The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-09-12

Marine and there were only eight of
US I" ah"ut sixteen Of them, but we
sure cleaned out that first batch NV
pleasure ended right there. though.
Tor piece Of Shrapncl banged me in ,
n" LETT arm ana ii was back 10 tho
"""N> Tor me. Rut. believe me. my
company did its share In driving the /
huns into the river"
Didn't Know When to Quit.
II anyone wants 70 know why tho
Americans were at first driven back
from the river bank, they are hereby
referred 10 I.onnic shelton Of Bur
dine, ny Shcl;ons unit alone took
| over 900 prisoners when the Ameri-
cans returned to the countcr.attock
and but for the fact that a number
Oh lhem We're Knocked out. nS shelton
wns, they would have still been going.
They Knocked us back Mt first by
the most terrific barrage ever saw
turned loose, hut we didn't stay back
long. declared he eve got the order
TO counter-attack, ana the way we
wad"I back into Mr.. Bochc was some
ih'ng Z" writ" home about I've never
seen such bunch as we had They
Adv0nrrn yelling like he'll. hayonctted
ana shot down every Hcine that
didn't Know enough TO get out of the
Way. Those guys could never beat
America In n thousand years. and tcll
EN- said So"
k"n'ucky had another man in that
same scrap that didn't know when 10
quit, even after a piece Of shrapncl
n n q = III u, I,;.
Hos Arthur Baker Of Doorway
N"lh'ucNo" and h" had lust gone
int" lin" With his company when the
ban opened. The barrnv" got him but
HiHn put him out. 4 little later,
when the Germans came over to SOC
about it, Baker was still on tho lob.
working his gun for all he was worth.
When the Americans had to 20 back
fhK"r was so exhausted he couldn't
retire" His comrades picked him up
ana carried him.
They Didn't Last Long.
"1icini"' tried out one Of his favor
1t" stunts Of dressing up some Of his
soldiers In French and American uni.
forms, according to Anton Zolnowskl
OF ISIS South Turner avenue, Chicago.
I'VE saw ten men on the edge Of
little wood n little distance away,
eight OF them were In French uni
iorm ana two in American. We yelled
70 them to come over and join us.
they advanced a few PAGES and then
opened fire on us"
I"lnowski smiled rather unplcas-
antly ms he pattcd right arm that
bears machlne-gun bullet
"rhcy didn't last long We made
one dash for them. Not one OF em
got away. They were Germans MI
right. There was another group com.
Ing up. I got n private and then the
officer In charge sailed into me. 7
tried to shoot him with my rife, but
1t was broken. got him all right,
though"
The Chicagonn seemed inclined to
end the conversation there.
How'd YOU get hlm?" asked, after
a little pause.
"Just turned the butt end Of nv gun
around and dubbed him over the head
with It," replied Zolnowskl In the
most mattcr-of-fact tone.
When the Americans came back Mt
them It didn't take long to clean every
German out Of their territory, de-
clnred Elmer Sturtz Of Wcllsburg,
Pa. Before he got a Mauscr ball in
his right shoulder Sturtz had the ex-
treme good fortune to see two pom
toon bridges the enemy had thrown
across the river destroyed by the nc.
curatc fire Of the American artillery.
Content to BE Going.
They were filled with Germans, too.
Some Of them were coming, but there
were others who seemed very content
to be going. Two shells from Ameri
cnn slx-inChers lit suuarelv ovor tho