Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-22

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us and at six runner, came nm ona
reported that Sumner was killed nv
commanded the machine gun comnon,,
with US. He was hit early in tba
fight by a bullet. / hear. | can pat no
details. At the start he remarked.
This looks easy-they do not soon,
to have much art Hughes head
quarters were all shot up. Turner lost
leg.
well, we just lay there all througb
the hot afternoon. 1t was great
shell would land near by and Won
would bounce in your hole.
'As twilight came we sent our wa.
ter parties for the relief of the
wounded. Then we wondered if We
would get relieved. At nine O'Clock
we got a message congratulatine MS
and saying the Algerians would take
over at midnight We then began to
collect our wounded
AIgerians Badly "Shot Up"
"The Algerians came mp at midnight
and we pushed out They went over at
daybreak and got all shot up. We made
the relief under German flares and the
light from n burning town.
That night the Germans SHIELDED us
and got three killed and II wounded.
We moved bit further back 10 the
crossroads, and after burying
few Germans, some of whom showed
signs of having been wounded before,
we settled down for a short stay.
ut looked like rain, and so Wilmer
to salvage some cover. We collect
ed lot of bloody shelter halves and
ponchos that had been tied to poles
to make stretehers, and were about
to 60 when we stopped to look at
new grave. A rude cross made of two
Stats from box had written on it;
"'Lester S. Wass. Captain L. S. Ma
rines, July IS, 1918
1.-The old crowd at St Nazarine and
Bordeaux-Wass and Sumner killed,
Baston and Hunt wounded, the latter
on the 18th, a clean wound, l near,
through the left shoulder. We then
moved farther to the rear and camp
ed for the night. Dunlap came to
look us over; his car was driven by
a sailor, who got out to talk TO a few
of the marines, when one of tie lat
ter yelled out Hey, fellows. Anyone
want to see a real live gob-right this
way. The COB held a regular receP
lion. A carrier pigeon perched on
tree with message. We decided to
shoot him. 1t was then quite dark, so
the shot missed. / then heard the fol-
lowing remarks as | tried TO sleep:
Hell; he only turned around SEND
up a flare Call for barrage. etc
The next day further to the rear STILL
a Ford was towed by with It's front
wheels on a truck.
"We are now back in town Tor
some rest and to lick our wounds. AS
l rode down the battalion where once
companies 80 strong used 90 march,
now you see 80 men with kid second
lieutenant in command; one company
commander is not yet twenty-one'
First Robbed, Then Buried.
after the last attack / cashed in
the gold You gave me and sent ii home
along with my back pay. have no
idea of being bumped Off with money
on my person, as if you fall into the
enemy's hands you are first robbed
then buried perhaps, but the first IS
sure.
''Baston, the lieutenant that went TO
Quantico with father and myself. ana
of whom father TOOK some pictures
was wounded In both legs in the BolS
de Belleau. 1t was some time before
he was evacuated and gas gangrehe
set in. He nearly lost his legs, l am
told. but is coming out o. X. Hunt
was wounded In the last attack GOT
his wounds fixed up and went DacN
again till he had to be sent out. cor
fenburg was hit in the hand-all near
him were killed. Talbot was h'
twice but is about again. That ae-
counts for all the officers in the com
pany that brought over. In the hrs'
fight 103 of the men in that outfit were
killed or wounded. The second hght
must have about cleaned out the o'u
crowd.
ITO picture fight, mix up a LOT Oh
hungry, dirty, tired. and bloody men
with dust, noise, and smoke. Forge,
the clean swords, prancing horses anu
tapping flags. At night. gas-hltee
woods, falling trees and bright. bilnu'
ing fiashes-you can't see your neigil,
bor-that is war. In the rear II IS a'
confusion. The General told me Hurry
to such place. all goes well. we are
advancingr His staff. miles away an
clean-one was shaving another ear
ing hot cakes-we had not had c@
bite for two days. As I reached my
jumping-ofr place. wounded men
Killed men. horses blown to bits-the
contrast!
1--WE advanced Ten kilometerS, WI"
prisoners and guns. End the bells F'i-
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