| Show I YANKEES FIGHT UE LIKE VETERANS AND STOP HUNS I Teutonic Infernal Devices Fail to Overawe Americans By Bert F Ford ord International News Service Service Staff Staff Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN A ARMY IN FRANCE April 22 8 22 8 p. p m. m m.-AI- m. Al Although though the Germans f. f In the battle balUe of Seicheprey northwest of Toul Tool on Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- used every diabolical device known to Teutonic war genius the Americans stood up like seasoned veterans veterans veterans vet vet- erans and gave blow for blow One of the tile weapons employed by the Germans was an automatic pistol that can fire twenty eight shots shot without re- re feeding Stories of individual bravery braver are still being told That of Infantry Corporal George Houlison of Ware Vare Mass Indicates Indicates indicates indi Indi- cates what our men passed through in defense of American traditions and the democracy of the world Houlison who is lying In the ho hospital suffering from flom two shrapnel wounds neither serious said Our skipper the captain told us to support a machine gun company as ashe ashe ashe he suspected trouble CAPTAIN THROWS GRENADES GRENADES GRENADE The skipper comes from Connecticut cut and a gamer man roan you ou never r saw He lie fought alongside of his men throwing throwing throw throw- ing grenades g When the thing began I was in a dugout with Sergeant Hanson I heard the reports and knew that the barrage was on We Ve hustled out and found thick fog The barrage barrago curtain was as coming thick and we could hear the gas as bombs bursting all around Those shells hiss like lie big snakes aa as the they go through the air all and I thought to myself that some of the fellows must be getting it The wind was in our favor but some of the fellows in the machine gun platoons had to fight with their gas masks onI onI on I began to feel my nostrils tickle and knew that the gas was coming and that it was time to take precautions TOO BUSY FOR FEAR Was I afraid To tell the truth I Iwas Iwas Iwas was too busy to think about fear There were two timid youngsters near me and I had to set the pace to put them at ease After they saw me pumpIng pump- pump pumping pumping Ing a machine gun they forgot themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and arid fought like old timers The men working one gun were laid out and I took the gun They were lying In the mud with only their heads and stomachs showing I heard one of ot the fellows called Red sing out I The wood is full of boches I could I Is see s e them coming from every direction I II I through the fog and amidst the trees There was one big yellow-headed yellow stiff followed by seven others Just then a shell burst and my gun was buried It stunned me but I could see seethe seethe seethe the big German laughing and the Huns behind him began to take it as a joke too I pulled out my pistol and fired tired I saw the big one keel ke 1 over oer and the blood spurt from his forehead so I knew mew I had got him Then another shell burst nearby wounding four of us The Germans used wire and nails for shrapnel I know because I used to work in an ammunition factory We Ve four winged guys crawled through the trenches where we found another corporal and nine men CORPORAL KILLS FIVE The Germans tumbled in on ort us The other corporal killed five in quick succession with his pistol I never saw such shooting and anti I thought I was pretty fair fall at It lIe He has me trimmed It thrilled me to see how cool he was He Ue told me to forget my wound and andI fired until the pistol clips gave out and then borrowed one from a wounded comrade After using all of those he I took up a rifle and began firing tiring Soon we began to feel weak weal from loss of blood and a corporal told us we had better report to the dressing station Red Shorty and a fellow we called the Big Swede had all been nipped with shrapnel We Ve crawled through a over the bodies of dead Ger Ger- mans Shorty had a hole in his back Red had his shoulder broken and we other fellows had game legs BULLETS FILL AIR The shells hells and machine gun bullets were whistling all around us as we crawled through the barrage It re reminded reminded reminded re- re minded me of an inferno There was too much racket to think We Ve reached the dressing station statton four hours after we had been ordered to report there too weak weal to pull the trigger of a to toy pistol I 1 would woul sooner be back with the gang than lying in this bed but I will willbe willbe willbe be on the job again in a few weeks The Germans were on to their old tricks again As they came at us through the woods one Fritz yelled Americans We Ve saw the wide helmets helmets helmets hel hel- mets and knew they were Huns and ami began pumping in the steel Our fellows fel fel- fellows lows were on the job and certainly pumped In the cold steel although the Germans had us nearly surrounded One private who had manned a machine machine ma ma- chine clune gun at Dead Mans Man's curve said saidI I tried to keep leep the road clear and make malte it safe sate for our couriers but 1 t finally got mine and here I am Just Ilet let me get one more mote whack at them for tor torI killing two fellows of our squad and und I will be willing to be planted on the I hillside where the little white crosses S grow gro |
