EAGER AMERICANS
HOW THEY GOT A TASTE OF BATTLE.
(Received August 16, .9 a.m.) NE W YORK, 15th August. The Wa«nnigtoi. uorrfcsf,iindeiii vi the Xew York Times states that Mr. Newton D. Bakei (Secretary of State for War), illustrating the eagerness of the American corps to enter the conflict, told correspondents that troopers of a Chicago regiment brigaded with the Australians, when forbidden to take part in the Australians attack against Hamel on the 7th April because their commander considered their training insufficient, borrowed Australian uniforms and took part m tne capture of Hamel Bide by side with the Australians. t It is presumed that they are the same American soldiers who, according to prese despatches, were decorated by King George for aiding to capture Hamel.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 7
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126EAGER AMERICANS Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 7
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