Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-14

the custom on such occasions, taking
shelter from the tornado of shell-hre
which makes even lookout hardly
possible. Turning the corner of a
traverse the major fairly bumped in
to a German who had come out of his
dugout to see why the Smelling had
stopped.
You're minel" said the major, put
ting his revolver muzzle to the Ger
mans breast Gle promptly agreed
that he was as the major expressed
it,
The happiness Of the officers and
men as they told the story of that
fight to the correspondent turned on
gratitude to their artillery support.
1T shows what artillery can do said
the Colonel, "and what the infantry
can do when the guns give them that
kind of aid. Their work was perfect
straight on there i'm front of the mems
noses with no shells bursting short
and then they all stopped like an or
chestra at the end of a piece My on
ly trouble with the men was to hold
them back from the front line. If
there is anything that puts spirit into
the men it is that kind OF support We
got four good machine guns and
don't know how many were destroyed
Germany is one big battery She
does it with artillery and machine
. guns. Guns against her guns and we
shall be alright. Yes we had a fine
show"
He kept on speaking Of the guns
and so did the other officers and men
with the depth of feeling expressive
of realization that the guns meant life
and death and success and failure for
them Singularly enought the British
loss in taking the trench was less
than in losing e. They got about a
thousand yards with the first rush.
Mostly they met the Germans coming
from their dug-outs and it was hand
to-hand when the Germans did not
yield
AS soon as they had yielded they
were started back toward the British
rear, for in the maze Of traverses
where rifles and bombs are lying a.
bout loose prisoners may soon renew
the fray. The next day faint rumble
, like that Of a human voice came
4 from a pile of earth and it was found
that one Of the high explosives had
/ closed the door Of a dug-out The oc-
. cupants were rescued alive.
When an officer and some men
, came to the edge Of the mine-crater
they found nearly hundred Germans
in the bottom of it where they had
/ taken cover from the bombardment
/ The British looked down at the Ger.
mans and the Germans looked up al
the British. As one Of the men said
the surprise was mutual but the Ger
mans were a little the more surprised
; of the two. The British had bombs in
2 their hands. All they had to do was
to stand back and toss the bombs in
\ TO the crater.
Chucking bombs into a dug-out
4 when the occupants will not surren
der, is one Of the commonest proceed
ings in the course Of taking a trench
Wen give ourselves up" said a
q German officer starting up the wal
of the crater. You've got us"
AS the Germans came up some OF
the British shook hands with them
and soon they were marching along q
road in the midst of German shell
Il fire smoking cigarettes given them By
4 their captors. Meanwhile it was stat
! and thrust in other places tin Britor
(or German was down.
Rushing mp the traverse the British
drove the Germans before them witt
bombs gaining more ground. In ad
dition to their own bombs they uset
the Germans. zone German prisoner
showed me how to use them" said
y British bomb-thrower. "He did il i'm
stinctively when he saw / was fumb
\ ling with it. That was very helpful
of him. You had to pull a string OF
top before you made the throw. They
seemed to be first rate bombs"
Once over the decentralization caus
ed by the crush Of the bursting shells
from the British artillery concentra
tion in their ears. the Germans. GU
of their dug-outs began resisting Will
bombs and the British running shor
had to fan back traverse by travers,
pursued by the Germans thus losinl
some of their gain before more bomb
were brought up from the rear. Thi
had to be done under gusts Of shrap
mel bullets for now the German gum
were giving the British supports al
they had to give and as fast as the,
could. The struggle proceeding in tn,
midst Of the scream and burst of pro
jectiles. Twice one Of the sergeant
crossed the zone back to the supper
trenches bringing supplies Of bomb
before he was killed Others were a
the same work and others killed ant
wounded but they got enough up T.
hold twelve hundred yards of trench
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