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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1918
Page
6
The narrative recalls a night march to Cheppy and Vitry le Frangois during a German assault. French artillery and reserves clash as shelling devastates the battlefield. A lone narrator fights through heavy fire, passes through with comrades, and witnesses heavy casualties and equipment loss amid chaotic combat.
In a grim scene the dead and wounded lay together as space ran out. The dead were dumped over the ramparts to create room. At one o'clock a night patrol collected some wounded with stretchers, while those in No Man's Land received no help.
A firsthand account of a brutal Marne battle shows German troops under heavy French artillery and machine gun fire. Wounded, starving, and exhausted, they retreated in chaotic fighting while losing most guns and hundreds of men in a brutal night to dawn clash.
The piece urges every American to contribute to victory by fighting or working, declaring that those who do not support the war effort are as alien to the nation as enemy agents. It frames the conflict as a war of peoples and nations and stresses individual duties toward victory.
At Camp Dix New Jersey orthopedic experts salvage unfit soldiers by correcting crooked spines flat feet and joint defects. They straighten shoulders build confidence and fit men for first line or camp duties. The program expands with five wards and aids many recruits including foot and toe deformities.
Major Curtis G. Redden of the 149th Artillery writes from France that his saddie horse from the Mexican border has been found. The Rainbow division left horses at Newport News, then sent them to France. Redden plans to buy the horse and bring it home if he survives the war.
The Bradshaw family of Eureka Springs Arkansas joins the Red Cross in a show of patriotic support. Tom Bradshaw and wife become parents of 13 and lead their 15 member clan to a Red Cross meeting at the Green Forest schoolhouse led by Judge A L Kimnery.
Harmon Norton, civilian instructor at Call Field, uses Curtiss biplane landing gear to kill a prairie wolf that attacked a stunt flight near Lake Wichita. Norton and an cadet flyer were pursuing two coyotes when one animal rose to strike the aircraft, prompting Norton to circle and strike with a wheel, ending the chase.
French farmers report shortages of farm animals and loss of horses to military use. Deputy McAndre Palsant from Oise leads colleagues in demanding a parliamentary investigation into army seizure methods.
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