Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-09

We Rushed Out and Found That One
Of the cuns Had Just Been Fired.
that lifted me on the table aud dumped
me halfway across the room. The
In the house was broken. We rushed
out to see what had happened aud
found that one Of these guns had just
been fired. | mention this merely to
show what damage the concussi0i
alone will do
During the time the divisional head
quarters was III this chateau the strict
est rules were enforced rega riding keep
Ing under cover aud showing no signs
OF activity around the place. To look
at Il from the outside one would never
dream that on the inside several gen
erals and their stats were workin.
tremendous lighting machine. No
autos motorbikes. bicycles or horses
we're allowed within the gates. and
when a man went In he had to keep
under the trees all the way At night
while the place was brilliantly iIgilies!
on the inside. not even q glimmer
showed from the road. ! guess II was
about the most quietly conducted head
quarters ON the whole fr0nt
h vinmertinghc ID 50 cioSe to the frine
line lint II Is only q matter Of q couple
OF minutes before an seroplane tan be
right over the place. or course our
corps headquarters at PoIerInghe was
bigger. but was not SO near the front
After those big gums Of ours went
into action there II was only matter
Of few days before shells began to
drop In on the place. happened to be
on the other side of viamertinghe
when the bombardment commenced
and had to run through Il on my wa.
back.
A. usual. one Of the nrst places to 20
was the church. and A. I passed BY
caught glimpse Of the ediflce burning
end the priests working feverishly try.
ing to save some Of the cOntents As
usual. too. the people were In O panic
and the road was crowded with them
One night was called and warned
for special duty the next day hadn't
the slightest idea In the world what II
would be. but IN confess that ! was
surprised when found ont was
wanted by q colonel who had been sent
out from England to 6nd the grave Of
Prince Maurice Of Battenbe-g His
resting place was thought to he In the
Menin churchyard. and was to guide
the colonel up there and was placed At
his disposal until the grave was found
Now, the Menin schurchvard was
never . pleasing proposition. aud frvm
what I could ses Il iwas going to be
far from, pleasant this ume. .HeIlhre
corner" vas Just opposite the church
and . very unhealthy spot. Prince
Maurice had been killed near Ypres
while lighting for the English and hur.
nedly buried In the ehurchyard. which
had been so constantly shelled that II
was feared his body had been obliter.
ated. English rpyalty was anxious to
know II his remains were stili marked
We went up to the Forte de Menin.
IN Ypres. In the car and decided to
leave II there. - It WAS not advisable
to let car stand very long on the
Menin road. An we went up the road
warned the Officer to be careful. for
there were plenty Of snipers about
!. was such IN old man be had not
zen OUT TO the front hefote In this
ar. I,ui from the c0lors he was wear
OH his breast wolId lpe willing to
.,ser that this was the frst one he
,dn't been In for : good many years
We reached the churchyard without
iything exciting happening. but I was
u at all fussy about p0klnR around
nona those graves The place had
i,eu aii shelled 10 pieces and the bod
~ blown out Of the graves After
NUT fifteen minutes search We found
se grave We were los,king for by the
..scription At the base OF . crude mon
mciit and marked it % we would I've
.,re TO dnd Il again. The body OF the
rince win probably b reburied eIse
here In more peaceful times
wlsen Ne left the 6raveyard the Of.
lcer asked bow fsr Il vas to our
rencheA = tod him .thst Il was iess
liam . mile. but that Il was mIEhty
tsky business aolng gp in tie day.
inse Wbea ~ colonel found thst u
sas sqeh . s&oefE itance - wanted
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