Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs

ing. It's the old system they tried at the Marne and in the Argonne, making a rush for a few yard

win then and it isn't going to win now. Just watch me wing

right shoulder. He fell with a groan and rolled out from behind his shelter on to the snow. He was an easy mark as he lay there, but Tom refrained from firing again. The man was out of the fight and as good as

ented Frank. "You haven't got

these prisoners to watch! I'm getting cross-eyed, trying to keep one

specially on that red-beard person. He's bad medicine

mall tree behind which he was sheltered to a larger one that seemed to promise better protection.

up after a while to the fact that they've tackled a hornet's

s pushed in by a b

and a rain of bullets buried themselves in t

a sharp ex

Bart?" asked

o his shoulder where the cloth had been torn away. "J

ad just grazed the flesh, breaking the skin but doing no serious damage. He put a little ointment and lint on it an

y come!"

for a rush, and now they came in a bod

assailants went down. The rest faltered for a mome

g down upon them. They faltered, then broke and ran, not this time to the nearest shelters, but straight back to the place from which they had first starte

plan. All he wanted was to get them out of his path so that he could get his

of our game," remarked Tom

we'd have a case of nerves when we saw them come rushing towards us. Bu

to a reasonably safe distance, and then they gathered to

anks, and looking in the direction to which their faces had turne

e newcomers were Germans and had now quickened their steps in answer to the sho

ackling the whole Germ

rt, ruefully, as he looked at his cartridge belt.

nd gun butts," gritted Frank between his teeth. "We've started to g

om. "They'd stand the prisoners in front of them, so that the other fell

Belgium even with women and little children. But we

d joined, and Frank estimated that al

had finished counting, "and most

they won't cave in as easily as they did before. The

shook hands all around. Nothing was said, but each knew what was in the hearts of the others. They felt that they were

ected rush

t up, do you think?" asked Tom

Frank. "They're holding a b

m the crowd and came towards them, waving

ed Frank. "They're going

he Argonne when they tried the same thin

same thing, only a

red him wi

ant, and then stood there, waving the flag and by ges

hed Billy. "Go out and let He

his tree. He walked directly toward the messenger

nk asked in German, when he had

nder," replied the ma

continued Frank, in

tting suicide," answe

ppose you'd have said that before you made your

ow that we have double the number we had before and more th

. If you want us, you'll have to come and take us, and even the

eemed to disconcert the man who

ur last wor

as soon as they like. They'll find us ready for them. But I warn you now as I warned you before

his friends, but the mes

around, "why don't you go?

not insist on your surrender. But we must have the pris

the same. We've got those prisoners, and we're going to keep them. We started to take them into c

nes, and there was a look of unwilling admiration

t you have had your chance. You

, "but if we are, we'll take

returned to their

Frank admonished his comrades, after he had told the

"We're good for a lot of t

ne, we've got our ba

amage," added Billy, as his h

yes fixed upon their enemies, the Ar

they getting cold feet? Or are they waiting for another

They may be planning new tactics.

away," cried Billy, as he

g they'd try to do. They're spreading out so as to surround us on all sides.

e men were describing a wide circle, with the evident in

k. "We can't be on both sides of a tree at once. Half of them a

er start in to discourage it right away. They think they're out of

r taking unusually careful aim he fired. One

got him," remarked T

" said Bart

tried to get back further out of range. But the circle kept form

ree to get nearer. Occasionally they would send over some scattering shots, b

relied on, with enemies at the back as well as at the front. So they dug furiously into

heir bodies were sheltered. But they had to lift their heads above it as often as they

ts in merely returning the enemy's fire. They watched their opportunities, and wherever an arm or a head showed itself, it became a target for their rifles. Sometimes they missed, but oftener they found their mark, and they knew th

to meet it. We don't want to be caught in this trench like rats in a trap. When I give the word, le

ed down. Soon it ceased entirely and an ominou

f ammunition, do you

an

e answer. "They're get

ow, and listen

nutes passed. And

e rush that the b

a squad of the old Thirty-seventh, with Wilson at

prey they had failed to note the foe approaching from the rear. There were a few scatt