Show Yankee T Troops lOOpS Steeled I Under First Baptism of Huns Dreadful Fire I Repulse Carefully Planned Mass Attack of Germans Germans Ger Ger- Germans mans Under Terrifying Bombardment By Henry G. G Wales International News Mows Service Staff Correspondent ITH THE AMERICAN WITH AR ARMY IY IN FRANCE March MarchL 3 L 1 I i may be killed but buti Im I'm not going alone That was waa tho the spirit of or tho American troops whose sector was raided Friday morning It was the tho spirit that spoke out of ot all those whom horn I have since in in- in Sure wo we were scared but we got through lt and gave tho the Dutchmen Dutch me men all they were looking for wa wad wasl tho the description one man gave mo me of his feelings under tho the Ni Niagara Niagara Niagara Ni- Ni agara of oC fire and steel Ho Ic also expressed the consensus regarding regarding regarding regard regard- ing future futuro operations when ho said The Time next time time time-if iC if I 1 live through that nothing can kill me TROOPS ARE PROUD The Tho American troops that have e Just received their baptism of oC fire and blood arc are prouder than peacocks pea pea- cocks over oyer the time exploit particularly particularly particularly since French officers from adjacent jf sectors c have L K scene scone of rt the rho raid rala and testified to to- tho the fact that tho German bom- bom t t which preceded i it was the tho most terrifying and vicious on record Said a California youth proudly When the big shells and mine throwers exploded tho the concussion raised you OU right off the me ground Theres There's Just ono one card tho the Dutchmen Dutchmen Dutchmen Dutch Dutch- men are holding up their sleeve slee from us that's liquid flames fJames and it if the tilO are no worse than the Minnies Mimmies l they cant can't hurt mo me Enlisted men refused to call the attack a 3 raid insisting that the amount of or equipment the Germans carried proved the they intended to storm and hold the tho American po positions po- po positions and consolidate them particularly particularly par par- because the thc American line forms a salient there MACHINE GUN CAPTURED Look at tho time machine gun our company captured they say sar as proof of oC their contention It is ms true truo that tho the Americans did dill bag a 3 now model water cooled machine machino gun and numerous belts of or cartridges Our men amused themselves shooting these back whence the they came camo Saturday Tho Time duet chief complaint of ot the time American troops concern articles they lost duo to tho the bombardments bombardments bombardments bombard bombard- ments which t blew dugouts and trench corners to pieces I I lost my safet safety razor and have havo to let the company barber shavo me me me-ho ho should bo carver at a n cook wagon said a young Alabaman Another's complaint was I 1 dug in the ruins of at my dugout dugout dugout dug dug- out all morning for my girls girl's pho pho- It finally found i it in halves ruined beyond recognition tion Cards Lost Too Tho only decent deck of ot cards wo we had was waa scattered in two fifty-two directions when a shell burst into our proof bomb-proof said an all Iowa youngster An old sergeant exploded over o overtime tho time fact that tho the losses were not hea heavier Ier Tho Time poor captain said he lie hustled us all out of or the first line when the bombardment started and an planted a lot of us in an int Intermediate intermediate Inter inter- r- r mediate trench that hadn't been used for n n. lone Ions ongo time between tho first and second line lino trenches The Tho Dutchmen's shells were bursting all around us but only a n few fow landed landed land land- ed in our position We c were wera up to our necks In mud which h saved savell us from a n lot of ot flying shrapnel Fritz hritz wrecked the dIe first lino line and its it's lucky wo we lId Hid not try to sta stay Then when the they cut in ill our rear and started forward wo we surprised surprised surprised sur sur- them 11 by firing from theold tho the old trench It trench It wasn't even a trench merely ly a ditch ditch WRIST WATCH SAVES MAN A New Yorker er with one oue arm In a asling asling sling has this to say sar I 1 used to laugh at the guys gUS in tho the subway wearing wrist watches and s showing owing them when they were not strop strap hanging But I take Itan It U Unil nil all buck back now My 1 right mitt mill would bo ho gone gono now if Ir I hadn't fell for fOl- a n wrist watch after coming to FranceA France A A piece of shell casing slapped mo on the wrist so hard It knocked me mo flat rIaL It drove tho wrist case caso IBO f- f r. r ft t Into my flesh but the 11 Il ol old watch saved m my hand all 1111 right all allright allright right so the surgeon tells tens me All AU aro are glad now that the tho necessity ne no- of ot firing Irin and bayonet fighting was carefully drilled Into their training They declare the raiders invariably In ran from the cold steel and bullets Investigation shows that the raiders camo came from nests in hi the tho German front line and that their sortie W was was R launched after four clays dan of I Intense tense l rehearsal The five groups were welO commanded b by r a captain a lieutenant and three I respectively MAP FOUND ON CAPTAIN i A map of the Ufe American positions positions positions found In the dead captains captain's pocket gave save an outline of ot the as as- as sault The two eastern groups attacked e concentrically driving I into the tho side BIde of oC the American salient salient sali sali- I I ent two groups in the center made frontal attacks s and tho the western d detachment attacked concentrically I the other othor side of the salient The concentric attackers Intended Intend intend- ed cd to drive we wedges into the Hie side so u o us I J 1 as qs s to isolate the salient yards ar behind the American first lino at l h hs h's I tip a then k kill bm or cap cap- turn all in the front while at tho the time driving all aU other Amerl Americans ns against tho the frontal attackers waiting wailing to ambush them J 1 with h machine machine ma mL I chine guns and automatic rifles rUles I Three pioneers carr carrying Ing Ion long pipes crammed with high explosives explosives explosives preceded ded the stoss truppen They were WE're to destroy any barbed wire that had escaped the time bom bom- The Thc storm troops were equipped with grenades and In Incendiary Incendiary Incendiary In- In bombs with which to kill killI tho time occupants of dugouts if such I occupants refused to surrender AMERICANS UNDERESTIMATED But there thet-c was a flaw in the German Ger Gel German I man plan When hen the raiders ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived they found the Americans all aU waiting wallin with automatic pistols and knives ready r and anxious for tor fora a a. scrap This and other cases illustrate that the tho Germans underestimated underestimated un un- the American fightIng fightIng fighting fight- fight Ing qualities and expected to find them racked nerve-racked and helpless after the terrific bombardment Instead of throwing odiferous bombs into the dugouts to drive out tho the occupants the Germans contemptuously old ordered red Kaus you Americans Americana American bullets camo came out first however and soldiers camo came tumbling tumbling tumbling ling afterwards eager easel to get et Into to hand-to-hand combats with the thc wreckers of or their homes LIEUTENANT KILLED The Thc German lieutenant who- who commanded one raiding group spoke English He ordered surrender surrender sur render I A pistol cracked and tho the lieutenant lieuten ant fell The Tho Americans pushed up the tho stairway scattering the I leaderless enemy When tho the last Germans had been killed or captured or had esc escaped ped our troops Immediately began re reorganizing reorganizing re- re organizing the demolished first lino utilizing tho the hugo huge craters made mado by hr tho the Mingles Minnies Investigation revealed that many dugouts were not damaged d but hut were ere merel merely burled deeper and ma made e better b by tons ton of or earth that hurled over them then when a mine or shell burst nearby The ho dugouts outs were soon Boon made madet h ag 11 i bl h I n r o I. I tit m t u unu t o o b b WOUNDED LIE HELPLESS The Thc brining up of or now new supplies also was begun promptly Little wiring was possible during tho night owing to tho the machine gun un fire Although a few wounded Germans cried for help moaned and cursed as ns they were lying wounded among the debris of the tho American barbed wire the tho enemy slacken l his machine gun fusillade to permit American merican Red RedCross RedCross Cross ClOSS men to can carry these men to safety and dress their wounds Thus all nil but one died That one ono wa was waa brought In b by two ho Americans who obtained permission permission permission sion during the tho blinding snow flurry to go out In search earch for vie vic tim tins tims They Ther found the German Cerman shot through the tho hip lying In a ahole ahole hole filled d with water He pleaded to be shot to end his misery fhe They sent gent him him to nn an American field ieM hospital Later Americans stealthily burled buried a a. half dozen German corpses where the they were lying Prisoners questioned b by American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican Intelli Intelligence officers vaguely believe a n German offensive is coming corninG but did not know whore where |