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Show "LOST" BATTALION RECUPERATES FAST AT HEADQUARTERS Wl Mf I'll F, AMKRKWN FORt'K , NoRTflWKST OF VFRldN. Tur-dav. ( Bv the Associated Press t - ll.tij- , g;ird and nearly fami.-ite.l, the men of the1 "lost" iMit.tlion, M-s.-iied Momlav after , having I een surrounded for more thaul four davs In the Argonne forest, are now I re.-ovcring from their harrow in g experience. experi-ence. The men had sub-dstrd partly on oak leaves and many units wero depleted by w ea k iuvsh t ha t u ounded men had to take turns at guard duty. Yet they cheered an they d ro e buck the German forces Hurrotituilng Diem. W hen t liey reached the American lines tiiex were while and exhausted, but were Infinite;- proud of their gallant stand. Major Whittlesey was In command of t ho ha I ta i ion. A vcond lieu tenant came out with eighteen machine liulh-t holes In his clothes, hut without a scratch. He had one hru!.e front a hullet which had kllirrl n man behind him. A machine gun fired at this lieutenant from n dls- , lance of thirty feet and the lieutenant's gas m.-i:k was cut nia, but he was un-ln un-ln hired. If w;is Just nfter mldnicht when the news first readier! the weary but deter-mined deter-mined men that help was coming. The rescuers rushed on I hroiinh the German lities. breaking one enemv defense after another, and completed the rescue. W hi le fresh troop1 drove the Germans In wild flight, the Mired heroes of the battalion bat-talion beg.ni to filter b.o-k to ihelr base. Many of t be men were suffering from n variety of wounds, but most of these In Juries were not serious. Thev could scarcely eat when I hoy were served with beef stew and v'offee, hut later improved considerably in vitality and t heir spirits are now as high and defiant ns they must have been during the lns when tltey Were beleaguers! In t he woods. |