Gunnison news-champion., 1918-04-26
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"" hnI {" w,rk quickly. us Fritz
generally follows the gas with AN IN
fnntry uttnck.
a company man on our right was
too SLOW In getting on his helmet: h.
sank {" tn" ground, clu,chlng at his
thront. and after few spasmodIc
twistings went W"st tdicd). 1t was
horrible Ia see him die. but We were
p"werl"ss to help him. In the corner
OF "A trn'cr~". Il little muddy cur dog.
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dead. with his paws over his nose.
It's N" unImnls that suffer the most
-th" horses. mules, cattle. dogs. cats
and rais-Ih"y having no helmets TO
save them. Tommy does not sympa-
th!Zc with rats in Il gus attack.
At times gas has been known To
travel, with dire results. fifteen miles
behind the lines
a gas. or smoke helmet. as II Is
called. At the best Is vlle-smelling
thing. and ii is not long before one gets
u violent headache from wearing It.
Our Contemporaries were burst
Ing in No Mans Land, In an effort. by
the artillery, to dispcrse the gas
clouds.
The fire step was lined with crouch
ing men. bayonets fixed, and bombs
near At hand to rcpcl the expected at
tack.
Our artillery had put harrage OF
curtain fire on the German lines. to try
and break up their attack and keep
back rc-cnfOrCements.
l trained my machine gun on their
trench and Its bullets were raking the
parapct.
Then over they came. bayonets glis-
tening. In their respirators, which
have large snout In front. they look
ed like some horrible nightmare.
All along our trench. rifles and ma
chine guns spoke, our shrapnel WAS
bursting over their heads. They went
down in heaps, but new ones took the
places OF the fallen. Nothing could
stop that mad rush. The Germans
reached our barbed wire. which had
previously been demolished by their
shells, then 1t was bomb against bomb,
and the devil for all.
Suddenly my mead seemed to burst
from loud "crack" in my ear. Then
my head began to swim, throat got
dry. and heavy pressure on the lungs
warned me that my helmet was leak
ing. Turning by gun over to No. 2, I
changed helmets.
The trench started to wind like a
snake. and sandbags appeared to be
floating In the air. The noise was hor-
rible; sank onto the fire step. needles
seemed to be pricking my flesh. then
blackness.
was awakened by one Of my mates
removing my smoke helmet. How de-
hcious that cool, fresh air felt in my
lungs.
A strong wind had arisen and dis
persed the gas.
They told me that had been "out"
for three hours; they thought I was
dead.
The attack had been repulsed after
q hard fight. Twice the Germans had
gained foothold in our trench. but
had been driven out by counter-at-
tacks. The trench was filed with their
dead and ours. Through a periscope
I counted eighteen dead Germans in
our wire; they were a ghastly sight In
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