on stretchers down the long road to
the river. while the ambulance driv-
ers backed their cars up on the op-
posite bank and waited under a hail
of fire until they forded across with
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