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Show Amazing Story of Lost Battalion Reaches Climax WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Wednesday, Wednes-day, Oct. 9. (By the Associated Press) Tho brightest spot in the heroic and amazing story of the now famous "lost battalion" which belonged to the 77th division, was the climax to the fourth day of the troops' beleaguerment in the Argonno forest When tho men were long foodless and almost wholly without ammunition ammuni-tion and when many were weak from exhaustion, but not one despairing, an American who had been taken prisoner pris-oner by tho Germans suddenly appeared appear-ed at the little camp surrounded in tho valley. He had been sent blindfolded from Ml finrmn ...tit- . .iit utiiuiui ncuuijuaiLuis wiui ii typewritten type-written note to Major Whittlesey reading - "Americans, you are surrounded on all sides. Surrender In the name of humanity. hu-manity. You will be well treated." Major Whittlesey did not hesitate a fraction of a second. "Go to hell!" he almost shouted. Then he read the note to those around him and his men cheered so loudly that the Germans heard them from thoir observation posts. |