Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1918 — THEY FIGHT LIKE HEROES [ARTICLE]

THEY FIGHT LIKE HEROES

Yanks Win Praise for Work at Apremont. “No Brighter Page in All American History,” Says Pennsylvania Doctor. An Atlantic Port—“No brighter page in all American history has been written than that covering the deeds of American soldiers fighting the Prussians,” declared Dr. William T. Ellis of Swarthmore, Pa., who arrived here on a French liner, in describing the fighting he witnessed in the American sector at Apremont northwest of Ton. “Our boys fought like heroes, he continued, “although they were outnumbered four to one. dler, a Greek by birth, who had joined the army in New York. His rifle was shot from his hands, but he drew a vnlfp leaped forward and killed a German lieutenant ' “The Americans never gave an inch

and always drove the enemy back. They did not lose a prisoner, but captured three truckloads of the enemy.” Albert Van Hecke, formerly d professor in the University of Louvain and now secretary to the Belgian secretary of public works, also was on board the liner. He will make a tour of this country to study industrial conditions in preparation for the restoration of Belgium. “If I had not been on the spot I would not believe some of the instances of bravery—motion-picture stuff, you might call It. One captain from Boston, who was a dry gopds merchant at'home, was in the trench when German sappers started to move forward preparatory to a raid. “This captain ripped off his shoulder bars to prevent identification by the Germans and seized a rifle. *To hell with the saps,’ be shouted to his men, and went over the top in the lead. , “Well, they captured that German

trench and came back with. prisoners, the captain being unharmed.”