Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-25
(By e. H. Tostevin.)

ove and get my brother as a pris-
'oner?"
The colonel asked why he should
be trusted.
"sir. my brother will be killed.
murdered by insane orders. I would
is younger than I, a mere. boy.
The colonel permitted the boy to
go back. 1t was an odd chance that
he would return. An hour later two
Germans, unarmed, hands over headS
came, dodging across No Mans Land,
willing prisoners.
At another point a German captain
was captured. He gave or. rather. had
valuable information. He, too, : was
ready to quit.
In fact he begged to be permitted
to go ove to the German lines and
get his company and. bring them back
unarmed and willing prisoners.
However, he "a a German officer,
and too valuable TO risk such a tenn
porary release.
Yet these two items show, the state
Of mind of the German forces. who
have, been opposing, or rather has.
been shattered on tHe ~impregnable
defense of the American lines.
At another point $50 Germans
walked " and gave themselves up.
ut is the high military powers and
the German moneyed people who are
keeping us in this war;" said one
prisoner. = -
Thousands Of German soldiers
would give themselves up. We know
that the French have told the Ameri-
can not to take any prisoners. We
have also been told, that the Ameri-
cans never take any prisoners but
kill everyone We:have. been lied to-"
this prisoner continued. I'VE are
sick Of the war, so is all Germany.
Boys in from the, front are today
great hospital, hunting up pals, swap
ping yarns and just generally living
embodiments of hat old college yell,
"Are we downhearted? MOI"
Smiles, grins, American laughs
sound the keynote. !
You shear tales which make the
weirdest fancy Of fiction writer's Of
all ages sound like Sunday school les
sons.
when I left on the .%thirteenth' we
were pushing the Dutch back, and
burying their dead in the territory we
took from them. Why the yellow
d haven't got the CUTS to fight" said
one chap out of the engineers.
I'VE have been pushing them back
three to five kilometers a day since
the H@inies took the count after we
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continued.
when they came over in waves
itSwas picking to NOW EN- down with
a machine gun. Then after we
charged right at their machine guns
and killed their gunner, and turned
the guns around, they have been
mighty scarce. OF course, the Dutch
are turning loose a hell Of a lot OF
high explosives, but we've gone right
at 'em."
It has. beenI established as fact
beyond any question that the. Germans
have actually chained men to me:
chine guns or field pieces to make
them continue to fight.
There you have the difference be.
tween the Boche and Americans. II
hassbeen almost necessary at times tc
chain. the "Buddies" or "sammies" tc
keep them from private little engage.
,ments Of their own.
From. all sides you hear stories Of
disheartened Germany. P%risopers re.
late personal knowledge of suffering
Of their home folks. Civilian Ger.
many is nearly starved, according tt
Germans themselves. The aircraft re.
prisals have scared them. Already
the stories Of, the prowess, courage
Americans have filtered through anc
caused consternation.
German prisoners captured at thu
American, 'front.' are Sore" Some o!
the crack German divisions were
picked for the lesson to be taught thu
Americans. They were not merel!
decimated, rather wiped out.
The Americans have used artillery
machine guns and light field pieces
in a manner that is almost beyond tn.
conceptions of the enemy. weapon.
and ammunition have not been spared
because to paraphrase old Deacon
Smiths stock saying:
"Uncle Sam will provide" and the!
know supplies will be kept UP. j
Today soldiers fresh from the from
were betting on the proposition o
peace being declared in time to ca;
Christmas dinner aEhome.
OF course they are filled with thu
Joy. OF having been in battle, with hav
ing clicked to q yhispern the cracl
divisions Of the skatser's army. Ye
they may not be % far wrong at that
At any rate, the Sjoy Of victory i
American and the units which hay,
taught the Germans q terrible lessor
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