The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-23
HUN PRISONER WOUNDED
IN RECENT FIGHT GLAD
AMERICANS ARE in 1T
Letter Just Received Here From an American Sol
der in the Rainbow Division Gives Vivid De
scription of Recent Battle.

y exceedingly vivid description
"A Of a recent battle on the French
4 front has lust been received
from Alden ~ Sohlc OF tho RAIN
bow DIVISION In France. by friends
IN his city. In this letter he de-
scribes the first twenty four hours
of tho battle -hours whirh. as he
states. are typical OF all that is still
going on The letter was written at
"a base hospital where he rs recover
ing from "a wound received In the
battle.
AS ! recall each incident aud each
scene OF the battle. / can scarcely
realize hat IT Is true. II seems more
like a dream. But as | glance n;
those about me and remember that !
have lost some OF my closest chums
out there. II strikes home with a pain
tgul reality. No. not entirely painful.
FOR haven't we got them on the run
And haven't we moved them down
by the thousands?
"Of curse we knew they were
coming. those above us knew the cX-
act time. but not expecting them 30
soon. | was peacefully %snoozing In q
little hole a chap and had dug Tor
ourselves. when, about midnight all
the thousands of guns opened up at
once. This chap. whose u Il was
To watch for gas. came tearing down
to the entrance.
Hey. Noblc' he cried, hurry up'
The Germans
y must admit that just at that mo
mont my knees and hands started To
sNtuI. IA 400. .ff ltrt only for "A mo
meni. and. as was litter bearer Tor
Inc occasion. | 500 had N my eS.
tra rations. helmet. Red Cross kit and
Is colt revolver and trench knife.
and hurried out to nay stretcher
whore the other bearer had agreed TO
meet me. ON the way through the
trench | passed other fellows hurry
ing 10 their posts. They az had their
false aces on. I couldn't smell
anything. hut listening. 7 heard the
distinctive PUNK, PUNK 81 tho gas
shells nmid the din. SO lost NO time in
following their example.
The skv WAS rod on both sides
The Numbering was d%cafcning. BE
fore I reached the litter % binding
flash with an ar-splittlng explosion
hglf stunned me and. incidentally
huif buricd me. This went ON until
dawn. but I viii let only one incident
suffr" to give an tdea OF the hcii
hat fcigued supreme. wns carry
ing - wounded guy down the trench,
when. bang dawn I went. tho
stutchcr ON top ~ me. aud on tor
uf ulat what seemed alpnt two tom
eft earth add rock. managed To MIG
gle ont and rcadiust MY mask. but
pll We could find ~ tho wounded ma
WIZ hia head cut OF evenly above tn,
shoulders ana set mp on the parupol
before va
AS h sky grew s~ircakcd with
LrnN In the "nsi. the bariagr crepl
on back and PLAYED furiously on tn,
ARTILLERY | threw down my Stretcher
Stabbed "a rife and bayonct ana
waited. our lieutenant came down
the line, very cool and self possessed
hut flushed with a sort Of lurking
CLEAN IN his eye. lie asked for d
volunteer ia 70 out and drop IN,
harhed wire gates in the G. r IN
front of us. and as he looked dircctl,
at me I won't half sliding half RUNNING
and rolled the bulky things in tn
trench while I could hear and ge,
the bullets spatier about me. Whor
went bach ! ptssed some frsncl
machine runners creeping out I,
their posts, I gave ono OF them d
confident squeeze Of the hand an,
when he reached his gun. hc turnc,
rrinned n patted has machine gun
Those fellows arc bricks Give M,
"a Frcnchman TO night beside ans day
Suddenly someone shouted, Her
they come and az the same lnstan
the machine guns started a%-popping
I looked and sure enough they were
coming. at first only "A dozen oi 90 if
hin lines, sctpmbling down the m
and hidtng behind a ridge, I raise,
my Tile, took Az aim and fired. Til,