The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
German Shock Raid on American Line
 Was Well Planned
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 AMERICANS ARE MODEST
 The correspondent talked with a dozen of the American wounded in their hospital cots Every one of them
 was anxious to tell of some deed of heroism or other performed by his fel@ lows, but displayed great modesty re- garding his own exploits. One youth whose home is near Savannah, Ga.' ana who looked to be not more than Is years old, told this story:
 STORY OF GEORGIAN
 T was in the front line when it seemed like every shell in the world started coming our way Where the Germans got them is more than I know. l never believed that many existed. One burst near where I was
 "A piece hit a fellow on the other side of me who came from Texas. The corporal picked him up in his arms anu started with him for a first aid statioh in tbe midst of perfect shower or dirt and mud which was being kicked un don't know whether he ever got there or not.
 "Bv that time I got into a machine gun en1placement with another corporai' whose home is in Missouri leaving my rifle outside. Things got so not we decided to try to get to steel shelei at tie end of trench.
 "The corporal went first but few feet away shell exploded almost on him Nand killed him. I stopped and saw that my rifle had been blown to pieces. lhls left me defenseless,> so started Tn an other direction, hoping to find rliie n. nistol. because I knew the Germans w tld be around soon. About the same time piece of shell hit me on the left side and down I went. sergeant yelled an order for me to so to llrs' aid station.
 AID STATION DESTROYED
 CT was just approaching the station in the rear of two stretcher bearing teams who were proceeding bent over to escape if possible. the flying pieces oe shell, when a shell pumped downs on top of the station, expiodea anu "ipeu l if ont. piece of rock hit me Ill the head. When I woke up, some stretcner bearer had me- hauling me over the shell holes.
 eye sure got to And it to those men with the Red Cross on their arms. They all worked like dogs in that nell out there They seemed to have put one idea-to do their duty-and Napparentiy cared nothing for their own hves Wniie doing it. They were game right 10 the core. x Tn this connection it might be said that there are a certain number of men who wear the Red Cross whose names are on the casualty list
 An artilleryman from New Jersey de- scribed what happened in the gun plss'
 ARTILLERYMAN TALKS CT was asleep in the dugout when inc fun began" he said. We ran out to the gun. The shells were raining l down all around. Then came the or der for barrage. and we let them have 1t. One she'll hit near the pit and l loosened the logs overhead. After that every time we fired the concusslon brought down one or two logs. Mud stones and pieces Of shell came Tn at the front. Five spokes were knocked from one wheel of the carriage and | the gun muzzle was nicked. Two or three men were slightly hit and laid away at the end of the pit while the rest of us kept on firing.
 Suddenly a piece of steel came through the gun shield which was l behind and hit me in the shoulder. About that time we were all carried | to the dressing station, and here am. | con ' InlnQ tlliS WVuiN, pNt bSPS 1 to the Lord it gets well soon so that 1 I can get back with my outfit" | All the infantrymen asked questions 1 re garding the fate of their comrades. Keen distress was displayed by all the i men of the company commanded by l the captain who was killed. One of 1 them said:
 l He was fine officer, and. believe 1 me, he took care of his men. Anyone of his company would have gone at l his order We will pay Fritz for that | if we have not already done so' A Kansas man who was in the fight l said the. last he saw of the captain l he was kneeling alongside splitting l ma chine gun blazing away at the Ger mans with his own automatic pistol. 1 "I saw him fall flat added the prl- | vate.
 1 The captain was killed by a gum 1 shot wound in the chest
 ! All the American dead now have been buried in q little graveyard a ] few hundred wards from the spot where they fell The German bodies
 also have been collected and buried 1 nearby.