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vhsD yDg afr19sd within striking ois,
'snes NJ The German ifeDeb. fysh u
nnd iBiiei Va many casualties rs pDs-
sjble. SECURE couple u p,1sOners. and
then bHek ~ your opn lines n1tfJ ibs
speed 0iuieb open. foDr taps meant.
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cate yop, 80 yog are DD s0pr oNB."
After getting Tommy Into n Dess on
the western front bs is generally ,Oid
that he N "On bis o~b" This means.
"Eays your skin 10 any NAY pDssibie.p
Tommy l0sss ~ be "OD his oNp" behind
the lines, but moi during trench raid.
The star shells from tbs German
Hines were falling ia ffOb, 1f ns, there
fore No we're safe. Aftef shout ise5I.
~ minutes We entered tiie star shell
zoDs. 4 star shell fran the GermsD
lines feii about fys yards ia the rear
HDd 10 the night Of ne We bBggsd he
ground 1D1 held our breath until II
burned out. The smoke fran The star
shell Travelled along The ground and
crossed oysr The middle ~ our line.
f0ias Tommy shsezed. The SMOKE bad
gotten 1p his nose. We crDnehsd on
the ground. cnfslDg the offender under
our breath. ana waiiTd the yOlIsy fiigi
generally ensues when the GerfBans
Rave heard noise IN 40 Mans Land.
NoiiiiGR happened. We received iHv
ihps md erB~ied forward slowly for
pVe yards; no doubt The Oiflesf he.
ii"yed Whist Oi1 Pepper had snid. ''psr.
sphDIiy believe that tiint par Of the
G"rmnH trench IN BnDecupir1." I.y be-
Ing ehrefHl nud remaining irDtioniess
whsn the star shells fell behind us. We
fenrbrd the German bnrbed wire with.
out niHhnp, Then the fan began
wnh s"bfed stifr m II Ia neflisb work
cutting your Wny through wire when
about tiiriy feet In front Of yOn there
IL n linD Of BDcbes looking Out into No
Mans Land win flioir rifles lying
ncross the pnrnpet. stralniDg every
sense 10 see or brhf what In going On
IN No MINIS Lnnd because at night.
Ffils never knows when u bomb with
MS nnine and number on II viii come
hurting through the mir aimed Ia the
direction 0f Berlin. The man on the
right, oph inhn IN the center nnd my
s.lf on the extreme loft were equipped
with wire cutters. These ARE Insulated
~tli sofi rubber not because the Ger.
Ihnn wlroa nrn charged win electricity,
tut 10 prevent the cutters rubbing
against the bnrbed wire stakes, which
ARE Of iron. hnd making n noise
which mny warn tbs Inmates Of the
trench ,hni someone In getting fresh
IN their front ynrd There In only one
~ay io cut q bnrbcd wire without noise
aud through costly experience Tommy
Inns become m expert In doing this
You must grasp the wire about two
inch-a from the hinke In your right
band aud cut between the stake and
your hnDd.
n you cut wire Improperly. u
loud twnng Will ring ont on the night
air like tho snnpplng OF banjo
string, Perhaps this noise can he
heard only for hfty or seveniy'iivc
SnrdH. but In Tommy'a mind II makes
loud noise In iicrlin.
We hnd cut n inne about halfway