The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1919, Page 20

END TO eee ~ CA..cStefferu: Heked Ritchie. Gerhardt Steffen. to exist. G och Relied on 5th Marines at Finish Sergt. Berthold H. A. Wilken Fifth Marines, Army of Occupation, Sequendorf on the Rhine, Jan. 20, 1919. it has been noticed and commented by persons acquainted with the of the many outfits that part in bringing this war to an that the Fifth Marines have not Fecelved the credit due them for the “WILLIE RITCHIE” | ig Willie Ritchie licked Benny Leonard, but Cupid immediately got waite | This is his bride, whose name isn't Ritchie at all, but She was formerly Mixs Ethel Winifred Pierce of Franciseo. The wedding took place March 4, on which date Fitehie| Steffen, business man, has promised his wife to fight with the mud along the road more than a foot deep. Fifteen minutes was allowed the troops to get into battle formation, yet, once they had/ gone “over the top,” they did not/ stop fighting until noon, having ad- vanced about eight kilomewra and |taken many prisoners and material. | | They advanerd so swiftly here that | }the enemy had no time to get his ar- | | tillery to the rear before the Marines | they played in bringing this|were upon ft, taking the gun crews! i “THE SEAT Ba Coverall Aprons $1.95 Several styles in Coverall! Aprons of gingham and per cale, in light, medium and dark colors. 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Some of the smartest mod- els feature tunic skirts and the two- and three- flounce styles. Coat and jacket effects that Four different styles at this price— nicely made of fine white lawn with square necks trimmed with Val. inser- tion and lace edge; pleated skirts with groups of pin tucks. Sizes 6 to 14 years, Girls’ Lawn Dresses for —$2.95— ‘war to an end, so I am going | prisoners, and even turning the guns | and do my part in an endeavor | around and firing them toward Ger-| make known that for which so many on a wild chance of hitting | feel they should be credited,| some fastfleeing Hun. } I hope many others will see itin| After resting five hours they ad- same light. vanced another three kilometers and | On first arriving in France the/ dug in for the night. Next day they Marines went thru a most| again went forward, fighting hard all course of training under | day, and digging in again at night- of the French. Then | fall March 17, 1918, they got their first| The morning of the 20th found ‘of the trenches at Montgimont,|them again advancing, this day dix-| the front lines for 11 days. | ging in at noon; they held the line! _ From there to Aucemont March 29| the remainder of the day and all of 30, in reserve; then to Camp the next, when they were at last re- Chif from March 31 to April 8; | lieved. They hiked to the rear on | Ren back again into the front lines | the 22nd of July to take up a support | Chattiion from April 9 to April| position until July 25, and then then in support at Camp Le | came a long rest lasting till August 7. | BASEMENT BARGAINS FOR MEN i from April 30 to May 10;) from May 12 to May 18 in re- at Mortlant. Three Day Hike n leaving Mortlant we hiked three days to Corcells, resting for nine days in rest billet from May 30 to June 1 we d to that famous, bloody and ~to-be-remembered Chateau sector, where the Marines 4 the honor of having saved Paria. ©) Tho arrayed against big odds, the showed the most wonderful jt and valor, keeping up the old, standard of the Marine Corpa.| lack of food and the scarcity of , instead of discouraging them, Moade the Marines all the more ag- ‘gressive. Tt was here the Marines won the of “devil dogs” from the Huns, their fearlessness and determin- ‘This was the first blow struck allied armies in the offensive | h caused the enemy's retreat the entire Western front, Three-to-One Odds From June 1 to 6 the Fifth Ma- Fines fought in the Bots de Venilly, Mear Marigny, against three-to-one OGds, and on June 11 and 12, two of the hardest days of fighting partict- pated in by any American troops | took place in the Bois de Belleau. Fesulting in the Marines advancing over three kilometers of ground and taking many prisoners. From June 17 to 21 they were sent to support Merry, but it was too quiet there for these fighting Ma- Fines, #0 they were sent back again “into the front lines in the Bois de Hielleau, where they remained until duly 5. Withdrawn from this part of the Chateau Thierry salient to a reserve Position near Villiers sur Marne, Where they remained until July then quickly shifted by one of Mar-| shal Foch’s lightning shifts, they found themselves in the early morn- ing of July 18 at the Soissons sector, ‘and starting “over the top” at 4:45 m. of the same day. Mud Foot Deep The Marines had hiked the whole Right before the battle. And a mis- ‘erable, dark and drizzly night it was, Heavy Marching Then came another long, hard hike to rest billets at Govilliers, staying here from August 21 to September 3. | From September 3 to 10 the tedious |Journey to the St. Mibiel sector, | |where the Fifth Marines took part! jin the drive en Theaucourt and |Jauling, was made. Toward the end of September an- other long march to the Champagne |sector was taken, From the Cham- pagne to Blanc Mont ridge, and then | to the Argonne forest was the line| of march during the month of Oc- tober, | On November 1 began the offen- sive in which the Marines took an | active part. They captured Sandees, | St. George, Landrevilles, Heights of | Bayonville (hill 299), Forest de! |Jauluay, Bryancy, Vaux, Forest de| | Limen, and fast, but by no means) least, came the crossing of the Meuse river at Beaumont on the night of | November 10 under heavy shelj fire | | from the enemy, | | The next day—November 11—the jarmistice was dectared, and hostiti-| | ties ceased. On the 12th the Marines! | went to the rear to get replacements |and a new outfit, | When Foch Commands | I must here state that it was by | | spectal request of Marshal Foch that jthe Marines took part in thin last | offensive, ax he kn@w.thix to.be the | strongest point of the German lines, and knowing that the Marines, hav-| jing tackled the hardest propositions | to be found, had never yet fafled, he | was sure that they would break thru the enemy lines. Amd they did. I hope that my efforts to put cred- it where credit 1s due Will be success ful, and I will bring my review of ents to an end by stating that the fth Marines are still over here doing our part, and are not looking forward to coming home until the| war is all forgotten in the States. Hoping some miracle happens that will cause our mail to reach us be- fore it is three months old, I am, Open to all questions, SGT. BERTHOLD H. A, WILKEN, | 43rd Co., Fifth Marines, | American Army of Occupation, | Germany. Nels Is Truthful—Admii Had Load—Is Nicked ' Ten Seeds 4| Nels Peterson was charged with being drunk and disorderly, “Were you drunk, Peterson?” ask ed Judge Gordon. “Yessir.” "And ten more dollars went to the » ae Pomery followed Peterson with the same charge hanging to him. Admitted that he had indulged strong waters and handed over 122 Broadway, sHe ordinance, and Mrs. H. 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