The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-12-12

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was pretty tired by this time and
awfully thirsty, and thought If did
not rest little bit could never make
1t. L was so tired and nervous that
1 did not care much whether l did
get back or not, and the wounded
garby was grooming all the time.
So when 1 thought the shells were
coming pretty thick again got into
shell hole and it was the same one
I had left not long before. The dend
garby was there just as had left him.
The wounded one was bleeding all
over, and my clothes were just soaked
with blood from the three men, but
most Of all from him. There was some
of my own blood on me, too, for when
l was knocked down by the shell my
nose bled and kept bleeding for q long
time, but, Of course, that was nothing
compared to the bleeding Of the
others.
The worst of all was that he kept
groaning for water, and 1T made me
thirstier than had been, even. But
there was not q drop of water any,
where and 1 knew there was no use
searching any bodies for TASKS. So
we just had to stick 1t out. Pretty
soon the wounded man quit groaning
and was quiet, and I knew he was
going to die too. 1t made me mad to
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In carrying these two men around,
but II 1 had gone on with either of
them 1t would have been just the same
they would have died and probably
/ would have got 1t, too. When I fig
urcd 1t out this way quit worrying
about 1t, only wished the fire would
let up.
So the other man died, and there
were two Of them in the hole. 1 read
the numbers on their Identification
disks when shells burst near enough
so that 1 could see them, and after a
while got back to our lines and rolled
In. could not remember the num-
bers or the names by that time, but a
working party got them, along with
others, so 1t was all right.
My clothes were mess, as I have
said, and l was SO tired l thought
could sleep for q week, but I could
not stand 1t In my clothes any longer.
1t was absolutely against regulations,
but / took Off all my clOthes-the
blood had soaked into the skin-and
wrapped myself in nothing but air
and went right to sleep 1 did not
sleep very well, but woke up every
once in while and thought I was in
the hole again.
During the night they brought up
water, but l was asleep and did not
know 1t. They did not wake me,
but two men saved by share,
though usually in n case like that 1t
was everybody for himself and let the
last man go dry. You could not blame
them, either, so 1 thought 1t was
pretty decent of these two to save my
share for me. I believe they must
have had Il hard time keeping the
others off Of it, to say nothing of them
selves, for there really was not more
than enough for one good drink all
around. 1t tasted better than anything
have ever drunk. Go dry for "a
hours in the hottest weather you can
find, do nights work like that, and
come to in the morning with q tin
cup full Of muddy water being handed
to you, and you will know what
mean.
At Gaba Tepe there were steep little
hills with quarries in between them,
and most Of the prisoners we took
were caught in the quarries. We
found lots Of dead Turks under piles
of rock, where our guns had battered
the walls Of the quarries down on
them.
We were fighting about this part Of
the country one time when we saw
three motor trucks disappear over the
side of hill going across country.
The detachment from the Cassard was
sent over on the run and we came
upon the Turks from those trucks and
several others just after they had got
out and were starting ahead on foot.
We captured that whole bunch-I do
not know how many I'm all. They were
reinforcements on their way to a part
or their line that we were battering
very hard, and by capturing them we
helped the Anzacs a great deal, for
they were able to get through for a
big gain.
We held that position, though they
rained shells on us so hard all that
day and night that we thought they