Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-10-08
SAYS 1T is A WAR OF HATE"
Breezy Message From Our Special
Correspondent on the Shot-Torn
Fields of Belgium
Somewhere in Belgium
Sept. 3, 1915.

Friend Bell
and still the little peanuts grow"
as l once heard a certain major re-
mark as he saw a herd of recruits
come to the regiment
The little peanuts grow-and the
war goes on.
Over on our left, maybe five miles
or so. we hear continual roar. The
British big guns are doing the
amount of work they should do They
have an unlimited supply of shells
and can more than give the enemy
what they asked for, thanks to this
bloke Lloyd George, somewhere in
England" He it was who aWoke Brit
ain to the task cut out for them
and has made it possible for the
allies to give three for one.
AS the game is going now in this
sector, our artillery is more than
hammering things up, and whenever
We Infantry get ready for charge,
not only the wire entanglements are
torn up by shell-fire, but the enemy
is generally blown out of their
trenches and so thoroughly democrat
lied that there is slight resistance.
Not so when | first came out here.
The Germans would lombard all day
and maybe all night, mostly with
poor aim and poorer results. Not a
British gun would reply. Shortage of
shells.
1 remember one day when we snl-
pcrs were at Ypres firing at jam-tins
and other small targets behind the
ruined prison an artillery officer told
our Lieutenant that the gunners were
allowed 100 rounds per day of the 6
and point shells, and limited
supply of shrapnel. Now they have
all they need.
Well, all I've got to say is that
eff this war keeps up, someone is
going to get hurt"
Speaking about some narrow
squeeks: When we were out to the
trenches last time, at place called
St. b, we snipers made life a
burden to the Germans. In the Ger
man 'first line" never saw a head
all the time we were there. Not a
sign of life, mind you in their fire
NIL fi1-o1 th +
line to close 1oop-holes or to get tar
get practice.
But in their support and reserve
trenches from 400 to 500 yards back,
boy oh boy! we got some targets.
And when they were digging their
communication trenches, sometimes
we would have the entire pig for a
target. It is a war of hate, Bell,
but we have ever played the game
and fought fair.
No automaton in this wargame.
We just pick our target, act dumb,
and pull the trigger. The "spotter'
sings out, ooh Red, your bullet
went over him just about an inch
Or Ginger, give it another % yards
elevation, you're just a wee bit
short" DEPRESSION.
What l was trying to emphasize
was that we were making good use
of the bluff on which We snlpers
were stationed, carrying on"
Now a German must be allowed
some degree of hOrse-sense. Ana
these Germans finally learned where
their danger lay. SO each and every
day, generally along in the wrong
end Of the afternoon, they would
, start throwing things at us.
These things would range from a
"Whiz-BANG" every 10 seconds to
high exclusive" shrapnel, trench
mortars, and rifle grenades, generally
producing the desired effect of tear,
| ing down the hornets nest
But the tight squeek:" Down in
the trench below the bluff was a dug
out used for "bomber's stores" con
tanning every imaginable kind of ex