The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-12-05
UNDER FIRE.
Geo. Cock. Wounded. Describes Isis
Experiences In Battle.

Geo 4 Cook. au old Hickman iov.
Iuno was wounded m fhe Fisiues bat
tie. writes interestingly of Isis expo
Irence~ under fire. u rhe following
ie-frr datrd pcf. Nth.
To THE Courier and Friends
Please pardon au oli crippled SOL
dirr and , win trv aud give YOU lit-
fie history uf what ! have Been taught
BOZ sunny France. Eut please do NOT
-cf 81 m your head fhaf fh.~ place i-
sunny FOR 'f ~eem~ fl4t Na only ~ee
flc sun about 1ucc week. ui the
other fimr it o. pouring down rain.
Well ] guess you 500 have heard
rhout mc gefiiu- wounded hv this
Time. Cor shot uu fhc eleventh OF
August ahouf five thirty in the after
urun. Old Fritz eot mr with one of
hi- machine guns boo fhc right hand
with au explosive bullet and 30 Is
uuife hard for me- Go write because ]
c.u only use two fingers hut giieS~ vou
win he able to read ihis- OF course
you au auuw thc great drive started
oa July rho 1lfh about twelve o'clock
sr night and : bad been under shell
fire. before We were all Boz trenches
aHd when fIle hig guns turned lDo~a
hUfh Sides if -rencd fo mr that the
orid Was coming fo 900 end. For
Heut twenty four hours you couldn't
mn anything huf the ro1r of those
guns and fhe skies lnokcd as i'll
were al on fire. No one that
never hccu under she'll fire knows
hing about how 90 fellow feels hui
teN you ouc thing chat There were
praying th1t might that never
ci before. and } myself Thought
wa~ O. good time Co call For help
cre was ever time WHEN anyone
ed Dr. Now after an the harage-
over efrryhudy went over the
lor Fritz NFc got him on the rm
Tor uluuf three weeks they were
-o fast that the cavalry couldn't
up with thcm We were just
to play out going day and night
getting rery little to eat After
So long without getting hit n
begun to think . was bullet proof
nualiV they got me- The place
this battle took place was iu
village named Fi~nc~ and he-
me the Americans and Germans
ail BOO tho town ai THE ~nmc time
ou know it WAS pretty hot Tor both
We finally got them ouf OF the
and ou thc hill just north of
re Bob trenches again Then we had
Eo over the top some more so at
o'clock sunday afternoon. August
h $50 went over after Fritz again.
company went over three times
afternoon. got Dit the first
I- over SD I couldn't 90 amy more.
ad ro stay con the battle grounds
.ur two hour. before I could get
because Be SOU would pint your
l uu lu fhe air some SHIPPER would
unI DO uH for yuu. 40 EI-f I ezra r lrl
f1 this lffle village and stayed
dug uuf until ID u'rieek that
-ht. then / started on nay way Co.
First Aid station.
-'Ihe Germans were continually
oorIng up flares and Ga kept me rather
~ Z, Hing down behind stones and
ruins Of buildings Go keep the
Iuor~ from picking me uff Got %
First Aid station about one o'clock.
- only there "a short time until am
lhulnncc came ia and from there 1
CARRIED Go where Chateau Thierry
fo he loaded on Red Cross
to this hospital ou August 18th.
Hs about 90 forget 10 tell Won that
were there three days and two
fs before / was wounded, without
ing 90 eat only about three hard
The Smelling was 50 heavy we
du5 get anything tO eat up To us.
second day up there I was sent
ou "a ration detail. made Il fine.
pack with lots Of eats and the boys
an ticklcd because we had lots
ats Now we were opening every
up getting ready L. eat and all
nee Fritz sent over a nice lot Of
There We're all Of our eats gased
ruined and mo- one got anything
Ht 50 ] guess you an can imagine
nice names we called Fritz.
guess / had better stop for this
Is VIII inclose post card of how
fciu Thierry looked before the
hut not amy more. because all
So buildings are crushed down by
shells. Well good bye 20 everybody
home VIII see you all before
uy more years. Hoping this find.
ryhody in the best Of health.
A. ever. George T. Cook"