Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

WnES We 80. 'eos cur position = ninth, b. the
We relieved the twenty .nlxfh
Canadians battalion scouts from that
organization col hack 20 the villages
o. Dlnklpbuseh and lsennlngbelat 10
tell ~ how glad they were to see us
and 10 nhow un the way Ia. AZ We
proceeded overland. before reaching
the communication trenches al the
trent these scouts paid Us the boeplia
bic attention due strangers that l.,
enc ~ them. leading platoon. would
say;
'Nest 30 yards Ia machine gun
rangc. Keep quiet, dont run and be
ready TO drop quick n you are warned.
There was one scouf O. each platoon.
and No followed him single Ole. most
OF the time along roads o. wen worn
paths. bat sometimes through Tickets
aud ragged fieids Every now and then
the scout would yeli At us 20 drop
ard sown NED go on our stomachs
while sway OF ia the distance We
could hear the Fuiput'' of machine
Kuue. the tirNl sound Of hostile trims
thar had ever reached our ears
~its all rlgbt said the scout
They haven't seen rs or got track Of
Va They're Jus; nring on susplcion.r
Nevertheless. when our various pla
sooos bad an got Into the front reserve
Trenches. az about two hours after mid.
uighs. We learned that the lrsi blood
81 our battalion bad been spilled Two
men bad been wounded, though neither
fatally Our own sireieher bearers
took ocf wounded back 90 the field
hospital AZ Dmklebuseh The men Of
The Twcnty sixth battalion spen, the
rrsf 81 the night distributing us and
th2n left us 20 bold the position We
were ~ nervous a. a los 81 eats, aud
u seemcd 10 me that tbs Germans
must certainly know that thcy could
come over and walk right through US,
but outside ~ = few casualties from
snlriux. such as the one thar bcfell
ibc Fourteenth platoon mAn. which I
hafe told aionf nothing very eiarmlue
bappeped the irat day aud night. and
~ that time We had eot steady on our
sob We held the posifloa Tor twenty
ak DAYS. NEich Is The loakeSf period
that any Canadian or British organiza-
fion has efcf remalDed Ia a front line
i-eaeh
ln nonr ~ the stories I've read have
ever seea trench fighting as 4 WAS
earrlet on ia Beiglnm adequately De.
s0riee9 foa see. yoa can't eet much
~ an iGea about thing Ike lbst mak.
ing qrigk tour u the tscuehes under
official dire,tien aud escorf ~ the
newspaper and magazine Writers do
couidnt undertake 10 tell aus ihing
worth q bile Aboas the lig issnes ~ the
wsr. bot ! csn describe how soldiers
have 80 lcsSo 20 drht Ia the trenches
ard ! think good niRny o. our young
fe'ie~s have that 70 learn now over
there they don't talk OF peace or
efen 81 iomorrow They sit back aud
lake 4.
We siways he'd the are trench ~
nsbgly - possihie. because Il Is e
demonstrated fays that the front ditch
earscs be snccessfaily defesaed Ia
'tssefuined aftaek THO thing we did
aba the thing 70 90 = 20 be ready 20
sasap 90 10 THE enemy IS soo0 as be I
has xot Into pour front treuch and Is
sighting On ground chat roo know and /
br soesnf SD kncek SO many kinds
" fsf pus 81 bita fhzt he'll have 10 pail 1
bls load fos q sfos that isnt 80 wsrm I
That system worked srsf rate ~ith as
During sbc day NJ had only very 4
frs msa iu lbs nre freceh n sn at /
tack - ronsias Ia daylight there's a.
wxys pseoty ~ f'n,s 10 sci ready for
II AZ slshf sse ksl,f prepared for
'rnaose sii tbe time We had night
.Sntrs "a rneh hrlnr step and man
sitting ~ hts fee' 20 watch iin 10 are
be ~asnf secretly snired Then we
bad ~ensrs 10 eseb hay OF the
'seDri3 Sc fRks r1e<~axes
Critters siapr ssrmir fbe man On the
nftnR step o. the man wstebing hlm
10 leave f~~i m ~ay ssease whatever I