Show ks i ra 0 ta 1 el ii ed tte 9 win hot fight fi e sensational feat in russia not surpassed in whole history of war BETRAYED BY DESERTER americans attacked while asleep by superior force of russians victory finally crowns heroic struggle of the doughboys Dough boys san Francl francisco stories of heroism may be told of the argonne u until I 1 all they are written in the pages of history tile hie gallantry of the american marines at chadean thierry may terill mankind co the end of time itself the glory of ef the western front may pass into tile the generations but never will there be a story that aliat can surpass ahe one brought home by the handful liand tul of americans who battled at ka siberia on june 20 1819 1919 it was disclosed here tor for the first time by lawrence D butler of the thirty first infantry with t the h a lower halt half of his jaw shot away a wound received in tile engage engagement nl nt butler recited the tale haltingly guided by american an american soldier deserted and guided a numerically superior force of russians to a poorly protected camp where the americans were bivouacked bivouac ked they were sleeping when the onslaught opened the russians were massed on the crest of a heavily timbered bill commanding the entire camp and poured a deadly rifle and machine gun fire into the thin khaki ranks there were seventy two doughboys dough boys when the fight started when it ended twenty eight were dead and twenty five others were severely wounded five of the company have been recommended tor for the distinguished service cross the russians Bus had posed us as simple country folk friendly to the americans they outnumbered numbered their bene 1 factors ten tea to one but when they I 1 turned to attack they fired even into I 1 their own homes where some of the americans lind had fled for protection ng against ainest the hall of steel pellets that rained into tho the camp victory finally drowned the heroic struggle of the doughboys dough boys most of the hoys boys who were killed never had a chance to leave their beds the officer said they wei beio e shot while asleep the others came scrambling out and fought in their underclothing I 1 ordered them on to advance in skIr skirmish nAsh order thov v moved as though on the drill ground A corporal already wounded in the foot led them lie ile walked and the men followed buried without taps tap we reached a low lying fence and I 1 organized my defense with two men on each flank three to protect the rear and sixteen facing the enemy this Is Is the manner in which the men met the russians armed with gerwan german and russian rifles my orderly was behind me carrying my rifle sly my pistol was empty and I 1 turned to him asking for the rifle As lie he handed it to tome me his hend head was blown off I 1 was wounded in the log by an american bullet fired alred by a russian A Itus russian ran to our ammunition tent I 1 put my head out of a window in a house where I 1 had gone to pick a ehni sharpshooter and received a bullet in the lie jaw sly teeth flew over the place like so many pellets before long though we had them on tile the run when then the fiat was all over the victors started to bury the enemy dead lying face down shot three times in ill the back they found the bod of the former buddle who had bad b be brayed thern them lie ite too was buried but no tops taps bade him rest in peace |