Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-21
SHELL THAT HIT
sohic Description Penned by
Frederick Palmer.
|, Successful Shell Out of a Thou
E,,5, the One Supposed to Make
Waste of other 999 Worth
While.
BY FREDERICK PALMER.

International News SerVlce)
British Headquarters, France
ere are points along the British
M which see nothing but desultory
III fire and sniping for weeks and
knths on end; points where neither
L has made an attack through the
s bier and spring. These are known
quiet corners. A practical stale
lie exists. Neither Briton nor Ger
b finds any object in trying for a
&in Troops who have been in the
81 ok Of it elsewhere are sometimes
hi to these regions for a rest and a
Aange
81 Other points-points which stick
"a as it were-are known as hot
sners, where the guns and rifles
Mem always busy. Such has been
L La Bassee region.
A visitor may sec about as much OF
hat is going on in La Bassee as an
b can see Of the surrounding land
&ape when promenading in the grass.
4 The guns Of both sides seem en-
Iged in kind Of savage, vindictive,
&ld mans buff sparring. OF course,
e gunners have a point on the map
\ which they are aiming. They have
fiormation in one way or another
ri there is something at this point
~ sbelling 1t may be a house;
n OF course, every house is down
Il large scale map. Troops may be
1 the house; or if they are not, and
destroy the house, you have de-
proved shelter for troops and made
r enemy nervous. At least, theo-
f1oally, you have made him so;
TAing seems to be able to make the
I'tSh soldier actually so, or the
Elench peasant either.
We had left our car to go forward
loot We were coming into the
Ne where the inhabitants had been
|aeFed TO yacate their homes. This
an untalling sign that whatever the
walton of your health you are be-
|u!0g a poorer risk every minute
lie Insurance company. A
isl may get group of soldiers in
l0lse or tn q dugout. Houses are
SAFE shelter in hot corners where
r visitor instead of looking for
plsss which have been damaged by
-s4 IRE, looks for the anomalous one
ha' has NOT.
'~sFe vas one such on an adjoining
-aa-an estaminet. which is a pub
drinking place or cafe.
4 stFe,cher was being borne into
I lo9f OF This estaminet and above
Y doorway of the estaminet was
.-.Aac some lettering which indicat-
! .-@' Il vas a first clearing station
I ,ls wounded. Lying on stretchers
we Ioor we're some wounded men.
ny -ooEed a little stunned, which
: oIiy natural when you have been
..r Use as lheY had to a burst of a
ga shell that made a hit. The
]. .-.-Salon was bound to have this
- .-''q man was the U,st illustra-
y u smell destructiveness. Bullets
~ '-i5 holes. Shells make gouges,
=, and pulp, He too had a band.
:, I5a1 and had been hit in sew
: PAGES but the worst wound was
/. - g where an artery had been
~, :, easing a loss of blood. He was
n ''.1 sort Of a Where am -"
~, - -is eyes. If that fragment
M. -aa bit his leg had hit his head
~ ~5-4 OF his abdomen he would
seen Sliled instantly. He was
! ration Of how hard it is to
So i-ao with several she'll frag-
J -'-'ess some Of them strike in
/. 81. Place. For he was going to
:. ~ surgeon had whispered that
/. - ais ear, that one important
- 8as the one successful she'll
!. lac thousand: that one which
/. 1p'sed to make the waste Of
i r nine hundred and ninety
!. s-7a While.
ing by the same road by
5--r Na@e' an automobile passed
e had a glimpse Of the
.-.--1 RED cross on an am
ana, atCthe rear where
AS were rolled up ~ ven