Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-23
CHAPTER WI.
TIE Attack On Hill Ne q

and I explained Il 70 him. Tue
frsnch lay about 100 yards o6 the road.
running parallel to Il II was awfully
muddy and one Of the dirtiest hosss .
get to that ever saw. He noted this
shut up and aid no more for . few
0inuteA
Pretty soon Q few shells began .
come over. and could see them burst
ing farther up the road. spoke sgaiD
and pointed out the danger We were
running into. He had to consent then.
% We slipped and aid through the
mud and finally got into the trench
1t was easy after that. and We reach
some lunch.
In the afternoon he was shown al
through the trenches there and then
came back and asked to see some
bombs thrown. They threw some bombs
for him and then started tring ride
Srenades. Everything was lovely un.
I'll about o'clock. Suddenly some
thing whizzed over and landed In Q
trench not a dozen feet from where We
u"h W ~
what Il was. ! didn't even hesitate
My feet just acted automatically. and
I think broke the worlds record fOs
the standing broad jump right then
and there As II happened. the thing
didn't explode and it's d g,nd thing
II didn't. for the colonel inst stood and
watched IT,
Soon after this nv '''-.idett TO 20 bsrk
30 we returned the same way we had
come. and all the WAY back he had me
picking up shell uu~.s and pieces 1T
shell until when we r.,rh,h H.. ,nf
again. I rrsrini,'ei , imrk wagon
To puf the fnishin. io,lrhr~ ou II all
they we're siiefiin. viamerfinghe wh"p
we refurnest. and we ,rissssi through
that place as fast as that car could
travel. while the houses we're rmni'Iiiia
down on either side of us Taken all
in all. IL wns ah"u' as rxriring day
~ I wanted
Hui my troubles we're not aver yet
for ! was Informed ,bat I was to take
him To tbe rkn: >irrrt trenches III.
next day ! did not nund THAT sn much
for the SaSt'is We're huidin. the treirh
es opIs,sire ,is IN TINT in,t ~ the line
and they d',l not intlirr ,is very much
Sometimes DAYS would puss with hard
~ shot icing fr,-i o. 'oliiSe the
German artillery gave II To 's lust the
same ~ everyw here eise. hut the Sax
ons themselves are pretty decent chaps
The village " t'lnj.steert IL very
Interesting place. as there hnd i'een =
great deal of hand to hand tghting
there in the earlier days " the war aud
the houses and trees left standing wers
all scrate he'd and cut 10y huilct marks
We xtnrfeti out about 10 Oclnk the
next morning and by u we were On
our way NJ to the trenches In gs,ihe
to the trenches one passes through
big wood. and this place. too WAS alive
with isnilpers We arrived without mis-
hap. however. but things were warmer
than usual for II ss-ems that there we're
some Bavanans In against ux ~ this
time.
While the colonel WAS mousing ar"ipd
l picked up one OF tue new lerix.,,j,ir
ddes that had lust come o,ii and start
ed pottinx At a chap who WAS digging
Q sniping trench our In front II the
German parapet could only sse the
dash OF bis intren, hing tA,i ~ h. threw
the dirt out. and once In awhile his
bead would show for . frsrtiop Of
second But kept PARTING away m,rs
70 kill time than anything eise
He soon knew that I was after him
for every once tD swhile lie would
wave his little shovel II me Just after
4 he h~k .h.
kept this up. and about l:::,O was he
ginning To get rather tired Of the game
just happened to glance into the glass
OF the peris'Of,e and therr was his
whole head and shoulders showing
sbove the little paraiset
pulled the trigger and ne seemed to
disappear almost a. the mme instant.
II sounds rather long to tell alhhit hut
II all happened In the fraciion ~ sec.
0nd did:i't know whether ! had hit
him or not and was beginning r.
Doubt Il when xoine one threw his Indy
n,i and went IN digging In hia place
! had fired nearly sOO rs,nnds of am
ounminp 10 gel "n~ sserman hnt fen
suthsr sict at havtAs ouaily bssa ~
cesaful
Aruund 8 O'Clock we started bach %
tie car. and - ~ wefs going thfuagh
tt wond ~ saw oas Of our poor TEL
lows ssIpsA We bad ssveral batteries
g iareiiDesy y the vicinity. -anA ~
eAap Was ~ arttllssyman- he vas
watkins ~ . path which Joined The ens
sswers on. the jonetioa n ~ paths
baitg sbouf 100 gards a9eaf = - Ne
esso1 hssr IL pess 1svu whist1nO -
- fadfaSeas. .boi - vhiqtDs - e.
shals bg1Ef tratk - : ti1s We r1sks1
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