The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-08

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fssr fest wiae. n males vary haady
wsapoa. oas ruaeA II tAs faes sss-
srsiiy skaters q nAa's ~ saA yss
can get him with the katie - ~ gsss
dswn.
Thea w hsA What We called go
"cem~afo0g&~ These ere sirsssfs "
hars~d wtrs ahost three test long.
made tata . moose IT cas snd, as the
ether sad. thu harris are cut ~ as
Tsmmy alps his wrist thrsasA q icsS
to s~s . good grip % The wire X the
prisoner waats TO argue the pcint Why
Just place the large iscp AfounA his
Geek sad no matter " Tommy wishss
to return - his syvsehss II the walk.
trot. ~ Ssilsp. rrsu - perfectly agree
shis 10 mata,nin Tosssays rais ~
sp~sd
We were ordered 10 hlaes eur faeec
and hands. fos this reason. Al Hixnf.
the English aud Germans uss what
they cali star she.ss. = sort Ut rcckss
AFFAIR. They are nrex from = large
pistol about twsnsy taehss long. which
Is held over the sandbag parapct Of the
trench. and discharged into The air.
These star shssts attain 4 height AZ
shout sixty feet. and 4 range Of freln
Atty to seventy nvs yards When they
hit ,ke ground they explode, throwing
oat strong calcium High, which lights
w the ground In circle Of radius ef
between ten to nfts~a yards They
also have a parachute star she'll which.
after rraehihx = height Of about sixty
feet, explodes X parachute uufoias
and slowly noats 10 the ground. ilxht.
|. tng np tarss circls In No Mas LAad.
The official name Of tie star shssf II
-vsry-iixh," Very lights sre Esd
TO pr~vsai Night surprise attacks -
the trsachea II star shell falls ID
front Of you. ~ bsswsss yos and The
G~rwaa lines. yeu are safs from Astsc-
ton. ~ the sn.sny cannot s~c ycs
through the bright s~stAis Vt light.
but u u falls hehlad yoa snd. a. Tom"
my says. yea get n the star she'll
sonr." then the fan begins. yoa have
to lie nat On your stomach and renain
absolutely motieniess until the light Of
the shell dies out THIS takes asy-
where from forty 10 seventy s~ecDssA
II yen haven't time 10 fnl! 10 The
ground you must remain absolutely
stiil In whatever position you were In
whoa the light Exploded: II 10 Advs~
sbl. not to breathe, - srIn has an
eye Hike an eagle when h. thlnks you
are knocking At his doeY. when . star
shell II burning ia Tuminys r~nr he
can hold his breath fer = week.
You h,aeken your face and hsnds %
that the light frum the star shells viii
not reflect On ycur pale face. 10 .
.r~nch raid there " quits sufsicent
reason for your face 20 be pale, II yss
don't believe the, try II Just nne~
- Then anUsarrT r~xsen, for a.aekerla nc
your FACE and hands 10 that. AFTER zee
have entered the German tr~nch 81
night. white face" means oesmanA
black face" English. ComlnG asnund
q traverse you see q white face In
front u you. With q prayer and wish
tng Fritz "the hest o luck" yoa intro
iuc~ him 10 your -persnsder" ~
tnnckle knife.
A little later We arrived al the eofp
murteatton trench named Whisky
street. which led to the -are trsuch Al
the point we v~re 10 ge es~r the sep
and oat In treat
In cur rear were foar s,retcher bear
ere and a corporal Of the II. A. NJ, a
carrying pouch containing incidence
and Gr~t'aia appliances Kind ot .
grim renlinhpg a. us that eur exgesti.
ton was not going 20 he exactly a rsc
nlc, The orsler H thtRss wss reverssd
In civilian Asc the doctors S~1crssly
come ttrst. with the unAertnkers tag
gins In the rear ana th~n the tnsHr
ance man. but IN oar case, the nasier
takers were leading, with the icc.crs
trailing behind, mIngs the Insurance
adiaster.
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