Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-11

say impoEtapt bapaesiass sess Xassu
'uassEzz1nsNsAs<~ss2~s s-~s.sas
will never forget the last day |
spent at the front. lb~eeNHl to pe
that the Germans must Ny put
job on me, and just at ~ momlbtN
was sure that was com g OUT iSfn
all right and that the wM wfSOyef
for me they were tryingytayg ~ siRss siRssxpx
was ordered to report With my car
TO one Of Qpr .yeY officers. ! did w.
and We left i0f the firibg lhe. Yhsa
We reacLsal lht divisional Mana >SaaeS
We left the car and mounted our horses
D. finish fe Tourney. We. got to a
plars called KEttadt gnd sGpa'ihery'
abotN balb ~ hour Iht,f,ied Auiy
horse to the gate OF al old deserted
house. and went oyer to one Of our
ammunition columns to see II e6uld
get some bot tea When icamc back
about fifteen minutes later found my
poor horse down withhis from, leg
gone 4 shell had exploded In the yard
OF this house and had blown his leg
clear on There was nothing for me
10 do bnt' 10 shoot him aud put tfe poor
beast out Of his misery.
hunted arpphd aiming the different
units In the Vicinity until rodnd All.
other horse. and then went up and
reported 10 my officer We visited
some Of our batteries aud came back
10 krustndt, Tho alcer, told me that
he would not need me during the after
noon, but TO meet him at ) O'Clock that
evening Wc'hltclIcd our horses 10
trea, and the officer went Of. Very
soon after he had gone some more ON.
GERS came along and hitcbed their
horses 10 the same tree. Altogether
there were six tied 10 the one tree
went over TO the Royal Engineers
place and proceeded 10 make myself at
home was feeling happy. for knew
that this was my last day at the front,
and was hoping TO be home for
Christmas. or course told everybody
| met all about my good luck. and We
were having a regular little farewell
dinner. only We had tea instead OF
Chhmuagne Aftcrlit was all oven some
of the boys went away, and proceed
I'd 10 make myself comfortable on n
couch the fellows had built up In the
corner
/ had been there about fifteen min
utes when for some reason or other ]
got up and went over and sat down by
the hrazlcr. | hadn't been on thar
couch three miputes when shrapnel
shell bstst directly orer the hut and
should say fully twenty pieces came
through the roof They went through
the hoor as II Il had been 40 much pa-
Ier. and about balf dozen pieces pen.
etrated the couch l. had been lying on
hot dve minutes before, There were
three OF us In the hut at the time, and
not one Of us was sn much hs scrrs ciled.
B The shells were coming over pretty
thick then, So we went for The dugouts
on the dead run. As passed the tree
where our Horses were tpthered a high
explosive she'll burs, In the middle Of
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