Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1918 — Shows Spirit of Allies. [ARTICLE]

Shows Spirit of Allies.

Among the cheering anecdotes Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant reports in an article on the French-American offensive, none raise more sanguine hopes of allied victory than this: Somewhat over a month ago a French general encountered an American colonel of infantry below ChateauThlerry. , “How long have your men been on the march?” asked the general. “Thlrty-slx hours.” “Then of course they are too tired to go in.” “Not at all—they’ll go right in.” “Can you stop the Germans?” “Certainly we can stop them." It was thus that an American infantry regiment and five batteries of artillery were thrown straight across the road from Metz to Paris. The Germans not only did not advance one step further along that road, they were immediately driven back by the Americans and their re-enforcements at Bouresches, at Chateau-Thierry, at the Bois de Belleau.