The Raymer enterprise., 1917-05-03

do not hear the shells of the Germans crashing
above them II is thus for only brief period.
As suddenly grows a new confusion In front. AT
first II sounds like murmur, babble Of many
voices. They turn out to be shrieks. The order
has been given to jump out and advance They
come from men dellrious In frantic haste TO rush
on after the strain Of II.
As the men In front jump out and rush along
In advance, rifles held almost at arms length with
the bayonets In the dim smoke clouds sticking out
In front the other crowds back in the trenches rush
ont to I'LL their pla"es and in turn jump out and
rush 1t is all done quickly possible; there
is no times lost and hardly motion.
And while the mass of frenzled men rush on to-
ward the trenches OF the Germans falling by
scores. whole groups of them turn this way and
that as the Germans concentrate their fire among
them, Others keep filling In from the rear. There Is
no end 10 their number apparently. The entire
rear is now packed with men and more men, while
behind them are still more men-men without num-
ber
There will be signal when you get out there, y
we are told at is an order to fail on your faces.
Fall on them, No time to lose"
The men who first eaped out and started to rush
along fell In another way long ago-lt was but
several seconds or so-and the ranks behind them
the first of the advancing mass are at the first
trenches OF the Germans.
Comes the signal Suddenly in the frenzy men
cease 10 leap from the trenches while the adyanc-
ing ranks rushing bllndly on fall Hat. Almost at
the same instant possibly couple of seconds later,
TO the men lying there comes a noise that is even
greater than the crash OF few minutes before.
But 1t is hardly pereeptible for the senses, work
ing at capacity, cannot grasp ii all.
II Is the French guns opening up again. They
are tearing out Il way for the infantry tearing
away what humanity is left In the second and third
line trenches. Even during the previous hours of
bomhardment the Germans tried 10 keep these In
some semblancc of holes, There cannot be many
beings left in them, but re-enforcements probably
are coming up
A few seconds later the guniire of the French
again ceases us though by magic. Immediately the
soldiers jump to their feet and again rush on.
They pass over the first line of German trenches,
reach the second line and on 10 the third line.
Another signal, loud shouting and they again
fall down. The guns open up agnin.
This time the guns pound AWAY on German
works farther In the rear They stop again and
the troops dash on. Every man knows his place In
the drive and every body Of men. When one man
falls another Is there TO do what he was doing.
The soldiers feel the success of 1t by this time.
They are instied with enthusiasm the wild Joy of
victory. Shells fall among the advancing hordes,
but in the wild din just passed those who escape
hardly know It,
Now there are fewer guns firing on the German
side. Others of the French artillery. when not fir.
ing at places ahead Of the advancing soldiers.
quickly change their range To the batteries
The French have now mn SsaI Tim first four lin 90
of regular trenches and are running over the net
work Of connecting trenches Masses of Germans
are in these. Terrified by what they have been
through, few show resistance. 1t is useless The
French soldiers continue TO advance. charging
when resistance is offered, delirons with the wine
of successful drive. They do the feats of super
beings and are unaware of IT,
Hours later. after 1t has ceased and the lines are
again deadloeked soldiers in the towns Of the old
sector gather in groups around the bulletin boards
where Is posted the brief official communiuue
The soldiers standing around reading are new
troops. They are on their way to the trenches.
Ambulanees still rush up from the rear and back
again. catching up with the work
The masses of prisoners are already on their KAY
southwark Included in the number taken was a
hetachment, crowd of 10 men who were all that
remained OF several hundred German soldiers
They were caught In trench and unable to es
cape during the terrible bombardment, explain the
few able to think coherently. Retreat had been cut
Off by shells falling behind them
OF the number yet alive are maniacs--men who
are raring violently. They are Initiating the noises
Of shells and the motions OF men struck by them
William T, Martin, In New York SUM-