The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-22

she'll Hits House.
| II don't know how long this business
| went on, but I suppose for a couple of
hours or so. when suddenly there was the
whistle Of a shell and roar as 1t hi, the
house. They quickly put four high ex.
posivc shells into the house and a pretty
little mess they made. was Just digging
FOR my camera 10 take a picture Of the
arrival OF one Of these shells wher they
started to work on my building too. ami
We got out with all possible speed and
much enthusiasm. | couldn't help laugh
ing at the sight OF the men being vomlted
from the buildings minus hats. &c, which
had been blown Off by the explosions. hair
on end from the same cause and white
with dust.
I'VE then lined the canal bank. but
being Immediately shrapnelled we made
for our horses, which were quite close
behind the haystack As We were mount
ing one shell whizzed over the haystack
and plcpped into the mud behind us.
Excellent business. Then we galloped like
good 'uns. shrapnel helping us on our
way. and got under cover The marvel
lous part Of the whole show was that not
single man Of US was nit or hurt. Later
IN the dap ] saw Farm burning-.-it
was absolutely Quilted. Half an hour oe-
fore the business began to get really hot
I succeeded In persuading the unfortunate
Poor people Il Is absolutely heart break.
us t"c wa, tne;r countr!-ther every
thing-.has been blown to pieces, burned
and ravaged
,.,,. -. 'ONeu oavN W sV''ie
hundred yards or so in tho rear. During
the afternoon we were shelled a biz. but
no damage was done. while we had the
90, bovs. n, i"n,. 80 -,
IN re,r,t, cva,,na,,, ao.,,n. so.,o.h,,,,.
T., ast ,nI d,ni, To- ~ ,,,, -. a az
Tho now r,0rrin, ~ ars, ,s no, *
for ,hlrtv.six ho,rs and NJ, ',,.h ,ra.,
"Ne GO, , foc.r. Lr.,Lf,,, n, H.,
4 NJ and after ma, al, ,,uch hs,,er
and quite ready To neb. ,sain IN ;hs
evening We were reiieved h,. s,r,a ;,..r
try but after hanging around FOR an hour
or two there was a heavy attack and We
had 20 rush off on orr fat feet 10 no
threatened point-.we covered ,hst mil. ,r
so in pretty near record time
80 we got no .uppsr aud We were
again up for the nich: IN. .hi-d in su,.
cesslon. The attack died down. but shin
ing went on and there was no slecp TO he
had We held this position for nine days
taking our turn in the trenches and bii.
leted in the grounds Of a ne,rby cbate,u
The weather was consistently rotten but
We had fairly easy time of II. although
occasionally shroppplleJ aud sniu,,l
shcIIrd for Five Hours.
"rha, c,,,,o ,t, s, .,., a.. ..
,,,,,i ,n.t. - w. "mcn t'e &c, mar ~, MS
soi,',,. 80 as $50. ~ W VIZ sneleu
,..,,a %, a., 90 ,'u . ,u''' ''e e'c,il!
on, h,,n,,t,. oS -, 49, go. - we Nnor i,
nf nurh.rs ,ha,, ,,,s,,.S a. 49,, ~ ~. -
os ou, om,,r. 80 ,,,tns -. I.. W
mon ,rd -, 'nu s'Ne' ~
were badly wlnrd W. had ~ ,,I, p.cS
, nil. ~, g. ,'', 49,. -. "au W la'L paCN
~ tL. ,a,i,a ''d,' U''' -" s,I'Ic
trenches Ny ,or,ir,,iar ,rnn',, -.
Tho .dgo NJ ,ho -, ',,h,o,, - "aa w,
tbrouyb , de.n md ,,ri,. ia ,,,,i
Ny ord.rs -, 90 ~. IL - w ,
NO, ioa,o 4, ,a,u 49,. ~ ~
was a ycry cru,.i,l poIn, rhsorfyi, "' "
al dusk wblia US .it,in. ~, ,,o 49,,
~ ~ n,,,,i, - - .,e " W w
a, an,roacb;o. shoi, - tt, .Ss,
hurs, In th,, ,'1,,,t,r ,,,.rt,, -. 80,
White 7 ,,,s constd.riro ~, 80. 80
was ano,;,... -, ', -, -, 10.
, coal hoy and b,rs, ,,,on, - o., ~,
lou, ga, 7 durl,,, 80 - ,,,,.,, a., A..
Tim. 40 for ,hon, , o,,,r,sr 81 49, -.
49,, ye-. shrannsi,.a -, a. ~.
~. ~ r.i,a,'aa -. ~, 49,, -, 49, i.,
'he same trenches again that night and
seriously. Rullc,s smashed dir, int onr
faces. bur non, Of us was hit Coal box
as perhaps YOU know. Ia one OF the names
we have for German high explosive shells
some OF the other pet names for them
ara Jack Johnsons BLACK Narias, .coI.
umpusses' and .Whis,linc Ducks
"The next day we we're relieved in the
trenches and went into support 10 the
front. q very big battle going ON all around
w. understood We were 10 have NJ lest a
clear DAVIS res.--wc needed II Had a
snlendId nigbt md Iuxurious ,,orrJrr
not getting nm till \ o'cIocl, but M ~ IA
we were suddenly ordered ont again and
went into sunport About : u NJ ve
left our horses and marched nm our IA,
feet some four or i've miles to n.,y
trenches / 200 wards or so wet n, ths niII
on which stands N.ssines Uerc a. nass.d
a fairly uuiet uiyht I'm, 90, M slaen
THE nornInp was ouiet-ror ushu,
the afternoon vas hell For ubou, three
hours we were treated Ia a rain ~ coal
boxes think tho worst mart Of tins
entertainment Law in the fact tina, tbare
was nothinp for ms IN do II tho ensn,v,s
Infantry had been attacking lis wa wound
have been able TO amuse ourselves nv
shooting them but az II was we cou,d only
lie down i'm orr tr.rcb.s and corside- ,ha
matt.r-from orr MONT Of view
"B1acL Maria" mud "Iittir Mary"