The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

made me brace up. Next morning we heard an awful booming Vof guns (which were ours) and we started lover the top following our barrage.
 Then we ran amuck into some boche dugouts and they came running up cut of the dugouts with hands up, yelling ! "kamerad! kameradr We took about 200 prisoners and sent them hack Then we had to cut through some
 barbed wire and from then on it vas
 easy sailing. All we had to do was to
 yell down in a GernlanAdugout and at
 the first sound of American voices they
 would come up. glad to be taken pris-
 oners You see, was excited and
 don't know what all [ did, but Jack
 did some good work Our artillery
 had driven the Dutchmen in their dug-
 outs and we were on them so quick
 after our barrage lifted that they
 didn't have time to get out again and
 put up fight, so all we had to do
 was take them prisoners. We advanced
 a considerable distance and wa3 so
 excited that didn't know where was
 only knew that the Dutchmen were
 ahead of ne and it was up to me to
 shoot once i'll n while was supposed
 to be in the second wave and when we
 req ched our objective that night
 found myself in the first wave Both
 sides kept up lively artillery duel
 during the night and there wasn't
 much sleeping that night in the
 morning the Dutchmen spied us and let
 loose few cannon at us. Thclr glnfan-
 try had retreated (what was left -of
 them) and their artillery was rrotect
 ing their rear while they made get away We were in their third lines in an hour after we started the Jay be- fore and now we had them out ih the open with no trenches 10 hide in. Dur ing the night we had dug in and now we were preparing tu move forwafd again and leave these nice holes in the ground that we had dug with sweat pouring and bullets and shrapnel flying everywhere hated to leave that hole after had felt the heat of those big shells passing over while lay there all night, and they seemed so close, too. Well was just thinking about II wher one big shell exploded few feet away and little piece or shrapnei tore l my shoe off and never cut the sKin. lt put my leg to slecp and couidn't stand on it, hut still IswasT't hurt bad enough for the hospital, But the lieu terant ins,sted,tha wouldn't be able to go any further as they were golng oyer the top again and wouldn't be able to go 70 he sent me back Il hadirt gone 5a yards when the leri ieS counter attacked and wore trxins to. get hack the ground they had icst, so 1 I went back in the lines and stayed until it was over and tho jerrics were running back and, had given up hopes of trying to regain that ground, Then our boys let out a yell and started- after them again and in the meantime I had received d little bullet in my fright leg above the knee on the thlgn,- and my leg being asleep frcn the tap Ethat shrapnel gave my shoe, couldn't i feel it. have told vcu before how | made my way back with the aid of q 1 friend I had been In several engage ments prior to this one, but none com pairing with this battle. which resulted in complete victory tor us and rcutii.y the Huns from some places that were
 absolutely necessarily for demccracyss 1 sake.
 l want to assure you, mother dear
 that my leg is about we'll and the
 numbress of my toes is gradually Eo- ling out and I'll be back in ttc com 2 pany in short while. allie as ever
 The company will probably pc back ef
 the lines then for 8 long rest and