The Springdale news., 1919-03-21
ON PATROL WORK
Description of Hot Corner ln
 Argon1e Forest.
Fierce Fighting fer gctory Over . Most Difficult Terra .n-roY One 5urca ot the Enemy "ss
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 The tricky nature e5 tae faFsa ti-at. IaS h tie AH-aaHe .aFesz is tsF3z.t. described in Gel.4eE> heekiy hs Aa thur RuhI. Wa5 shared Jl5e da5=-=E> la which the heroic American divisions were exposed in she raaiaS aL Eaal difficult terrain In the article from which the following js m extract hr. Rahls viewpoint uas That of eeT. tain regiment which had tR8 badly decimaied battalioaS ou patrol WerA in an exposed position He "rite>
 Tricky valleys were almost always overlooked bF some unexpected hili- top. from which any advance could 5e eadiaaed Pending another zen. eral attack. for which everybody was waiting. the duty of the regiment Was to keep II contact Rith the enemy, push forward when noT tao costly 10 de so. and to hud ouf af that eoal3 be found out abaa, the positions in front of them and what was needed e take them.
 The young ma joFs were ID there now with the remnants of two hat Ialious. Ra.ed by machine gun fire whenever 6 head showed. pounded bY artillery f they showed themselves or aot. they had been ar f now for forty eizht hours almost without rest. Half ot their men sere gone. the rest ~ere hungry and fired. some of their weund- ed had been waiting far fhe SEretcher bea reFS fer ti3e two whole days. From fhe aFnx> point of view. the little dgh, was merr dreF in the buelet -a minor operation between attacks. The battalIouS were but part ef regiment. the regiment part of bri- zade bUs balf 8 division. and thers were haf dozen er meFe divisions on thfs paruenlar sector.
 Bat fas the patrols themselves Inc staei point of the divisions spear the elump = bushes across fhe way that zirp-zirped every time a heal showed. that de4GiSh high velocity Austrian -sS which whipped in vith- orr l moments warning. the wounded moaning before the5r eyes water they couldn't 1et. he chow that was ate -slI these little things were every :hInz They were af the wsr there MS And f x the sum of scores or little Ehffe hef spots Ike thtx which makes aR 2 front and lfle samene>> If the men lH them which makes f possible far some staff man sitting comfortably D hIS qaIet office. niles away. 10 srize Nothing unusual 70 report
 Jus, after arrived rhe major tele- phonea that ther had caught 2ith their machine guns. bunch of Ger. mans marching across clearing in columns of squads Columns ot squads the colonel shouted and full belts in their machine guns The ones not moved down or abe t8 eS- eape->o#e thIr1F er foEfy-aeid ID their hands in tosen af surrender. Nc men could be spared from the har. aS>ed patrol 5o handle any sHeh num- aer sn1 ee, Them back to the rear the machine guns keHt working
 4F sAAFra4> +s EA -4a- tt4 tsAt-. lEs-4r->. pll boxes. or merely positions il roeks or behind eahankm~HtS. stth eaBgeH= .snt shafts running thirty or forty feet aaaa la'a gHe ground. mo 1GlH s6e sres m -i.t retire during art.f. .rry fire. Sometimes dariu- a1 a8 vance in fa- ar tE#rs brush they 0aufa iet the zaEautry fter through e4th. ou, Hrirg aa' taee turn - theH att-f theE lad pa>>e.l The few mea left behind -a hold such 5 position s9ia iAeir .lF@> dearly. generally. and when oar meH lad paid tle price. n casualties and ame ta.e aanid u5f eveH have 'He satisfaction sz= ea8tur zaE >amefhsas The enemy ar.5IIerg would he fsH aseE. of course. the ha1s af shs IHz4Btzy withdraw to Lew Ros5tIoHs similarly strong. There aogl} te nothing to show for the sork done but two or three dead Germans and sn abandoned machine gun. T. was an economical bargain for one side aud an extremely expensive one for The ofhef-mo~t of this Argonne-Mense rftfuy was that"