. History of the Ohio state university . arrages we ever saw. On the banks of the river hundreds ofmachine guns on the German side were working on us. Theorder came to cross the river, and Lieutenant Barlow and hiscompany sprang from their hasty dug-ins and began to con-struct rafts and to fell trees. For hours they worked and oneafter another was picked off. Lieutenant Barlow was woundedin the leg by a piece of high explosive shell, but being the onlyofficer left with his command he refused to go to the rear. Thelittle band got across the river and dug in and held its positionuntil reinforcem
. History of the Ohio state university . arrages we ever saw. On the banks of the river hundreds ofmachine guns on the German side were working on us. Theorder came to cross the river, and Lieutenant Barlow and hiscompany sprang from their hasty dug-ins and began to con-struct rafts and to fell trees. For hours they worked and oneafter another was picked off. Lieutenant Barlow was woundedin the leg by a piece of high explosive shell, but being the onlyofficer left with his command he refused to go to the rear. Thelittle band got across the river and dug in and held its positionuntil reinforcements arrived. He was later wounded in bothfeet by shrapnel and was carried to the rear. No braver manever led his men in battle. Lieutenant Barlow lost his right leg below the knee. Hewas decorated with the American D. S. C. and the BelgianCroix de Guerre with Palms. Albert Hoster, Arts 19, in the 136th Field Artillery, wasgassed on October 28; Sergeant Herbert McDonald, Arts 18,was wounded by an aeroplane bomb on the same day. Sergeant. A Destroyed Bridge over the Scheldt River at Tournai, Belgium,by U. S. Army Signal Corps). (Photo
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