The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-15
HOW THE SA|NM!ES CD UP TOT,"
WHICH ISL. S.FOR over THE TOP"
Raymond Carroll Intelligence Staff Correspondent the
American Front in France, Resumes His Thrill
ing Recital of American Partici-
patton in the War

:ralr has painted up3n ;h'' SIDE - =
som" sort NJ i:~l.n":'." d"StEa. On"
;rnitt may nav" :"r rs ri"iur" mott" =
tnpancse Indy. another :: ballet dancer.
another 4 rr"uchng tiger. another 4
wild boar. aud go on.
The English are quito the contrary.
For instance. none Of th1ir a!rplanes Ell
gagged In the might bombing Of Geramn
cities have names other than their num-
hers Giving Mares. the Observers ana
pilots say. brings lll-iuCk. So they
eS"h"w namc-sivlng. In n measure. ""
ar" tho same as tho EnElish While our
rannune"rs sometimes give fanc!fvl
names I" he guns. th"y are mover al
lowed to pnia' nr stencil the nicknamts
upon the gums.
Thus When moving about IN tho Soc
tor i was only when passing French
manned guns and wagon trains held IN
resrrva shat the mammal" took on Sp.-
cal character our guns were as like
as peas IN q pod We wer" talking III
this when something unusual did hap
pen.
Miraculous Escape.
Rushing along tho road in the gather
ing dusk ~ a speed II forty miles an
hour Wa passed a soIdicr-courier mount
ed upon motorcycle He WAS mes
senser from division headquarters al
the rear going with dispatches to bril-
gade headquarters midway toward the
front lines II came into his sphere I"
provide what possibly is tho most mrac-
ulous escape OF tho. war.
Flying over It's trajectory from an op-
pcste direction WAS nh eighteen pound
high-exp!nsIve shell from German =.
That these two racing ohjccts.the motor
cycle and the shell: both dischargS0
without any relation 70 tho other. Shnnld
have mot Is simply eH;ranrd,nary-mo
uncanuy than the accidental hitting OF
the keystone in the arch Of the Paris
church on Good Friday Ivy "Lohn J.
LonEdistance." me seventy-f!ve mile can
non wonderland staEcrrs nh" irnnEina-
tton But what is more remarkable Is:
that. while the shell hit and tore ihe
mechanism ont ri III" motorcycle. III"
rider. save fpr a few bruises and con-
tustnns. was quite uninjured . Further
Il was rather queer that thiI particular
shell should have been a "dud." one that
does>not explode.
Come. we will leave the car and see
the splurEe start from the top Of
concrete strong point near hy." said the
lIONl pTlSdue mead
quarters. who was with us after VIC had
heard the weird story OF tho messengers
escape The entire rear portion of thn
sector is dotted with -strone points
pill boxes from which an enemy can hr
fought off should hs by any chance ge;
through the front lines
We stumbled through a plowed field
and Got to q well-cnmouflaged mound
which We climbed upon. l observed tho
shedowy figures OF men. horses and
wagons sihouetted against the line OF
the highway. Darkness had fallen.
Suddenly there came a dull muffled
roar from along the top Of tho ridge
ahead. and 8 score OF bursting sunsets
appeared upon the edge OF the horizon to
tho nor1h-the flash of many guns in the
initial bombariment. ,It was as II tho
day was ending in hundred worlds. for
the discharging ranrons made cascade
of yellow arcs az far az the eye could
SEQ. except for 81 narrow patch OF deep
black upon The extreme left
Tho drcny effort is at the right" e1-
planned the officer. "0ur dnughboys will
cross No. Mans Land on the left whero
You see no :llumination.-
After a few minutes there was q flick
e=inS flutter Of lesser lights further on
There had been several alarm rockets IN
the air. presumably German. some red.
some green and solre white
German bnrrage.' was tho lacontc
comment OF the officer Fritz Is not
asleep Nor WAS he carly this morning
when we put over the first all-An,erican
raid. It Is our Job to smother his an
swcring batteries
Looked Like Fireworks.
We looked at the gorgeous spectacle
for about ten minutes. It seemed half
an hour. The exhibition was not unlike
the skyline glow OF Talnc's fireworks at
Coney Island as viewed from Sleeps
head Bay.
Guess we might as we'll GET on up
said the officer . Hurrylng back to the
FAST ridge. from which the terrain
dropped gradually down into the dis
puted valley. the commanding elevation
upon It's other side being tha towering
screen Of Mont Sec held by the Ger
mans.
Here. upon tho ridge. the impression
upon the eenses lost the quality Of
scenery and became one OF frightful ear
noise Guns were booming and
believing all around There WAS the
short. sharp crack OF the IT'S. the dull
Earring Of the 1855 and the heavy thtrn-
dering Of che bigger gums brought up for
the preliminary blasting out OF tho
euen7y>s counter-natteries.
Listen TO the machine guns said AN
officer from division headquarters who
joined US. It was a fretful ripple OF
racket in tho black depths ahead upon
our side Of tho valley. Along with the
clamor OF the machine guns cane the
earthquake crash of mortar shells eS-
plodins IN the German trenches II
seemed that all the angry voices OF the
shops In the world had Joined
together in the mad chorus
We did not see the doughhoys start
By the time we arrived German flares