The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-09-04
EEA. HE'LL OR H0B0ktA
Ng americans, As They Go
Over the Top.

III EauI, SendtOr JdHltS fidhii'Vh
Lrsfs. of Illinois, voiced confidence
swusxy that the war will end with
m scar hence.
IL expressed satisfaction over the
sxy she American army is going af-
orr az Germans and revealed the
rrrSxSRg fear of America that is max
suE Tie German blood run cold.
smafor Lewis consented to write
fse zrLIowing impressions exclusive
n f1S Universal Service:
gy James Hamilton Lewis.
i.1ascu. August 2S.-Unstinted
-wi1sw sur the American soldier is
,sexrE everywhere on the front from
Mr. ESg Of allied officers.
[ ,ca1st pay tribute to the men
'Seay Illinois. / do not take credit
.EE5y tom any other units, but our
1ssage must know that the French
yrzxcsde that it was where the
EguDfF men went in that victory be-
yszn N Chateau Thierry.
yMg broke the German advance
n gyunter-attack and drove the
.,-vgsTs 90 retreat. That was the
artz truiliating defeat for the Ger
xssrz At the British front, at
Ignugily Southeast of Albert),
1sasru he German right held out
sxrsG against the British onslaught
Il tue opening of the Picardy drive.
e Nas the Illinois men the First
ana ss-ond Regiments from Chicago
.tExt I'D the victorious attack.
kusks Amaze British Veteran.
uegr Colonel Sandborn they took
2So Eigh ground right under the
sgan gt the German cannon. They
szpeEss1 these cannon and hade
sa,,lxr of Germans prisoners.
81 magnificent was this Ameri-
..ar aRsfl to victory that the Eng
SIS dnmander, a veteran of the
EeI indian and Egyptian cam
siEey:a. said to me:
- wuadn't have sent my men in
p, usgs attack. 1t seemed impossi-
~ 70 cake the hill" Sanborn was
3sRuz.aI Brigadier General and Civ
* y uedal of high distinction by
GrszI Britain.
& wcpderfuI, noble spirit lives
N -ssls.54 boys from Illinois. l visit
ID ixHn and mingled with them on
sog,Y 'front.'. l saw them in the
rzzs@is.I and in the dugouts.
Tsay make you think of fellows
lzRpag out preparatory to a hunt
9Sr Dld animals. l saw that they
ead rTgry comfort and better food
.staU ,sin be obtained in city hotels.
Tzsy are given every care.
IA rhe hospitals the wounded are
.E-sS for as If they were back in
asei. bomes. They recover rapidly,
'gz8 sad are in great haste to get
issaa6 20 fight, They cry out as
daEgU. Hell, heaven or Hoboken;
ekgg 2radise-IllinCis."
Tie names of your young men
sArss teard everywhere. Colonel Ro-
bsT Mccormick, Joe Medill Patter-
s,z. Colonel Reilly and Captain
l5saE&11 nf Reilly's battery. are with
eiiE 5Iuureds of others setting an
rIanqla Of valor and noble conduct.
.Nala.s can be proud of her fight
8tr n 70 in France.
gYsQ the Australians pay the tri-
sst4 &at the Americans go it too
saHga and kill everything at once"
gAs Germans fear defeat and
3is2G,T- German prisoners confess
zarn Iaeir commanders say that the
reggE 55aS with America, and Ameri-
ts,s fighting will change all previ-
sBs estimates of the Germans in
EzcTFuy. They admit further that
IL L. 0ecesaaTy to recover from the
asfQrt indicted on Germany in the
S,y 9rst test of the Americans or
Lax szrmau people will be crushed
III sattst
neF mud been taught that Ameri-
.szas emid not be reckoned with as
81 Independent force, but merely
r. ''s4UTauts of the British"
Ehs present drive and its success
MIL g continued by the increase of
NEDrSeau soldiers, lose Germany ev-
err izch OF ground previously gain
I'D ii France and will mark the be-
-rhuizg OF an advance on German
sal The cry of the American SOL
Err EI the fvont is:
Win 10 Berlin,
.1umplete Unity Everywhere.
me most noticeable thing TO me
n thg unity with which the Ameri'
sxzu wnrks and eo-operates with the
BRITISH and French on the field
'The Americans are new at this worh
-snd III harmonizing themselves with