SAMMY AND TOMMY.
AMERICANS AND BRITISH FIGHT
SIDE BY SIDE.
A TENNESSEE HERO.
(United Press.) Received December 3, 1.1.25 p.m
•LONDON, December 3
Americans in tpme cases fought side by side with the British, using borrowed rifles. Since the commencement of General Byng's thrust, Americans have been building and operating strategic railways close up to the German lines. They relished their baptism of fire. With sleeves rolled up they plunged into the spirit of the fighting. A Tennesseeau was standing by his 'engine when shrapnel began to rain. lie had no steel helmet, so grabbed a petrol tin and put it on his bead. When the Prussians came up he hid in a shell-hole. The enemy blew up the railway, but left the engine. The Tennessean stole out of the shell-hole and crept along till he rejoined the Tommies, when he secured a rifle and fought all day. He ended by getting his engine back. He looked as proud as if he had done the whole thing himself. Two other Americans had similar experiences.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17154, 4 December 1917, Page 5
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