The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05

Once again came the pre-arranged signal, and with a rush, quiet but speedy, we had cleared the few re- maining yards between us sad the German trenches and were down on top of Master Boche.
 My word, but he was the surprised man. Almost at the moment he saw us the heavens seemed to open.
 Our guns, way back. had burst out and let down a curtain beyond and around us. The Huns, whatever numbers they might be in, could look for no endorsements peentrat- ing that circle of shells. They had to fight it out with us or give up.
 There was nothing else for it.
 We'll some chose one thing, some another.
 At the point I landed at with two or three others we came plump up- on a machine-gun- crew.
 Bad Night for Dirty Work
 They were taking 1t Jack-easy, be- ing sure, evidently, that in such night, with the rain increasing stead fly, there would be no "dirty work" by the British. When they saw us they jumped up thunderstruck, mar yelling, no doubt, why sentry Fritz who had spoken g. few minutes be- fore, had not warned them. But they soon got over their fright, backed off, slung out their bombs. and were just about to let us have them fair and square when a yell British yell-right behind them made them jump for the second time. And that jump was their undoing. The yell, came from another lot of l our boys. The machine-gunners, fair | ly caught, gave themselves up ana were jerked over the parapet like l bags of coal.
 A Hot Trench Scrimmage So much for them. We had got our bunch safely, and without a scratch. | What about the others?
 A devil of a row was going on | down to the right.
 We could hear it above the crash | of the shells. One or two of us scru- ried down and found some of our chums in hot combat with a corner ed crowd. This crowd was in a dead end trench, and knowing that they could not be taken from behind they had offered battle.
 We'll, if they couldn't be taken from behind, they could be taken from above.
 We skinned over the parapet, and in a trice were looking down on them bombs In hand.
 That finished it. Up went their hands, and out they marched. Within a few minutes we were trotting quite respectable bunch back to our lines, which we reached without the loss of a man although one or two had got nasty knocks.
 The Hate Storm
 The whole thing had gone like clock-work, so much so that Fritz when our barrage fire lifted, sent hi! bullets flying into space. We were in our own trenches be fore the hate-storm broke, and think the prisoners were as pleased at its lateness as we were. But theil enraged companions did not forgive us.
 Two nights later they made 8 de scent on our lines or at least at tempted 1t, which brings me to an other adventure. And a pretty start ling one 1t was.
 It so happened that I was out { bit from our lines that night on z certain duty, and was just in the midst of it when I thought I detect ed a suspicious sound coming from the vicinity of the German lines. Now, being out alone at night i: apt to give one the creeps.
 One imagines things. One even i'm agines one sees things where no sucl things exist.
 And as for hearing, why you're al ways hearing something or other.
 So, to make sure, instead of going back a bit I went forward, and lay still.
 It was terribly dark. Nothing sus. picious could I see. But after a few moments I heard the twang of 2 wire.
 Fritz is Out Prowling
 It was perhaps fifty yards off. kS Then I knew!
 That wire must have been touched and by somebody who was out for no good.
 I needn't tell you what exactly ] did after that, but I found ways and means of letting the boys know that Fritz was out, and as he was prob ably out in force, the boys took nc risks. q
 They got his Supper" ready fol him.
 He came for it, lots of him, and got 1t.
 , Just as he was withing a certain radius he got it hot and strong
 Talk about surprise! The Huns lee out a yell as If the universe were collapsing, and some ; of them so far from turning tail, rar right forward and were gathered 1T like brambles off a bush. How many escaped I don't know but, judging from the numbers we caught, and the numbers we found 5 lying next day, precious few, should