The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-26

- Rszsazzz1nAsan@-<s~@r a@z Ter about se-asa men say ~om ~.e other woua Then 1t was taps for me The ligbts sent out.
 When ame to I was croucbine in a hole ln 10 Mans Land. This shell hole was Bout three feet deep, so that 1t brought sy head few inches below the leVe' othe ground. How I reached this hoie Will never know. German "typevrl.es' were traversing back and forth No Mans Land. the bull lets bilinethe edge of my shell hole and throWag dirt all over me.
 OveFhea shrapnel was bursting l could nar the fragments slap the grounu. aen l went out once more. Wheni Sse to everything was silence ana oai Ass in No Mans Land. I was soaN with blood and a big flap rom 'ie pund in my cheek was hang Ing over y mouth. The blood run nihg IIoHhls Hap chOked me. Out of the cprhtof my mouth I would try and blowt back. but if wouId nn+ move acned for my shell dressing and Fleewith one hand, to bandage my tace1 prevent the flow. I had an a"lutorror of bleeding to death and was ting very faint. You would nave iaeed If you had seen my ludicrousttempts at bandaging with one handThe pains In my wounded shouluer re awful and was getting sick at l stomach. I gave up the bandagintunt as had ioh and than fainted.
 When anne to, hell was let loose. An inten bombardment was on, and on the We my position was decided iy unplent. Then, suddenly, our barrage ased. The silence almost hurt bulot for long, because Fritz turned lse with shrapnel, machine guns, anlfle fire. Then all along our line cana cheer and our boys came over thtop in a charge. The first wave w'composed of Jocks" They were Inifcent sight, kits, Tapping 1.-the ld, bare knees showing, and their banets glistenIng. In the first ware thpassed my shell hole, one of the "Jo'," an immense fellow, about six feetvo inches in height jumped right ol me. On the right and left of me erai soldiers in colored kits were hJled on the ground, then over came t second wave, also "Jocks." One yeg Scottie, when he came abreast my shell hole, leaped into the airis rife shooting out of his hands, ding about six feet in front of him, yOnet first, and stuck in the groundle butt trembling. This im- pressede greatly.
 Rghbw can see the butt of that gun trolling. The Scottie made a conpleituTn in the air, hit the grundplling over twice, each time dawingt the earth, and then re- Inanedll, about fOur feet from me, in sorf sitting position. I called to hin "Ayou hurt badly, Jock?' but noansE. He was dead. A dark red snndgeag coming through his tunfc rlglt uer the heart. The blood ran
 dom hbdre knees, making a horrible
 siBt. l his right side he carried his
 waer .tle. was crazy for drink < anhsgitn .reach this, but for the life Of M)ul1 not negotiate that four feeMen l became unconscious. Whe woke up I was in an advanced
 firsMpoSt. l asked the doctor if we Ataken the trench. "We took the f.h and the wood beyond, all riglme me said, ''and you fellows did youN but, my lad, that was thirty six N ago. You were lying in No MaaA Ind in that bally hole for day and Hf. It's a wonder you are alive" | He M0ld he that out of the twenty that3e in the raiding party, seven teen3e killed. The officer died of wolIlan crawling back to our trench and sfs severely wounded, but one fellQNturned without scratch, with out Aprisoners. No doubt this chap wass lone who had sneezed and im- prone cut the barbed wire.
 lnE #offieial cOmmunique our trench raid described as follows:
 "sliet on the western front, ex- eept& &n the neighborhoOd of Com med wood, where one of our raid ing Res penetrated into the German line&
 It Aeedless to say that we had ro use Eur perSuaders or come-alOngS, as VF#0ught back no prisoners, and unti ie Old Peppers words, Per. sonaAE don't believe that that part of ti&srman trench is occupied" will Glwiiysome to me when I hear some felloMying to get away with fishy statealt. I will judge 1t accordingly.