The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-13

surprise resulted in a complete fiasco."
"LOustic" hAd' no sooner familiar
lied himself with the trenches of the
-th infantry than he made discOv-
cry Of the first Importance. While on
watch duty with his master he sud
denly oblicued to the right and gave
unmistakaole signs Of perturbation.
There's something over yonder,"
said the master to his comrades.
"Nonsensel Your pups dreaming"
"But tell you that if none of our
men are over there at the right, there
are Boches there"
The dog is led in the opposite d.
rection to test him. He runs back to
his point Of observation and continues
to manifest the same disquieting symp-
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ut may be that he smells Boche
outpost" observed his master.
The men, impressed at last, COM
municate the observation to the officer
in command. "X- says that his dog
Loustic' has discovered a Boche out
post"
"The one we are after?"
Eyes"
''That would be extraordinary in
deed"
The captain is skeptical; neverthe-
less he orders several rockets to be set
off. ..
And there, sure enough, in the oil"
rection the dog so obstinately indicat-
ed, pop up the heads of three superb
BOches, who fancied themselves secure
against discovery.
"That passes me-" murmured the
captain. "In 20 minutes this cur has
discovered a post we have been hunt
ing two months for"
Four-Footed Scouts.
In q northern sector, between the
French and German trenches, fully
200 yards from the former and not
more than 20 yards from the latter,
was q farmhouse which was suspected
Of concealing machine guns and an
observation post, despite the fact that
no signs of life were visible.
The poilus in one of the French
trenches lay their heads together:
Its absolutely necessary to know
what there is in that house"
you're right. But it's no easy mat
ter. We shall surely be shot if we go
near it." !
"But If 1t Is empty?"
"That would be lark. Well find
out. Well take 'Papillon' along with
u.s."
And one dark night four men, ac-
companied by Papillon, set forth, They
advanced by bounds, with infinite pre-
caution. making ten-minute halts be-
tween the bounds and unrOlling tele-
phone wire as they progressed. When
they were close to the house, they halt
ed for three-Quarters Of an hour, in
order to give Papillon time to famil-
iarize himself with the premises and
to reconnoiter them thoroughly. He
displayed no signs of agitation save
when he was turned toward the
trenches of the enemy. The house was
certainly empty. The party entered
and made thorough inspection. They
returned under Papillon's guidance
several times. making daylight OBJ
servations which rendered possible a
successful attack. And Papillon was
cited on the roll Of honor of the bat
TALON.
In the spy-infected Vosges the scout
ing dogs have been particularly useful
In detecting the civilian traitors who
are in the habit of observing the move
ments of the troops from behind the
forest trees. The scout "Nestor," be-
sides rendering numerous services Of
this sort in the region, also distin-
guished himself particularly at Band
kopf by falling back upon a patrol, in
advance Of which he was reconnoiter-
ing and announcing In unmistakable |
language a totally unsuspected menace
Of the enemy.-BostOD Transcript.