Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-05-27

Gallipoli fame, were tha a''laQ
ciplined and the most io5 5eas
fighters in France. Tbo ast2
on methods Of their ou,o ~
times out Of nine tS Sn aa
across Q. K. When ! by
breaking in their Blood ya4.
the Yanks in trench matb oIos
did the job just as tbor ,Ua5 III
they did their major ~ oeSal
Their sectors were never op:a. 81
tors, they were too y.G G~-st IS
waste in rest camps 'uSo@
Somme-Amiens sector tb.5 ~ IL
and his gang. lit into or ''% 4. = !.
OF July was not any +. s
They stayed with the Ans ~ aa
until the sixth Of Auons+!. '-
they went a little farther r oa..Y II
see what was Going in A. ~, Y Il
sector, quite an unquiet nI.a a. u
They palled along with t5o d
British Division till the tr ", II
Of August. By that tima Il
Marine, the Aisne and tb ,,' ! n
were ancient history and H., v /
east to Verdun. They ran~sl 4
in line at Verdun on the soro ~
September on the left fanE w ~
American Army that was abo. 8
hash up the St. Mihiel sector NJ 4
stayed ranged till the tvon1 z
when things rather settled 5n~ !
bit. 1t was during this m;.
that this outfit settled comfors.
on "Whiz Bang Hill". Str,na.
say this hill was not named y
the magazine, although there w..
have been quite a kick when
came to holding it down, bt ~
named for those cute Iitt1 w
Founders that the Germans w.
50 fond of sprinkling on the I'm
crest, slopes, ravines, quIHqs !,
sinkholes every afternoon from t.
?. IN. till, we'll two ,. m. Nav
many Of you know the macBm
gun outfits were the most degp.
ate outfits in the armies on pnbs
side. They were the greatest Mi
sance any offensive could encmr
ter, and as a result, GOT very HI.
quarter when they were capture
Fred and his gun was perched al
the peak of Whiz Bang i1ilE acs
the Meuse was Jerry with H
sniper eye glued on this macIn
gun nest. The men had a TIM
hole dug in the slope and coyen
over with boards and then a au
Of sand. Here they would rest
turns while others stood watd
with the gun in the neighbour.
pit. Now this pit where these gu
were parked was none too Img
and Fred took off his furty-fye an.
hung 1t up on a stump along side
When he next craWlcd out and
went for his gun there was nothn.
left but the butt; the rest bad
eloped with a piece of shell casi1.
to parts unknown. For two weeks
after that he toted a fife until BE
could get another gaC.
After things had quoted down
around Verdun this crew took
little side trip down into the Tn
yam sector in the Woegre Dsuit
just to keep their hand in. From
the Goth Of September to the end
of things on the Eleventh Of Nov
ember they were in the Meuse-5F
come mess. Here is a list Of some
of the BATTLES fought in thea
parts. Da meroux-Gercourt SEP
TENDER 26-October 8; Bots de Cha
me; Bots de Plat Chene, October y
21st; Marcheville, RiaviIle, st. IL
lare, Chateau d Au!ois, 0cto6a
oath to November 18th.
After the Armistice this outfit
held down quiet sector in Lux
embourg; it was a well deserved
rest. Fred was fairly lucky in get.
ting out Of the army early he a.
rived home in June Of 1919. No"
as man to man, | advise you to %
off these quiet soldiers; don't lIf.
tate them; they're apt to be IA
one Of those quiet sectors, a MAJOR
offensive in disguise; for Corpora
Frederick William SaiIcr late ma
chine gunner Of the Thirty IhlIa
Division is without a doubt one .
the county's greatest soldiers 0u,
his modesty, ah oui, that modes@.