Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10

bullet came and drilled him between
the eyes.
"At the same time two men on the
other side of me went down wound.
ed. The bullets sang all around me.
One went through my shirtsleeve.
But l was not hit!
Again we had to retire, but in
good order, to the flank and hastily
dug trenches and established out de-
fense. But they did not attack us.
Only sniped us when we would stick
our heads up.
"All that night we exchanged shots
and all next day and the next night
We thought sure they We're coming
over. Our aerial observers reported
them being reinforced by a regiment
of infantry and they opened UP ter
rible fire on us-rifies. machine guns
and everything else they had.
Our relief had came up. but
couldn't get in the lines on account
of the heavy firing. I spent a horrible
night, being sick from gas and pow
der.
Got Through Hun BarraEe
"The last day was rather quiet un-
til dark. When we were finally re-
lieved and started out, they opened
up on us with everything from pistols
to air bombs. They put a powerful
searchlight on us. so they could see
us after we got a mile or so away
from them. and then threw a shrap-
! mel barrage on us.
I'VE fooled them by a flank move
ment. yet they kept right on our tails
until broad daylight. 1t certainly
was trying night and a hard session
for the nerves. We caught up to
our cooks shortly after daylight. but
they had doctors orders not to feed
us very heavy at first. So all we got
for breakfast was a little rice and
coffee, but we got big dinner and
| supper last night"
Corporal McNealy closes his letter:
Tell Pa that McNealy advanced
with the rest of them. If every OUT
fit chased the Germans back two
miles in four days, as Company G
did, it, won't be long before we get
to Berlin and victory"
Sergeant Walter Trainer, of Doyles-
town, who led a platoon in the
charge. was wounded in the shoulder
and is in Base Hospital No. 3S, made
up of Jefferson Hospital physicians
and nurses. of this city.
John Atkinson and George Atkin-
son, brothers, were wounded. John
writes to his home:
II helped to carry the mess to-day,
and, of course, Fritz had to leave a
few fly near us. and We spilled a
little of the coffee. for we drop to the
ground when a shell comes"
| Lancaster county machine gunners
with the Rainbow division captured
| guns of the retreating Germans, turn
ed them around and moved down the
enemy with his own weapons, accord
ing to Sergeant H. e. Troop.
I'VE nave been lighting like old
veterans" writes Troop, defeating
the Germans and driving them back.
We KEEP it up through mud and rain
and with very little rest and just
enough food to keep US going. But
now we are in a forest. what is left
of us. resting UP for another crack
at the dirty Dutch.
| I'VE 16 st some of our good pals, but
they died behi.,j their guns and not
with their hands UP crying Kam-
| erad.' We found many terrible tricks
| of the Huns. In one instance we
found boy of 1G chained to a ma
chine gun. When captured he told
us he did not want to fight, but they
used this method of msking him fight
and told him if lie did not kill every
American he wo aid be taken and tor
tured To death.
I'm another instance we found a
woman strapped to- tree with an
automatic rifle, as a snipel. She was
Killed before they knew she was a
womaL
Leon Mussein,sn one of our boys.
was severely wounded and Corporal
Luther Moore WIS killed in action.
Our company captured a lot of ma
chine guns ami turned them around
and moved down the Dutch with their
own weapons"
| Additional casualties among ma
chine gunncrs in the Iron division
have been reported. Private Frank
Ruth, of ths io9th machine gun bat
TALON. OF Lancaster. was killed in
action. Private Charles Reber, of
! Shillingtan with Company B, 10Sth
machine gun battalion. has been
| killed.
Announcement CT. Keber's death
was made at a community sing at
| Shillington, shortly after word had
| been received A ic-year- old sister,
| Margaret YVES in thu crowd at the
sing and was cvt'Cnme when she
hed-i the news, haNlni; been away
from home when her parents were
notified.
Two Allentown toys, trothers with
Company C. 10sth machine gun bat
Talon, nave been wour ded. They are
Morris Nagle and Paul Nagle. They
have another brother in the same
company.
Private Russell Moore, Company K,
Fourth Infantry, of Emaus, has been
killed in action. Normal Carl. of the
Same town. has been wounded. Cor
poral Harold Becker and Private
Frank Relschel, of Allentown, have
been wounded Private Robert NJ. ].
Ihm, of Catasauqua. has been killed.
Additio, al casualties in Company
+, 112th infantry, of franklin, in
cludc Corporal Harry Johnson and
Private Bird 2. Naile, kiIlsd in ac-
| ticn: Private James S. AlexGuder, Jr,
| wounded.
Company C. 18th Infantry. U. S.
A. formerly of the old Eighth Regi-
ment, National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania, has been reduced from $50 to
/ 1872 men. according to word received
from Lieutenant William owen Zach
arias. On August IA there was but
one commissioned officer, Lieut.. Zach
arias and he was so busy fighting
the Germans he had not had time to
take a bath for three weeks and was
mighty busy man at the time of
writing his father. First Lieutenant
Roy r. Kreichbaumh senior officer OF
Company C, is in the hospital with
a machine gun bullet through his
right leg above the knee. He will
not be able to return to service for
two months. Lieutenant Noble Is
another officer who evidently was
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