The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-09-24

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the rear. Il made sound itke u
roll Of q drum with almost 20 inter
walls between the shots Nothing hsav-
Ter had been heard since SoucheA
About two the next morning guoa
which had been silent before came
into action They all directed On the
German trenches nj Hooge tons Of
high explosive and storms OF shrap-
mel Then at AIS BY all the watches
Of gunners and infantrymen, the guns
stopped.
The next minute q Sritish major at
the head of battalion line leaped
over the parapet. As he said. he
found nobody home" The Germans
were in the dugouts according 10 the
custom on such occasions. taking shell
ter from the tornado of shell IRE
which makes even q lookout hardly
possible. Turning the corner OF Q
traverse the major fairly bumped into
q German who apparently mad 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" a. the major ex-
pressed t.
Praise for the Artillery.
The happiness Of the on,cers and
men a. they told the story OF that
fight to tho correspondent turned on
gratitude to their artillery support
1t shows what artillery can do"
said the colonel. and what tho In
fantry can do when the guns give
them that kind Of aid. Their work
was perfectly straight on there In
front Of the mems noses with NO shells
bursting short and then they all
stopped like an orchestra at the end
Of a piece. My only trouble with the
men was to hold them back from the
front line. II there il anything that
puts spirit into the men it IL that Kind
Of support. We got four good ma.
chine guns. and l don't know how
many we're 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 fins
show"
He kept on speaking of the guns.
and as he did SO. SO did the other ON.
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 thousand yards with
the first rush. Mostly they met the
Germans coming from their dugouts,
and 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 lying 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
cloaed the door OF q dugout. The &C.
cupants wefe rescued alive.
When an offlcer and some men came
to the edge Of the mine crater they
found nearly hundred Germans in
the bottom Of It where they had
taken cover from the bombardment.
The British looked down at the Ger.
mans and the Germans looked up at
the British. AS one of the men said,
the surprise was mutual, but the Ger
mans were little the more surprised
Of the two. The British had bombs
in their hands. All they had to do
was to stand back and toss the bombs
into the crater.
Chucking bombs into a dugout
when the occupants will not surren-
der is one Of the colnmonest proceed.
ings in the course OF taking a trench.
We'll give ourselves Up" said a
German officer. starting up the wall of
the crater. YOU got u.s.
Shake Hands With Foe.
AS the Germans came up some of
the British shook hands with them:
and soon they were marching along a
road In the midst of German shell fire,
smoking cigarettes given them by
their captors. Meanwhile It was stab
and thrust III other places till Briton
or German was down. One British