The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-30
CHAPTER VII.
stepping the Huns at DIrmude.

Stepping the Huns At Dixmude.
was standing in q communication
trench thar connected one Of our front
line trenches with q crater caused by
the explosion Of mine an around
ne men Of the third line we're coming
Up, climbing around. digging hammer
ing. shifting riszks. moving sandbags
Up and down. bringing up new timbers.
reels Of barbed wire. ladders. cases Of
ammunition. machine guns. trench
nOrtarSan the things thzt make an
army look Ike general store on legs
The noise OF the guns was just deaf
ming Our own shells passed not far
shove our heads. 50 Close were the
caemy trenches. and tie eNp.eSi0nS
we're 50 near ard 50 violent that vheE
yeu rested your rife butt On something
SOLD Ike rock. you could fee il
shake and hum every time 9 shell
landed
Our first line vas just on the out
skirts Of the town in trenches that
had been won and lost by both sides
many times Our second line Was in
the streets and the third line was
almost AZ the south end Of the town
The Huns were hard Al il. shelling
the battered remziBs Of Dixmude. and
10 the night S1retcher bearers were
working in lines 50 close that they
looked Ike two parsceS passing each
5the-. But the bearers from the CON-
pzny near ne hsd not returned from
the emergency dressing station and
The wounded were piling up. waiting
for them
A company Of the 2ne Legion E-rzn-
gere had just cone up to take their
stations in the crater. under the para
pet Of SSndhSes- A shell landed snolS
them Just before they entered the cra-
ter and sent almost whole squad
~est- besides ~ounding several Others
Almost before they occupied the
crzfer the wires were laid and reached
hack 10 Us and the order came for rs
10 remzin where ne were until further
orders
Then NE got the complete orders
We were to make no noise but we're an
10 Be ready in ten Minutes We put
On goggles and reSpiraf0rS In ten
minutes TIE bOnbers were TO leave the
rencheS- Three mines were 70 eI-
plOde and then ne were 10 take and
hold certain portioa Of the enemy
trencheS not far OF We were al
ready 70 start up the ladders Whea
they moved Sig's section over TO ours
and he Sneaked Up to ne and whis-
pered behind his hand BE q spOr1.
Does rake II ffry-ffry and gimme .
chance
I id not have any Ida What he
meant and he hed 10 SET back % his
squad Thea TIE bOube-s cane NJ 70
the ladders. uzsked and Win loaded
Sacks Oa their len ans -O1e min
re row. sid TIE O6cerS getting Oa
thsIr cwn ladders and drawi1g their
revolvsr-shO1Eh DoSt Of the O6cerS
81 The LeEioa charged with rife and
hayoaet Ike their mn
nea-BOoa. Sanl BsngAsnd
The mines went q
-Anez- and then TIE parzref Vas
filed with hayOaess and men sU1n-
hllHg and crawling and falling and get-
ting ~ again he smoke drifted bssk
Oa Is and then our own machine guns
heEzn ahead of rs
Up toward TIE frO1t the bO1herS
were ssAing in their hses and throw
i1g. Just Ike boys after . rat along
the deckS ne hack smoke fro0 the
Lack JohnsO1s- rolled over rs and
probably there Vas ess. too. but yco
could not tel
Tie frOnr lines had taken their |
treaches and gone On and yoo could |
So them. when yOa stood On para
pet running ahOss like hounds through |
the enemy communicatica 1trencheS
bombing cut dngO1ts. ciSarming p<tS
eners-Very sary-sooking IN their
masks and goEsleS ne wOundei
were owning hack slowly, Then We
gos busy with our work In the dugonts
and Communication trenches and fr-
hays, with hayOnetS and .bOml.S, dix
glng The ROcheS ont and scading tAsu
s>Nesl~ Aud every oAcc in a While
Frila IN ono side WOnli step cut and
yeN ~Nauscgad,n while IKE As not. "a
the other side his m would MT you
with 4 reyOlvcr When yop, started q