The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-09-01

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young fellow whose name ! don,
know. l wish | did, for he was GER
tainly the nervicst man ever saw.
No. T was hardly out OF the officers
mouth before he had his dispatch and
was on his way, About FIVE minutes
later the signal came that the dis
patch had been delivered
MY officer told me hfterward that
the French general to whom he had
handed the dispatch had taken the
Medalile MIltaire or his own breast
aud pinned II on that Of this young
dispatch rider He was also later
awarded the Victoria Cross aud given
n commission. 1t Is things Ike this
that mako one proud TO belong to
such an army"
Shipping a snlper.
After spending Christmas, 1914, In
thu Ypres trenches. Robinson helped
a second lieutenant In the Royal Engi-
necrs to snipe n German sniper on the
Nlckehusch- iIolleheke road. As they
rode over wooden bridge bullet
whstlcd. Neither spoke. but on tho
why back. three hours later, the OH
Ger snid. THAT blasted snlper has
pottcd ut me once too often. Wen
leave the road here nnd sneak down
opposite the hedge under cover Of the
trees"
lettering their horses, they crept
near the bridge, waited until wngnn
passed and heard the snlpcr's shot,
from hehlud They crawled hun
drcd yards md wnIted Soon they
heard the ride crack again, not far
away. Creeping little further, they
waited again. watching the trees.
They came So close 10 the snIper.
without seeing him. that next time he
fired they heard the cJector fly back
and the bolt snap Then they spotted
him He was we'll M tree, with his
rihc fitted on u tripod, SO that when
ever he heard anyone on tho wooden
birds he had only 20 pal! the trig-
ger. But he had ended his snlping.
The lieutenant and Private Robinson
fired together, and "Mr. SnIper came
down like n thousand OF bricks"
The british Tommy" OF those days.
according TO William j., was great
as we'll ns great fighter.
One ~ his forms Of gambling was
Kind Of tontnc, known Ns n trench
pool"
about ten follows got together,
and each put ten francs In n pool Just
before they went into action. They
left this money with someone behind
the lines, FOR they would be- in action
snyw4lcrn from six days IN three
" ceks. The Idea 81 the pool was this
Those who lived 10 get hack would
take the money and split II evenly
among themselves. II only one lived
he would have the whole LOT.
Daredevil Officer.
The Tommics kept cannries rats.
mice. dogs, cats, goats. and even pigs
NJ pets, and would 60 hungry before
the pet huugcred.
The biggest daredevil" that Robin
son heard NJ was known as the Mad
Major artillery officer who kept
his own aeroplane for range fading
when he waA'rd 10 cor
rect range he Just few over and
dropped smoke bombs on the particu.
lar spot he wanted his guns TO hit
Then he went back and set the guns
to work. One day. being annoyed
with German lT.snch howitzer. he
flew over with q lno-pound bomb, nose
lived to within 400 feet. dropped the
bomb and blew the howiiser to atoms
lie returned with his planes riddled
with bullets
Mr.. Robinson indicates In = few
words what happened to two men.
woman and two children when
rauhe dropped bomb In the square
II ropcriushe. II Is enough here to
say that they were killed. and that
he bicycle one 81 the men was rid
ne WAS found twisted and bent %
, lamrpoSt about fifty yards away.
Tie Also describes briefly the k,lling
II two officers In motorcar BY a
German lS.iach she'll on the road go
nc into Ypres, The driver escaped.
,ut was sent nearly mad BY the shock.
Ills nerve was gone and he hsd 10 be
! discharged
Thi. was during the second battle
II yprcs when the city was being
destroyed by she'll IRE ard the houses
we're burning,