The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-06

have COME within range IL y. mics
ira the defending trenches From
@l"nE the enernys position there uours
Z steady stream 81 fire striving So
matt TIE cree plrg krouYs ~ khakL
lheTeupon me artillery ~upporttng
the attack ~edoubi.~ IT. efforts s-atrs;
the trenches.
They load with shrapnei. tha,
dcsdiie~t of missiles tt. mo.i.rf.
~shrapnci shell contains tao hundred
ana and nttN-twu bullets IL r.u l~
thrown with fatal accuracy at u potut
d hundred yards III front II II
trenches. where. striking the crnur~
II bursts and sends IL deadly hos
~ lead IN n shower Of l-aden ssln
'ull against trench Nothing can live
ia that hail
Spreading out fenwi~. the storm,
OF read sweeps clean u path nfts yaris
Woe ani sN ID wards lem
imagine what a yeritabie hell n l. 10
nave forty guns. each firing FIX times
" minute. raining shrapnel down on
a trench half a mile long
Under the deadly FIRE th. men in
the trenches have small chanc, Ia
raise themselves above he hr.a
"orkS and lire with any accuracy AT
Inc approaching enemy. They sine.
the first attack have been discussed
along the trenches al the space OF a
man To a yard Running back from
ar fditFai non
es trending ~GiaSonaliy TO protect them
from frontal fire. These lead t. the
protected positions IN the rear where
the supports and reserves are l,iue
Feeding In the Human Grisi.
AS the men IN the trenches fall
Inc uppor are fed w through tn.
lateral trenches and take the plac.s
OF the killed and wounded for the
line must be kept at its maximum
strength. And ever they strive. in
spite of the hail Of lead from the
shrapnel, to lift above the breast
works and pour their fire into she
~dVancln infantry. 1t is = mos, try
ing position. that Of these defenders.
thus rooted in their trenches, unable
TO go either onward ar h~acA ward
while the flying death goes hurting
Just overhead; To be waiting there ly
lnches, as II We're. for that supreme
ONE when il shall come To a
hand-to-hand struggle with that slow
~ creeping Zoe out there in front. To
Il nervous man il is much more trsIpg
IMAM that Of the assaIiants, they 1T
least have some outlet for their ner>-
Gus tension.
But though the defenders state he
an eVll one, 1t is not all cakes and
ale with that advancing line Of at
TACK n enefny'S guns. lately 81
fenced by superior weight Of metal.
nave been hurriediy reinforced. and
the new gunners. having swiftly
found the range, are pouring in a
whitening fire upon the aSSalian1s.
The commanding officer has been shot
down, whether fatally or not j. not
Known, ana none is curious enough
To risk his own life for the ascertain
ing just now.
And now, out there on the TANKS.
as the Lac has thrust 70; far in
advance of its most advanced later
al defenSes, the -enemy's cavalry has
driver in the cavalry supporting the
attack and planted several rapid-6rc
guns III position to take the adnanc-
ING infantry in the TANKS.
IN the center, too, several squads
OF soldiers sheltered behind Il friendly
mound of bculders have lost all their
officers and more than half their
number IN vain attempts to dash
across an open and fire-swept space
OF fifty yards to Il gully that beckons
protection and offers advance.
But go forward they must. Seiz-
ing their l~ntrenchinS tools they fever
lshly attack the ground. seeking to
run a trench TO the gully. Commence
ing we'll back in the shelter OF the
boulders, they push the work out
ahead, throwing the dirt up as addi-
tlonal protection. 1t is q back break
ing, heart-breakins task: but 100 men
working for their lives can doubiy
discount what the unions might
reckon as a mans abor, and the
trench advances with ASTONISHING
rapidity. In half an hour they are
all safely m the gully. creeping slow
ly inward while others behind. AK
ing advantage of their work. are max
ing their way crouching through the
n~ew-dug ditch.
Reserves Come Creeping Up.
Meantime. behind the attacking
llflnS Inc, there creep the supports
at a distance Of leo or zoo Yards And
at d distance behind them comes
creeping the reserves, every man
seeking cover like those ahead If
MIN. These, however. are not ex-
posed 10 such fire As the first line,
and hence can make their way fer
ward more rapidly.
The attacking line has now reach
ed a position within 5tb YARDS OF the
enemies trenches. To the casual t,b-
, | server, who has seen pictures IF hat