Show DAmNS DEED OF S SQUAD OF GE GERMAN MAN SOLDIERS S Correspondence A Associated Press Pres BERI BERLIN IN Dec 20 A A young volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer from describes in aletter ft a letter from the front a 4 daring recon recon- undertaken by hy himself with witha a sergeant major and four other men in an effort to learn Jeara which French rench regiment regi regi- ment meat was Us po posted ted in tho tha trenches GOO dOG yards awa awaY A reward of ot marks and tho the iron cross ros had been promised should the expedition succeed but the six sir six m men n de declared Jared that they would accept no money They started on a a. dark night falkin walking I in In feet as quietly as possible i through snow and gradually approached thA the enemy's trenches until w ro but hut fifty yards away Then thc they were hailed bailed with a 8 Who goes oes thoro U Patrols who have ha lost their way answered the tho young Dont shoot we wo are arc comrades comrade Of what r called the French Of Ot the Twentieth wits was WIthe the answer Tho The Germans advanced another ten yards and the tho young volunteer asked Whore Where I is ia the tho road to Maricourt I The answer was another query What regiment do you belong to Tho The ser sergeant ser ser- er geant major answered cred with mth a shot Ahot Tho The French cried out jumped back into their tren trench h and opened fire firo It was taken up nil nU along tho the trench and tho the bullets hailed about tho the Germans who lumped back backwards ards a few paces and threw throw themselves face down Three Three- quarters of an hour bour they 11 lay thus without without with with- out moving Then tho the French who had meantime been strengthened left their trenches climbed over the tho barbed wire wiro I entanglements in front and came me forward forward for lor ward searching for tor tho the intruders H Let Let them como corno on whispered whisp-cred the tho sergeant major Su Suddenly ho corn com commanded om Squad firo rot tirol Volley after policy greeted ed the tho tho advancing cing Frenchmen French men many of whom fell Tho Germans retreated rapidly a few pates paces and again threw themselves down and remained motionless Ri Rifle Rice e lire firo tore toro up the ground around them and whistled over their heads Rockets began to light up their position Position and machine guns ns added to the tho darier anger The little party withdrew leaving ono of its ita number dead ead And regained re To gained tho the Gorman Germon trenches |