The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-10-11

may be 4 ii,ilv ben, iron II bal |
hardly believe II wiil, When /
came out had taaf bullet holes
through my gas mask, whsch ~ss
hanging on my ches. and various
other bullet holes through mn
clothes a, other plse~A Alter ! ~as
wounded brought one u uas mea
who was stoi through the stomach
two miles back to 4 dr~ssiux station
Then walked about Sigh, MILES 10
the rear when | vol an smealsn,'r
10 no snital
Say, | have s.1en lucky d14s aal
express il. Tor know that there
has BEEN Divine power protect
ing sne Far swe uaoHtAss shs
Bochr have been shooting al n,e
with everything trom the I'D Calih~
rifle up 10 the \ inch gun, And |
certainly vii, give God the ptalss
alter my lii. has been Fpared through
such dangers. l have been knock.
ei sia, and stunned from the eou-
eussian oi shell hitting within a lev
Tee, u me, killing nsn both In front
and r~af
n takes il all 10 make up this
ear and s.,iue al tss are sutns to
come ou, ~hen its all over, And
sincerely believe that n lev months
will see The end. | base my belief
"a ~hs, I've seen and experienced
On the june md We arrived Al
the ..-.---ifont and witnessed the
French wtreasine NJ Top speed and
advised m 10 do likewise saving.
'b,oneoup Bo%che. broneoap Nil
roillense. Allow ,out ~ciet." which
means. Many Barhe, many machine
enns, leave II once. But We hsd
different orders and am proud 10
say that the next morning the
tsses2, sssaan y s~iseasasss and HAYS
not been able 10 check themselves
| since,
"We gave them surprise thsi
they will never be able 10 forgive
| us Tor doing. We shattered all
their hopes 81 ever going into Paris,
except those, wha sess fortunate
enough, to be taken prisoners. and
We have gotten q good supply oi
them.
Its true that VIZ los4 q LOT u men.
| most oi them being wannd.d, bn.
for every man killed aud wounded i.
| think W. could check oil sauan
| IL "Deu.-chmsn.
We have hsen up against TIER
msn q crack Ioops whn we're 81
teach o. n isssoa. Well! they did
lii. They taught us. tina, they ~sfe
stlss siirftsi tfsupefY ri edwards shxi
could bs found Among men. They
will lay behind their machine guns,
and they have a beunsiful supply
Il them, aud Gre on IA till VIC get
up olose 10 them. then come out
w,th their hands up, calling
':Kamarsd' kamarsd' Pardon
kamasadl That's the hind III \
bureh they are, Then ~ hAye
| mercy on them. take that Conrsd
auG and carry Them back pfi--
| sners. There ia one bunch though
that kanarsd stun don't 70. There
Ars the fellows up In the trees
-nipins with machine guns. When
they are sixhsed thsrsa fall wait
Ing them. and tsseJ drop ont like =
coon hitting the ground pretty hard
xhen they are up several beet. Bas
the hardest fall / have ever seen Al
raxn get vas German who junsped
from his plane several thousand ises
high, after . Fregxh,e had sst his
machine on are. When that man
hi, The groa.id II could be heard los
. mile. Two other. stayed With
the mschiss till /, got within . iew|
hundred feet Of the ground tbenl
they iemped. We efawisd over
ani drug them in and sos what
insorna,ionssh~y had ca tIasm. and
laid them away to resi-.
After Sighting q month and II
days on-----.wsse noTed io--,--lrum
cher. We made . big advance 90
Thursday oi s<vessi kisometsu
taking company after com0any ot
German prisoners and esss 20 ct
shei. artillery ~sth . vsxy light loss
ri men,
Friday novrinE. ~ sdvarEsd /
.hrn oysn 6.ssis Tor two katasDetegxk
Il Il "a L.