06 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
1
Showing of U S troops is history as they assist Germans at Marne in a bright wartime deed. Bravery by one German is noted alongside help from American forces, reflecting a curious wartime exchange.
Captain George Wackerine, a French officer with American forces at the Marne, praises the Americans as natural born fighters. He notes their readiness to joke in danger and expresses pride in fighting alongside them. He is a veteran who repeatedly exposed himself to danger during the Marne fighting.
Washington reports thirty four American overseas casualties, including seven killed in action and twelve wounded severely, with officers Lieut. A. P. H. Sage dead and Lieut. Willard D. Hill among the wounded. The list covers multiple states and shows the ongoing losses after battles on the French front near Chateau Thierry.
London reports German airmen resumed bombardment of Red Cross hospitals and fired on fleeing nurses. A wounded waac recounted being exposed to machine guns, nine days in ruined gear, and gas bombs as German attacks killed a group of women and wounded others near the British lines.
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