The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30

We recorded, each In his own way, The
CHASTITY failure Of our first aggressive
effort against the Germans before We
rolled into the hay In tho same old barn
where VIC had been quartcred during
the days Of preparation for the raid.
never slept more than an hour at a time
for several days AMI nights. would
doze off from sheer exhaustion. and then
find myself suddenly sitting straight
up, half scared to death. all over again.
There may be soldiers who don't get
ger, or even when people are being
Killed right around them. but I'm not
one Of them. And I've never met any
OF them yet. ! know boy who won inc
Military Cross in the battle OF tho
Somme. and ! saw him on his knees
before his platoon commander. shame
lessly crying that he was coward ana
begging 10 be left behind. just when the
order 10 advance was given.
Soldiers Of our army VINO reao .nts
will probablN observe one thing in par
ticultr and that is the Importance OF
bombing operations in the present style
Of warfare. You might say that leu
ture Of this war has been The renalS-
sance OF the hon,badier' Only SIiusn
reverence for tradition kept the name
Of hombndiers alive. through consio.
cradle number OF wars. Now. In ever!
offensive, big or small. the man WI"
has been rtained 10 throw oomo 90
Yards is buster and moro important than
;hn follow with the modern rife. which
will shoot a mile and half and MAKE
n holr through Il house. In good many
surprising ways this war has carried
ne back Ia Arst principles: ! reinem-
nor "a Crusaders mace which oHSS
saw il the British mns"um that woulu
n,aI.en bnns-up knoh-kerrIc. much oct,
Tor than the kind they arm our No. :
man In a ralding party section. II nS,.
,tt1, Ill Ill
II round iron head Win skihrS a., ,.r,ed
II, | wonder that they maven s'aF'su
4 factory 70 turn them ont.
Tricks OF Bombing.
=, the revival OF bombing some tr'cks
rnyr devclorN.d which would u" hufnor
Gus if t!,, denrurnlrntS were nor so irS
,ooucd with crepe and 1t. a. n"t'.,Ui.'
-, muster rolls There may hr some
thinr which might be termed FUNNY on
one End Of 4 bombing ruse--hut not on
both ends or II. Whenever you looI
man with u bomb. your" playing prac-
teal jck" ON HIN that he'll never inrse,,
Even. prphnb he III never So -
10 remember II.
when the Canadians hrsf INTRODUCE"
bombing the bombs were imrroFlSea ou'
If mess tins the fuses were cut &C
rnrding Ia the tast" and 1nosmsnl 81
tho individual bomber. and just when mo
bomb would explode WAS moro or less
nrrhlcmattcal Frequently the Ger
mans have tossed our bombs BACK lnto
our trenches before they wont or. Inal
vas dangerous and irritating. They can
do that with n Mills grenade or any OF
thr improved factory made bombs De-
rrusc Tho mon know just how they are
timed and are trained t" knn" JUST now
To throw them. Then tho Germans useo
to work Il little bomb tricK or thc!r own.
They learned that our scouts and raid
crs were all anxious 10 get German
helmet as Il souvenir They'd put hri,
NETS on thr ground in No Mans Lana
or IN IN advanced trench with bombs
under Them. In several cases men look
Ing for souvenirs suddenly became mere
memories themselves. In several raids.
when bombing was now. the Canadians
worked Il trick on tho Germans with
extensively fatal effect They tossed
six inch fuses attached. To the Ger
mans they looked just like the other
bombs we h;td been using. and, In fact:
they wcrc--all but the fuses. Instead
~ having failed to continue burning: as
tho Germans thought. those fuses had
meyer lie IN lighted. They were instan-
tancous fuses, TIL" Ignition spark will
travel through instantaneous fuse at
tho rate Of about thirty yards a second.
A German would pick up one Of these
tended 10 blow up a few Of us with our
own ammonia and then light the fuse.
After that there had To be a new man
In his place. The bomb would explode
instantly tn" long fuse was ignitcd.
The next day when got up after this
disastrous raid I said to my bunkie: !
Got n fag?" Gag Is the Tommy's
name for q ciGarcttc.)
It's never will you have fag?" but
always Have you got faG?"
They are the nscparablc companions
of thu man at the front and you'll see
the soldiers 60 over the top with an
unIlt fax in their lips. Frequently 1t Is
still there when their work is done. So
keep our American boys we'll supplied |!
with fags.
AS We sat there smoking. my friend
said:
"SnmcthinS sure raised hell with our |
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