The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-26

riddles and no one hurt II was struck
by eciat.
shell Kills -Four.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Andrew
came out to see Us on his way TO tho
funeral Of two American BOYS In sec
ton Sc working close 90 us along this
front. Six men received the croix de
guerre in that section including the
two who were killed. a shell hit their
car and killed four, ! believe II was
a very sad affair for Il was their last
day ~ service and they were undoub:-
odly looking forward TO their repos
The mess began with a German sur
prise attack during the afternoon %
the 2ist, and Il was o typical day for
Roche attacks too. They picked the
most psychological In regard TO the
condition Of the elements. II military
conditions are not particularly against
them. still Il may have been their
own troubles hat prompted the ac-
tivity. A prisoner We talked TO dur
ing the night said they had beer eat
ing captive French bread FOR eight
days. Anyway they started the affair
and IL was no time before all com
m~unication lines were down. We who
were on forty-eight hours rest nj VII
lers-en-Prayers 9TH name OF the VIII
laee on the bank OF the Aisne where
We had been livingD could hear the
tir dc harrage bat merely remarked
IL AZ being unusually heavy and long.
otherwise we took no note of IL. BI;
just after supper the call came Tor
cars and the Information that two AT
the posje a been wrecked durlns
the afternoon.
Ms car Ds) had gone TO ;he army
park for repairs on m Injured chassis
80 | went out with another fellow who
II partially deaf and has had trouble
with his eyes during night duty, and
especially when the weather Is bad
We Eot up TO the pogte through a con-
siderable scattering of Bochc crack
ers at about y. NJ. without much
ceremony too. We dropped our cal
nj the end OF n line 81 eight and dove
into the abri. A. fast as the mor
could be dressed and tagged they were
loaded into the car waiting IN this
courtyard and taken down. Il was q
terrible night-the 3lst Up ON th'
plateau men were slaughtered by th'
hundreds. And our mcn-there wer'
about twenty of US there-had som
rather narrow escapes.
\ Narrow tscalc.
stephens was 10 take - car dow
with Harlow. the man who drives wit!
him. just az Harlow got to the moutl
Of the abri. he had q violent ati1cl
OF indigestion and passed out. sitter
was called to take bis place. lie wen
around 10 the front Of b car 10 cram
Il and "a shell hit near him. showerinl
! him with and and gravel. He hear
another coming and ducked under IN
machine Just in time 10 safely mis-
. some sand and oclat. lie was bal
In the finger. that was an. steven
ran around The car three times lookiu
9 FOR him hut couldn't see anything, o
% went back into the abri one OF IN
! priests located Sticrs and went uu
without his helmet even and got hin
out. Then Holton was called and "a
4, went down in Stiers place. After m
: bad start IS took considerable coura
90 Eo I wasn't there a. the time.
had just gone down, but Stiers told M
about n aftcrwards. They got of a
right. but when they came Ia age
they had a large hole In their ca
where they had hit q wagon or Doe
hit by % rock or something The
couldn't make out exactly what
was except thoy knew a sholl had -
piodcd In their vicinity.
! got b1ck from one trip az ahoi
I o'clock and found an the cars low
so { had 60 start al once. Thompso.
our chef. WIS there in shirt sleeve
keeping us going ana checking mp a
q tho men as they came back. The Met
. ccin chef was keeping the wire hu'
s to find nut how near the German
were coming so everyone could -
8 out when they broke through. "
Il learned afterwardr hat they had con
To- TruyuH, the village next Nsudrrc'
tho poste--and iunt on top ~ a
. plateau. II was fortunate We knew
= after we were through and not bl
fore during the night. u even q
= 50 bad that the 2O6th which had ga
Q been relieved and was ON ~ way dow
2 was ordered back into the trench'
8 60 stop them--and they did. fortunate
4 iY for an concerned.
on that aeyi trip of mine down y
3 had passed the farmhouse a. the on
% the long curve aud had gone "a u
= Ne furthcT when We saw q six hor.
q empty-shsil-case wagon coming up
. the dark turned out to the eXtreu
. right nud was just abreast Of IL when
i shoil burst on the very left ~ The roa
8 just beside the wagon. ~ receive
3 tho hrunt ct The shock and We cFcap,
= With no injuries az an
Ciicd tor bravery.
August 9Th. A soporlnc attack
4 F%omething 81 other must have ltot a
M hotter ~ me remember % got