The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06

where one would so he would see guns sticking out and some of the big ones fare, wicked looking and reminds ons of a big bulldog. Then we had somt big rifles, which go out in the Hunt backyard and worry him. As usual all of them parked at the same time and I will never forget the sound and the flashes of light. l was right where could see most all of the guns and not more than 200 feet from some of the big boys and twas the most wonderful sight I have ever seen or will ever see. I could not but feel sorry for the Roche on the receiving end of alt that hot steel. We served to them for about three hours and tore up most all ot his trenches and so forth and then just as day was breaking we started a roll ing barrage and the doughboys went over the top, and when they stopped for the evening they had gone about seven kilometers, or, in other words, something like four miles. We got lots of prisoners and guns-not rifles, but cannon-and just to show them that we didn't care we took off their old ITS and turned them around and shot them in the direction of Germany, and I imagine we hit somebody, for we used up lots of their ammunition. The day after the battle started l rode from one end of the battlefield to the other and saw some right interesting sights. For one thing, l saw one of the German pill boxes which you. no doubt have read about. They are used for shelters for machine guns, and are almost she'll proof. On the outside they are about 12 feet square and six feet high, with slits cut in three sides for the guns to stick out of. The walls of the things are over three feet thick and heavily reinforced, so you see it would take a direct hit from very large gun to do any damage at all, and then that wouldn't hurt anyone. I wasSglad that didn't see many uead and injured, though I can look at a dead man all day and not freel bad, but when I see some poor fellow bleeding 1t gets the best of me.
 SLEEPS IN DUGOUT
 "I saw one Boche who had been struck by a shell, and he was the worst look ing sight that I think l have ever seen. Very few of our boys were killed that day and in the whole distance don't think l saw more than eight or 10. The night that I came forward l slept in an old Hun dugout and learned that night that a fellow doesn't need any
 
 | had on my old sheekskin coat and used my jazz mask for q pillow and by picking out nice, soft board l had a fine sleep. But at 2 we had to get up and do some work that kept me busy until 5, after which I slept until g. That was about 10 days ago, and lit was the last night have had any sleep at all to speak of. By the way, I found brand new German cap in that place and when I get back near to postoffice will send it to you with Ia few other things. l am occupying an old German dugout again and we have fixed it up right nice.
 When we got in there was 8 stove but no stovepipe. except one small piece. So I got busy. and cut the tops out of enough Hun meat cans with can opener to finish out the pipe and then took two more cans and cut a hole in the side of each and used them for elbows. Have just finished making some fudge on my trick stove, and though I didn't have any butter or vanilla it was good. I used apiece of tracing paper on which to pour 1t out which took the place of a plate. About the Hun dugout There is kind o. corrugated iron which Is used very extensively for that kind of work and it Is very heavy and rolled into circular form. By putting two sections togeth- Ter 1t makes a semi-circle, and when a few logs and some dirt are thrown over it the thing is splinter proof against small shells like 75s and ITS. The only thing that Is wrong with ours Is that the door Is In the wrong direction, but l can't afford to lose any, sleep over that. There has been battery of French howitzers right in front of our place, one gun being not more than 50 feet from us, and when they go into action, and they do most any time of the day or night, it makes one think that the world has come to an end. When they go to it our candle Is blown out, and we are in darkness until their mission is completed. The frogs that is what the men call the French moved away last night and