Show YANKS POT POI HUNS IN TREES IN THIERRY SECTOR Order Comes to Clear Woods Americans Are Prompt in Their Duty I By Universal Service PARIS July 2 American troops ordered to tv drive the G Germans from the woods In lii the Chateau Thle Thiery sector were obliged to face a murderous hallof hall hail of or bullets from ron rom the German machine I guns gUlls uns mounted high In ill the tho trees But Dut despite the tho aln i-aln of death from roni above the tile Americans got a foothold intile inthe in inthe the tile woods and avid finally succeeded ed in killIng kill kill- InS Ing and charging tIme the tree climbing Huns Buns Stories of the exploit which resulted In the Germans being beins- entirely driven en from loom the tIme forest arc told b by wounded Just JUNt brought into hospitals near Paris laris Ve We had to cross a field to get to the woods said Ralph Miller of or Alias Atias C Cal 1 Timings Things s were comparatively quiet until we got within yards of ot the the- edge o of ot tho the woods when the boche opened up Machine gun bullets seemed to come como from the tho BIt sky Our officers im- im mediately gave save us orders to drop to the ground round and seek temporary cover as no best we f r then adv I I i j I slowly crawling cra until we got i nl almost t os-t l to the tho forest when we wo made a quick dash for or it We Ve picked off orf some of the machine machine machine ma ma- chine gunners In the trees and others other Informed us that the they would l come comedown comedown comedown down from Crom their perch of ot their own ac ac- ac cord I HUN ON THE RUN Miller received a bullet wound in the left hand the bullet passing through the hand and wounding Gunnery Sergeant Ser Ser- Sergeant geant Smith of oC West est Virginia in tho the foot Both Iloth stuck to the scrap however how how- however ever until the woods were In tho the hands of ot th the Americans The They were then sent to the tho hospital George A. A Kress Pa told of or how several companies of ot American troops marched two kilometers through a a. German barrage barrago to get to the tho firing tirIng line LIetka was wounded later apiece a a. apiece piece of shrapnel striking him in the right thigh We re got ot Into action Immediately after arter after aft art er getting into the front and started our counter attack he said and let me tell you OU what we went through h. We Ye went vent to them to hand and shoved them back more than a n kilometer One Ono prisoner I took knew a bit of En English lIsh He was just a boy As he threw up his hands he said good He lie was glad to get out of It all I guess I 3 1 HOURS' HOURS BARRAGE Amon Among the wounded was Voas Harr Harry ONeill O'Neill of oC Scituate Mass He was as asI struck in the arm legs and chest b by I shrapnel mh rap Wo We went vent through a three hours' hours 1 barrage without a man of our platoon 1 being lost he said then as we were ere ourselves and started to dig hg ourselves In I was wounded But Ian I Ican Ican can an say this this the tho Germans are aro no match i-match for Cor tho the Americans Connie Oak street Dunmore Dunmore Dunmore Dun- Dun more Pa was wounded In the head heady U by y shrapnel I r was put out of the scrap fifteen minutes aft after r we started but I know that ilat the tile rest of oC the time boys bos kept kepl on go goinn go- go ing inn he said All of or them fellows went Welt after the time Huns Runs with enthusiasm |