Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-06
S. A. INSPECTOR
HERE DESCRIBES
YANKS'V|CTORY
commissioner Lamb Talks of
What He Saw When Marines
Met HUNS and Turned
Them from Paris.

Not until the war has ended and
its history written will the people
OF The allied nations understand the
saperhuman achievement of the
United States marines at the I'M
mortal battle of Chateau hierry, &C
cording to Commissioner David
Lamb, international secretary of the
Salvation Army, who arrived here
Saturday from England on a tour
OF inspection.
Commissioner Lamb, who has lost
one son on the field of battle and
has another convalescing from Sc
we're wounds. was an eyewitness of
the titanic struggle in which the
Americans stopped the victorious
onrush of the victorious German
army at Chateau-Thierry.
America Gives Answer.
"The allied armies" said Mr..
Lamb, had been retreating for sew
eral days under the whitening Ger
man artillery concentration. With
their main defense gone, the armies
under Foch faced the inevitable ne
cessity of . retreat to Paris. This
was under consideration by the va
rious allied generals. The question
finally was taken up with the
American commander.
THE world knows the answer.
The answer was the American coun-
,ter-attack at the tip Of the Chateau
Thierry salient.
1.-THE attack came early in the
morning. The air reverberated with
the deafening crash of exploding
shells. Suddenly the earth trem-
Oiled with 4 new vibration. The
American artillery was in action. A
veritable tattoo OF hunfire began to
spray the German trenches. This
continued several hours and it
seemed that the German fire was
noderating.
Watched Americans Charge.
"Just then, from my vantage
point I saw the Americans swarm
over the top and plunge forward. 1t
was magnificent sight. Hundreds
fell the first few feet, but the line
never wavered Others clambered
from the trenches and took the
places OF their fallen comrades.
Then came the hand-to-hand
fighting. The Germans emerged
from their trenches with bayonets
cleaning, Then came the CORY con-
test. 1t was soon over, and pre-
ceded by a laundering barrage, the
Americans swept forward. Thou
sands lay wounded on the gentle
s.ape that separated the opposing
trenches.
From that moment the Germans
were licked. They never again I'M
ii this day have gained the intia-
tive.
Inspired by the Americans glor-
ious accomplishments the French |
and English organized a counter
attack and that counter attack is
still going forward and will not stop
until Berlin is reached"
Revcrting to the sociological
phase of the American Invasion" of |
England, the commissioner de-
clared that the British Isles now are
more like a great reunion ground. |
Americans and Eng1ishmen now un-
derstand each other; they under |
stand the ties of blood that unite |
them. Thousands of marriages be- |
tween Americans and Englishwom-
en- are daily taking place. Ameri-
cans are received into every British |
home as honored guests and every |
where is expressed the amazement |
that an understanding" between the
two nations had not been reached I,
ere this.
To illustrate the spirit in which
the English people now look upon
Americans, the commissioner de-
scribed speech by Lord Churchill
on the Fourth of July.
Lord Churchill said the speak
er, "in a speech on the last Fourth
of July, referring touchingly to
President Wilson's announced pol
icy Of no annexation of conquest.
Makes Inspection Here.
.We want no conquest either
declared the former lord of the ad-
miralty, we have been amply re-
warded by Americas entrance as
our brother-in-arms. Americas &C.
ton has viniicated our cause"
The economic situation is more
favorable to the working class, the
commissioner, said. While the cost
of living is very high, this is offset
by high wages. The professional
man, however, is hard hit because
there has been no increase in his in
come.
Commissioner Lamb. after in
specting the local units of his or
panization. will continue his tour