American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-12-06
STORIES FROM THE BAT
TIE FRONT.


During a great battle the work OF
the medical staff is enormous and per-
formed under difficulties which are
appalling to the lay mind The doc
tors stand up to it bravely. however.
and are inclined to make light of
their services. Il have worked day |
after day and night after night with
out rest" writes DR. Frank II. Nc |
Gregor to his brother at Chickasha, |
| Okla but the stimulus of the battles
seems to hold one to it,"
This brief sketch of DR.. McGregor's s |
experience during the push on the
Marne is taken from the Mangum
Star:
We have just come out Of the
! trenches for a much-needed rest,
when Old Jerry started the push
against the French on the Marne. My
division was Immediately entrained
for that front and in fOrty-eight hours
We were giving the Boches HI. We
met him again in the open where he
had broken through and gave him the
| surprise of his life, as he was sure the
| Highland Division was up Flanders
way. We Immediately attacked with
! the French on either side. We not
= only stopt him. but we sent his line
rolling backward. and, thank God
they are still rolling. However, We
had an awful struggle and our casual
4 ties we're heavy. We fought for ten
: long weary days before we returned.
We were two weeks without having
!, our clothes off. We had not trenches
n or dugOuts, and as the Boche hept up
= a tremendous amount of shelling to
. cover his retreat, hell could not have
been a hotter place. The medical OF
n fiN ers had to place their dressing-sta-
o tions right up in the lines and attenC
the wounded under heavy shell anC
machine-gun fire. l never expected
20 come through it. The shelling wa
so intense it seemed that shells wer'
hitting everywhere but where on
N happened to be standing. One afte
l. another of our gallant officers pal
ar the great price and are now sleepin
he in the valley of the Marne beneat
tn French soil that has become sacre
ul after so much bloody fighting. Tim
IS after time our boys charged into tn
e. face of a liquid hell and time afte
IL time pushed the tenacious Boche
d. back who clung to every foot
a ground that had cost them so dearl
it. lost a score OF dear friends in Il
ry Highland Division. One gallant cal
De. tain who was killed while launchir
be our second great attack was the M
in son to die on French and Belgian so
ng Another young lieutenant only min
be teen years OF age was the fourth al
,ze last son to make the great sacrihC
ed But still they carry on" without
ire murmur. Such is the fortitude OF q
las British. A Scottish gentleman IS
= gentleman par excellence, and G'
al never put braver hearts in any ra'
rs When we were relieved and had {
ill opportunity, we gathered our renal
ID ing dead and buried them on the tie
red where they had fought so nobly, a.
tes died in the cause OF liberty. | sh;
snt never forget the sad. touching lame
"a played over the graves Of the Hig
cir land pipers, "The Flower ha' Withe
all ed Ava" And a sadder and mo
m weird piece OF music / never want
sse hear. We have all grown old in b;
I'm. tie and used to seeing our conrad
md fall.
the But in this wonderful natural 81
If ting Of Wales and wooded hills, with
got wet sun hanging low in the west, vi
FAR villages close by laid low by the
vastation OF war, and the stencil
]. the battlefield permeating the a
the pipe music, with its wild, wei
sadness, had its effect on all prese
and as the last notes died away
will saiueeg i,s1., ene ,isns - ueG ,''i,,, 49,
est walAeu ,lea sile y ta.s a. 80 d,,as r,9
ade .n ouI ssS. Z. 60 60 -,roa ,ta hat+,e heo.