The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10

just In front. The firing from II ceases,
but you do not notice this. You are on
the line of bags and jumping over, Tn
remnants Of the shaken German force
drop their weapons. "Katnarad. kama
rad. nicht kaput'' tComrade. oomrade.
don XIII me - they cry as their hands
30 ~. The men who fought through
the boyau come up. They are followed
by others. There is a boyau running
from the captured trench to the Ger
mans second line. Some of the men
rush into IL. Two grenades thrown by
the Germans retreating through the con-
Meeting trench kill one Of tho men.
\ German has remained to throw
other grenades. As he turns to run a,
long bayonet disappears In his back, The
hayonst is pulled out as he falls and tho
men &, IN. One falls rs he rounds the
turn into the trench. Another goes over
him and drops just rs he reaches n pile
Of sand bags thrown into the trench.
The Germans are hurriedly making a
barricade. Other bags are thrown on
top. The man's legs stick out.
The other men coming through see the
barricade II they turn to the left. They
run into n pile OF barbed wire thrown
| down to block the trench. They pull tne
sand bags down from the trench runs to
project lIt'lAStlN tS. lu'N w Hot nblu
more than forty yards. They pull down
! the bags from what is now the rear OF
| the trench and pile them UP on the side
facing the enemy. They see the legs Of
their comrade sticking out from the bar
ricadc at the right. He is dead. They
canno pull him out, for the barricade
would fan.
The seventy-fve yard length OF first
line that has been captured is connected
up with the thanking French trenches by
removing the barricades and barbed wire
distractions and the earth bag are
thrown from the ga to the new front.
The attack Is over. There will be counter
| attacks in all probability during the
night and the newly captured trenches
must he fortified. Tive mttrailleuses ure
brought up from the old line and placed
in position. The ones taken from the
Germans are sent back.
Caring for the Wounded.
The brancardiers, as the stretchel
bearers or Red Cross men are called
nave been picking up the wounded and
the dead. the wounded first. each sol
der carries a first aid packet and the
wounds are bound. Some cannOf WALL
and are carried back 10 the poste de
secours near the third line. The postt
! de occurs. or French dressing station. II
located lnSan excavation having an eartf
banked, timbsered roof nat Is more Of
less shellproof. The and his
assistants haven't the time or facilities
to administer other than temporary re
lief. Those Who can walk start dow
toward the poste de secours in the ham
let. Tn men who cannot walk are "a
ried on stretchers.
A Red Cross flag Is hung In front o
some of the rus in the little town, :
kilometer behind the trenches, and {
sign ~designates the regiment who's
Wounded it receives. These are tn,
postes lie secOurs where the wounde,
are prepared for their trip to the hos
pitfalls of evacuation and where they ar
put in the ambulances that take then
there.
There are a number of automobil
ambulances waiting. One of them draw
up In front of "A poste de secours, Thre
stretchcr cases are ready. Two bran
cardiers. followed by another. carry on
a man. A blOodstained light blu Goa
Is spread over the bandaged form.
tag on which are details regarding tn
wound is tied to u ~buttonhOle. Tn
three men slide the wounded soldier q
his stretcher into the car. Two NOR
s%tretchers and their occupants are car
ried out. NV or three sitting cases ar
put on the front Of the car and the ann
bulance starts OF its eight kilometer ru
to an evacuation hospital.
People are looking down the stree
|, What Is IL? Here they come In IN