The sun., 1915-06-20
RISKS FROM BOMBS
NOT ENEMY'S ALONE
Correspondent, Writing in
Trenches, Describes How
They Are Thrown.
SAPPERS "DIG FOR LIFE,
Special covespondesce TO rHy euS.

~ oSooo ~ 4 Vbu uolIuS tDd1nD.
Bob soubiran fras become IN anar-
chist at any rate ne is now An active
bomb thrower. He WA takon down 10
the trenches this morning to look over
his wares. There arc many dfffarxnt
unalses Hand bombs, gun burnns and
rifie bombs, - well a. various attempts
at aspfUx1atin3 bombs.
Tho hand bombs (srenades) are abo,A
a. largo ~ an orange end tos ehrUwer
has . strap around his wrist. attached
to the bomb, 90 that vh~n he throws
the bomb the pull Of ehe strap figfes Il
and explodes about fffteen seconds
later. OF oourse the tfrower has -
duck The bomb reAdho cfs enemy au
right as the front trenches arS only q
hundred ynrds apart
To get to rhe firins Nns ~ AuaSU Q
'boyar' 0iterany an intestine) ds,e on
six feet deep. from q mils IN IN ruas
As We approach tho nrdns nnA sAAs
'boyau'' Ia Deeper. almost fifteen fest.
We nre through loop holD betvesm n
sand base and the dead NJ bstvSsn
the lines. as II 10 impossible to bury
them Our w1re eartnne1eme16 run -
most UP a<aanst thoss Of shs snHn1.
The German View.
The front trenohes can guy 90 ~
other across the Intervening spaca whso
tho Germans were Informed cfna nh
hsh declared war on th4m ensy oas1ed
back that Ffanoe and England wsrs
pow "oapoN' tdone for), as the Italians
had declared war on Franco.
There II no artillery around 4ero en-
copt at the fort t,ist behind N, which
has changed hands rhree timna But
rhose days arc ovcr and now II IN al
most impossible 70 ,no~e orss WAY or
the Other. Our trenohes arc rtrcd
.n tho runway leading 10 the firing
line. and ono oan see tho electric wires
for exploding tho mines IN case Of need.
There 10 also q largo pipe leading to
ward tho firing rine As We have the
river and canal IN rhe rear, we use
hydraulic pressure TO dr1u 20 tho en-
emys lines and blow them Up.
Men OF tho F1fty-eighth Regiment tell
us how before they came here they were
not vary far away and were on quite
good terms with the Germans opposite
rhem. One day the Germans warned
them they were going to blow UP one
Of their trencles the next night, and
rire enoueh the trench was blown up.
But tho regiment was moved soon after.
as the authorities considered they were
too neishoorly with their enemies. 81
least that's what tho Fifty-eighth telle
usl
II ~ tedious work matrng these tun-
nels. Nrt tho Sappers arc experts. II
needs skilled men because u Ia easy "a
lo-e direction ard dig IN a circle, and
also because tho enemy may be digging
In the same neighborhood. and these sap
pers can tell the sound OF their own
picks. II they detect counter mining.
there's a race for Efe. each side trying
to finish It's tunnel frst and set OF Q
mine, "A dig for nfel-
"A y1ee Little GunS
w Nnve . ntcs ffttle gun NM . msr-
tar. a toy cannon. Ram como pow<1sr
IN one put a thrce millimeter shed In
and u can reach the eneny's nnas, a
hundred yards away. carrying neat
little explosive of dynamite or menntts.
Then there are rife bombs, They sre
Ike a skyrocket, the stick or rod
being placed down the rtfe barrel, and
the bomb being fred into tho enernu-e
lines by cartridge from which tfs
steel bullet has been removed. II -
affatr. requiring careful %
,ustment OF q concusston cap, &n
May 2e--In the firing line. what
warcarei I have Just passed. through
A Scranton CPa) coal mine here At
no lighting front. l say Scranton b.
nave soon a coal mine, And there ~ no
,onl therefore no biackness. Otherwf-e
here was everything. including tho NJ
lie railway track running into difrer-
mt tunnels Hero and there efectrtc
,ubs disclosed new shafts oetrr< SUNK.