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sank the Germans. VIE hst gained
footing. pressed forward Our men
vcrs artng In three direetiona. met
the German attacks with eeuntw
attacks ut critical Points. ana ssssssds1
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The regiment was the Thtrty-eighth
Infantry. Colonel q. G. McAlsxandsr.
which was organized at Syracuse. N. T.
In June. 1917. and trained NJ Fort Greene.
North Carolina. untn March. 1s1A Here
n the page Of history II wrote a. given
In the Third Divisions own story Of its
operations. recently printed IN Germany.
Is q fash. . roar. q tumble and the
drive was on BY 13:1s every man IN
the regiment had adjusted his gas mask
many to wear II for the nsxt nix or
seven hors-and had reached his pre-
VIC usiy constructed slit trench and splin-
ter proof The bomhardment on the 'front.'
l.ne was no more intense than At any
other point u1til about and 30 O'Clock.
vher a concentration Of shells On the
waters edge WHARF the peti, posts Of an
tomato rifles we're located announced
the beginning Of the rolling earrsge and
attack Fifteen minutes Of this de-
strrctive kind Of ere preceded ths adj
vance. and the few naison agents who
reached their company P. C-'s on the
railroad line reported that the enemy.
uEder cover OF smoke screens. was about
to cross as daylight began to come
Through the fog misS and smoke one
could see boats being nlIed and pioneer
troops hauling poctoons into place
In front OF all three Of tbs forward
companies these boats set out for the
southern tank- Yet not one crossed that
day in the centre OF the sector. IN front
OF Company II. or on the right. IN front
Of Company e Men % tbs Thirty
eishth. who had escaped the four hours
bon1bardnent, met every attempt with
rife and automatic weapon ere, and
the reports from all Prove coneIusiyely
tfiat scores ct these S-ssts s5j Fss.=
were shattered and sunk with przcti-
ealiy all on board
Company G on the left Of the regt-
mental sector had to face something
more. Here the concentration Of enemy
machine gun are vas the most intense.
but only after an hour OF repeated fall
uree did the Boche begin 20 reach the
bank The river platoon Of Company
C was completely wiped out Of existence
20 . man: the second platoon had ooly
one or two survivors, These hundred
men had fought 20 a finish. bat the
heaps Of German dead on the river
bank bespoke the effective fire delivered
before these heroes were conquered Left
to the two remaining platoons was the
work % repelIing the Huns who had
crossed
Or the right Companies ?. and D
had gathered in their working details
and climbed the hin 70 the east Of the
surmeIin to take care OF Germans who
had crossed in front Of the French sec
tor and who by A n were giving
the Thirsy-eighth enalads IRE. Time
and again platoocs and sections counter
attacked Bayonet charges By groups
OF Company ? and patrols from Com
pany B against machine gun nests de-
uled TO the enemy COMMA adtnE ground
from wh,ch 70 take or front line In
1Aux
On the left the Germans were stream
iuS over a soothrtdxe in trout OF the
Thir-ieth Infantry sectoS. and we're not
only. Offering through TO the wooded
heights to the west but actually gain
f1- rhzsa noxfrfo,s - ,ur-ba-x ~ MAJ
necessary for Companies C and II to
widen their sectors At 4 :ia platoons
OF Company Il counter attacked toward
the town Of Mezy. closing in On the
BGche with bayonet and pistol and re-
turning with torry-cwo prisoners Later
&c npauy 9 faced another German iank
movement on the Iett, and. although
leaving more than half es their own
strength on the field dead. returned with
prisoners
During this period Company C was
the objective point OF the Germans who
were rushing for positions on the left.
About 40 Captain woolrtdse, his own
company with scarcely . score q IN
wounded men remaining. assumed com
nand Of about forty men under Lieu
tenants Marsh and wt1znt OF the Thir-
e!sth The kitchen personnel. clerks.
runners ana burner phone operators were
rushed together for = combined defence
against 400 Germans who had worked
their way around Mezy and were at
tempting to surround Company O. Fight
ing In thA open behind cover Of the
most meagre kind. and all the time
under q rain OF uachine gun bullets
from the flank and from airpla1es that
sprayed u with machine gun Ere, Com
pany @ dispersed ans routed this at
tack
Facing the Third Division On July Is
were no less than twenty-ons separate
and distinct organizations OF the Ger
nan army. Including two eonplsts
Guard dtyiSiors. the Tenth and Thirty
sixth
BY $40 P. II July Is the second
battle Of the MArre vas ended At that
time. after having suSraiaed an action
on its front and both tanks for four and
. half hou-s, the regiment was ordered
To OCCUPY the Squed1et line. a few hun
dred yards IN rear OF the railroad
THE FEMININE MIND"