Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-12
STORY OF THE HOST BATTAuON' AND
 SKETCHES FROM RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

the battalion being In touch with the American forces all the while but on the night of Oct 8 toward dawn the Ger mans launched counter attack and while MT. Frink's battalion held their ground the other American forces were driven back, leaving the battalion cut off from the rest of the American forces. This, however, was not discovered until q detachment was sent back and found that they could not get through. After three days of living on timed rations nine men volunteered to get through the German lines and bring up relief. The nine started out but four were killed and the rest wounded. The Germans bound up the wounds of one of the pris-
 oners and sent him back to the battalion demanding that the battalion surrender. It Col Whittlesey, In true American style, sent back the reply, "Go to hell" The battalion remained in this position until Nov. 3rd when an attack freed them. Out of over 700 men that went into the engagement only a few over 100 returned. While surrounded the battal- 10 invent through some very severe she'll ing the Germans sending down q bar
 rage every two hours.
 Following MT. Frinks graphic de- scription of the thrilling fighting In France Rev. NJ. Mclean Gol1ie tod of 1 his experiences in Russia at the time of I the overthrow of the Kerensky regime
 by the boIsheviki. Rev. MT. Goldle said 1 that at the outbreak of the war he vol unteered in the Y. M. c. A. service and
 went to Fort Terry where he was for two
 months. After that he was called as
 one Sf those to go to Russia in the ir- | terests of the Y. M. c. A. wora. He left i from San Francisco going to Yokoko-
 ma where he experienced one of the
 worst storms in the history of that coun- try. From Yokohoma the company went
 across the Japan seas to ValadistoI and
 then by the Siberian railroad across Rus
 sia to Petrograd. It was while in Fe- i trograd that the most horrible condi-
 tions were found. The people were des-
 titute Kerensky was In command but the troops who had been fed ur on Ger man propaganda had started to mutlry
 and frequent fighting took place on the
 outskirts and even in the city. The troops refused to conform to any h!nd
 of discip inc and the outlook was very dark We went to see the American
 and British ambassadors but nothing
 could be done. Everyone was down hearted. The Root commission had left
 the country without accomplishing any
 thing. We were without any authority
 to go to work. We went to Kerensky
 and he gave us authority to cOnhScatt
 anything that we wanted to and ther
 that night he fed I saw the car but did not know that Kerensky was in it
 A short time after Kerensky's flight tho
 famous Battalion of Death. the Russian
 women. marched into the city anl tool
 possession of the Winter Palace. The1
 the bolsheviki started it's attacks in th,
 first outbreak of the revolution. Thes, men captured the whole Russian genera
 staff and also the Battalion of Death What they did to this battalion is to- horrible to mention. After untold diff 1 culties our commission managed to gs out of the city and across Russia to Va l ladistol1 and then home.
 } At the concusion of the talk Rev . AIr. Goldie and MT. Frink were give Q a rising vote of thanks. After a hrie period Of silent prayer in tribute to tn l nations heroic dead the meeting close ! with the singing of The Star Spangle $ Bannre.