The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-10


pertal Army
Copyright, 1910
After the straHng We had given Fritz
on the raid he behaved reasonably
well for quite a while. 1t was the Arst
raid that had been made on that sec
tor for q long time and we had no
doubt caught the Germans of their
guard.
Anvhow for quite spell afterwards
they were very windy" and would
send up the very lights on the slight
IS. provocstiou and start the type
writers" s+vatilioS Fritz vas right
on the Job with rs eve peeled ali tn"
time.
In fact hs was 80 ksen that an
other raid that Was attempted ten
GAYS later failed completely because
of a rapidly concentrated and heavy
machine gun FIRE and In another, p
DAY or two later, our nasn never got
beyond our own wire and had thirty
eight casualties out o. MY men en-
gagged
Fut SO far - anything but dsfeu-
aive worh was concerned Fritz was
very meek He sent over very few
*-u1innies" or rife grepades and there
vss hardly srv shellinE OF the sec
fer.
Directly after The raid we who were
IN the party had couple Of dsva "on
CIR own" At the little village ~ Bully
64rpnaY less than three miles behind
the linee This IT, directly opposite
lxns the better known town whicn
figures So often in the dispatches
Balls .Grenay had been place ~
PERHAPS 1000 people II had been
fought over and through and around
early in the war, and was pretty well
battered VI. There we're a. few houses
left unhit and the town hall ard sew
eYal shops The rest NJ the place
wnY ruins but about zoo Of the in
ir hitauts sttll stuck to their old homes,
Foi some reason the Germans did not
shell Bully -Grensy that IS not often,
oace N while they would lob one
1r 3ust to let the pAorle know they
were rot forgotten.
There vac a suspicion that there
were spies IN the town and that that
accounted for the Germans laying of,
hut whafeye~ ~as the cause the place
wss safer than most villages go near
tire hrsH
EXCITING DAYS OF REST.
Those two DAYS In repose RI Bully
Or nav were good deal ~ farce
We we're entirely "on our own" II is
true. no parade no duty OF any kind
bar the quarters -ooof, We were bill
icted In the cellars Of the battered
down houses They weren't she'll
proof That didn't matter much, as
there Wasn't any Smelling: bat there
might have been. The cellars we're
dangerous enough without. what with
lettering walls and overhan gins
chunks Of masonary.
Moreover they were n long way from
water. proof Imagine trying TO find a
STa y ~fa CIT R,.V
Of raInwater The dry places were
piled up with brack and mortar, but
we managed TO clean Up some half
sheltered spots for kip" 81 we lived
through Il
Tire worst feature ~ these hilIets
WA The rats. Tlev were the biggest
essrr saw great rrayish red fellows
as big as good st2eG cat. They would
hop out Of the walls and scuttle
across your face with +N&~Nr wet cold
feet. and It was enough 10 give YOU
the whites One chap in our party
had a natural horror Of rats and he
nearly went crazy. We had to Kip
with our great coats pulled up over
our heads and hen the beEgars woult
60 down and aibble AT our boots
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