The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-15
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Tne str~schcr h~srcrx no doubt
hoping That. u thsy dad have 10 carry
anycse to the rear. he weaid 10 small
md bsnt Perhaps they tecksd 81 me
wA~n rwtsAsngs hscnG4s ! could scel m
uncomfortable. horinx seasasioa be-
tween my shoulder shades. They got
their wtaa ill right.
Going W this trench. about every
sixty yards o. 10 we wosis pas. = ioa~
y s~nfry. who In . whisper weuld
wixh M "ths best o. luck. natea~ VIZ
vesid blind II him under eur hresths;
0ss Jonah phrase to ua ss~aded very
entneus
without any casualties the nlinssrel
troop arrived ut Suicide ditch. the
fruot.iis* treach prsteusiy. q wiring
party Of the Reysl Eaxaaeers had cut
= lane thrsaSh sur hash~d wire 10 On.
able ~ IN sst out iato No Mas I.ssd
Crawling fhsouSk this fans. bur
party II twenty tssk up an extsnAeA
axter fsrrsattpa aAaut one gard apart
W. hsA . tap coda arranged fsr eur
movements while In No AaaS Lad.
hccnuse TOR various reasons Il 10 Dot
safe TO carry % = heated essve~sstisa
Z few yards 10 front Of Fritz nAss
TIA oAecer was % the right Of the
nns, while VAS en tho extreme iSst.
Two taps from the right wosld b.
paused dawn the line until I received
them. then wsnld ssad back eas tap.
TIE sfnc-s. In receiving this sne tap
weaia knew that his erdcr had gone
down tAe whole llne. had been uadsr,
stood. asd that the party was ready
"a obey the twstap signal. Two tips
meant thar ws were TO crawl ferward
siewfy end believe una vsrT siowly--
fer I've yards. and thea halt to await
Further Instructions Three taps neaut.
when you arrived witkia strik1ns tis
tG0cs u the German tTencA. rush Il
AAd inAiVt a. many casualties ~ prs-
ahas. secure q sssr.s Of prisoners, and
then back - yvur own liass with the
neeel clutch spsn. -Four taps msaAe
4 have es<tsa yea iahe = positaen fSsm
which u In Impossible for ~ 10 9tri.
esss yes. ~ yus Ar~ On ysur eva
After seftiAs Tommy isss . nsss -
~ western freat he II ssss~auy ,s,S
that - y "ea lis eva. "a Txn nssnx
"aave yoSr ska 10 any vsy psassslA"
Tommy loves to b - bis sws- SsAisA
the lsss, bat ast Outing . trsAeA raid.
Tia star shsils frsa tie Ossman
Macs ware falling In frSat q ~ tAsrs-
fsre ~ vers nf& After absut tvss.
y niautes We catered he star sAali
ssce. A star shesl frsa IL osrmAs
daes fell about I've yarAs In tAs rear
end - ~ rtsAs ef ~: ~ Ausss1 ~
grsand and AAd eur breath saal II
burned cut. TIE smoke frvu tAe STAT
shell travelled aicag tAs grsuaA asl
creased ever The widAa Of eur lie.
Same Tommy sssescd. I've snsks AAl
ecsteo NJ his nsse. We crsucAa1 %
the srsaad. euraiag the e6eader uaAes
eur breath, and waited the vollsy that
generally ensues WHEN the 0ermass
have heard ssist In Ne Mas LAaA.
Nothiax happ~aeA We recMvea ~
tnps aa1 ers~l-d forward sswiy fse
~ yards: ~ doubt the sA~er hN
nsveA what Old Pepper bad said. Per.
scnally believe that taa, part Of the
Geruaa trench 10 snoccups-d" Ny We
iAG careful and renainiag rHotioaless
wksa the star shells tell behind a., ~
reached the G~rnah hsreed wire with.
out mIAaap, Then the rwn began. !
wAs srar~d sta a. Il Ia ,.csilsh vert
cutting yeur way through wire when
about thirty feet In srsa; es ysu there
h line II Eeckrs Soktag out into No
Mans Land with their rtAes iyiaa
across the parases. stralniag evxy
sense tn SEE Or hear ~hss 10 gotAg -
IN M Mans Lana because Of Might.
FYiss never ksews vhra Z hsah with
hss Rame ana nsaAAer 90 n win ssns
hurriinr throuxA the cir aimed In 'ks
dir~rs.ss If Bertha IT, Ess IN ths
r4uht. Gne xaa In the ceEsxr and my.
SELF u the sxtrsrre left WE'RE ~suisr~A
vim w5rN cutters Thews are sGsulsted
With soft r.sAh+r not because the ss~r-
man wtres are charged With electricity.
bar - prevent ne cutters rubbing
sSxnss ths bsrsed wsre Stakes shich
are IL ircn. aad making . Rsise
shlch msy warn the ins7ates oz the
treach thar sc4enEe IL gwttlat fresh
In their trns. yard. There IL ca.y eas
s~y Ia ea; y herA~4 wls< w:saSst Noise
ard tsroash esxsiy exyertence Tommy
hx~ h~cosae % expert tn cosnx thiA
yw Easw grasp sh~ wsr~ ahvss tre
inches swsn the stake In rear right
sant ana cot h~tw%wn she sake and
ycrv aane.
II 200 cut = ware smpruperiy, a
isva swsas win ring cut "a the night
air lsfe the msppsns Ut hanjs
string Perhaps Ills artss can d
hard scly for nfty or s~vcaty-Ave
ysrss. sSt IN Tennyp zz,gs. IL Eakss
toad nctse In Bertha
We had sss Q lane aAoss hais~ss
sMSzSh tie wtre when. cosa the cen
~ Of ctr lsns. wang ~eni e. La
grcSssy GU, =sr0 We e-c1c,,sy3 a5wn-
tsrsAs WISER esr srvstt, trvrsstizg Ill
w.. 500 ksss lsce-ssec sru= the
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