Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-08-24

f9Uro0 4HH the crew ui<6 Died todsai
sed I worked round to the right sbou
fca yer6a from the shell hole wipers
ws kn8 sheltered ourselves whils
fkrevis1 emiss Into the emplacemeni
and eret10 tho German parapet We
rushed ~ gun position The officer
whs hp1 ss.ea Ia charge wss standing
with ~ back TO ns. airing with his re.
vpsvS~ lawn the trench at our men
Wbo WWre coming over At another
Delne ! rrsched him before GodsaIl
ed ls61Daeted him. The other Ger.
man W. had survived our bombing
thrsw ~ bis hands and mouthed the
reut011r slogan Of surrender Mercy,
kxnsefo6f Ny bayonet had broken
~ Ia ~ encounter with the German
e<Acxs, - | picked up German rife
wttn : hyencs arcd. and Godsall and
I wuetof on down the trench.
~ aNmsn who had surrendered
s(ue1 V1A his hands held high above
~ beeA waiting Tor us to tell him
USot ~ DO He never took his eyes
~ sven 20 look at his officer. ~.
- n tis feet. A. We moved down
~ trench be followed us. stili hold.
Ia ~ IAnds up and repeating. "Mercy.
ksa6rndr AT the next trench angle
p4&dt ave more prisoners. and as
Cd f4n had been slightly wounded In
tia arm turned tho captiyes over TO
HIM and ordered him 10 take them 10
tbs rtar, Just then the men OF our
asc1od wave came over the parapet
like { to< OF hurdlers. In i've minutes
we ha4 taken the rest OF the Germans
la tie trench section prisoners, had re.
verned the iire steps and had turned
their own machine gun against those
of their retreaiing companies that we
cpuid csfeh slTht Of.
AZ ws could do nothing more mere.
! @aga sraera TO advance and re-en.
force the trout line. Our way led
scross Geld furrowed with shell holes
aud spotted With bursting shells. No,
a man hesitaicd. We were winning
1hst was all we knew OF cared 20
kaow We wanted 20 make II GER
fainty Tor our fellows who bad gone
4heaa. A We were proceeding toward
taa Norman reserve trench ] saw -four
pf ar tnen, apparently unwouuded. ~
iax 10 shell hole. stopped 90 ask
Is<A What they were doing there. As
| afeke I held my German ride and
bAR act nj the position OF guard" the
Efp<ff the bayopet advanced. about
shQ< ier high. | didn't set their an
sw& for before they could reply
'elE sensation as II some one had
hr4wn lump OF hard clay and struck
neon the hip. aud forthwith ! tum.
,ia4 IN on top Of the four. almost
tiu9 kipx my bayonet into one Of them
pfissts named Williams
Ncclintock Badly Wounded.
4lTeil, now you know what's the
p3ser with az" said Williams. Eve I
IfA't fall In, but we crawled In"
hey had all been slightly wounded
I'd twenty-five pieces OF shrapnel 4
- sotae shell fragments lmbedded IN
x1eft lex between the hip and the
\ followed the usual custom Of
soldier who has 'got II" The FIRST
tlnx | did was 90 Hight 'fsg" (edgu-
nxer). and the next thlng was 70 IN.
estigate and determine II was IN
anger OF. bleeding 20 death There
rasn't nuch doubt about that AR.
srial blood was slsrtlng from two OF
40 Wounds which were revealed
hen the other men IN the hole helped
- TO cat on my breccbes. With their
"a managed to stop the hemorrhaga
nd tayonets one placed as high
y - possible on the thigh and the
thef Just below the knee. Then we
u smoked smother flag" aud lay there
stealing 60 the big shells going over
I'D the shrapnel bursting near Us. II
AZ quite concert too. We discussed
hat We ought 20 do. and nnaliy
I'D:
Here. you fellows can walk. and
mt Furthermore, you're NOT able 90
TRY me because you've got about all
ny OF you can do 20 navigate alone
doesn't hook as u It's going 10 be
~ better here very soon. You all
'oesed 10 the rear aud " you can get
'als one 10 come after me Iii be
.lixed 20 you"
They accepted the proposition be
axe 4 was good advice. and. besides.
sss orders / was their superior
Beer And what happened right
Ter ,ha, confirmed me forever 81 my
siy. Kentucky bred conviction that
ere l. great deal IN luck They :
uldn'f hrTc Travelled more than fifty
'sris ffo,p the shell hole when the :
s5ck 81 high explosive SEEMED 10
BE rieiss down o1i ~ the sly into
] sarE and tbs detonailon walch In
|ntly followed SHOOK the slauting
lea ~ iAc sifll hole until eirs ~ iit.
s<ssAsg fivuiets caiHe trickilng down
kra sns woanded As ] was. drag
d sagseif ~ 10 The edge n the hole
xfs vas 40 trace anywhere OK the
sr nseu who had just ieft me Thag
80 never bsen heard q since Their
dies were never found The big