The Nenana daily news., 1919-06-12
Official Account Describes Gallant Work of Infantry
 On Meuse-Argonne Front

the open road and reached the shelter afforded on the north side of the forked roads by high ban': and the depression formed by q stream a few feet ahead.
 The enemy, during the night, had entrenched themselves in small ma chine gun excavations on the top of the hill. From these they cor tinued to pour unceasing fire. In order to take the position it would be necessary to go through line l of barbed wire entanglements half way up the hill.
 The company had gone into ac- tion with but three officers: the captain, who was killed in the first few minutes, as related; Second ! Lieutenant Arthur, H. Bormann, and Second Lieutenant Frank H. Fay Tor. Lieutenant Taylor was wound l ed when the enemy first opened fire and, owing to the wound in the leg, was unable to proceed. First Lieutenant Herman W. Smith was another of those first wounded, also being hit in the leg by a ma chine gun bullet.
 l Lieutenant Bormann formed the company for attack, sending over groups of six to ten men at time, who, forming in line of skirmishers under the brave leadership of Ser geant John Carty, rushed up the hill and drove the machine gunners from the hill. Sergeant Carty ad- vanced in an unusually brave and gallant manner, standing up in the face of the fire and urging the men on, until, just after he had gone through the line of barbed wire, he fell dead, a machine gun bullet through the neck. Corporal Chester Movie was another who set a shin ing example by his bravery and courage, being killed later in the day defending the position they captured.
 Hardly had the company reached the top of the hill when the enemy was back with a counter-attack, in force. Our own artillery fire, fall ing short, amongst our men, to- gether with the enemy barragc landing at about the same time. forced the men to fall off to the left where sunken road offered some protection. Taking heart, by what they believed to be ar ex- tensive retreat, the enemy came or.
 Lying off to the left in a shell hole, one of the men, Private George Fuldner, unaware that the men were falling back, was left alone. His companion in the advance, Private Joseph Cleary, had been killed beside him. Before he knew what had happened, the enemy prac- tically surrounded him, but, fight ing desperately, he succeeded ;n killing three and capturing two of his opponents. ..> i Suddenly rising up, with bayonets fixed, the men to the left, under the leadership of Corporal Blaise and in command of Major Pierce and his adjutant, First Lieutenant Raymond R. Goehring, rushed for ward against the enemy, succeeding in scattering them and once more taking possession of the hill. Two imore counter-attacks followed dur ling the day, both of which were successfully broken up.
 Lieutenant Bormann was wound ed in the first attack, leaving the company without officers of it's own. Lieutenant Goehring and Major Pierce, though both wounded early, remained with the companies until their wounds forced them out Major Pierce, when wounded the third time. During the first night, made especially uncomfortable by water-soaked leggings, the men holding the hill succeeded in ward ing off an enemy patrol.
 On counting up the men at the end of the first day, there were i found to be fifty-seven out of two