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Show BRAVE FIGHTING DONEBYYANKEES, Engagements Around Seiche-prey Seiche-prey Will Hold Proud Place in History. MANY HEROIC DEEDS Details of Battle in Full Accord With Finest American Traditions. i WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN I FRANCE, Tuesday. April 23 (By the r i Associated Press.) The shell torn village of Selcheprey, around which centered the hardest lighting in the recent re-cent heavy attack on the German positions, po-sitions, appear to be destined to hold J a proud place in the story of Amen Lean participation in the world war. As further details of the engagement be-come be-come known, the details are fully in 'accord with the finest American traditions. tradi-tions. I The correspondent is now permitted (to tell of a few cases of individual heroism he-roism which will convey an Idea as to the mettle of the men. One of them, David Griggs of East Hampton, Conn. I passed through the enemy barrage at j least seven times to carry ammunition to his hard-pressed comrades. Twice he wa.' partl buried by earth upturned upturn-ed by shells falling all around him but I he kept at his task. Griggs, who is 19 ! years old, was so modest that he would I I not tell his story but Insisted on speaking of the bravery of others. Fin-ally Fin-ally one of his comrades pointed html j out and said ; "That is the bravest man In the ' regiment" Young Courier Sticks to Orders. Raymond A. Ferris of Med ford, Mass.. acting as a courier, was blown off the road twice by the concussion of shells Although stunned and nearly near-ly crazed by the intensity of the gun-! gun-! fire when he reached the point in the rear of the lines to which he was sent j for ammunition, he carried out his or-' or-' ders. Then he asked for a revolver, saving he wanted to get out and fight , the Germans but he fainted from exhaustion. ex-haustion. When he regained consciousness con-sciousness his first words were an m quiry whether his messages had been i delivered. Americans Kill Many Germans j Charles Slnkler, a Philadelphia law-I law-I yer who is now with the Red Cross land was in the thick of the fighting, told the correspondent today of two I Americans who, armed only with auto-j auto-j niatic pistols, charged an enemy ma-I ma-I chine gun, killed eight Germans and captured the gun. It is also related i that one Ameriean sharp.- hootei killed ' fifteen Germans-Daughters Germans-Daughters of The Regiments. In a village a short distance behind I the front lines. Gladys and Irene Mc-i Mc-i Intyre, sisters of Mount Vernon. N. Y., ; Salvation Army representatives, during dur-ing the height of the engagement, ! handed out to the soldier- coffee t b.0-colate. b.0-colate. doughnuts and much good I cheer. They went on with their work , while the shells were falling all around them and would not leave until ar la I they were ordered to do so. Now they are called "daughters of the reci-j reci-j ments." M i is Irene Mclntyre said : "We want to go back to our boys. I They are the finest fellows in the ' wprld, not afraid of anything Any I woman would be glad to die to bi rve ! them It is inspiring to hear them talk i for they are filled with enthusiasm and determination to fight to the finish, i They say they would like to go home 'but not until the victory has been won. When there is a lull in the trenches, I they come to our villages and help us I wash the dishes and cook." Wonderful American Boys. At another point near tho front a middle-aged motherly woman also of I the Salvation Army is braving the I German shells to dispense comforts to I the men. "I had come to France," she said, "to find out what wonderful boys wo : raise in America." |