The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-09

" look DenIHuS
Edwin C. Hill no one will
take a backward step. Every one
of you will have but one thought,
to kill, to kill many, until they
have had enough. And this is
why your general says to you,
you will break this assault and
it will be a glorious day."
There are thousands of men il
this country today who remembe
that order, how it came to then
on a hot summers day in thu
trenches dug in the rolling chalk
soil of the Champagne region o.
France.
One of these thousands spoke Of
it to me as we walked through
Times Square the other day, pass
ing by the statue, recently I'm
yelled, Of the soldier-prieSt. Father
Francis Duffy.
at seems ages ago." said my
companion, land not merely
nineteen years ago, come July
IA, that 1 was there and Father
Duffy was there. They may
have called us the 165th Infan-
try, but to ourselves and to the
folks back home we remained
the old 69th of New York
GENERAL GOURAUD
"Our division was the 42nd,
the famous Rainbow, made up
of units from all over the cOun-
try. We had been training in
actual combat in Lorraine when
they moved us up into the
French Fourth Army, into the
line of the next German often
Sive.
"The One-armed Gener
GOuraud was in command and
he issued that order I have told
you about. Maybe you will want
to write about GOuraud, because
Of all the foreign. generals we
Americans like him the best.
He's one general who may die
in bed, but that won't be due to
his not trying hard to get killed
in battle"
The news that General GourarC
is to retire soon, after so years o.
soldering, is perhaps sufficlen
reason to recall his career. me
him 10 years ago when he wa!
over here on one of his visits a!
the guest of the American vet
Grams.
He was an impressive figure
full-bearded with eyes remarkable
fol- their keenneSS, and the right
sleeve of his Sky-blue jacket hang
ing empty.
That missing right arm is burieC
in Turkish soil. Gourard, in 1915
was commencing a French army
in the Inflated DardenelleS cam
paign. He could not bear to watch
his men being shot down, and hi
went among them to encourage
them. A shell shattered his arm
and fractured each of his legs. The
surgeons said:
General, we can save that
arm if you will stay in a hos
pital for a year."
How long, if you cut 1t off.
will 1t keep me away from the
'front.'" asked GOurard.
-Four months" said the doc.
tors.
"Cut it off," commanded the
General.
This was the commander-in
chief Of the army which bore thu
brunt of the last German often
Sive Of the World War and the su
preme drive Of Ludendorff II
break through.
From German prisoners Gou
raud learned that the attack wa
to begin at midnight of the fouI
tenth.
BY preconceived plan, Petain'
or his own, the French and Amer
can troops we're withdrawn from
the first line and stationed on tw
other lines in the rear.
Then Gouraud beat Ludendorf
to the punch. He loosed a grea
commandment just before the hou
the Germans were to start.
TURNING POINT
A German writer has describe
how, 10 miles away, from an OF
servation post on a hill, the Gel
man emperor and his stat
watched the battle.
AS dawn broke, the artillery bon
bardment grew to incredible il
tenSity. They were jubilant an
confident that Gouraud's Frenc
and Americans had been owe.
whelmed, that Chalons was their
and France divided.
In IS minutes they knew better
They had been outwitted and on
fought.
The war was decided betwee
that midnight and the noon of tn
next day. Ludendorf was stoppe
and Foch's army was enabled
take the offensive at scissors.
Gouraud, the next day, ordere
q ration of champagne for tn
entire army. Little wonder h