Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-11-15

heavy firing was itself evidence that
the attack, if seriously intended at all.
was being withdrawn under cover of
the commotion. Most likely, it was
our front ines preparedness. Long be
fore things had Quoted down, we We're
at work again, though the proportion
of bullets coming close over us rem
iered getting about rather uncomforta-
bic II caused q few casualties.
REST" is Broken.
These days and nights may be taken
as typical of those that succeeded: in
time the position was fortified; oar
period of rest in which We had not
once taken off our clothes or had AN
unbroIen sleep. was over, inc we pre-
pared nee moro for the strenuous
monotony of the trenches rs distinct
from the monotonous s~trenuosity of the
second line. Dun next move was a
night march down onto the flats, TO
link up our division and The nearest
brigade of the Ninth army CORPS. It
was conducted without much incident,
except that our rear guard got separat-
ed In a village by the divisional trans
port OF the newly landed outfit, cutting
across our line and causing a long dc
lay before we Joined up. Next. we
found ourselves involved in some sort
of pickering between part of our ont
posts and the Turks, a net result of
when was to Keep us lying with our
noses in the thistles and a sheet of
bullets, intended for someone else.
whispering, Here we are again, inst
over our heads.
BY the time this stopped ana we
reached u place it was pitch dark.
Dawn was not far off. TO the writer
fell the task of choosing a place for
our line. we'll knowing that if we We're
not under cover by daylight, we should
inevitably breakfast on shrapnel
Things right themselves quickly, how
ever, and a regiment as war tried as
We're u little Gurkhas. asd the first
dawn found us dug in, our shelters
neatly covered with branches to hide
us from prying %aeroplanes and all
hands except the oickets asleep and
snoring.
Seeking for Water.
British officers being scare, first
daylight also found the writer search
ing the countryside for water, a quest
in which he was Joined by one of the
staff. While indulging on the ,,snal
comments on D~ardanelles rest" the
information was elected that no T1lr-
klsh attacks were anticipated, and that
apart from the ordinary duties of Wig
ilance, at least a week of repose Law
oefore us. However, one becomes
search for water was long, but COM
pletely successful; the early morning
air was delicious, and the seas
sparkled temptingly, promising a real
all over wash in the evening; birds
sang and butterflies flew and the little
III flowers lowered, and there was no
vesttge of a smell of anything dead
Moreover. we had been promised a real
breakfast, with biscuits and bu,lvn
OFT the card. In fact, it was an Eden
IKE prospect. Enter the serpent forth
with: in the plain in our front were
manN and thi01y ,oo-, - 1850
evident they concealed snipers in large
Disdaining Sepoys, who
walked about immunse, these bernie
lou pests confined their attention to
British officers; none of us but had
ciose calls, and the shooting was so
e4ose una one had to move about camp
at a run, lodging from cover to cover
IN a most unidentified way. Finally
they located the headquarters dugout,
ana ones arrival and exit called to
ones mind the thoughts of a pigeon
at the moment of leaving a trap. Cas-
uallles We're few in proportion to the
Guided the colonel of the regiment
next door to us. shot dead while talking
10 the general, and almost included our
own old man." who had the cigaret
taken out of his fingers.
Sent to Draw Fire.
After breakfast, there being nothing
SPECIAL to do, l sought my dugout and,
having written some letters. was pre-,
pairing to make up some arrears of
steep, when the voice of the colonel
IRON the headquarters dugout' brought
a realization that we were indeed
resting" Briefly his instructions re-
celVed that moment on the telephone
"A BRITISH OFFICER AND A
SMALL PARTY OF SCOUTS WILL
PROCEED TO LOCATE THE EN-
EMY,s EXACT LINE, IN THE I'M
MEDIATE FRONT AND WILL YER
I np TaEIR OBSERVATIONS BY
snlpers, but that was the gist of
It: TO THE COLONEL'S QUERY.
WHEN CAN YOU BE OFF, OLD
THERE COULD BE NO
ANSWER BUT "AT ONCE.
ST. .1aa n five minutes later saw a
small party slipping through our adj
vance posts. and streaking from cover
70 owe to he woods in front, m
Where IN which were the enemy. Gurk.
ma scouts are famous; their small size
ana activity render them very diff
cult to see.
But. to a somewhat over-elongated
briton. concealment is more difficult.
one soon realizes what shipping means
Wnen practiced by masters of the art.
JUST OVER, JUST UNDER, JUST
FASI CAME II BULLETS. Still. as
moments passed and no hits were regis
Tered, one began to look upon their ef-
forts as a contemplate nuisance, and
soon we were all in the woods, and
mat phase was over.
Here. however. we were within the
sphere OF the enemy's patrols and much
caution was necessary. We examined.
as ordered. ruined huts. and estimated
wells. while every m the enemy's
posilion on the hill became more dis
tinetly visible. In front was open