Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-23
LIKE LIVING BEINGS IN
LAND OF GHOSTS; THAT'S
NIGHT IN NO MANS LAND
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ratio. wo got tho lot ell In nice time.
and that's the main thing.
Hun DEsERTER's CIGARS
PROVED REAL TREAT
, :, and tho cigars were treat! It's a
'unny thing. but down in the dug
outs have visited there always seemed
TO BIO plenty OF smokes" and food.
especially tho dark bread variety. It's
not very palatable TO tho British taste.
maybe. but that's nothing. The point
10 that tho German soldiers appear to
have plenty OF solid comforts. what
ever their relations In the fatherland
may have. and they are housed. or
dugoutted" in surroundings which
any fighting man would envy. AT least.
they once had those comforts. It's a
mighty different story now.
Now let me return TO the story Of
my Highlander chum. who was lost
;our days In the mo mans land"
/, was right after the big scrap
when we were stranng the sausage
caters right and left that received
! whole shell all by myself, | think.
Well after second thought. If
did not get that whole shell direct
think | got most OF what was in e..
" ihe shrapncl had found Judgment in
every part OF my body, and, to tell
the truth. the Huns she'll raised more
81 a hullabaloo with my clothes than
1t did with my body.
II happened this way:
Earlier in tho week wss trans
fcrrcd TO tho trench mortar battery,
which. as you will know, has to fol-
!oT the infantry. Very shortly after
a. NJ. the infantry went over. and
N twenty minutes we were mads TO
set out. then IL was that l collected the
.$htapneL
No. can't describe the sensation OF
climbing tho parpet and crossing no
many land" a fellow can't stop to
anaiyzc his feelings. When It Is all
over. he wants TO forget about Il. II
takes bit OF Forgetting. too.
We had relieved a Scottish regiment
which had been In action. We heard
movement Tho sound seemed far
IN and !nd!stinct. but was gradually
getting nearer. This was during
few moments OF silence. We were
travelling now across the mo mans
land"
Instantly re were on the alert.
Very soon we made out the figure OF
man crawling towards US, and VIC
saw that nc was 4 private in the resi-
ment we had relieved. He appeared
20 be utterly exhausted. and II he
zero TO be saved We had 20 30 out FOR
him.
Ny word that was a job.
The Germans. hearing the sounds.
were on the Jump at once. and. of
course. ve were discovered.
We got the chap al! right. though.
.Ic had been wounded in the course
o.; a raid, and had been out in mo
mans land" FOR four days. He had
suffered terribly, and in moments Of
only scmiconsGlou' ness had been iGnor-
ant az TO the direction in Ehich the
British trenches wire. Four days and
nights in mo mans land" Four min.
&c: is long enc ugh for any man.
must tell nov o! how = Scotsman
made good in France.
lie was an old soldier. who. in pre-
war days. was regarded as wha, Is
called hard case He gave officers
and n. e. o.s lot OF trouble, and in
the long run he was dischartcd. When
war broke out nc Joined Up again. and
vas an excellent soldier. He !s now
military mcIalist. saw the act
Tor which he was decorated. Single
handed he attacked 4 machine gun.
got rid Of the crew, and the gun was
ours There's n 10, more in that than
;herc Is In the telling of it.
We've Knocked out all tho fight there
ever was in the German soldiers in
that section. but their artillery was
ssill formidable. and the enemy has
always this advantage, that as he
rct!res ne is moving back on his own
lines, whilst We have to bring up all
our stuff with us. However. we'll get
them yet. though it's n stern struggle
FOR the boys out there.
And while | am about ii let me say
this much abou, the I.iltics
kIL1JES NEVER YIELD
An INCH TO ENEMY
No. tho kiities never yield an inch.
and am quite certain the Germans
would rather see the devil get over
the parapct than see the Highlanders,
blunt, but high. tribute. and Il:
comes from Il Scotchman. TOO: but 1t
is tue.
That was a rough do" We were
Up against 1t all the time. but even
chaps as VIC went for them during
that scrap.
dent know exactly what it is. but
there must be something in the ap-
'pcarancc of an approaching horde o.!
and he simply has to run TO keep then,
warm.
Certain. Fritz doesn't often wait to
make the acquaintance of Jock.
That's true, tho beSgars will stand
up TO the English for bit, but when
kits ana bare knees are coming for
;hsm. the Germans beat it.
Their dash is grand, and what :hcy
gain they hold. Never have heard
Of them yielding an inch OF ground
they had taken. And 1t isn't only as
lighting men that the Scotties are liked
they are fine chaps TO be with a,
any time.
WI. when We did como up to villa
had ormeriy been Rullecourt we had
LIT of messin. around to do. for
tho enemy had machine guns planted
IN every hole and corner in the place.
J. should think they had one o. thes.
guns for every :hree soldiers, apart
from gun crews. and can tell you
they did some damage.
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