Yerington times., 1918-05-11

derful sight TO WdtCn ucSiueu
cretion was the better part OF vaior'
or something like that, and got dowr
in my dugout.
went back to the advanced dress
ing station through the hottest shel
fire | ever experienced. More tnaI
once / went down on my face when =
shell burst and the pieces went whiz
zipg over my head. l spent the nigh'
in a mined village where the advanced
dressing station was located, ana al
night they shelled II to blazes. IL was
remarkable how few casualties We
had.
About eleven o'clock the morning oi
the third day shell blew In the .side
of our post, but luckily no one was
hurt. We stuck to 1t until about foui
in the afternoon, when we saw oui
men retiring over ridge In front o,
u.s. keeping up continuous machint
gun and rifle fire, and we beat II oacs
to another village and opened anoth
er post.
The Beqrimed Lord.
About ten o'clock on the morning o1
the fourth day Lord Thyme. my col
onel when was with the battalion
stumbled into the shack where i was
sitting. He looked like a ghost. he
had lost his hat, his face was covered
with four days beard. the swea'
had traced tracks in the dust from his
forehead to his chin. His sleeve wai
torn and bloody and he had cash IL
his arm where he had been struck bI
a piece OF flying shell case.
my God. doc. are you here" ne
said. "You got out just in time. The
battalion is all gone. The sunken roac
is flied with dead-mostly Huns
damn 'em. The line broke on the
right; we were surrounded. and al
the last we were fighting back and
back. Only thirty of US got away
So we knew the Boche had broken
through TO our right and our left, and
It was question of how long IL woulc
be before we. too. were surrounded.
but we wanted to st.cS 1t out as long
as we could.
But not more than an hour later
medical officer rushed in from one OF
the battalions and between gasps for
breath told us the Germans were on
the edge OF the village. had shot him
through the sleeve with a machine
gun bullet luckily that was ALL. and
for us to beat II.
Let me tell you we did. / threw
my knapsack and made the first hun
dred yards in nothing fiat and then
settled down to a walk because ! was
so out OF breath couldn't run any
more.
The incessant scream and crash and
bang Of the shells kept up and the
rat-tat-tat OF the machine guns never
ceased. The village Immediately be
hind us was a seethng mass of brick
dust. smoke. fame, and bursting
shells. We were told on our way
back that stand was to be made
behind this village. so We circled
around II and took up position
about half mile behind II at a cross
roads.
Unfortunately for us. six inch bat
terry came into action about fifty yards
from us and, aside from the harassing
effect OF the terrific noise. batteries
are always unpleasant neighbors. as
they invite shell fire. We stopped
here until about 10 O'Clock at night.
when we were ordered to retire.
There was no way OF getting out
the wounded that we had collected. so
the stretcher bearers carried them on
their stretchers for six or seven miles.
In fact, we all helped. and when we
arrived at our destination at O'Clock
m the morning OF the fifth day we
were all I'm.
could hardly move. but after two
big bowls OF hot tea and some hard
tack turned In on the floor and slept
like a log for four hours. when we
moved to another place and opened n
dressing station.
Hun Plane Crashes.
On the way German airplane came
down and crashed near the road. but
neither the pilot nor observer were
hurt. They were n couple of rather
neat looking lads about 10 years old.
And so 1t went for three days more,
open n dressing station, retire (some-
times on the run). long marches. very
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