Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-10-13

broup OF french lnfantrymen IN
and goggles as protection against the
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which had been silent before came
into action. They all directed on the
German trenches at HODGE tons OF
high explosive and storms OF shrap
mel. Then at 4:15 by all the watches
of gunners and fnfantrymen. the guns
stopped.
The next minute a british major at
the head OF a battalion line leaped
over the parapet. AS he said. he
found nobody home" The Germans
were in the dugouts according to the
custom on such occasions, taking shell
ter from the tornado of shell fire
which makes even a lookout hardly
possible. Turning the corner OF a
traverse the major fairly bumped into
a German who apparently had come
out of his dugout to see whether the
Smelling had opped
You're mine," said the major, put
ting his revolver muzzle to the Ger
mans breast. He promptly an
swered that he was" as the major ex.
pressed ii.
Praise for the Artillery.
The happiness OF the officers and
men as they told the story of that
hight to the correspondent turned on
gratitude to their artillery support
1T shows what artillery can do"
said the colonel. land what the in
fantry can do when the guns give
them that kind Of aid. Their work
front OF the mems noses with no shells
bursting short and then they all
stopped like an orchestra at the end
of piece. My only trouble with the
men was to hold them back from the
front line. If there is anything that
puts spirit into the men it is that kind
OF support. We got four good ma
chine guns. and l don't know how
many were destroyed.
Germany is one big battery. She
does it with artillery and machine
guns Guns against her guns and we
shall be all right Yes. we had fine
show"
He kept on speaking of the guns.
and as he did so, so did the other Off.
GERS and men with the depth of feel.
ing expressive of realization that the
guns meant life and death and sue.
cess and failure for them. Singular.
ly enough the British loss in taking
the trench was less than losing il
They got about a thousand yards with
the first rush. Mostly they met the
Germans coming from their dugouts
aad 1t was hand to hand when the
Germans did not yield
As soon as they had yielded they
were started back toward the British
rear, for in the maze of traverses
where rifles and bombs are living about
loose prisoners may soon renew the
fray The next day a faint rumble
like that of human voice came from
pile OF earth and it was found that
one of the high explosives had
closed the door of dugout. The oc.
cupants were rescued alive.
When an officer and some men came
to the edge of the mine crater thew
round nearly hundred Germans I'm
the bottom Of it where they had
taken cover from the bonn bardment
The British looked down at the Ger.
mans and the Germans looked I'D al
the British. As one of the men said
the surprise was mutual but the Ger.
mans were a little the more SURPRISED
of the two. The British had bombs
in their hands All they had 70 do
was TO stand back and toss the bomba
into the crater
Chucking bombs into a dugout
when the occupants will not surren.
der is one Of the cOmmOnest proceed.
ings ia the course OF taking a trench
Wen give ourselves Up. said a
German officer, starting up the wall OF
the crater. You've got u.s."
Shake Hands Win Foe.
AS the Germans came UP some OF
the British shook hands with them.
and Don they were marching along a
road .n the midst of German shell Gre
smoking Cigarettes given them bv
their captors. Meanwhile st was stab
snd thrust in other places tHl Britop
or German was down one British
soldier told how me felled a German
with his fist
l was ont Of bombs. he OK
planned. So I give him my right and
De went down for the count
Rushing up tho traverses the Brit.
ish drove tho Germans before them
with bombs. gaining more ground. In
addition 10 their own bombs. they
used the Germans
"One German prisoner showed mo
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