Show SOLDIERS KILL 1 I HUN WOMAN I MANNING GUNS I 1 Il Infantry antry of tI the e 29 Division Captured rive Five n nin 1 in ili III A Argonne J i Burlington N N. J. J Dec H RoW Flow How mIL ma maJ chine china puns guns operated by German wom n sol soldiers mowed down New Jersey boys In hi a charge char In the Argonne forest until their nest was captured and one of ot tho the women omon killed as ns she eho jeered at nt the th th AmerICAns Ts told In a n. letter from tram 1 rate nto Charles H. H Adams of ot Burlington I to his brother Adams la Is a a. member of or orthe f the Ono One Hundred d fourth Forty Infantry In la tho the Twenty-ninth Twenty division Wo Yo got t four ur or five fire women prison prisoners ers he says In recounting tho etory story I of ot tho tho chars e. When wo we got up to I them thom one of ot the women pulled open ODen 1 I her waist and s sneered 1 er d at us 19 and that made one of ot tho the fellows so mad that 1 t he Just ran his bayonet through her hert It was an nn awful thing to do do but tho I five of ot them were worl working machine ma may chine guns gune and they are aro no better than wo are to be bo killed ml I Tho other women helped dress dres the tho wounded men I Adams's Adams story of ot the tight fight Is e one ot oL ot tho most graphic accounts yet et received od of ot the work o of the Now Jersey National Na Na- Guard Guar division dl Tho The division went I In on October 23 23 the censor censor not permitting per Iper- J the exact location to be ba mad made J known whoa when tho letter was written Before th the or order er came cam to go over the tho top the One Hundred Fourteenth won was located by tho the German artillery and anet 1 eight ht men In Adams' Adams company were wera wounded by shells Such Is the tho philosophy philosophy philos philos- ophy of ot the firing tIrInG line that Instead o oJ frightening them If It only mado made the tha Jer Jer- so men ravo raYO to get at the enemy Sherman Saw Sarr No War Our artillery barrago finally started fl about four tour minutes to 7 In the morning morning morn morn- ing InS and we started over the top at 7 l' land and tho the Gorman barrage started at th the same time and believe me Sherman never say an any war The shells were werI I breaking all around us And you should zoo seo the fellow lifted In tho the air aJr It cur aure ur J was an awful sight But wo we sure did have havo thou those O Oer r- r 6 hll E mans on the luo run lUU for LUl aw u a u ti c j n-mn n nt seemed to bo ho going until wo we allot all alt allgot got ot balled up and then there were about eighteen of ot us started down the tho German third lino trench we wo captured some more prisoners and wo we sent Bent them back But we soon Boon found out that t they j t go back but instead they went and turned tho the machine I gun un on us But we wo got gol awa away from them Two of ot th the fellows with us got goot hit on tho the shoulder shoulder der but buto o wo o fixed them up and kept going down tho the trenches and then them w wran we ran Into t some omo boches bodies with hand gren gren- ades AVo Yo didn't have ha any hand cron gron ados ades so rJ tho the only thing for tor us to d d W was 3 to beat It back While we were wert werton on our way back ono of ot our follows fellows ot shot through the tha nook nock Then they kept making maltinG our cro crowd d smaller and smaller Wo ro happened to run Into ft sa couple of or lieutenants on their way back to I tho trenches We e stood on that trench watching the tho Germans and we could sea seo them crawling trying to J us Ono of ot tho the lieutenants D caid d Boys Boye wo 0 aro out of or luck Dhe 1110 only this thing thina we wo can do Is to die dlo game Fight Their Wey ar Out OutWell outWell OutWell Well you ou know leno that dl didn't nt sound good to us UJ So we said raid w wo e will fight tight until they send reserves and the tho lieutenant lieutenant lieu lIou- tenant said there were no reserves behind us And do you sou know before ho bo got ot the last word out of ot his mouth hI ho was shot through tho the head Wo We o had ono one lieutenant left lett Th The th the th Germans wore t then coming up I trench with hand grenades So w wa we through machine made mado a L mad dash gun fire firo out cut ut of oC the tho reach of ot these thes grenades 1 came camo out oC or It without a a. scratch Our little crowd got Sot split up comIn cornIng corning corn corn- In Ing back It was vas everybody e for tor himself him him- self So while wo we ducking from shell hole holo to shell hole hole and and let lot metell me ma matell metell tell you ou that Kellerman has bas got ot nothing do mo me for tor diving for tor I 1 certainly certainly dives for tor those made mado some Borne great shell hol holM holes holI I I happened to dive Into ono and there was a n. lieutenant in there thero who had been hit by shrapnel 1 and he ho was a n. dazed Ho lie asked what wo we should do and I told him to follow tollow me mc Wo We ran over Into coma bushes and I thought wo we were out of or reach of ot the tho Gorman but a sniper started to ping pinS away at nt us and It was wast a. a case caso of or getting him or stay In the tha I bushes until dark darl So I picked up an nn automatic rifle rUle and gave o him about twenty shots to his one OM but finally 1 I j i got him Raided by Fr French ck Officer r that the tha Confirming earlier reports I Twenty-ninth Twenty division islon was cited for tor I bravery after Its Us fight In the tha Argonne I forest with the Prussian Guard the tha I flower of or the German army is la a letter i I received b by friends at Florence from William II H. Absalom of ot Flor Flor- once ence Tho The corn commanding general of or the tha l I French division with whom we we were warn i iw i w working said Bald that never nover In alt all his I service had ho he seen displayed such I bravery or as was exhibited b by the tha OneHundred One Ona i Hundred and Fourteenth writes tha the j wanted to bestow lieutenant they Illicy upon us the tha right to wear an eaglet or something like that a n cord attach attached d to tho the left shoulder houlder but Linot Lj U not permissible Tho The letter also tells how Capt E Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward B. B Stono Stone of ot Burlington was made mada I Ia a n. major In tho the field for tor gallantry In la i action It was In a n. charge chargo during this battie bats bat tie tic according to other othor letters lotters reaching reachIng reach reach- I Ing Burlington county citizens this week reek that Captain Stone 03 ns provisional provisional provis provis- ional lonal commander of ot tho the Second battalion bat bat- tallon o ot of tho the Ono Hundred and Fourteenth Four- Four went Into action at the tha head hoad of ot moro more than men and gained their I objective in such fighting that nearl nearly men of ot the battalion were wera I loft killed or wounded on the tho field 1 I |