Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-10

in being thoughtful and c%onsiderate
Of them!
Meanwhile he was jesking at some
kind of a patent fuse set in a shell
of high explosive.
"This is a poor kind, sir. It's been
discarded, but | thought that you
might like to see it. Never did like
it! Always making trouble"
and the performer.
"Now I've got it, sir-get down,
sir!'
Carried Out instructions.
The audience carried out instruc-
tons to the letter as army regulations
require. We got behind the protection
of one of the practice trench travers.
es. He threw the discard beyond an
other wall Of earth. There was a
sharp report, a burst of smoke and
some fragments Of earth were tossed
into the air.
in a small acair of 200 yards of
trench the other day it was estimated
that the British and Germans together
threw about 5000 bombs in this fash
ion. 1t was enough to sadden any
minister Of munitions. However, the
British kept the trench.
"Do the men like to become bomb.
ers?' one asked the subaltern.
81 should say SO. 1t puts them up
in front. 1t gives them a chance to
throw something-and they don't get
much cricket in France, you see. We
had a pupil here last week who broke
the throwing record for distance. He
was pleased as punch with himself. A
first class bombing detachment has a
lot Of pride of corps"
Common Verb.
TO bomb has become as common a
verb with the army 90 to bayonet.
eve bombed them Quit" means a sec.
ton Of trench taken. AS you know a
trench is dug and built with sandbags
in Zigzag travcrses. In following the
course of a trench it is as if you fol.
lowed the sides Of the squares Of a
checker board up and down and across
on the same tier of squares. The
square itself is a bank of earth with
the cut on either side and in front Of
it. When a bombing party bombs their
way into the possession Of a section
of German trench there are Germans
under cover Of the travrses on either
side of them. TIE German is waiting
around the corner to shoot the first
British head that shows itself.
ITS important that you and not the
Boches chuch the bombs over first"
explained the subaltern. also that
you get them into their traverse or
they may be as troublesome to you as
to the enemy"
With the bombs bursting in their
faces the Germans who are not put
out of action are blinded and stunned.
In the moment when they are thus
off guard the aggressors leap around
And them"
"Stick 'em, sir!' said the matter-of-
fact sergeant. eyes, the cold steel is
best. And do it first. As Mr.. Mac.
Pherson said, it's very important to
do it first"
1t has been found that something
short is handy for this kind of work.
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feet deep and from two to three feet
brcad-the rifle is an awkward length
to permit of prompt and skilful use Of
the bayOnet.
eyes, sir, you can mix it up better
with something handy, sir-to think
British soldiers would come to fight
ing like %assassins, sir" said the SER
geant.
"You must be spry on such occa-
sions. It's 10 time for wool gather
ing"
Not a smile from him or the subal-
tern all the time. They were the kind
youl would like OF have along in a
tight corner whether you had to fight
with knives or fists or 17-inch howit.
zers.
The sergeant took us into the store
house where he kept his supply Of
bombs.
"What' if a German shell should
strike your storehouse?" it was sug-
gested.
'"Then, sir, I expect that most of the
bombs would be exploded. Bombs are
very peculiar in their habits. What
do you think, sir?"
1t was no trouble to show stock, as
the clerks at the stores say. He
brought forth all the different
kinds of bombs which British ingen-
uity has invented-but, no, not all in
vented. These would mount into the
thousands. Every British inventor
who knows anything about explosives
has tried his hand at a new kind Of