Show WINNERS IN SANGUINE ENGAGEMENT I They Find Themselves in Close Corner Comer but Put the Boches to Flight By Bert Ford International News Service Staff Correspondent I WITH THE AMERICAN A ARMY IY IN A. A P. P FRANCE Ma May Lieutenant 26 26 Lieutenant Craddock of Lynchburg Va Vat commanding command command- ing a platoon of oC fourteen privates a sergeant and a corporal encountered a superior force of oC Germans in the outskirts outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of or a sector on the front held by hy the enemy Saturday night A spirited hand to engagement ensued in which ample amplo use was made of or grenades and pistols our men killing killIng kill kill- ing Ing- or wounding their opponents Lieutenant Craddock describing the fight right said I 11 took tool a n platoon of or two noncommissioned noncommissioned noncommissioned noncom noncom- officers and fourteen enlisted enlist enlist- through ed men on a reconnaissance dangerous territory We c met a strong force of Germans those in front I promptly opening up with hand grenades grenades grenades gren gren- I ades while the others entrenched themselves them them- serves selves and blazed away with tw two machine guns It was a hot for us us but hut my my men stuck like veterans fighting ever every inch of the way Im I'm proud of oC them The Germans winged ed five of or us but none seriously We Vc peppered the boches with hand grenades and fol- fol u f u with H nf at t f cios lr sr Jo el nr up Ul- Ul wun n IU PiStOLS 1 o range Sen Sergeant was wac as at my side He was not scratched but just as 1 I I threw my my last grenade rena e I was struck in both legs I I 1 saw a German coming comin at me and shot him with my revolver Then a a. second grenade wounded me in the shoulders I want to praise a certain private from Indiana I Indiana I cant can't think ol of his first name or residence He was shot hot In the Jaw but refused to quit I fighting f p He lIe kept kepi emptying and loading hU his s automatic The corporal another gamester was shot in the head and Knocked senseless When he ho recovered consciousness he found a German trying to strangle him He shot the boche hoche dead cload The fight occurred on a a. steep hill where It was necessary for us to creep in order to avoid a thick hedge |