The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-17
HUNS LOCKED
TO POSTS TO
RETAIN LINE
Iank Fighter Secs Three Ger
man Gunners Chained TO Their
Machine Guns
THE "KAMERAD SCREEN.
Australians Victims of Typical
Teuton Trick-Kaiser's
y. Men Skeptical
THE "kAMERAD SCREEN'
...... Ry HAROLD T.. BECHTOL.
european Manager Oi the Newspaper
Enterprise AssOciatfOm.)


Enterprise AssOciatfOn.)
London, Sept. 1.-THE German Off.
GERS are claiming Germachine gunners
to their first line guns!
There have been reports OF this
several times. Now you may take it
as verified fact.
Lieutenant II. |. Gary offPeoria, Ill.,,
saw it.
who told you about it," / asked
him.
Nobody told mel" he replied, heat
edly. In front Of Amiens SAW
three German gunners chained TO their
machine guns! .,rt}f&fr g..
One of 'em was dead. Two were
alive-WOunded. =,
"They had steel cuffs, locked around
their left ankles and the chains ran to
the bases OF the guns, and were locked
there-sO they couldn't beat it. l can
tell you the lings' in the chain were
good and heavy. know because we
had to cut them, to take the guns and
the two prisoners
Wounded by Shell.
Lieutenant Gary is an old National
Guardsman-one of the Americans
brigaded with British and Australian
troops. He was in the allied push
in front of. Amiens, and, got hit in the
left arm by a piece OF she'll.
l found him at the new U. S. Army
Base Hospital No. 81, at Dartford, just
after he had been "blightyed" to Eng
land from hospital in France.
He was sitting under a tree in the
big hospital grounds, watching an
American two-seater circling over
head and putting a black pipe. He
went on -. T.
".Those German machine gunners
play lot Of dirty tricks. Not so
many as they used to-, though. They
have learned they cant machinc-gun
Americans until they're few yards
away, and then throw up, their hands
and yell 'kamerad' and expect to be
taken prisoner! .'.
Ever hear of the 'kamerad Screen?
They tried that once on some Austria
lians brigaded with us. A lot of Ger
mans appeared in a long line, 100
yards of, without any guns, standing
shoulder to shoulder, holding up their
arms and yelling 'kamerad! kamerad!
''The Aussies went up to take thine
and suddenly when they got nearly
there, everyone OF the Huns dropped
fiat and row of machine guns be-
hind them began singing away.
"They killed lot Of the Aussies,
but they're learning Australians and
Americans are the wrong guys to try
their HUN stuff on"
Huns Are SkeDtlCAl.
Lieutenant Gary has had exceptional
to see German. prisoners.
my first sergeant, Bill Mettin-he
comes from Illinois, tOO-talks Ger
man, and he examined lot Of the
prisoner around Amiens who went to
school the same place he did,. ",'' -,
''What you think about the AmeF4
icans?" Mettin asked him. I'd
mot many Of them over here re.
piled the German.
'Mettin told him there we're nearly
two million in Europe, but. he would
not, believe lit. Their morales bad.
Any Of them will tell you, We're bet
ter Off than you are-we're lover the
river that's the way they put it.
'rickled to death to Oe taken pris-
Oner. .- & J.,
But they're big. strapping fellows
that 'weakling' business is bunk.
They seem to be pretty we'll fed,
except when the allied artillery or
airmen she'll their communication
lines so they can't get the stuff up.
Then we get them so hungry they'll
trade their iron crosses for food. |
Sometimes you'll hear Sammy
say, Well, they can send me back to-
morrow But he always laughs. None
Of them would.go back ii you asked
em to.
They don't like it, but they're in
it te finish it quick And they know
that means fighting. They're over to
fight, and they do fight.
But they smile, too, all the time.
1.-The Germans never smile.
That's the difference" |
-BUY ". ). s--- '