Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-04

NIL W itbelI uuu nhIuly any Tlkut 10
be called q bill. for to me II looked
like little rising ground and that's
all, but we had ninety-two batteries Of
artillery playing all over It, and they
kept up the heaviest possible lombard
ment for thlrty-6ve minutes When
you think Of 3GS cannon pouring shells
into such small place as one little hill
II may give You some idea Of what we
gave the Germans who were trying to
hold II against US.
The bomhardment stopped as abrupt.
ly as Il started. and as soon as Il ended
the mines we had laid under the hill
were set of. The earth seemed TO
trcmblc for moment. and then came
great rumbllng roar, followed by an
uphenvnl OF earth which seemed TO
reach the clouds The moment the
mines had been set Of our chaps left
their trenches on the dead run, and
they charged across the crater where
hill GO had been but few moments
before.
The henvy artillery fire we had given
the Germans had partly deinoralzed
them. The explosion Of the mines fin
ished the job and they fed like sheep.
Our machine gun was pouring steel
into them for few moments. but we
had TO stop, as our own men were pur
suing them. and II was not safe to con.
tinue our fre any longer. II was all
over in very short time and, while
we had to stand by all night, our work
did not last long during the actual
battle.
Soon after this battle ! secured my
first 'leave" TO go TO England for rest
| Of seven days, and though this is sup
posed 10 be story of experiences
while on the fighting front, will re-
late something that happened while !
was In Glasgow. Scotland.
OF all the cities In the British isles
| Glasgow has sent more men 10 the
front than any other In proportion to
her size The business firms Of the
I city encourage their men to enlist and
| do all they can 10 make things easy for
them 10 leave their families. In many
cases firms continue TO pay men their
salaries while they are at the front
The street car company In Glasgow
has sent thousands, and their places
are taken by women while the men are
away.
Not only are there women conductors
| on the street cars. but women drive the
cars too. When one arrives at the sta
tion In Glasgow II seems very odd 10
have woman step up and ask TO carry
| your bag Women have taken the
places Of the porters In the stations.
Scotland has responded nobly to the
! country's call In many OF the small
villages the entire male population has
gone 10 the war, excepting, Of course.
the men who are too old or those who
are physically unfit.
In the British isles during this war n
great many Of the women have been
helping recruiting" by waking the
streets and putting a white feather In
the buttonhoe of every man they meet
who IN not wearing khaki.
was standing Just outside the Cen.
trnl station IN Glasgow when woman
walked up 10 man who was standing
near me. and without word she pulled
a white feather through his buttonhole
He was a great big fellow. and she had
TO Go some reaching TO get at him. lie
smiled when he saw what she had done
and said Thank you. madam" very
politely.
That was Ike waving a red Gag be.
fore a bull. and she grew crimson and
started telling him what she thought
OF him. He listened until she was all
through. and then he asked, Have you
another one OF those feathers. by any
chancer'
Yes, ! have. you coward" she snap
ped. and she put another feather Oh
him. As she did so be pulled Vie.
toria cross from his pocket and pinned
1, right under the feathers
That woman gasped and suffered
hnu s's"'''','ea r''ns 10 in"Ae az
apology. and she reached out 10 take
'ne iea'uets pach' ou, ne s'opieu he'
mo. madam" he said. "I'll keep thes'
as souvenirs " you uon n''nu' pu'
~ nhe 10 81. 'e" Worus u you
"oou' "ua' you nre ao,ns'
pe,huse a'h W oI'''a CLOTHES uNS
"o' siehi' '"a' : ann eo""u' 'o'
u" you nne" ! n"sa' "".e n'.n n'eu
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