Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-30

0ar driver be oesvod fouftooa 0onth0
undB tAs Britain nag. Out q thirty.
80 Of tour ourvtvora
to me then. wous1 se.o.
party before would join the army. .
trust you have learned something
Good afternoon
! found out later that be was Q sef.
geant piper in one Of the most famous
Scottish regiments and that be won
the cross for saving three omcess when
~ouDded himself
CHAPTER VII.
eeesnd osttls Fer Calais.
n ~ rest Of seven days seemed very
Nl short and was back on the
job at Poperingbe all too soon.
Ypres, which was six miles away.
had been comparatively quiet all win
ter In fact. II had been 80 quiet that
our Twenty-serenth divisional bead.
quarters had moved In there. As the
spring drew uear the Germans began
to shell around the city again. but
very few shells landed directly In the
city proper
There was big gas tank on the out
,kirts down toward Krustadt. and
sround this place the shell dre would
rn''.r hrsvy a. times The city
a. nm d knO kcd about even then,
II WAS no; hing to what II wss at
-. -ud IT the 'set'Ond hattie for Ca
li.
,,~f"rr the he;:inning Of this battle
kaiser WIS quoted as having said
har " he failed TO breus us this time
ne woni'i lay the city uf Ypres 10 the
ground street b. street He failed to
ncik us all right. ana he kept his
w,-r! nr toda, The tine old city OF
lpres IL notiiiu. hut = shapeless heap
II broken bricks
toi weeks before the Ntnck our air
men were bringing In relIorts thar the
t;eruians were massinI heavy bodies
of fresh troops just in front OF our no
sition All our transport traips went
through the city. our men were billeted
there. and one Of our divisional head
quarters had moved Into the city.
The Germans still continued TO bonn
bard our positions In this vicinity. but
they left the city itself severely alone.
All winter It had been as safe to go
through Ypres ~ 1t would be to go to
church. consequently an order to 60 to
Ypres did not bother anybody very
much.
was at the divisional headquarters
in Ypres with &, stan o6icer on the aft
erno0n the bombardment started. We
had gone to the city ON horses. and We
naturally expected to come back that
way. 4 suppose II was about o'clock
when We arrived there. and put the
horses in the yard behind several build
ings.
A. I was still on duty. I didn't dare
90 very far away. for I didn't know a
what moment the officer might show
up The first inkling got. OF, anything
unpleasant. was when heard the
scream OF several shells coming through
the air ut once
Riaht then acted 90 the impulse
that seizes every one at such . time
and went through the nearest cellar
window. where I landed on pile Of
potatoes. was content to stay there.
too. until an orderly found me aud told
me that my oticer wanted me-, The
Germans had been bombarding u
about half o., hour then and there was
NO sign OF any letting up yet a as-
The orderly told me that the shells
were dropping In At the rate Of forty.
one to the minute. aud remember
wondering who on earth would be fooi
enough to count the number of shells
falling. reported to my officer and
found him as cool as q cucumber He
asked me where the horses were. and
when told him be said for me to leave
them there and to go and find . car Of
some kind.
knew II was mighty serious when
he would abandon the horses. and
started out with the fear Of God In my
heart and wondering where In the dick.
ems would find car In that inferno
As q matter OF fact. I did find one, or
at least II had been car at some time
or other II was an ambulance which
had had the body blown on. and some
one had built couple Of little bucket
seats out Of empty bacon boxes.
Bacon boxes or not, It certainly look
ed like = million gold dollars to me at
that moment. and wasn't 20 slow
about nabbing It The engine was all
right, 70 decided to take Q chance on
the rest Of It holding together until I
got my oficer through the city anyway.
] pulled around In front Of the head
quarters. and the oficer Jumped IN.
It seemed - though the whole city
was being torn from its very founda-
lions - terrible was the din. Ths
houses wsrs eoing. down IN evesy qoas-
tss. ana On The facs Of It II hooked IKE
pure madness b g ,through at AL
Waxons. hoepea. autos. h1cyclee. were
pl1s1 up s,seyvhssa Msn. wsosn and
ehfldrea. soadises anA e1vilieAs wsco y.
sn. daad ana dying - oveey slroee !