The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-02

war being hell IL an insult TO hell. for
war IL "A thousand times worse. ! vas
looking at n corpse just outside the
trench of the JSth VIII re told you
there was a large mine hole. Well.
Il Is no % feet affair. but Il least 100
feet by 80 and - deep A. | looked
through one Of the rifle ports ,holes)
there was the head Of a q man, II must
have belonged TO a Boche because the
hair was bruwnish white. sticking out
Of a pile Of debris. | was looking
through "A pair OF binoculars. 80 saw
quite well. and ID was disgusting. |
have seen other corpses. but that was
In the winter.
One Wine Kits n Hundred Men.
y Fronchmln on post was telling me
that almost n hundred men algerian
tirailleursD were killed when one mine
blew M, The engineers Judged that
about 4 ton OF explosives must have
been used. He told me how the ,ieS-
' mans dressed in French uniforms and
passed unnoticed In the darkness until
an officer noticed their shoes. fastened
with "A lace on the outer side.
! ave seen several more shafts to-
day. ] believe there is more tunnelline
going on than trench digging. have
seen about a dozen main shafts and
galleries. and in tn" four galleries
have entered there are dozens OF veins
running off at all angles in a northerlN
direction. They cav these veins connect
the main shafts and galleries with one
another. Some Of them run deeper than
others. This Is to keep the Germans
from tunnclllns underneath our tun-
nels, Men are always stationed In
these veins listening, trying to catch
sound OF the enemy digging. and there
H. q hell system an through the mines
u signal in case OF emergencies. An
engineer said that they could blow up
= mine in any one % the scores Of gal
l-riss within i've minutes after warn
ing. and this Is warfare Jules Verne
never imagined ANYTHING like II.
Night nd-r Fire.
, June lO-Just passed another nigh,
on peti; post duty. from midnight. am
10Y II is s 30 A. NJ. and We shall no
he relieved until 10 A. NJ. when | g.
TO see the doctor about my teeth. Cor
poral collett. Trinkard and ] were lylnt
outside the y. p II was rather an un.
easy night with much intermittent firing
. As there Is a littl. rise just in from
of tn" place We were lying gu, ON
: thought IL would be better Ia be al IN,
top than a hundred feet below IL. s.
! rriwl'd there and struck into a Ger
man y p. an old one. unit. nah.e FOL
them Eow
A. crawled I caught my coat sew.
eral lines and freed myself. thiukluu
i vas a stump or wig When day be,
gan to appear | discovered | was II
t"!s old German y. y, from which d
communication trench ran to The Ger.
man lines. A. Ma " ,'nuing 10 talk,
IN the situation rrinkard called to ms
=" come b., a. II was light enough Tor
him - See me.
AZ . a NJ Triukarl and ! went N
- the - p and about 3 \. VI. the rur
began. Some BOsche began jabb.ring
and fur an hour each lire Kept firing
remarks at the other Theu = thick foa
cam" on and "" all felt II getty. We
GO our respiratnrs ont, small pads OF
absorbent cotton soaked In a chemical
which We carry in IA rubber bag placed
In our pockets. We kept shifting the
ai' to test its purity. 10 see II any gas
was coming The enemy High, fires on
their firing line every morning about
dayhr"ak. the smoke curling up all alorg
the line, We have IA notion that they
figure that We shall get accustomed 70
these morning fires and then some day
when the wine IL favorable. out will
come the smoke as usual hu, not the
usual smoke, but asphyNiating gas.
June 10, at petit post, : L, Nv
leave IN n couple OF hours, hui, have nc
idea where for some say back ~ oui
Old quarters facing Craonue