South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-07

Up by German batteries. lighted up
the sky. The weather was hne and
clear
one younsster who was wounded
in both legs thus described the at
tack
We were ordered To- 90 straight
ahead whether We met machine gun
hre or shells from Big Berthas' or
anything else Not a man hesitated
Our platoon was on the center and
we got beyond the hanks so that
We had 10 night the boches i'm the
rear and in the front and on both
sides But we licked them to
frazzle. Holy smokes but the ma
chine gun bullets whistled You
would think that grass was full Of
rattlers.'
Pay Tribute to Marines
Pvt. JOIN II. Marks or Thorn
ton Ark. a litter bearer. who took
part in the lighting. IN his peculiar
way. paid high tribute 10 the hght-
ing abilities of the. marines
How They Can shoot,
we were in on the rush said
Marks. Talk bout football play
ing. Say our fellows gained = dozen
yards every push and kept on going.
AIy but those buzzards from the navy
(the marinesD can shoot All they
wanted 10 do was squat down and
blaze away. / saw r lieutenant who
was wounded keep on leading his
men until he grew faint He re-
fused 10 90 70 q dressing station.
He was hit 4 second time but stop
ped only long enough tu put on a
FIRST aid bandaee He was wounded
third time before ne went 70 the
hospital None Of the wounds were
serious But there We're lots hne
him. Our fellows just naturally
took the wind out Of the Germans
and did not give them any chance
TO catch their breath 1T was just
like the dghung in the civil war
that I have read about Charging
in the open in regular walkaway
for US"
The morale of the German pr.e-
oners is very low They are thin
and ema ciated and said they had
not been fed in four days owing TO
the ina bility Of the commissary 10
deliver food under the fire Of Amer
lean artillery and machine guns
Few Of them were equipped with
helmets but all carried new gas
masks.
Details continue TO dIter back
about the hghtins As the Amer
leans charged up the slope Of the
hilly ground they had 10 walk over
the bodies Of many dead French
and German soldiers.
Earth Shakes With Thunder
/ The earth shook with the thunder
Of the bombardment that accompan-
led the infantry fighting. Where the
correspondents We're sta toned the
whine Of shells was plainly audible.
The great projectiles described arcs
overhead and there would be q duiI
crash as they landed and exploded
in the German lines.
Swallows and pigeons in the farm
Yards accustomed 10 the sound Of
battle. paid no attention 20 he
racket
The ground was scattered with
rusty remnants Of shells from the
FIRST battle OF the Marne. nearly four
wears ago
4 s0-year-oId French woman.
hearing thar the Americans held her
parents farm nstead of The Ger
mans drove through the zone or
fire 20 eet rag dou for her baby
daughter and also some family
rrinkets and papers. She arriF ed
in a two-WheeIed cart being The
only woman 20 reach the battle
zone Guards held her Gp nut she
got ov When she arrived al the
farm she rushed TO the hen coop
where she fed the chickens and
then patred the fsmuy COW on the
nose. She found American officer.
In the house toiling at rypewriters
and telephones French officers
were dining in The barn american
and french soldiers were sleeping
on straw .n the COW shed Shells
were raining .u The fields nearby
The woman picked some lettuce and
June 20 -es before she depa ted The
fraerdn.e of roses and peou es which
are grow lne -hickiy on The Marine
battle front ls nea tief than the
odor or sun powder