Parowan Times | 1918-12-04 | Page 6 | Tells How U. S. Marines Held the Road to Paris

tells how U S marines held the road to par paris is maor major denig deng paints thrilling pic turp of the battle of cf july 18 THREE FRIENDS ARE ABE killed flat battalion allon of mn men cut to pieces piece in T two days fighting but meld held foe fail cays in check clo describes P paralyzing are I 1 anase horrors he 1118 of fhe he battlefield washington Detal details lil of the lie pe pur delpa of the united states me ma lines in the counter against the gorman forces on the morris on jelv 18 are at ghen en in a letter written she or afterward bv maj robert I 1 denig of the united states marines to his wire wife who iines n at 1 2131 porter street phil alph to a and ral which has heen been forward e ed it to 11 blue on far the bi historic tarle lilea file a of it the w art corps carps in addition to gl edff 19 n graphic ch picture of at modern war tile HIP letter letter rites cites an histo instance ollo of go german treachery 1 in using pointed painted till tile the nl ill tied hed colors colora in their unfair methods of aanal warfare U ahe he letter else establishes tile the fact that the marinel who helped to stop step it the C german drive on a polls paris at belleau d each in june were honored bv DT being brought forward from this thin wood end to V v slid tarry done soissons Sols Si sons simps tor far participation n with a crack french dl 11 no n in I 1 tile the great w b 0 I 1 started the of the G raise treat front 1 in tile the vest at name that r as familial through tile the fight iab a 1 in 1111 wood v are in insor denaga to ns belna a i nent t in the allied counter teck ahert L aleut iccil cf col th arm oin as holcomb hoi comb vout LI cut C attl I 1 B benton on it on W vwe allt cut col john A hughes cart capt pere perc and oeners ili who ile took a prominent part in the fighting when the hun hen was bloch 1 acied ed in his drle on paris the letter letter f foil iowa on 8 the day benoie we left for this big push fund we 11 tied had a most interesting fight between a flost fleet of gore german ples end and a french h failure right light arn oer c our heads lie e saw dow 11 fie planes circle over our few town then put a on what we thought 1 1 it afterward a sham light fight one of th them e m after many fancy stunts head headed ed right for the balloon they won re all pointed painted with our colora colon except one till one went near or the balloon one kept right on the other four shot the lail balloon loon up with incendiary bullets the observers jumped into their parachutes pnra chutes just as the outfit word went lq up 1 in a mass of flames dome the next day us ne took our a positions tit at vur various I 1 one places to wait for can candoni camions dons uni that were re to take va us somewhere in france when or tor far what purpose we did not at know knew waso baia passed me die at the head brad of hla his company we made a date fop far n pai tv on 1 our I next leave a ha n was looking flue and w was as happy happ y a as could be I 1 lien hen hunt keeser and a heap of otheir oti went by bv I 1 have the battalion eth bud and holcomb the regiment regime our ter turn to embark did not come came till near mill mid night big shells falling failing fast we aa at last got under way after a few big sea huge bags had hit near r by wit wil I 1 mar mfr r old and I 1 led lu 11 a 1 touring car we we went at t a good I 1 clip and ad nearly T v got t agao shri hoac ditched in a couple uple of new shell I 1 holes shells were falling fast by now and as a the tenth tent h truck went under the bridge a big one landed funded near by with a c rush crash B and ad we wounded dd the two me drien killed two malat marines a and wounded live loit more a we did not know knew it at the time and did not notice wl anything thing wrong till we mom came to it a onis crossroad lood who when we found ve me had only 11 cars can oil all told we found the rest met of the convoy after a hunt but even then wre vire not told of the loss less slid and did not find it out eat until the next lay day we were finally after 12 hours ride d d dumped in a big field and after ficho a few hours houra rest met started our mar burih h it was nee hot so as had hadee and we had bad had nothing t to eat since the day before we at i ast entered a forest troops troop seemed to converge on it from all points we mar marched clied some six miles allea in a the forest A finer one due I 1 have never i seen cb de doer would world li clamor ahead old we could have eaten one raw at ten I 1 clock that t night eight without it at food we dath lay down 1 in a R pouring r aig min to sleep if troops map of all 1 kinds passed up 1 in the ng night ft a shadowy over also a halt half men some santa french officers told us a hint bout they had bad never ever wen I 1 such on concentration since fee verde if then the the next tiny the isah of jul jigli we nini ched ahead through throng a joel jam am 0 of h I 1 troops ps trucks etc on and I 1 come came at lat 83 1 to a radon dump where shem ve me fe fell to B end ad fini tre ate our heads oft off for far tile lie first time in nearly two davs anva uhl lun we me left thin lie trall nun had broad bread stuck on their nay bay micas I 1 lugged A be ahnin all were wave totaled loaded down here I 1 pasted passed one of N W fits as with his hand hounded lie he was one pleased no as punch pooch and told us the ill dailve h e was az on the first we be knew of it I 1 t ihen b n passed a few men of hunt a company bringing pris arts earn to the rt benr tia they Y 1 eliud d a colonel and ills his staff they h ey were a 11 dresa dreas ed clean bud polls folle hid bc but mighty glum looking we funny finally stopped nt at the far end of 1 the forest I 1 afar a dressing station blare holcomb get took thin at had been a big fine stone farmhouse hut bat man nt now a complete ruin wounded and oil dead liy ill all about acau tle Nl urril came by with ili hla also nil all done adne up ili his b had saved d liam ad the her lind find goes on im incel so we wre quite safe afe hod a fine nor aero bat tie ie right over us ni tile stence that tle planes did chot be by me field covered with dead I 1 ste ate in the after afternoon I 1 we a ad danced again our mate lay over an afield covered with fill dead ja e lay d doin on n hillside for the night near 0 S same ae captured red german guns gone and un on gorman til fit dark I 1 wa watched to it the a cavalry illey some come came up and tale take positions at 3 30 the next morning sit woke me up and sald ne nere a to the on I 1 on at we was soon am under motor way by and we ill picked tied our way may under cover of n u gas infested valley lalley to a town where we me got our final instructions and left our parks 1 I w wished simme good lack luc liand suit perical per ical w we P parted led IN ft e formed up tn in a sunken rood road on two sides of a valley that was kerpen to vc the on enemy cral a 8 front frant hughes hughea right holcomb left support now began to get a few wounded one man mail with achen hou face came charging to the rear with shell shook shock he shook all it over foamed at the mouth could not speak I 1 put pat him under a tent and he acted as it if he had a fit I 1 heard lieutenant overton call to one be of his III fi tends lends to send a certain oto pin bill to b his Is in mother ther if he should get hit at 8 10 we me jumped oft off with a line of ranks in the lend lead for two uloa hilow the four lines of marmes marines were as straight na be it a tile die and their advance over the open plain in tile the bright sun light was a picture I 1 shall never for get the ile fire grit got hotter all and ad hotter better race fell bullets sung shells blue whizzed banged and the dust of battle got et thick overton was hit bit by a big piece of all baell n and ad fill fell After afterward eard I 1 heard card he use hit in the heart so ills his death haq an el without pain lie ile was buried buffed that night and allf the piu pin found lost 17 out of 20 officers at 10 30 we dug dog I 1 in the attack just juit died out ont I 1 found a hole or old brim trench b nad ad when 1 I a nas rut net on no my hack 1 I 1 got get some protection hol cumb comb was next me wilmer allmer some same nav next olt an we then on tried to get reports two companies we never could get in touch with elivd earn came 1 in and ad reported he VHS holding some a trend trenches dear let a hilll with six in men cut batea fi nah th hal trouser ra blown off bald old he had 16 men of various companies compa nii another officer on the right report reported he had bad bud and could see flee some 40 mon men all told ther that with the headquarters was all we a e III bud out beat the battalion of nearl nearly of the 20 company officers who went in th three r came out cut and ad one gates cates we ana slightly bounded im I 1 I 1 rom then on to shall about I 1 ap m life fe ir we was n clumer chance bad and mighty 1 shin it we waa hot bat us as a I 1 furnace no a a water and the they he had it our r r range go to it T I 1 me had a reach machine no g gun no officer with us and at six sit a runner nomer came up top tord rf ported that flint sumar was killed hilled 1 I commande 1 the machine go gun c company with us iia n rie us hit morly curly it ii tile the hent fight feht by a bullit bulk t I 1 hinr a I 1 ran get no details at tile the tt t t he remarked this I 1 ile looks easy they do not net steel sec in alel i to he have re ranch I 1 art it Ill aduss head were all shot up lost bleg it leg well we just lay there nil through U the ahot hot afternoon fir it me was grim ft shell bell would mad hind bud near car by and A in ou would built be bounce B nee in your year holp I 1 As twilight on clime we sent our nor weter water pm forties tor for the relief of iho he wounded thou then we w wondered ter lf ft n would rould get relieved at nine idne I 1 i cl i k we got n B nic aBnee a n ns and ad leg the would ok ahl over or at vve IN c the then iol bt nn im to lu collet nor air wounded algerians Alge rians badly shot up tin th algeria came up of nt in and ad ile 11 out at ahey went jei 1 l nt at and got nil shot up NN anile ined ile hie roluf wake german flares nd ad the he light from B burning fall town th tint it night the grewo shelled ni in and got thres three it 11 it will 17 W ile ft e in no ed d a bit further b ik c tile the Iss rowls and after buning hun ing a few grimans some of w hom aha showed d signs of having been wounded infers before w we settled dow down n for a at short dot stav it looked like ilke role rain aind id a an wilmer anil I 1 went eat to 4 nn old cir dressing sIng statham to sf ag age acme cover r nina ft e collect ad a lot at of bloody bloodily shelter tillo heileg wid policies that had been tied to poles to ninke make stretchers and were w ere bout about to go alun tall we a stopped to look at S a new grave grain A rude cross crons made of two slats from a box had written 6 on it I 1 ester enter S wass wags captain U S mi me lines july IS 18 1018 1918 the itaw old id crowd nt at st nitration lay arine and B bordeaux r de III ft AN use ass and banwer killed lilt led boston and hunt wounded the latter tie on 11 the esth a close clean wound I 1 hear through the left shoulder we then moved further to lo the and ed ad for far tile the night eight dunlap came to took us over his car was driven by a sailor who gt get out to talk to a fe few of the mair marines lare when one a of the latter yelled out bev fellows fellow I 1 anyone want to see a real live gob right this way tho the gob held a regular recep tion film A carrier pigeon perched on an a tree free wl with th a message age we decided to ill shoot t him it was then quite dark so the ill shot t misted missed I 1 tile then heard the to following roulf remarks firks no as I 1 tried to sleep biell it he oily turned dional I 1 seed up op a flare call for it a lone etc ere the next best day further finite to the riar ice still di a S ford me was towed wed b by y with it ita front floor n held heels oil cm it a truck track tte no are an now a hack bulk 1 in a town tome for far some name rest and to lick our wounds AS A I 1 rode down the battalion where once com strong strang reed to march now you so see 50 60 men with till a kid hid second limits lieutenant 1 1 in command one cona commander iq 19 not yet twenty one first robbed then burled after tile the last attack I 1 cashed in tile the gold ou on gave res me mal and sent it imme home along with me back I 1 hive no idea do of being bumped bummed mr with till money on 11 my ley person so as if vou M fall let into the enemy a a hands IS you yam ore are first robbed retired then burled buried per perhaps hips but the first li 19 se sure 1 e lifts easton hm the lieutenant that flint went at to qu so etleo with fill father anther and mamir mal of whom father took game bonie turns w ana alls wounded in hi both legs in n the pis foil d do e B beleau it w ana some time hot befaro he us was eva evacuated noted wal and gas gaa gramon ga nirene set of in lie he nearly lost last hla his leg I 1 am told but I 1 la maing out 0 K hart wan 1 in the last dot thau attack got hla his wounds wound fixed up and wont went back again amral till he had to be seat out cof denburg was hit in the hand all 11 now near him were killed tall I 1 we wai hit ill twice but ti 14 about aguin a that ac a counts for nil all tile the litick in the corn p anny by flint I 1 brought over in tile the gw first t of the me men 1 in that mafit were nee e killed or wounded the th becloud ad 11 fight h I 1 int have nebout all cleaned 1 I out net it llie old or crowd d to picture a light fight mix 1 up im a lot at of hungry dirty tired fired and bloody men with ft ith dust noise in and smoke its the clean Is awards P pr leg herwid herand horses lipping flapping flags at eight a go nas filled boode cooil falling trees and bright blind ing do fl flashes ahro you can cant t see bee your neigh bor hat la 1 war mar in tile the rear it 1 IH all 11 confusion The gen general at told rue me hurry to but an it a place all 11 roes well we am ilia staff bills may nil all wa use starling another ent at ell hot at caked kc we led had not mut bad a be hoi ilis bite for two it du A As I 1 reached my lay jumping oft if place piece mald mn ld inen c killed men he horses blown to bits bleathe alm rac c contra at at 1 18 advanced ten kilometers eidth an m and ad go guilt and the india bells rang in new york for far tile the victory till well dressed girl and ad white mon men a no doubt drunk drank our health I 1 in ormy R lobster batacu