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MAJOR GENERAL LEWIS' STORY. ?????? (Continued from page 6, column 2.) V j partment of the division. The evacuaI tion was accomplished under trying ' conditions; the men were not permit? ted to remain on the field over night and at no phase of the operation wasI the evacuation of the wounded not going well. [ Prqvost Marshal. The military po-. lice were used for traffic control, establishment of stragglers' posts and * guards for prisoners of war. Traffic control was most difficult, as there was a continuous two-way; stream of traffic moving it. As the -mart was shelled throughout the op eration, blocks were prevented only by careful supervision of the police. Stationary stragglers' posts, extending across the area of advance of the division, were established and a line \ between those posts constantly patrolled by mounted men. Machine Guns. The machine guns of the division were distributed as fo^loiys: The 113th machine gun battalion (Div. M. G. Bn.) was assigned to the J 117th infantry. One company was as-!. signed to the company of the 117th infantry designated to the special; mission of cleaning up the triangle included between the southern divi-' sional boundary, the northern boundary of the Ninth corps and the canal, i - i Tnis battalion was of great assistance i to the infantry to which it was assigned. The 114th and 115th machine gun battalion (Brigade M. G. Bn.) were; * grouped under the divisional machine ! ?~ nu rnnco nf dolivpr gUU UUULUC1 ll/l tUtP pui vi uv*?? v. ing overhead covering fire. They de" * livered two hands of fire, the first on ! xthe Hindenburg line and the part on | the tunnel. After they had completed the barrage work, these battalions * were, assembled and came into divi sional reserve. The barrage was very! efficiently done under difficult conditions of enemy gas and H. E. shell, j They were returned to their brigades on October 1. The regimental machine gun com- ' panies were employed under the di-: rection of the regimental commanders j and were assigned to, and accompaI nied the front line battalions. Due' to their heavy loads and the thick fog; they often had difficulty in keeping i * up; however, they found many opportunities of usefulness. -* Infantry carrying parties detailed to the machine gun companies were! iTi/liononcahlp in nrtinn Thev . " V : should he detailed some days in ad4 mmam rr-TT7 IS ( u ?Mfei*kl = \ ML P 1A.( Ft- | ' HII /> :iS?11. : * ? w i r :^v;^||, W'V pj|[ ' m 11 ?^\>; iii iifH I If F? , * * L - vance in order that they may become fully identified with the machihe gun company. l\se of Stokes Mortars and 37imn Guns. These weapons were used under j l regimental direction generallv, two mortars and one 37mm gun with each front line battalion. Both weapons were used to a limited degree: the difficulty of keeping up with the heavy loads in the thick fog prevented their more extended use. Both ' were used at times against enemy machine guns. If the Stokes mortar and 37mm gun are to be used effectively in semi-' open warfare, tne details or carrying parties for gun and ammuniton must: be carefully worked out well in advance of the operation. Use of Engineers. On Y-Z night a detachment from the 105th engineers laid the jumping off tape under difficult conditions re-j v suiting from the dark night and ma-i chine gun and shell fire. The work j was well done and the troops found j no difficulty in forming up properly, j During the operation the First bat- { talion was used in road and water re-! connaisance, examination of dugouts j and search for booby traps. The Second battalion was assigned to the corps for special work on roads i with the Fifth Australian tunneling I company and the Fifth pioneer battal- j ion./ This battalion worked immediately behind the advancing infantry j and in spite of the heavy hostile shelling performed its work in such a way i as to receive most favorable comments from the commanding officers j of the Australian units to which they i J were attached. Result. In the operation against the Hin- j denburg line the Thirtieth division advanced approximately 3,000 yards ; on a front of 3,750 yards against the i strongest position on the western front. Forty-seven officers and 1,432 O. R. were taken prisoners, together with many field guns, scores of ma- j chine guns and minenwerfers, several anti-tank rifles and large quantities of, ammunition and other equipment. E. M. LEWIS. j Major General, Commanding. j Every hog offered in our sale at auction next Saturday will be im-! i mune from cholera, for life. Every; one registered and all of the big bone ] type. Get a good boar to head your j herd?Defender, Orion Cherry King, j King The Col, and Taxpayers Model,, best blood lines.?Wistaria Farms, I Ridgeville, S. C.?Adv. |: ?ep Mc mntry ^ irmers FLIGHT HAS HAD HEGIXXIXG. ' Initial Attempt to Cross Atlantic Ends in Grief. % ' London. April 19.?The first1 attempt at a transatlantic, aerial! flight westward came to grief i Friday night in its first stage. Major J. C. P. Wood and Capt. C. C. Wylie, > his navigator, had almost reached j the Irish coast off Holyhead in a j flight from East Church for Lim- j erick. when engine trouble brought j the Shamrock, nose foremost, into! the sea, three miles from Holvhead.! Both men were rescued, wnne i.an-, caster Parker, flying in an escorting; machine, had a narrow escape on i landing, his plane smashing against j a shore wall. A destroyer towed the Shamrock j nearly ashore, according to the com-! mander, who was then compelled to! abandon her, and she was washed on i to the beach. "Both officers are more concerned j about their machines than them-j selves," said the destroyer's com-! mander, "but it was impossible for j me to bring the biplane into the har- i bor." Mechanicians were on their way i from East Church to put the finish- j ing touches to the Shamrock before i the aviators ventured over the At-1 lantic and were stopped at Holyhead, j The Short company, in whose ma-? chine Major Wood was flying, hopes > to obtain quick reports from the, mechanicians on the condition of the! -*1 t plane. There are conflicting stories re- j garding the circumstances of the res-! cue. Some messages say that a destroyer took off Major Wood and! Captain Wylie, while others credit j the rescue to two men who put out j in a rowboat. 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