The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-01
INDIANS IN FIGHT
SHOUT FOR LIBERTY


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back his wounded commander, tells TIL.
story: my Lieutenant was very veal
when I reached him, and as held hi,
head up he said Tell my mother. Goo
bless her. Then he died in my arms"
The surgeons say that ninety-nine ou
Of every hundred farewell messages ar'
to mothers rather than to wives or sweet
hearts. showing that the last thoughts Of
the wounded American soldiers revert &c
their maternal parent.
| Major Harry Lay OF Washington. d
C.. had an astounding escape from death
He was standing within ten feet of q
German ESQ" shell which fell in a towr
through which our troops were passing
II killed five officers and seven men and
wounded several others. Lay. who was
standing in the group. was showered
with splinters and hurled twenty feet
landing on all fours" Getting up, he
found he was without a scratch.
| The Rev. Sheridan Zelie of Plainfield
n. j.. Is a Red Cross chaplain and Of the
Presbyterian faith. A few days ago
when he was near Chateau Thierry. he
wanted to hold religious services, and
| as the Catholic chapel near there was
unoccupied, with nobody with authority
| around, he decided to hold services
there. Several Red Cross nurses and
some soldiers and orderlies took seats
and as the services proceeded some
French soldiers entered. After the ser
vice. as he was going around to put out
the candles, one OF these approached and
smiling. said he was priest and told
him he had been preaching in his chapel
This instance shows how war breaks
! down all barriers between religious de-
nominations" the pastor said. relating
the incident
The clergyman also told OF finding q
lad In the hospital ward from Lawrence
vile. N. j., who had been wounded in
| the abdomen and whom he had baptized
some years before and whose parents
were members OF his congregation.
snipers in Belfry.
Private Harry Meeks of Washington,
Pa. and J. C. Tltternston OF Ligonier.
| Pa. told me that when they entered
the town OF Roncheres and were fight
\ Ing through the streets much mysterious
| shipping was going on. Finally, they
said. they located three German sharp
shooters In the belfry of a church
| directly under the shadow Of the cross
shooting down on our soldiers 1t took
only few shots to bring these defilers
OF the sanctuary to cries for mercy and
their surrender was accepted.
Private Robert Hilbert Of Scranton.
Pa. told OF sniping from the second
floor Of houses in Seringes. necessitat-
| Ing fierce combats up narrow stairs
with his corporal he took seven German
prisoners. all wearing Red Cross bras
sards on their arms.
Private Norman Dicks Of Washing
ton. Wis, says that In the same town
the Germans had placed a machine gun
| In the belfry of a church, and that they
i Hall
In the same area were found men
| chained to machine guns. in trees, they
| having been told by their officers that
the Americans took no prisoners. Sew
eral who had been killed were hanging
dead from their chains, forming the
most gruesome sight Imaginable.
One Of the most interesting hospital
cases Ii that of an American machine
| gunner from st. Louis. He Is suffer
Ing from shell shock. and imagines ne
IL a prisoner in Germany, and that the
nurses are German. He talks German
| all the time. and IL normal only on the
! subject Of cigarettes. never falling 10
express his preference for certain
brands
Machine Gunners Taken
At a point beyond Sergy CORPORAL n
| :. Gallagher, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
| fight again at 9 o'clock Tuesday, without
artillery preparation. and advanced
| down the bowl shaped side OF the valley.
| The Germans held the ridge on the upper
! side and their machine guns raked the
| wheat fields intervening finally got
my men into the shelter OF IA ciump OF
| trees and from their branches we picked
| oT the German machine gunners. We
| then rushed and captured the ridge"
officers were lavish In their praise OF
Gallagher and another corporal, Ben
| Harbour. from Buffalo. Ill. Private Jo-
seph Tuggle, from Birmingham, Ala.
won distinction with another private
named Dussam in the final attack on
Sergy by bringing in his machine gun
and all ammunition from an advanced
! position after the corporal and four men
had been injured. Then he went out
| alone and carried back to the America
lines his wounded Lieutenant. who had
been left helpless under the enemy's fire.
Private Walter Crissv OF Storm Lake,
Iowa. nephew of Forrest Crissy maya :
zine writer, distinguished himself during
the attack on Seringes. In the same hot
fight Sergeant Charles Grundy of Al
East Thirty-frst street. New York city
i showed especial valor There was ter
rife fighting before Rockers first fell
into American hands. Among the heroes
OF this attack We're Privates William
Smith Of Jenkintown. Pa. and William
G. Calving. Philadelphia. In the cap
ture OF Fere-enTardenois among those
who distinguished themselves were Pri-
vate Charles REYNOLDS of indianapolis
and C. J. wilkinson OF Grand Junction,
Col
The battle continues all along the
American front. Those OF our men who
dropped fell with their bayonets point
Ing toward the enemy. whose resista nee
has greatly stiTened during the last
twenty-four hours
There was heavy fighting in the re-
gions of Seringes and Sergy last night
The Germans mounted machine guns in
the pits along the ridges and also in the
grain fields on the other side OF the
OUrcq. These were backed by rIfiemeu
and artillerymen and formed q stub
horn defence. The day was marked by
much hand to hand fighting in which
the bayonet played a prominent part
The enemy destroyed all the bridges
over the Ourcq and mined all the roads
Two such mines failed TO explode.
1t IL evident from the recent lighting
that the Germans are determined not to
yield without a desperate struggle. but
they have suffered severe losses In ca
alties and prisoners report companies
reduced to seven and thirty men.
AUSTRIA PROMISED FOOD.