Connecticut western news., 1919-06-19
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The Courage of The Allies
When the German hordes came
pouring through Belgium they met
with little decided opposition until
they reached the fortresses of Liege.
Here the brave Belgians held them
for seventeen days, thus giving
France time to mobilize her troops.
1t was only because of superior num-
bers and heavier artillery that the
Huns at last captured Liege.
After the Germans had overruu
Belgium they started on a march
through northern France, leaving be-
hind a path Of utter desolation and
ruin. Time and again the French
troops were hurled asunder by the
furious onslaught of the Huns. At
last they reached the Marine River,
only a short distance from Paris.
Here the French made a desperate
stand. 1t was then that Marshal
Foch, then commander of the French
ninth army, first came before the
eyes of the public. He sent the
famous message, "My right wing has
been crushed; my left has been
driven back; / will attack with my
center" And his men did attack,
and the advancing German flood was
checked and rolled back upon itself.
In 1915 the German Crown Prince
led great attack upon the French
city of Verdun. The French cried.
"They shall not passp and the @iM@
held against the onrush of the foe.
At Ypres the English troops fought
against great odds, but they held the
Germans back. Again at Vimy
Ridge, the Canadians, though out
numbered, fought with great bravery
1t was here that the Germans first
used their poisonous gases. In spits
of this added horror, against which
they had no protection, they held the
line. At the Somme River the
English troops again were victorious
because of their great courage IN
pushing onward and capturing the
German trenches. and strongholds.
When the Austrians started their
great drive into Italy, the Italian
soldiers fought bravely, but were
slowly driven back because the
Austrians had more men than they
At the Piave River they stopped
their slow retreat because the Aus@
TRANS could not get through tina
dense marshes on the banks OF the
river. There they held the Austrians
and were. still slowly driving theHd
back when the armistice was signed
by Germany.
1t was the darkest hour of the
war, when, in the spring of 1918, the
Germans made their last great drive
towards Paris. They were hoping to
crush France before America could
get enough men into the field to
make her really dangerous. A great
breach was opened in the Allied
lines and for time it looked as if the
Huns would surely reach Paris
But American soldiers closed the
breach that had been made in the
Allied lines and they held it against
overwhelming numbers. Then the
reaction came and the German tide
began to recede. At Chateau
Thierry they halted their retreat ana
fortified the town as much as possible
But nothing could stop the Marines
once they were started on the road TO
Berlin. They rushed the Hun ma
chine-gun nests and bayonetted the
gunners. They were started and no
German stopped them until the town
was captured. Another example OF
courage is the Lost Bat
TALON, seven hundred men, who,
separted from their division, were
by German troops in the
Argonne forest. They underwent
fearful hardships to hold their posi-
ton. After several days the Ger
man commander sent a messenger to
the American commander requesting
him to surrender his men. The COM
mander, Major Whittlesey, sent back
the reply, "Go to Hellp And those
men stayed and fought until they
were rescued by American soldiers.
What better example is there of Che
American spirit of courage?
So it was all during the war, in al
the Allied armies. Citations for
medals would read, "For eXtraordin-
airy heroism and courage in captur-
ing machine-gun nest single-handeds
after his squad was killed or cap
5ured, Corporal Henry Smith, 165th
Regiment, u. S. A., is recommended
TO receive the Distinguished Service
Cross" The Allies had three things
necessary to win the war,-men,
and courage. But for the
last the first would have failed "
their purpose of making the worH
safe for Democracy!
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