Show WORLD 74 os WAR WA R YARNS by lieu fronk F hagan that I 1 counterattack counter attack noto note one of dball clastic classic of the W war 1 l li Is the famous counter attack n note 0 te written by an american gon eral during the lighting fighting at chateau thierry according to the popular ver loo rican a cerman attack I dad iad ad forced back an american and a french division and the french corps com dander wander advised retreat whereupon the american general replied the american flax has hits been compelled to torel retire lre this la Is unendurable we lie are going to counter attack these statements hare have been attributed to both maj gen gell robert L bullard and maj haj flen gen omar bundy As A a matter of fact hie tile author of the counter attack note was gen joseph T dickman command er or of the third civial in on july IS 15 1918 at his headquarter headquarters at chateau la Is Poul Doul tre col cot n 11 C Q kelton his chief of staff showed him on the map how a purt of the had apparent apparently been dislodged from its advanced position lon and how the french Il hundred undrel and twenty fifth division had been forced to give ground general if de e stout lesar the brench french corpa corps corn com mander ordered both unit titta to with draw to a position cutitta fu further arther back general dickman glared at the m map ap which allowed the germa ais in Ms his front lines rhen his hi lower lowe r jaw ja IF wits thrust forward and ne tie gr growled led well ell it lets let get era ewt out of there 1 art I he dispatched ion to the french high command this note vi ila a e regret be ne unable on this occasion to follow the counsels of ot or masters the french but trie amerl am can flag ling has been forced to retire this Is unendurable and none of our soldiers would understand their thel r not being asked t to a d what ever Is necessary ceary ne to re the situation Itu atlon at present it Is 1 abing to ns us and unacceptable to our country a e honor aano are going to counter counterattack attack french 0 11 Q seized on that letter as propaganda to prove that the new american troops not cot only woul I 1 tight but preferred to fight A new day dawned downed in the deadlock on the western front 0 6 4 lafayette we are here herel no doubt 69 99 out of 1100 11 ameil arced leans bellest that non tion after orn jen eral era pershing arrived to prance france as commander in chief of tho ameri amert can elpe litlo nary force forces he stood before the tomb of the great vent frenchman krenc hman who had aided wah wash ington during the revolution and making an appropriate gesture gestate ex claimed lafayette we are here berel I 1 it seems a shame aha me to ep 11 II a good tory story and one which would nat aurally find its it way into the school histories of the future but it most be done kor general pershing Per thing never uttered that seu sentence tence even though be might have indorsed it as highly appropriate it Is true rue that he was F resent at the cemetery in aria arts when it was uttered but the man nian who holcel the fact that anstrice Ann trice was repaying an ancient dett deft to france was a member of staff tan lot charles f b stanton the words which he used were Ln La tiyette somme to lat I 1 an tho thought bick b ick of those words thrilled the pete petite of trance ranee immeasurably hut but rhen the story was allied back to america the phrase was ere crell lite tel I 1 to tl ti a e commander of the A B M F ft it became one of our fairus lar beliefs and even pre adent nil 11 son in a speech before the F trench chamber chomber of deputies it as bating baying been uttered by ter bershing shing 4 american canadians thorand Tho nand of americans nerved served in the forces during durin the tile world war an I 1 ji hainz by the furies stories one bears to tola inv thy felt perfectly at bomp vait with h I 1 the he tominie 0 one of the reason teasers doubtless doubt lei leRs li Is the treatment they were accorded for apparently tie tl e british ani I 1 them the highest corn com fall ballment ment of fr entIng them just as their own with favo so e and no discriminations an aberlean an recruit for service carleton 0 rt n a seed reed industry leilar of 11 1 iw idaho t ti iby diy atho ho after wirl become an ofil aber in the ariti h army tells of his eap exp experience alence in taking the th kings shilling the british expression tor for joining pining up hen tie recruiting iller miter asked hie his birthplace he giva it as hem item plain tenn mid said the officer with ablow a slow wink what was the birth P clacel eel it w len ten fumbled for a reply shall a say 01 Otta towal wiil asked the alicer 0 or kir ottawa it Is and bow len found himself in the army two years r ars later wl alon on he ars on n hal ervall n duty in tile tie fort f ort line fr fir an f agil h battery the eve of A an n A ats k blowden llo wilen that eight of ten omed ie who shared bis his duvoul had ben been born in 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