Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-10
YANKS VICTIMS
OF ATROCITIES
U. S. Soldiers Are Hacked to
Death by Axes Of
the Reds.
ARMS and LEGS ARE BROKEN
Seven Hundred BoIshevists Capture
American Patrol of Sixty-Rus-
SLAMS Fighting Savagely in
Attack on Allies.

VIII the A1Il6u ATINy OF the DVlud,
Jan. 7.--Evidence that the bolshevists
are mutilating allied wounded and
dead came to headquarters in a re-
port from Lieutenant Colonel Gerber
ly, who was in command of American
forces in the vicinity of Shenkursk
on November %.
A patrol of so American soldiers
and two officers were surprised early
on September 90 by a force of about
700 bOlshevists.
Seven Americans were killed and
seven others were missing, after the
fight.
Following is the report Of Lieuten-
ant Colonel Corberly as to the condi-
iton of the bodies found after the en-
gagement. the names of the men be-
ing omitted:
"No. Lieutenant, head smashed
with ak.
mo. corporal, head so smashed
with ak that only parts Of the face
remained.
mo. corporal, head smashed
with ak and arms and legs broken by
blows apparently from blunt side
of AK.
mo. Private, head smashed and
throat cut open, apparently with ak"
WISCONSIN and Michigan troops are
known to be among the American
force at Archangel.]
In the last week the American
troops, fighting desperately, have
driven back bolshevik troops which
made an advance near Kadish.
The bolshevists also launched at
tacks on the Omega sector and bonn
barded the allied front. The Ameri-
cans came into battle along the Pet
rograd road and in the frozen swamps
that border it. The battle was fought
in snow from two to four feet in
depth.
American forces captured Kadish
after display of gallantry that
evoked the admiration of the allied
commanders. Special care has been
taken of the American wounded and
the body of an American officer was
taken back 100 miles by sledge and
then shipped to Archangel for burial.
There were some casualties on Mon
day, but they were small in compare
son to those inflicted upon the enemy.
On Tuesday, the bOlshevists opened
a terrific fire from three and six-inch
guns and launched a counter-attack
against the buildings held by Ameri-
cans in KadiSh.
So hot was the artillery fire that
the Americans were withdrawn tenn
porarily from the village. The line,
however, was not taken back very
far and the new positions were firmly
held.
The enemy did not occupy Kadish
because the barrage fire from the
American guns made the place un-.
tena5Ie. Shells falling on the frozen
ground spread their zones Of destruc-
ton twice as far as they would under.
normal conditions
Later, under the protection Of ar
tillery fire, American detachmentsl
again swept forward and re-occupied
the town. The men engaged in the
advance were from infantry and
trench mortar units.
The bolshevists are fighting more
savagely here than elsewhere to hold
their positions.
In this sector allied forces adj
vanced on snow shoes over soft snow
a few days ago. Beneath the snow
was an unfrozen swamp and the men
often sank into the mud up to their
waists, in spite of their arctic foot
gear. The battle with the elements
makes the fighting here very diff
cult.
The Petrograd road leads southwark
to Plestskaya, large village on the
Vologda railway, which is the en-
emy's base of operations at the Ka-
dish and Omega fronts.
Washington, Jan. Can official re-
port received from the American milf
tary attache with Ambassador Fran
els in Russia, announced by General
March, shows total deaths from all
causes In the American forces in the
Archangel region up to November 25
to be &c. OF these nine were killed
in action, seven died of wounds, three
drowned and two died as a result Of
accidents, and 65 from disease.
Official reports, General March said,
show that the military situation at
Archangel is entirely in hand and that
the troops are adequately fed and
clothed for winter campaigning in that