Crittenden record-press., 1917-09-27

Us, hey were JItsting IN Nc Town
| remember seeing my oriccr coming
81 got out aud started the engine
There were two horse, stauds- just
behind tie car. and ne the oci rr went
to step IN piece of shell cut one ot
these horses In two.
As soon AS We we've clear ~ the
town We were all right Tor. while the
shells continued streaming over %.
they were Sill bursting Ia the town
This was the beginning ot the Gut
battle O., lprcs. IN which the little
Seventh division id the seemingly I'm
possible Day and night the Germans
poured shells into Us Hud sin We held
on Then their artillery IRE would
slackcn. and they would hurl their M.
pcrior numbers against our contempt
ihle little army" In vain endcavor 10
crush Us by sheer weight nS Il were
The enemy seemed to rise out II the
ground and sweep toward US We
great tidal wave. but our machine
guns poured steel into them St the
rate ~ ,rr shots Per minute, and they q
80 down Ike grass before the ~cythc
II they did reach our lines at all they
never went back 20 tell about Il
II Is my honest opinion that man
In action g,es temporarily Insane for
we're IL not ~ how could any man con
,inuc 10 work gun that was scndug
hundreds Of his fellow creatures into Il
heap of rroauing. sguirming death
That Is exactly what vas happening
Tie Germans were climbing over heap.
~ their own dead only to meet The
same fate themselves. The d',-ls o'
yalur which have ESCAPED notice AROUND
the Yprcs salient would on a, leas, on,
large book
with the end ~ the frst battle Of
Ypres our division retired 20 G-Nillas,
called st Jean Cap,ls While the w..
sian civilians had hccn ~ nice 60 Us ~
the way down from Ostcnd sm SOFT,
TO say that We found them exactly the
opposite here We had not been IN N
town three hours before We bad three
Re.gian peasants arrested and conyic,
ed ~ espionage.
There vas u windmill ou n bin Just
back ~ the village. and some one no
iltcd that as soon A. We entered Nv,
village this windmill started 10 No. sI
though there wasn't hsnih u u.r
stirring Investigator showed that
two BolgiauS were signaling ~ tn
Germans In this way.
The other ease was even worse one
~ our police stopped an old BcIrInr
with lag under his arm npd askcU
him what was w H. lie replied that y
contained uothin. hut few vegetables
Something aroused our chaps su,p.
/ riuu and oI examination De- found that
, Il contained Two pigeons uf'h message,
. giving uuT exact sirru-ih attached a.
/ them These mou we're 'ahru 'U The
rear aud shot Things IKE th., mla,
. d, very uII lrU.nut lor a,l concerned
/ II was about ''. i.yr hat new
I driver was found iuf Toe aoucia., ,ar
I ~ that l.ii me without Hu, dchu,t,
work 10 d. ~ thar time. iuu. We had
. M, ur,t brw.rrd ylr, iu action uu uW
rnri ~ tie iur They were ucau'fu
ma times. siNjy horsepower. mounted
. with INA hin" guns cor thrr FOUNDER,
/ While | was waiting iO Gud uui what
was IN become II Wr ! made uu, gir
'u thc arurrl ClrHihlt 4, Co. 1T, ]
vent into action with II uU.r u'
b course the guu was worked hy export
/ guuuors aud ! WAS simply l.iiHg ~ u
| spare driver In ,usr ANYTHING serious
happened. The rdy ~ Ec car wa.
covered with uuIlc, prof steel aud v
was bullet pfu,f tuo
We didn't -ut ~ ~ tat m somc .ul
I the ears had teen. bu, We rot quite ini
enough Nv sui Wr Whpt with th,
racket uur gun was making aud thp
noise VI he bullets hunn'iug N um
armur plate. u wns ~ place iot u
nervous man, The nurl part FOR me
vas the inactivity simply sitting thc,p
and waiting IN ease should N,
wanted
We ipdut sin, there ~ very nng
and was not sorry for II either
Thit was uy url' ttp In IN nrln"rcd
en- nnd I'm uui particular about ha,
inr Rnv mnp thank you
va. advised that the ouly way /
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