The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-01
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ysst ~ he finished speaking. the wst.
eens ''puppup" OF machine gun u
OSir rear rang cot. and the front linz
- the cnrsshing Germans seemed 10
osst away. Th<y wavsvsd. bat oacs
again came rushing Onward. Dewn
went tAsis seeond line. The machins
gun was taking IN awful tell Of hsss.
1hsn again they tried to advance, but
ths machine gun moved them down.
Dseppinx their rifles and bombs. they
" broke ard a~d In a Wild raSa back 10
tAsiT trench. amid the cheers Of ~
eompaay. They we've forminx again
fpT smother attsmpt. when In the rear
Ut u company came . mighty cheer,
The ammunition had arrived and with
II 4 battalion Of Scotch 10 re-enforcs
Chem. They wsrs saved The unknown
machine gunner had eoRs TO the rescue
In tho nick Vt time
With the rv-snfoteemsnta u was m
easy task to take tine third German
Tine,
After tho attack wsx ever. the cap.
tain aud three OF his noncommlssionea
s6lccrs, wrnded their way back 10 the
position WHITE tsrs "nn~aans ,sna had
dose i,s deadly work. Hs waited ID
thank the gunner In the name of u
/, soHeaay far hia magnificent deed.
Ttee arrived a, the gun. and an awful
sight met their eyss
Lloyd had reached the front Tine
trench, after his company had iest II, A
strange company was nlmbly crawling
~ ths trench ladders. They were re.
endorsements going over They were
8cotttss. aud they made q magnificent
sight In their brightly eolored kits aud
bare knees.
Jumping ever the trench. Lloyd raced
across mo Mans LAnd." unheed,ng the
rain Of bulleta lsaplnx over dark forms
on the ground, some Of which lay stili.
Will" others called out to him ~ he
specified past.
He came "a the German front line,
but u was deserted. except for heaps
VI dead and wounded~-a grim tribute
- the work OF bis company. good old
d company, Issplng trenehes. aud
sasplns for hrrsth, Lloyd could see
right ahead Of him bis company in .
Dead ended zap Of Communication
trench. and across the open, away In
front az them, u mass OF Germans pre-
pairing for 4 charge, why didn't ID
company Ore on themf Why we're they
- strangely siseat' What were they
~s..tax kaes.. TAsss. he, kaAs ,,. thsir, sta,
munI,ion was exhausted
Hut what was THAI on his rtghtt A
machine sun. Why didn't II open tre
and save them, lie would make that
yuns crew DO their duty Rushing
over to the sun he saw why II bad not
opened f,tr. Scattered aruund It's base
lay six still forms They had brought
their sun 10 consolidate the captured
position. but ueftHan machIne gun
had decreed they would never rre
Agaia
Lloyd rushed 10 the gun and, grasp.
ing the tvavsrsiaH handles. trained II
pn the Germans HE pressed the thumb
pirce. bot ooly sharp click "a. the
result The gun was unleadct- Then
he reGirea his hetplfssnvss He did
not know how 10 ly&d the gun I'm.
why hsdnt he attended tho NschInr-
Yun course In Epslsads Ms'd h~en
ovsraf tNe chHae~ 'sut" wa'a u hlasA "
shame ne remembered that he had teen
afraid, Tbs nickname ~ the machine
Euansrs hsi tytghisred htm. They
wssc called the Suicide club Now,
because Of THIS fear, his company
would b. destroyed. the men ot II com.
pany would have to die. eecsuse he
Albert Lloyd, had been afraid of q
nams Ia his shame h. cfted Ike a
baby. Anyway he coald die VITA them
and, 'r!SrS 10 his tsst, he stumbled
ovvr the body Of enc Of ta* snnnets
who vmitscd = falni moan, A gleam
sf hope dashed through him, Perhaps
thia man cpald tell him how ;e load
the sva Stneptnx ever the body ne
y~otly sh,os II aud the soldier Opposed
his eyes Seeing Lloyd, he closed
thea sgsta sad la 4 faint vo.ee. said