The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-23

They Fots5 Huas By es>ss Work
gets his il d sCa-Ey n. Sergeant
Jacks and 20 q. as far ss It gOes-
So the TOFts used % mean. Tale
over the Command and DO the tOb
right Bne nov ti5ey mean not OnIy
that but Keep Up yosF courage. and
90 70 IL" One ran VII say II 20
another sometimes when he thinks the
first man f. getting e5Tnhezrted. bit
more Oftea II he Is . Llmey. he VIII
start kidding him
Our men. 81 course. did nof say
Garry o. ard IN feet they did MT
have any eIprsssiOn in French that
meant eTActiy the same thing But
they used 70 cheer each O.her along
al right. ana hey passed along the
command vs.ren II was necessary, too.
! wonder Ehzt expression the AmeFf-
can troops viii use Nou notice I
dc not call them SammlesD
Itook ny turn a. listening post with
the rest Of them. Of course a listen
ing post - any good position sout IN
No Mans Land, and II always he'd By
two men Their JOB Is TO keep live
ear On Fritz and In case they hear any
thing that sounds very much Ike N
attack one man runs back to his lines
and the other stays TO hold back the
BOches as long a. he can You can
figure for yOursesf which r. the most
heelthfGI JOB.
As many times a. I went On listen
ingpost duty I never did get TO feel
ing bomelike there exactly. Ycu have
70 lie very stfIl. Of course, es ETftZ r
listening. too. and move nay mean
q bullet IN the RIBS So. lying on the
ground with hardly . change Of pod
lion. the whole lower part Of my body
would 90 TO sleep before I had been
at the post very long used to brag
G lot shout how fast could run. %
had my turn As the runner. which
suited me all right But every time
] got 70 6 listening post and started
10 think about what ! would do II
Fritz should come over and wondered
how good 4 Funney he Was. took .
long breath and sir Feet, Do your
duty And was ssFo5g On duty
AFTER ] had done my stunt IN the
fronf-Iine and reserve trenches / went
back with my company 20 biIIets. but
had only been there for q day or two
before was detached and detailed to
the artillery position 10 the right Of Us,
where both the British and French
had mounted naval gunS There were
guns Of all czIIbers there, both naval
and field pieces. and got good look
It the famous tbs" which are the
best guns in the world In my estima-
ton. and the one thing that saved
Verdun- - 1--
Tie .-T5ls- fired 80 shots q minute.
where the hest the German guns c0uld
do was six. The American thrse-Inch
field piece lets 90 six times minute.
too The French government OWLS the
secret OF the mechanism that made
this rapid fire possible When the first
15's- began to roar. the Germans
knew the French had found q new
weapon. 50 hey were very anxious to
get one Of the guns and learn the
secret
Shortly afterFard they ezpfured
eight guns By MAS attack in which.
the allies claim. there we're 400 Ger
man troops killed The Boches stndIesi
the guns and tried to turn OUT pieces
Ike them AZ the Krupp factory. But
somehow they could not get IL Their
imitation -75s- would only fire I've
shots very rapidly and then Cough
pun. pun. pun. with nothing coming
out The destructive power Of the
-75's- is enormous These guns have
saved the lives Of thousands Of pOIIus
and TOmmIes and IL Is largely due 10
them that the French are now able to
beat Fritz At his own game and give
back shell for shetland then some