Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
British Tommy Tells His
Experience During Raid

,,r bsttery we had In that bit OF
the line. The officer in charge OF
thsn, WAS "A Norkshireman- OF
those keen chaps that are hI""SS :
an the lob lie didn't belong 10 ou,
re,iment but he'd have been cTeu''
10 us ~ he had. He lHmmed II ih'o
The Gcrries the whole daM Anu W
course II meant that they mt n''N
They strafed us with i've nLt''H
and that was a bit deadly sun
suppose you've got TO take Una, "H
comes. Anyhow, this i. NJ D.
Occr yns "A pretty fair dodger. h'
,yo,,id Give the German trenches TWO
hombs and the wire one. "'g
thourht ne was after their hlovu
\ e1pcct. and all the time 1t was the
r,,rn ne WAS at He blew two or
three clean paths through the wire.
lie was "A workman. "A joutneNul"n
at his lob. that 7 NJ. u. officer.
The Raid,
"NVe knew that the Gcrrics would
he out mendinG their line that nlghl
.uutting no wire and that. our OF
firers arranged that the raid was TO
come of AS soon as II was dark. IL
was very well done. The ], NJ. -
officer kept banging away w 'n'
dark WAS Just CumingFon, ytheh ne
started TO cut down the firing pl,
and let them have bursts at odd
times. Half an hour. IA burst, ten
minutes. another fifteen minutes
another, with odd bombs In between
The Gerries must have been WONDER
Ing their heads off II must nave
been Just after when We crePt ou.
while the mortars blew over ie"
bombs, natural like. ,.i.,,
we were out for the uSuai lil'lh
sheer devilment In the SeIl""n
! ne. damage duguuts take prisoners
and generally kick up heR. oui pi.
officer led the way ~ usual u"
n couple OF bombs, though a'h
.hayonet man. but "A bomb ~ manu-
thing to have about YOU we hipPe
Into the German lines and foup'
n prrtty good windup among them
4 hero was "A bit 'kamerRding ana
\ hi Of fight too IL was "A strong
nolnt I'm the German line, with two
or three machine gun emplacements.
one OF the machine guns started to
nIay on us and | let drive with the
! bomb into the post Then we rushed
II and landed into bunch with "A
| bit OF fight In them. There was
/ tidy mixup then. and | engaged a
/ fellow with the bayonet He fired
at me and got me In the side Just
as | made a point at him. Whether
/ IL was being hit or lr | slipped |
[ don't know, hut / got him in the
( shoulder when / meant to get his
! chest He did the 'kRmerad' act,
and | took him prisoner. lie talked
| good English too.
Light Duty" for Wounded.
The sergeant saw | WAS hit. and
| told me to take four Gerrtes back
with my prisoner, | could hardly
/ breathe with the packet ! had so |
made the Germans pull me out of
! the trench and lead the way to our
! lines. Behind us our chaps were
/ playing the devil with the German
| trench and machine gun posts,
stink bombs In the dugouts, good
| charges under the machine gun en-
! placements general bedevilment--
| that is what these tip and run raids
are for,
The prisoner took spoke good
| English He'd been a butter mer-
chant in Hamburg--never been In
England though he could speak the
language 80 we'll He was "A sort OF
corporal or something. and he thot
Ia bear grudge for my packet.
but | gave him n casper to smoke
When We got down TO the dressing
station, to show him II was all right
Ihat loosencd his tongue and he
talked lot
lie had the hump about Ger
many He said that they seemed to
have lot of Victories. but. none that
led 10 anything and he said the
news from his home was very bad
His fathers business had all gone,
and food was awful scarce with the
folks at home. Lots OF his relations
were sick and couldn't get better.