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doing a thorough job.
Then came the first tangible evi-
dence of how the thing went.
Rockets seen at La Roche wood at
6:45," said the bulletin. That was our
infantry. signaling that it was there.
would be flying overhead and then fly
ing back again to report where our
new position was
BY American airplanes is meant
French airplanes with American pi-
lots and observers. No American air
planes with American aviators have
yet flown over the battle line
Line Cut by Shell Fire.
At ten minutes after Z the tele-
phone tinkled again. 1t was brigade
headquarters.
have men working on it. but they're
under fire and it's hard work. Hope
to have it fixed in five minutes"
The colonel hung up the receiver.
Good Lordv' he said, I've got to
sit here and wait Is there anything
But the wait was not long and it
was well rewarded. In scarcely two
minutes there came another call and
the voice he heard nearly sent the
colonel jumping out of his chair. 1t
was the major who had led the at
"Everything's going fne.- he said.
We've got all our detectives. Losses
slight The first lot Of prisoners has
just been brought in-twelve OF EN-.
"Hoorayw cried the colonel. an tho
Irish in him coming to the top,
that's the stuff Firing qufeted
down? No machine gunfiref Fine!
Call me again as soon as you can"
Now that telephone wires have been
~ oftackaYl IN the
+P. C. more news came in quickly. to
be noted by other officers and COM
municated to brigade headauarters
The Germans were shelling Bou-
resches, and in a minute our artillery
had been told about it and were
looking for the batteries that were
doing 1t.
Twelve Foe Planes Overhead.
There were twelve German air
planes nying over our new line, and
the colonel remarked over the teIe-
phone that here was some work Tor
those Ambitious young men VINO
the Marne. Not long after. by the
way, it was reported that the young
men had appeared and the boche had
disappeared simultaneously.
Then came another telephone call
from the major. that reused tine COLO
"Prisoners coming in all the time
he repeated. so many of 'em you
can't count 'em. Well. Gott in Him
mel! God bless you! Bring 'em in
A little while later came reports
from brigade headquarters that the
attack had been completely success
full all along the line. and that news
the colonel relayed to his new front
line as follows:
we've given 'em hell everywhere.
Tell the boys we've done fine. Spread
the news everywhere, tell 'em I'm
proud of 'em. Then, tell 'em all. in
fantry as well as engineers. to dig
II they never dug before. Tell EN-
to keep on digging till they get to
China There'll be counter attacks
coming, and we've got to get consoli-
dated. If they want moro artillery
protection all they have to do is to
ask for it. Have you got plenty of
ammunition? Good. fine. Don't waste
it: you'll need 1t ALL
The next call was still good news.
About 200 prisoners" it said, "all
very discouraged. Say there are more
who'll surrender if we'll let them
That gave the colonel an idea. He
called to his artillery officer, who had
been busy on his own telephone telling
his batteries to get their data ready
for a. protective barrage In case OF
counter attack.