The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-12

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metion below the waist Patches ~
IA srssad ss~nsed to Goat to the rear
- u ! wssv 90 q treatmiii and sc~r-
sxy Was sxshtnx past noe. The Ger.
mans had put q Garage Of shrapasi
across No Mas Land. and yoa eoala
hear the pieces slap the ground about
ycu-
After I had passed eur bxrhed wtrs
and gotten into No Mans Land =
( Tommy about fifteen feet 10 my right
front turned around and looking 10 my
direction. pot his hand TO bis mouth
assd yelled sanesAlas which coald not
make out GA account az the noise FROM
the bursting shells. Thea hs coughsd.
stumbled, pitched forward and lag stlii
His badly seemed 10 Deaf 10 the rear
of me eualt hear sharp cracks In
the air about ma, These were caused
by passing rife bullets Frwquensly.
10 my riEh, and ief,. little spa-s Of
dirt would rise into the air and rfess-
rhst bullet woali whine on ts way.
II Tommy shonid see one ~ these
little sparts In front Of hin, he woaid
tsll the nnrs~ about II later. The
crossing Of No Meas Land remains 4
blank 10 me-.
h-n on ms right anc left would
| stumble and fall. Some would try 10
ter ur whiYe ,,sasrs rwwgiaeti hassal@a
and tn6sienipss Th~n sssRsfsessup
aarbed wire came into view and
! seemed carried ga a tide 10 the rear.
Suddenly, In front Of me doomed .
hashed'In trench about four feet @tde.
Qnrerieoklhg forms like mud turtles
were scramht!ug np It's wall. 0ns Of
'hes" forms s~e,led ~ slip aud thea
rolled 10 the bottom Of the trench.
thaRsd across this intervening sraea
The n4an to my left seemed ta Iaus. In
tuIdaIr, then pitched head down into
the German trench. laughed ous soai
Ia my deliriun. Upon allShtiug en- the
other side Of the trench came TO with
sudden Jolt. Right To frnnt u me
loained giant form with rite which
looked ahout ten feet loHg. ou the end
~ which seefn.d seven hayuuets, These
flashed In the s!r IN front Of me, Then
through my Gi'nd flashed the ndfnoai-
tlnn IT our baynnet instructor hack Ia
iaIehty. He had said. -whenv,er you
get IN a charge anj run your hayoHe.s
W to tho hllt into Gertn6-n the F'rtts
will fail, Perhaps your rife will he
wrrneh"d from your grnsa no not
waste time, II the bsyunes Is foulea
In his equipment. by putting your foot
On his stomach and tusy'nS q, the rias
60 es'rfeate the hsyaaess sssasss4y
press the trigger and the tnFlat viii
fire. IL" In my prescn; situation this
was tho logic. but for the lite Of me
/ could not remember hnw he had told
ina 10 E~t my baynnet into the Ger
man. To ~" this was the psram, INT
issue, l closed my eyes and hinged
forward. Ny rife was torn from my
hands I must have gotten the Ger
man because he had disappeared.
About twenty fcct tn my left fr"nt
was huge Pru@ian nenrly SIX Zee:
four inches In height. a eas specimen
IT ply steal manhood Tha bnyoRet
frum hts rife was missing. bur hs
elntrhed tsc harrci In both hands and
was swinging the ha,t aFouud his hc..a.
could almost hear the swish Of tho
butt passing through thu air Tlree
little Tnng,ge$ wen' prxs -e,i with hlni
They, lslSv1v IKE r'g-tte~ s4tmg<sir ~
the fraTsfa'i TIE Tesasay 90 ,hp Ists
was gradually cireting 10 Tire vsr OF
his oprnGeo;. Ii WINS q fuaay sight "a
sac thsra duck the swinging hGu and
try 10 tah him al the Sarun time. Tn,
. Tommy nearest me- received the hasi
blow below ,hs right tnfNrla II
smashed his h.r~i lse an exSshs,s. Hs
pitthryl forward On MS ssde ants a $50
vnlsive shndisr raa through hts bs~iy
Meanwhile the other Tommy had
gained Go ycar os the nrus~san SAID
ten,y about four inches n hAyenet
nr,trns,.a er,,n, ths ,hrcat os the rru~
xac SJ,nsr vha s,arr-nr,.., forward
and fcn. will never forSr, the hoax
~ s,nns as,oclSA,rsr, thai ,-snr avcs
N,s t,re
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ssnr''cr and ny le.; side sent numb