The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-08-31
PERSONAL Tales
OF BRITISH PUSH.
Wounded Tell Of Thrilling Mo.
ments In PICardy Charges.
BOOK STOPPED TWO BULLETS

Hundreds Killed and Wounded on Both
Sides as the English Opened Their
oHensive-Artillery Work a Marvel
Of essetness-Praise German erav.
cry.
London l. now being thrilled by the
stories Of the push ON the Scmmc,
which the wounded soldiers have
brought back Sorcly wounded as
many are. and after Journey which
all the care made barely cndurable,
the men stlll tinglc with the thrill VI
the charge. and their talk Il all Of the
rush.
1--WE went over In grand style" said
sergeant recalling the assault on
Montauhan, and found the place In
an awful mess. Most ~ the houses
had been knocked head over heels the
only ones | saw standing were u cuu-
pie Of cafes. As we came on we saw
lots of Germans running out Of the
back Of the village. but there were
plenty If them monkeying about the
ruins We divided the company up
into groups Of six. hut ns we nearcd
the village we Joined up again. My
tlve pals and myself saw some In
ground floor room, so we dropped
Mills bomb through the window and
didn't whit for an answer.
AS We turned the corner we saw
German lying round the end Of n wall.
He'd got machine gun and had made
u little cmplaccmcut with bricks. He
turned the blamed thing on me and
got me IN the foot. Ii didn't stop me.
though. and when was getting near
to him felt two kicks over the heart
| didn't wait TO see what happened.
but simply went at him and hayoncted
him. couldn't GO on much farther. so
| sat down to see what was the damage.
Book Stopped Bullets.
"My foot was pretty bad but when
looked at my left hand breast pocket
saw two holes in ii. ! opened my peck
ct and fuV..d that two bullets had gone
through my metal shaving mirror.
through my pocket case and had nosed
their way into book | was carrying
Funnuy enough. earlier In the morning
my officer gave me the book and said
could read It when | got into the Ger
man trenches, 50 put It In my pocket,
little thinking that | should lie able to
read bit of It on hospital ship coming
back. The two bullets after piercing
the mirror ana case had met and fused
into one lump OF metal
Il saw three Germans come up to
two Of our fellows and throw down
their rifles. So our boys Chuckcd down
theirs. too. and went out for them with
their fists, AMI they didn't half give
them busting.
AS we were going into MuutaubGn
we saw German machine gunner up
a tree. He'd got the neatest little plat
form you ever saw painted - that II
was almost Invisible. We shot him.
The spirit Of our boys was splendid.
They simply loved the fun one OF
them got blown up by II shell lie
seemed pretty dazed. but he picked
himself up and came along. All he
said was. oh, there must lie n war on
after all, SUPPOSE
We had carried the first two lines
and on getting into the third we saw
the Germans coming up from the two
exits Of a deep luguut ana pairing III
down the trench our platoon com.
mander got into the trench and picked
them Off rs they came out. lie had
the mouth Of the duguut on either
side II him, say fifteen yards away.
lie was rs cool as IA cucumber. iIe
simply turned from right To- let and
fired just as II he was in shooting
gallery. II was the best bit Of fancy
shooting I've seen"
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