Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-28
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D.B0YS
]. ALMOST 4 N \ TAKEN K (. Fl
81 y, Hun ! TROOPS !!!0 O|ll[''S |
Greanls ga DroppedIiIinto Dug.
out But Lads Fail to
Come Out.
,(By e. j. rosteyin.y

Somewhere in France, Marchs.-@
'konifnst du heraus. Come out Lf
there?" shouted q G:ermsn2SNoficeE.
Come down and get u.s." the
answer OF 2 Mitlot. ~ D.. bov:
10 ,a ssfs.s n 'n sos tssks & A ass! s'aan'y ;seys
North Dakota hSsRS formerly mem
bers :iok. CompaHeS. M names cannot
be passsdsby thu censor. IL y
The IAmeficahsS force was building
an advanced trenchs4And q German
raidtng party OF about a score came
who sretreated. 10 ths1N. main trench.
sheotin ss they fpssoa,to ret isR soosy
"A dugout wastnear and oneSof them
sought shelter there. Y fsfn.
During the sday;a shell had explod-
ed and partially&thoked the. door of
the, dugout and II could only ba#en-
k%nees44--one .entsred II. !
.The; German sseaptured the other /
WHEREAS your captains dugout?! e
Aske one of the .boche party. WHO
couldsspeak English Sr
'Fssaonst, know, exactly, hut its. WAY
In tlts. rear" was the Dakotan 8 an
"HSw many more men are there
in that .dugcitp |" asked the German.
sTs s.d him =. 81, conn 8 sIout,s wss"the
ThAAkkAmsricaa ;soidisSes yelled faow;n
4hto Aas. ukout. s.., s ~ 1,
q @t t}ssr ny II EFt ( I command mn md.
The. Minot boy egfatssFled; into the
decidsds.t 3 ftiak il Ut. They had
ALL ahpUtt s.krenades; and smoke
they asad /, raa = dieS:tthhere then be
asasss outsf tnir.,F cam. the COM n
!. mand down Tie duEout. hole. -.
The. Germans tossed a couple Of
nenades down into the hole but the
boys had placed themselves close to
the floor and near the door Of the
. dugout. The grenades exploded but
they5sescaped injury. -. ~
4 TfA Germans then tossed down
smoke bombs but the Aboys: still re
fused to come and lying close: to the
doorway were loading automatic
rifleAf: Z aGsS., al ''as 49,
~so3nd OF talking outside.
Then. the sound Of some n COM
int through the hole to the dugout.
The boys keeping IN the protection Of
tomato rifle III; the, direction the
sound came and pulled the trigger.
sCratkie- carcklel- crack. Eighteen
shot&l.,:> Three dead! I.
Outside there evidently was ~conster-
m remaining members: 81 the par
II pulled the three dead men from
hurled down into the hole at the
ThSn others Of the German party
.tartdd down: Il. get the soldiers Of the
E1ickfrtaN state. q. &s% -
And just then a .'ninniewhitfer," IA
The Yoys AL the big shells, came
Germans, and the rest quickly ,e-
treated when American troops came
on to. the rescue.
"snuthing Funny
"Huh!"%That's snuthing put Of the
ordinary" said n Of these boys aft
er I had wormed the story out OF
experiences like that. It's great stun
mp front. You never know exactly
what's going to happen.
'.'Ifs you worry about what's doing
it'll get you sure" was the trench
p~hilo2ophy which this boy handed
,:yg y. lsn the y. use ,o Of ,c,s;gs. any.
It reminds me Of the story I heard
the other day of one North sDakotan
All the way over on the transport he
" did little else but read his bible and
pray. According to the stories the
boys :have told"of his actions he Il
fighting fool '' n.
Makes nc difference what is doing
II he takes a notion to crawl. ont Of
the. trench and scout around No Man,
Land in search of a chance shot at q
Fritz he does it. 4
.vvell I'll probably get killed be
fore the al is over anyway and Tn
going to get a few first" was his ex'
= plAnatton.
hui 1t is all a gamble any way 80,
look: IT it.
First. report that peach buds hav,
heens killed Is In. Ordinarily, thi'
nieaIiis big rop at big price.