Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-02
CHAPTER VI Continued

We waged a very successful raid
ourselves at about this time. The
raiding party was composed of eighty
five men of u company, under the
command of Lieutenant Freml. The
section of German trenches seiected as
the objective Of the operation lay in a
little wood about one hundred yards
from our front line. Our patrols had
reported that this part of the German
line was particularly heavily held. In
the first light of the half dawn the
laidng parry worked up into its po-
stion, passing by through the mist
like black shadows. AT the agreed
time our artillery came down wlth
both the heavies and the 75s and the
patch of woods was enVeloped in
clouds of smoke through which the
bursts of the II. f. showed like flashes
OF lightning. In five minutes the guns
lifted and formed a box barrage, and
the raiding party went over. So rapid
was the whole maneuVer that the
German. defensive barrage did not
come down until after the raiding par
" had reached the enemy trenches.
The German trenches were found as
had been expected, full of Germans.
u
holes, and did not make a severe re-
sistance. Come out of there" the
man in charge of the particular detail
for that part of the trench would call
down the dugout. If the Huns came
out they were taken prisoner. If they
did not a couple of incendiary gre
nades were thrown down the dugout
and our men moved on. We captured
hivftr nj W
one was an officer, and probably
killed and wounded as many more.
Our losses were one killed and five
slightly wounded. Unfortunately the
one man killed was Lieutenant
Tremyl the raid leader, who fell in
... hand combat. FRENZY was an
ir liar army sergeant and had
Gaas n the Philippine islands. At
te. war he was planning to return
.a. p a chicken farm. He always
la.- IS head no matter what the cir
c. 500 ices were and his solutions for
aga&tons that arose were always prac-
t.c.a. lis men We're devoted to him
a#. va aid follow him anywhere.
re= men retired in high excitement
ua fle spirits. This was the most
full minor operation we had
.. far, | was with the raiding
u.., when it jumped off and then
wen. the point where they were to
.aeca in as they got back There
y,rc our parties in all. As each re-
uTne with its collection of prisoners,
Fa st thing that the officer or SER
gcant in command asked was, "Sir,
did any of the rest get any more pris
uners than we did ?" When / told one
of them, Lieutenant Ridgely, that an
other party had brought in two more
prisoners than he had, he wanted to
20 bark at once and get some more
himself. A very gallant fellow. Brad
ley. my liaison sergeant, asked and
was Pranted permission to go on the
raid He turned % at the checking-in
point delivering three Germans in
front Ct him, his rifle over his should
or, the bayonet covered with blood
end q German helmet hanging from
the end. As he passed | said, Brad
ley. ! see you have q new bonnet He
turned with a beaming smile and an
rwered, why. major. ] heard that
Mrs Roosevelt wanted a German he'll
met and this was such a nice one that
] stuck the man who had it on" Poor
BRA 1ley was. l believe, killed in the
battle Of Soissons though have never
been able to get positive information.
a curious instance of the way a man
will carry one impression from an or
der in his mind and one only, was
given by this raid Before the opera
tion started ! had given particular in
structions to the effect that ] wanted
prisoners and papers. This is literally
what the party brought back, lots of
prisoners and papers of all sorts. They
took the crews of two machine guns
lut did not bring the guns back-that
was not included in the instructions.