American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-10

les In France.
reetion ~ a bayonct thrust and con
frolled BY a button al the left hand
frasp Of the rifle Besides his rife. all
" these men carried six or eight Mills
No 2 hand grenndes. weighing from n
pound and five ounces 10 "A pound and
seven "A each.
The Lineup.
They are the same shape as a turkey
egg aud a little larger. Upon with
drawing the firing pin n lever sets a
four second fuse going. One OF these
%grenades win clean out anything liv-
ing IN n ten Zoo trench section. II
viii also kin the man who IL throwing
II n he holds Il more than -four sec
onds after he has pulled the pin. The
third man Of each ten was an expert
bomb thrower. equipped as lightly as
possible to give him freedom OF ac-
ton. lie carried a few bombs himself.
but the main supply vas carried by
the fourth man. who was not 10 throw
any unless the third man became a
casualty, in which Ease No 4 was to
F fWNN NN UANfN int AlAih nAhn HiHN
carried "a knob kerrie. a heavy bludgeon
to be used IA whacking an enemy over
the head. ours were made by fasten-
Ing heavy steel nuts on a stout stick
OF wood. "a very businesslike contri-
vance. The fourth man. or bomb car
rler. besides having "A large supply OF
Mills %grenadea, had smoke bombs, to
bee used ia smoking the Germans out
or dugouts and later. II necessary. IN
covering our retreat. aud also fumite
bombs. Tile latter are very dangerous
90 handle They contain "A mixture OF
petrol aud ~phosphorous and weigh
three pounds each ON exploding they
r%clense a liquid IRE which will burn
through steel
The NTH. sixth. seventh aud eighth
Ia line were called utility men They
we're 10 lake the places OF any OF the
FIRST -four who might become casual
ties Ia addition they carried two
Stokes gun bombs each. These weigh
nine pounds apiece. have six second
fuses and can be used ia wrecking
%dug0uts. The ninth and tenth men
were sappers. carrying slabs Of gun
cotton and several hundred yards OF
instantaneous fuse. This explosive Is
used IA demolishing machine gun en-
placements and mine saps. The sap
pers we're To lay their charges while
We were az work ia the trenches aud
explode them "a 500 IA our party was
far enough out on the return journey
70 be safe from this danger. In addi.
ton To these parties ~ ten there were
three OF ~ who carried bombs and had
orders To keep near the three officers.
10 take the place OF any one OF them
that might go down and meanwhile 10
use n own Judgment about helping
the Jolly old party along was as
signed one OF The three.
In addition 10 the raiding party
proper there was u relay call across
No Mans Land az ten PAGES interval,
making n chain 90 show us our way
back. "a assist the wounded and. IN
case ~ opportunity or necessity. TO re
enforce NJ They were ordered not 10
leave their positions when we began
10 come hack until the last man OF our
party had been accounted Tor. The
hnal section 81 our encourage was com
posed OF twelve stretcher bearers, who
had been specially trained with us. so
that they would he familiar with the
trench section which we were 70 raid.
The Raid and It's Result.
There were two things which made
Il possible for our raiding party TO get
started across NO Mans Land One
was tho momcutury qulckening OF the
blood which follows a hig and mac.
customcd dose ~ rum. and tho other