Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-08
FIRST CHARGE ACROSS NO
MANS LAND IS BIG THRILL


big, aRonlzlhg thrill IN this war. lie
may have encountered dangerous
situations before and he may go
over the top" again and again
anerward But never again will he
have the same sensations he pre-
liminary great fear and succeeding
strange calmness, a lifetime OF emo
tions Ia actually a few minutes OF
waiting. a Wild dash Of impression.
zach indelibiy engraved IN the
memory
Harold Baldwin was many months
In the trenches with a Canadian
regiment and went through the
worst OF the punishment at Ypses
before he took part In An open at
tack in force upon tho enemy What
he felt and how II came TO be ms
last fight he describes graphically
in chapter Of his book. Holding
the Line" which has just been Is
sued He writos;
Midnight, We were sleeping In
an orchard about mile back OF
the lincs. vas awakened by
sergeant and told to fan in We
did so and the captain told US what
20 do
Boys. he said, you are going
20 try and take redoubt y Tho AZ
tillery what we have Of 1t ~
phell their first line for half AN
hour, and then will lift and play on
their second line. While they are
doing this you will GO over. There's
lot OF us who are not going to
come back. but the Job must he
done. and | know you viii do it,
THOUGHTS on HOME
SURGE THROUGH MIND
while he WAS talking. thoughts
OF mother father and home surRed
more vividly through my mind than
ut any other time. We swung out
| OF the orchard on to the road and
| nothing could be heard except the
| dull sound of trudginE feet
Flares would shoot up into the
sky, hang suspended moment.
leaving everything in gloom on =
more Every now and then mutfleu
shrek or a coughing gurgle would
tell OF the passing or woundlng or
some gallant lad,
1--WE trudged silently. every man
busy with his own thoughts. Al last
we turned up the death trap to our
left. on the famous r. road.
over its ghastly piles of dead we
| filed on for many yards without
touching solid ground, so thlckly lay
the dead.
AT this time we we're sighted bY
! the Germans and they treated us to
fusillades OF machine gun and rl!le
fire. We were now almost 10 shell
ter and the men made their way TO
the safety in a well constructed
trench.
"A short rest, then on again, this
time up shallow communication
trench, then out behind a low-lying
parapet Three or four Ravarians
lay with faces to the stars, thu" had
been hurriedly laid to one q by
our leading files
PLrNGES FORWARD
lTHROCGH SHE'LL HAIL
over and at them and the next
thing remember was plunCing
forward through the mud Of No
Mans land ON each side Of =.
men were falling, cursing, pray ."g
and gasping. But, unscathed.
went on, two things minglinE queer
ly In my head One was the words
OF a doggerel song We sang on the
march,
Wash me in the water that you
wash the dishes In
And | shall he whittier than the
whitewash on the wall
THE other was a duh wonder why
was not killed After an eternity
NJ plunging forward. wa, pitiful
few. reached our objective, the bochos
hurriedly leaving that Is. those OF
them who had not Joined their com
rades In death Sull our work was
not vet done The ground had been
won htt fo "a urog another
thing. and with all OF our officers
think, ahd N,.,t ua ct our officers
gone and GO per cent OF the men. we
must work to consolidate.
Just as seized q hand bag full
OF earth to place in front OF me,
felt a stnging smack on my ankle
as though | had been kicked.
turned TO curse the man | thought
had kicked me and then fell over
with scream OF pain My left
foot was smashed completely with a
soft noscd bullet
WAITS FOR SKULL
TO BE CRUSHED
Il had merely commenced to feel
the sting OF the pain when the boches
rushed us again and II was hand to-
hand, A Bavariap lunged toward me
with rifle dubbed and / Clos' Z,
my eyes, being utterly helpless anu
waited for my skull to he crushed
The blow did not fall | opened my
eyes just in time to see our serSeau,
plunge his bayonet through the Ra.
yarian's neck.
Down Topped the hoche, with hir
hands, one on each side, convulsive-
, ly clutchng at the bayonet. and he
sat opposite me. only few yards
intervening. during all the hours
was there, with a hellish grin on his
face, when the pain of the wound
would suhside and | would dOze f0t
a few minutes. | would awaken " -
shudder, imagining the dead bocu,
was moving his face closer and
closer to mine.
Nothing could he done for any
Of the wounded, SO serious was the
position Of the remnant Of the boys
Their business was to hold what they
had won and the wounded must dc
he best they could The remnant
hold acknowledgements arrived, "a
hours later"
Baldwin In the meantime lay. with
many others, where he had fallen
His shattered foot and part Of thr
leg were amputatCd afterward a a
after recovering In England he was
discharged, Since then he has de.
voted his time 70 AidinC recruiting
and his book Is written for that pur.
pose. He advanced to the rank OF
sergeant during his period Of service
Louis hnucy Now Lieutenant
J OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7.--Loui.
n, Abuey Of Norman, who serve
two terms IN the oklahoma leg .sia.
ture and the Youngest member who
ever sat n, that hody ppv "a lien.