The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-29

Il isn't In II with the ruin and desoaS
ton Of this part Of the world
y don't know II I've managed TO
convey TO you any idea Of tbs pa1t I've
been existing in lately. but It's been
Ike q horrible nightmare to me-and
I've seen q few horrors this last year
eheiIed All Day Long.
An day long We have been shelled
up there. and they've also had sevefal
trench nortars At work throwing W
pound bombs by compressed air. This
particular brute II called minenwen'
ef. and you can see the bomb comfns-
II goes up miles in the air. turns .
somersault and then begins to drop.
One gets an idea after . time a. to
where II will fall. and then there's .
rush for cover. The beastly thing
lies on the ground for about two SEC
onds before bursting. and altogether
It's Q thoroughly nerve-rackins brute.
The infantry loathe them and keep
perpetual lookout for the "soissidge.
a. they call II Ms also called the
aerial torpedo. The effect II terrific.
and believe It does more harm than
most shells. Glad to say We have got
onto sevefal of these things recently.
Every hour or 20 all the German
guns would open . prearranged bonn
bardment Of this position. and then
We get It with . vengeance You can't
imagine how rotten 1t L. You crouch
down in the very bottom Of the trench.
and II seems a. II IT'S impossible to
come through 1t alive. The air 10 full
Of . colossal and deafening rushing
sound. the whole earth trembles. para
pets and sandbags fall In. and showers
Of splinters and smashed-up things 6y
shrieking all over the shop. Every In
slant the explosions seem to come
nearer TO you. and finally when you
have made up your mind that it's all
Up With you. the row dies away. and
you 60 back to the ordinary inteEmit.
tent Smelling and bombarding which.
then. seems almost peaceful.
0ead Ar Everywhere.
"0f course We had plenty OF casual
ties and the gunners didn't escape
The last day I Vas up there our wire
goe blown to bits somewhere out In
the open behind the trenches for about
the hundredth time. % went out
With one Of my tslephonists 10 Try
to repair It. We were in the midst
Of registering our targets for the At.
tack. and ws had to 90 over some Az.
ful places-dead Deutschers every.
where. Suddenly ~ We crept along
. hedge there vas Q terrific bang. .
cloud Of smoke. and my man. about
my yards ahead Of me. disappeared
entirely. OF course. nattened out
Il once. ! thought the poor chap had
been completely blown to bits. % the
shell had burst right At his feet. How.
ever. I heard . yell after . few SEQ
onds and made . r:sh for the spot,
taking what cover ] could. because IL
looked - II we'd been seen and the
Deutschers had fred one of their for.
ward guns at u. found the Door
besgar still alive and conscious. but
horribly cut. made him a. comfor.
table ~ could: told him to lie still,
because he could b seen and would
very likely b shot 1t again. and then
bunked Oh to Try to ind Q stretcher
party.
I'VE were some way from our
trenches and in . part that's strictly
avoided on account OF the attention
paid 70 II By the Deutschers- sun.
pose because there are some Of their
old trenches there that we took With
the bayonet. Luckily hadn't gone far
before met sergeant and two men.
30 collared him and. sending OF one
man for the Otfetchaf heareea ,h>