New Britain herald., 1917-05-11
IT T FEELS ID
 IN A TANK
i'm Soldier Describes Battle From Mobile Fort

AVl4 00VUA1V xVxt s 00on, May 1.-The first account AtinE as viewed from the inside British tank" is contained in a ok. 1Nst released by tho censor. 0oegeAnt F. E. Divall Canadian AAA boon attached to one of the
 cOmpanies since the big cars
 Tt sent to the French front.
 H0rder to advance Is given.
 tho long, powerful shapes
 exwArd in the gray mists If
 Aa the weird looking forms
 over the front trench the
 ther0in rno their eyes In er at the strange cubeimpres- Gx coat of many colors which &nnkss arc wearing. Inside the III arc the keen-eyed lighting men. 41ply gaFbed. as becomes their RSe craft. while around them Is Dnnpiicated mass of machinery.
 .Now We arc passing over she'll , trcc stumps. any many other
 which i'll the ground of No ss Land. The deck of the tank and pitches like . t0rpedo-boat sse. atorm. The cr0w hold on to 0thtue within reach to steady our- 4ees while NO rush down Q large <3l-hole. But We come 2afely A6gh without seasickness
 lnddenly the gunnery officer gives Nrd4r. TO attention. His voice HlM just heard above the noise &~.Hfs N1H& A
 akUtp, and we have found the
 9A succeed in putting out
 4cAine-aun emplacements. the o{ which have been worrying
 ntry for some time. And now
 Hon begins in earnest. Hun Sk ase rebounding from our
 sldes like hail from a glass
 Rh1le inside the tanks the
 Srew are at various guns, which x1nffh Tn . devastating fire,
 aich nothing can live.
 aOw we are on the parapet of lSk anR trench, Just on the 111i 0f tho wood which Is our
 kn and n we 60 pumping on
 other side we land with
 bump. 4 can of petrol has
 from its piseonhole. and cla&teriug down on to the
 I'll deck, with its stopper 5A out, and the danGerous spirit - over the foor. HoWever. we aod that treneh. followed up the 1iae Huns for minute or two. VI ont the nearest dugout. and G On our way to the next trench. BecouAss Unca.Aapr saAae. N this time tho fumes from the lxsds of rounds which we had wa4h the heat from tho engines. tho waste petrol and oil, have the aax quite oppressive and un-| Able to btsathe. Now we arc elnk the next enemy trench. and hear tho deep report Of burstingi abe above the pattSring of \ the I'm Of bullets. striking our armor. ! DOn We find ourselves on tho sdge. E{3a Hum trench. This proves to SsSeunp0sed of shell holes of All just linked together, showing severe our previous bombafd- TT had been. The Huns show fhere. and we have . warm ten atss before they give signs of q4fng. We leave them for 2 ake or two in order to ram a hdne gun emplacement,. which !s throatening our rapidly advance 3n1anAry. We just crawl over the AnHynont. guns and all: 1t ts not 1Dasy to Ire . single shot.
 low 1t is time for us to advance .1laS n11Gl and last position. We SNp the rood fortune to strike . road 6h has escaped serious damage. |f making all speed along this We '.a way to our infantry. glad to prloone9o.
 s3Aa lAst trench proves to be the 1oeut for 5ust - we are crossing . pe hOSo our 'buss stops. Two or - Huns. seeing our difficulty. ewl out of . hole like rabbits and brave enough to creep on the k of the tank from behind. But hAAr them on tho armor and they 5ro doomed not to get the iron nou, for we open small trep-dooz VI shoot them with a revolver. Oi |1i1I we had seen them before they bAed the tank put as our mechan- Moe giving us little change o1 v tien just then. we did no'
 nAout them.
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