The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-11-23
Two Commanders Go Over Para
pets Side by Side in Somme
Battle.
STORY REPEATED MANY Times
9pYa and Recent Arrivals From Great
Britain Look Equally Like Vet.
erans Today--Generous in
Praise Of Each Other Are
British and French.

,sis begin and the French and British
.,Armics were on the keen edge Of OK
xpet,tatioh the battalion commander on
ss2e eXtrcne right of the British forces
naSN1 word 70 the battalion commander
atG shc extreme left Of the French
CsoGc"s ana asked him where he would
~, ~ the attack. writes Arno bosch
;SScOro1 il the New York World
y shalj hc over the parapcts with
i1fie first wave of my troops" was the
T3aucL commanders reply.
So Shal! l." was The British com
tGandcr'S return message; keep an
ns,gc out for me-"
81 when the troops were jammcl
b the forward trenches waiting for
ftfSc enormous mine explosions undT
ciHc >serIDan communication trenches,
tEnJch were to be the signal for the
assault the British commander worked
triS way to the end Of the farthcSt
'Irench and there he found the French
'cscmnhndrr. They stood there wait
S1S. side by side, until the terrific rX-
pfosiohS '"rc the German trenches to
.pinf..i'. then, on" with an 'riu Avnnt"
;%HN shr other with "Chargr." lr:lprd
"'rS The rnraprtS, autOmnticS in hand.
arsF. led III" charge into the Gcrmnn
'Tnea
~nckNy both escaped unllurl, and
NSc story of their unusual action has
"Th LH5"nHh the two great allied armies
on 'fc Snmrnc. 1t has gone COMPLETES
~ shr"ngl the British army, in fact.
;SnG first heard it long before
'scsched the Sommr heard it so often
1uhat ! am not sure where | heard If
nFsT, bGt remember being told it ut
naf Sable of the divisional commands
&r gust south Of YprcS, nearly II hun
's'f"o miles from the Sommc.
6 Mutual Good Will
HS Kept on hearing this story [
@SRhh 10 feel 1t was Il little too pnt To
A" Ihe, nut 1t also struck mo thnt
W. oId not make much difference
N%isrthcr it was or not. Since I bnve
aszachnd the Somme have had If con-
Mrlned, but whether II was truc mr. not
was nowhere nearly so important MS
nv rhcc' II had upon the troops 1t
n""''o Inc allied armies. and gave
iHefh dramatic example of tbc,r
o''hcrho"d in arms. Certainly. from
Isl" p"inl OF view of the British army
TX mas done much toward making Them
fffi good toward the rrcnchmnn fight.
I'm" beside them.
H'hs mas interested me, rs the re.
ra''"liS Ia between tho E'rrnch and the
'i9h aflhi"S has always Interested
EH''' EBrw from my own pxnpricrco
%ih the tirSt British troops Tint cnme
Ho france that they had the typicol In.
SN''f attitude of superiority, EXCEPT in
-"' ,''S' "i individuals who had seen
a." ''i'ch IN action and knew at first
uh''o VIVA; E"od soldiers they were.
"Nc' NV" Years every bit of TINT is
E"h" Going about the British front,
NJ. n. nave Just been doing, | have been
struck, III fact, by the way everyone
mas made 4 point Of calling attention
L" ne work Of the l'rpncl, troops. AT
MeSt points along the 1GO.kilomctcr or
,monf the British now hold there were
H"vmerE French troops, and the Hrit.
osh tr"oIs VIII" now occupy these
Wcn&hes 'ihTe daily object lessons In
"hi'' 's""c soldiers the French must
'f< 9" dc soinr of the things that nrr
"f"Tywherc apparent.
Death Toll at Vimy Ridoe
).ot ;, st,,;inv ox.,n,',. e
>nrb,r n,y ,yn.n .."i'', 1i"' o' .'''S the
Gsh from, Th. ne, ,r" ,, VI, me i'ri'-
ssraochca no nr;,,,, ~, WIRE hp-
Wimy Kiarn ,nr,,, 80. WIS III me
as Franc, ,h,t IN, ,on, '",, r' /" piece
no sess ticrc.,y linn ,hn u"s," "''r
or les Epnrrcs ma n,I,, ''"'''''e
,Sotrc Dame d, I.or.,t" ,,.,r' -" ~
ayeA in The rrench cn,,,,,,ni "mn" 's
Dlost daily for months ,mh "'.