Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-02

aero pal Ne ONrf our tlf-a u Itfls.Dt drop
pug bombs A. th-y went back 10
'lgIr own Lines They r"w over : hos
r.tal iO~at"fi N an "Iscn u-lf There
wrrr huge rpd cru~>s=> IaIuTed on IN.
top % every tent 80 II would sr-rsn
that HuF mistake a. TO the nature Df
'h~ camp would hr tmIsur--IltIe Neyrr-
'hris-~ a. the tau'e-s Ia~-s-i over th.y
lrpplest several bombs in the hospital
lri kl.E,-l quite a uumb-r of the I,nur
aarr- Who were already wounded The
gur-s-> wursrf - hard a. they could
trying 20 Vu.-' 10. r,-SI Of the men
auI il = u0 cav task. for while sol
drer may face almost anything when
H- i well u i n very different matter
IS hen be j. lying b,f'!sss-- WOuuce-i aud
90 pain. on srr-rrt-r
wa- very lurh Interested to learn
r"gy mans mail vs. taken care ~
when unrtrruz Eaa HarF,vu'-i TO uIra
II s'--rnui 10 me that the ruauce Of nl-
letters TEN. rrturuc-i before uiS renrfi.
could he u0-in~d wu~ very great nu
psEiu= ahoat this found that when
man has been killed bis letters are
market "Eiilsf~ hur instead of he,
Ing S"ur dIrF--f'y tn hi f,-u'te tbey are
returned TO the war ofilr. and ste sent
from there. after the casualty ha- nrrn
made known. TO hi> relatives In thi-
way many people sr- saved great
rea Of pTrmaiur. worry and uuaa>I
ness
shah never fo-=rr the time { s,N
the RovaI Horse artillery 20 INTO action
for more thrilling sight would I've
hard fo imngine wss ou' alone in
the AR aud / had IL, in doing pairog
duty went rather fl"~"r t" our rr
ting lin" than inrcndrt to hut decidr1
10 push on nu't 1}rurs the -rourr
uari.naIe so | wuuIJhuve good rad
oil the rest Of the N, hack to ranp
had to 20 tug fnih th- VILLAGE Of
roads Just oursi,/ The village senrry
stopped rue and/~nid rould not 90 on
1t seems that ime Germans had Eo' /.
machine suIT Iu tho Sr..,.pIr o' IN.
rHurrh and /wcre cleaning np every
'htng rhai fried TO bass The b"r.s
srrrrl"ry hfd been sent for. and learn.
ed thnf they were on their way even
then
/ hrnid, I'd to wait around and see
what happcned, SO pulled in TO the
side 81 thr road | had hardly stopped
when heard a rush and rattle that
sounded like an old fivvcr In the dis
tHuce Around the curve dashed eight
horses on the dead gHIlop pulling an
eighteen FOUNDER behind them They
A .ltal hys INT uri. akn
Of me they swung around and trained
that gun on the church
There was a moments pause. and
then she spoke. and away went steeple.
Germans, machine gun and ali The
first shot had been direct hit. and 1t
couldn't have been better II they had
tried a thousand years
II wHs the very next day after this
event that got into as tight ti1 Us l
ever care to find myself ! was order
ed to take three officers TO n place call
ed KENNEL. had been there before.
and from what had seen then wasn't
eager about making the trip again
We started of about | O'Clock and
expected to be back 10y 8 noticed as
| came to the KENNEL road that there
were two scntrics on duty there. but
as they only saIutcd the officers and
didn't say anything thought no more
about It. Now. KENNEL lies at the foot
OF hill and Is tucked I'm between
Mount Noir and Mount KENNEL 1t
would be coZy little place IN peace
time. but It is an awful trap to get
caught in when there is war on.
| sent the car up the hill as fast she
could 90. and II was a long climb As
we went over the brow and started on
the down grade We ran right under the
nose OF the German artillery observers
This road wat officially closed. and
those sentries should have stopped US
Well. 1t scared me 81 Stlat ! went
down ttilt hif so fast those officers
must have Thought they were in para
chute AS We entered the village the
shells commenced to drop In on us, aud
We ran for the nearest shelter. which
happened to be brewery.
There wasn't much left of the place
anyway. as 1t bad. been in German
hands. and We had shelled them out Of
It. and when we had taken 1t they had
shelled us out Of 1t. Anyway. We left
the car and crawled into the cellar. II
was wet and -fiithy.. ,buf 1t looked just
like heaven TO me that day.
We lay there In all this filth hour
after hour. while the shells literally
poured in all around us They GER
tainly wastsd q lot Of good ammunition
trying to get US. hut the best Of 1t was
that they didn't succeed. One OF the
officers remarked during a moments
silence that the crown prince Of Ger
many must have made his headquar-
ters In the place when It was. In Ger
man hands. Another Officer replied
thar be wished the crown prince was
there now
We iay there tfll the fire lei up