Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-31

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wc had been expecting It: we wcr,
| ready to move on 80 minutes no
ticc. | had been out with combatan
as well as medical officers on tour!
of reconnaissance. definite methods O
evacuation of the wounded had beer
! worked out. and our plans Of counter.
| attack been made. After four or fiv'
days of waiting. the storm finall,
| broke.
The Bochc opened up on us at n
m.. March u with the heaviest bar.
rage | have ever heard. stand to-
was sounded. we turned out, dressed
and had all our equipment packed ir
80 minutes. Then we sat down and
waited for orders to move. The bar
rage kept up continuously. sometimes
heavier and then Of less intensity
sometimes II seemed to be to the north
Of us and then suddenly 1t switched
TO the south.
AirpIanes Scout Positions.
Our balloons were up as soon as
it was light and the airplanes were
h,Izzing over our heads. The ground
mist gradually cleared and the Ger
mans put half Of shrapncl on oul
camp and VIC took cover. but three
men were hit. Why is it n fellow al
ways feels safer with n roof over his
head, even II he knows bullets and
shrapncl and pieces Of shell will &c
through boards and corrugated iror
.i.,st like paper?
Our orders to move finally came and
we marched off to the brigade assem-
,y point several miles away. In 0
large wood there was a battery OF
l.'avy artillery and shells were drop.
Ling In there two or three to a min
ute. and 1t was heavy stuff, too.
Sometimes they overshot the big
wood and shells were landing neal
where my brigade had its assembl!
point. AS We. approached our little
Cnpsc we could make all this out from
some distance away and 1t wasn't g
pleasant sensation to feel we were
marching straight into 1t.
All the battalions arrived and In
that little copse there must have beer
nj least 1000 men. What a chance II
the Germans only knew! But the
shells continued to drop in front Of us
and on either side. but none landed
among us. and after waiting there fol
three hours. expecting to be blown to
bits any second. we finally moved for
ward. Just as we left the copse from
behind us. up over a ridge. came q
stream of galloping horses.
Artillery in Action.
ITS the cavalry" some one shouted
hut soon | made out limbers and field
| guns.
They galloped past us going like
rad, took up a position to our right
swung into position. uniimbered, and
in two minutes were blazing away. II
was a thrilling sight.
In going forward we went around
the end Of the larger wood In from
Of US, over ground that was torn &c
Its by the heavy shellfire that ha6
Just preceded, over another edge
{; cross a valley. and under the cres'
OF a hill. And here we found the
tanks going over the top Of the hill te
take up their position. At this pom
we were still about a mile from th'
front line.
At this place I opened up an ale
post under the crest Of the hill to taxi
care Of what wounded came In while
we were getting into position
looked back across the valley we hae
just traversed.
Shrapnel was bursting In the ar
shells were vhizzing overhead and ou'
guns behind us were belching fortf
the fire The noise was deanenfns.
Shell Misses Train.
Il A royyrood ran fhrou0h the valte1