Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-20
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AN AN[ERICAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT q &
ARII1Ul GUY Tr[pEY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING N FRANCE
SYNOPSIS.

sinking Of the busltania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Amert-
can, leaves his office in Jersey City and
Toes to England where he enlists in the
British army
CHAPTER II-After a period of train
fng Empey volunteers for immediate sery-
Zoe and soon finds himself in rest billets
~1omewhere In France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ant coolies"
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
Shurch services at the front while Ger
hnan Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV-Empeys command goes
INTO the front-line trenches and Is under
Nre for the first time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt
ne motto of the British Tommy, IF you
ess going to get it. you'll get it. so never
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest billets, EN-
Pr gets his first experience as mess
CHAPTER v11-Enpey learns how the
British soldiers are fed. 49, . ID e.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-line
french. Empey sees his first friend Of the
trenches ''go West" "a IT, r.
CHAPTER x-Rmpey makes his first
visit to dugout In suicide Datcn'
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work. in the front-line
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes "over the
top" for the first time in a charge on the
German trenches and is wounded by
6ayonet thrust Nd
!. CHATTER xII-Empey joins the sui
eide club" as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV-On Listening post" in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER, xvI-Two artillerymen 'put
one over" on Old Pepper their reglmentai
commander. -" -ta
CHAPTER XVII-Empey has narrow es-
cape while on patrol duty In NO MANS
Land.
CHAPTER XVIII-Back in rest billets
Empey writes and stages farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIX-Soldiers have many
ways to amuse themselves while ION their
own" ... ID. w. 3 e
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
machine gun service ana goes pack INTO
the fcont-l1ne trenches
After showing the driver our passes
we got In. The driver was going to the
part Of the line where we had to re-
port.
How the wounded ever survived
ride in that ambulance was inexplica-
BILE to me. 1t was worse than riding on
agun carriage over rock road. :
The driver Of the ambulance was Il ,
corporal of the r. A. M. c., and he
had the wind up" that is, he had all
aversion to being under fire.
1 was riding on the seat with him
while Atwell was sitting in the ambu-,
lance, with his legs hanging out of the,
back. Fh ~ Il 81 Is
AS we passed through shell-de-'
stroyed village a mounted military POI
Hceman stopped us and informed the
driver to be very careful when We got
out on the open road, as 1t was very
dangerous, because the Germans lately.
had acquired the habit of Smelling 1t.
The corporal asked the trooper If there
was any other way around, and was
informed that there was not. Upon
this he got very nervous and wanted to
stLrn back, but we insisted that he pro-
coed and explained to him that he
would get into serious trouble with his
commanding officer If he returned
without orders; we wanted to ride,
not walk.
! From his conversation we learned
that he had recently come from Eng
Hand with d draft and had never been
under fire, hence his nervousness.
We convinced him that there was not
much danger, and he appeared greatly
relieved.
When we at last turned into the open
road we were not so confident. On
each side there had been line of
trees, but now, all that was left of
them were torn and battered stumps
The fields on each side of the road
were dotted with recent shell holes
and we passed several in the road it.
self. We had gone about half q mile
when shell came whistling through
the air and burst in field about three
hundred yards to our right. Another
isOOn followed this one and burst or
the edge of the road about four hun
,dred yards in front Of us.
I told the driver to throw in his
speed CLUTCH as we must be in sigh
of the Germans. I knew the signs
that battery was ranging for us, ant
the quicker we got out of its zone o.
fire the better. The driver was trem
bling like a leaf, and every minute
expected him to pile us up in the ditch
preferred the German fire.
In the back Atwell was holding ont
the straps for dear life, and was sing
ing at the top of his voice.:
We beat you at the Marine,
We beat you at the Aisne,
We gave you hell at Neuve Chapelle,
And here we are again.
Just then we hit a small shell hol
and nearly capsized. Upon a lou
veil from the rear looked behind, an
there was Atwell sitting in the middl
of the road, shaking his fist at US. iii
equipment, which he had taken Of
upon getting into the ambulance, wa
strung out on the ground, and his riff
was in the ditch.
I shouted to the driver to stop, an
In his nervousness he put on tn
brakes. We nearly pitched out heat
first. But the applying Of those brake