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

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We started Right Into What Was Left
Ct Big House-
big house I kept wondering bow Ee
would know % much about II. but fol-
lowed him Inside the hose Was .
pesszgewsy under the ruins Il was.
about seven feet wide ard fly feef
long should Judge
At TIE other end was the great Cd
70" poklng its nose cot q = boIe IN
the wall The gun captain and the
crew were sitting sr0und waiting ne
word for action, and they seemed to
know Brown we'll Was surprised At
that, but SIN more 20 when he told
me ] c01Id examine the EEn II I
wanted to. list ss II he gard T.
So / sat IN the sat and trained The
cross wires On an object. opened AMI
closed the breech and examined the
rec0l. - -
Then Brown safd- -weII, Chink.
you'll see some real gunnery now ard
they passed the word and took sta
lions Ny eyes buIged out when !
saw Brown take his station With themI
eSlencer f. about the frst com
mznd gun crew gets when II Is going
into action. but / forgot all about f.
and shouted out and asked Br0En how
he got to be q gunner. But he only
gEinned, and looked dopeE. - usual
Then cane TO and expected 10 get :
cz4 down from the CEcer. but he only
grinned and 80 did the ereT. II
seems they had it all framed to spring
on ne. and they expected ! would be
surprised
So We put cotton in our ears and
the captain called the observation
tower 9 short distance away and they
gave him the range. Then the captain
called 4I2S meters 10 Brown They
placed the nose Of Q shell In q fnse
adJuster and turned the handle Until
It reached gale 4I2a his set the
fuse 70 explode At the range given
Then they slammed the shell into The
breech. locked II shut and Brown sent
his best TO Fritz
NE barrel slipped back. threw Ozt
the shell case at our feet and returned
over . cushion Of grease The1 pc
received the results By Telephone from
the observation tower Aftef he had
fired twelve shots the captain said tO'I
Brown. You should never waste ycur-.
self In infantry. son And old dOpey
Brown Just stood there and grinned
That WIS Brown every s.==- He
knew about more things than y0u could
think Of He had Rad about gunnery
and fooled around II Dixmude until
they let him play with the -55S.- and
finally here he was. giving his kindezr
% old Fritz With the rest OF them
never saw . battery better con
cezIed than this one Up On the ground
you couldn't see the muzzIe twenty
Yards away-and that Was al there
was to see n any distance There
Vas . ruined garden Just outside the
gun quarters. and while the gunner<
-ere there picking apples there would |
Be . hiss and an explosion. and over
would 90 some Of the tres. Or maybe /
= man Or two bur never q she'll srTuck |
nearer the guns than that The pofluS /
used ID thank Fritz for kelpInE them
pick the apples. because the explosives
would bring them down IN great style |
Shells from our heavy artillery passed |
just over the Ezr5en. too. making an
awful racket But they we're not in II /
<ith the -y<-
They gave me little practice With |
n 70 under the direction Of expert /
French gunners before i went to my |
finch naval gun. end. believe ne. i
was fne little piece lust picture
to yourself = little beauty that can
send . 3SpOund shell every two sec
Onds for I'VE miles and more. II yOu
want il to. and land on Fritz vest
button every time There IS nOthins
like better than q gun. anyway. and
have never since been entirely satis-
led with anything les than = 10
As you probably know. the opposing
in this war Is 50 widely sepa-
rared that the gunrers never see their
targets unless th,sse happen to be
and esen then it IS rare. So.
'ince an artillery ofncer never SEES the
,ne,ny artillery or infantry. he must
depend on Others to give him the ranse
md direction.
For this pupcse there are balloons !