Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-04
STORY OF TWO BOMBS
AND THEIR TRAGEDIES
Tells Why British Corporal sacri.
feed Himself to Send Many
Foemen to Their Death.
Had BAD NEWS FROM HOME
On Eve Of Raid Letter Came Telling
OF Murder Of Wife and Baby by
German Air Raiders-A Thrilling
Front-Line Narrative.
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Is crowded with eager faced men
awaiting the signal to go over the
bags" 1t Is no, In an Offensive on q
large scale that these waiting war
rtors arc about TO indulge but one OF
those surprise raids which have done
so much to weaken tho oocne morale.
suddenly murmur or qualification
passes along as a couple OF men bear
ing a dixie OF soup emerge from the
e enc OF s95mmnieation trench An
the distribution Of the savory broth:
then turns to q man who has follow
ed IN the tracks ; OF tho COCKS and Is
ooh, SO you thought as the mail was
You had no orders." u the e"e ea ar0u es,
claims with assumed severity. Good
egg! Blu. hurry up and dish It out,
another seven minutes"
The coming OF the aoup was ignored
Hhen 1t became known that the post
eitement passed along the trench as
tho names on the letters st contained
we're CALLED out and the lucky owners
no finer tonic could have been given
those men. on tho eve of a desperate
Undertaking. than these. unexpected
Every eye shone more brightly. and
on every face. az the letters were
hastily perused. was printed an ex-
on all. One man. he was corporal.
with, particularly gentle expression
which one, would not have associated
was evidently the recipient OF bad
news. AS he read the missivo in his
hand his face Slanched. and a look OF
fro1en horror crept into his blue eyee.
For moment no atarad at the letter
an though fascinated with what he saw
There. then a look OF the most In
lures. and he cienched his hands in
$. paro1ysm OF fury. Suddenly he
eiutshed q, The bress. pocket Of his
ans baby, boy; As he sazsa at he
Corporate paiiid face anG gave place
ness.
had no, ESCAPED The oSse Sna on''S 81
his cong AIDES.
.corpoIaI Hal!ey's had a fair knock
ed one who had first noticed tho
terocioux look on the non-com's us-
ually placid eountenancc.
unother. as the eorpor SSuI produeed i't the
photo. Poor chap! She's probably
holtcd." he added In tone OF com
quietly. you don't know What you're
saying. He's married to my sister"
AT THE MOMENT WORD
WAS GIVEN TO MOVE
lie moved as he spoke towards the
corporal but at that moment the word
"as passed along to get ready" In
a fash every man ErLppod his rife
and prepared for spring on to the.
Darapet.
With q eulp Corporal HALEY thrus;
I'd his ride from NV wh Pesf i .a aGana,
the bags. rs he did SO the look Of
ferocity returned TO his face, which
than of man.
Suddenly a whistle shrilled out. and
the next instant everyone was Chamber
Ing. his hardest to be hrst over the
a moment later q wave OF khaki
clad forms sa. , WA sussins across mo
zoo yards away. Tho silence oi in the seo op.
posing trench showed that 80 far tho
6oche had been taken by surprise.
the enemy lines, folloWed an instant snon
later by tho rapid discharge Of ma
ehlne-Euns but the attaching wave
lance a, a steady double. and now the
men dashed forward to pass as quickly
as possible through tho bullet-sw"p,
Tween um ns% ff0S shsa
mainder kept steadfust.y an.
was the first to reach the enemy y Wire
Though heavy fire was concen trated
upon him he succeeded In snippins
Then with an animai.iike shout OF
.sssssy e me assss later IL lss s sSsRf
silent Struggle which ensu:d sud /, - was sA =
against bayonet. The British you'd
the outnumbered boches had either
the deep duSou,s with Saioh enc
The men spread themselves gu. over
the trench. como collecting booty.
9th. others preceding to hurl bombs into
the d3sp duE .,Is, to force the oc-
Suddenly a huge Prussian heaved
himself c ontS tho top s Of the pa5ape.
seen by the other captors Of the trench.
1t vas at once eli. clear that he meant to
sGs yssSs II n ssafa and mem
sprang out to capture him. The Prus-
less turned, and holding Gp1 his sAs ri aepH In
readiness evidently intended to die
game. The Britishers were intent on
surroundins him In order, TO- force him
10 surrender, when wail-llke cry ar
rested them.
Leave hem to me! He's mine"
MAN-TO-MAN IN
HAND-To-HAYD FIGHT
II was Corporal HALEY. and berserk
rage glared from his eyes as no dashed
towards the Prussian. who stood with
smile of contempt on his heavy
countenance. and with his rifle on
guard. 1t seemed as though the cor
poral in his fury would spit himself on
the bayonet thrust out to receive him.
But when within a few yards Of his
herculean foe he slowed down, and
hating. throw himself into the alert
attitude OF an accomplished bayonet-
fighter. The moment the rifles ciashed
together 1t was obvious that displ:e
the difference in bulk tho two comha-
tants were well-matched. For a little
time neither was able to touch the
other. each savage thrust being parried
with cool dexterity. On the Pruss.an's
sso COZ. there was no sign OF fear.
put rather a hopeless expression as
he fought silently on. Corporal HALEY.
on the other hand. was lighting With
fierce assurance which told On ais
adversary. Then. the Prussian, maxi
ing too vigorous thrust. over-reach-
cd himself and the next instant Cor
poral Hailey's already Redeemed
bayonet passed through his heart
With jerk the victor withdrew his
weapon. and sprang towards the trench
IN search OF further victims.
Corporal HALEY was still "seeing
, The object OF the raid had been TO
XIII or capture as many boches as
poSaible: and then retire before the
onemy delivered fhair oov,t..otx.Sy-