Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
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Coming back along the same road we
matted to let another convoy Of mules
80 past, and an officer Of the Royal
aaval division came up and began
talking to our officers. He was telling
them how he and his men had landed
at "X' beach, and how they had to
wade ashore through barbed wire.
And, you know" he said In a sur
prised way, as II he himself could
hardly believe 1t, 1.-THE beggars were
actually firing on usl" That is Just
like the Limeys, though. Their idea
y not to appear excited about any
thing ct any time. but to tact as though
thsy were playing cricket standing
around on lawn with paddles In their
hands, half asleep. The Limeys are
csstainly cool under fire, though, and
I think that because the Anzacs did
% well at Gallipoli people have not
given enough credit to the British
eegulars and r. N. DIS, who were
there too, and did their share Of the
werk, and did It as well as any men
could.
After a while this officer started on
his way again, and as he cut across
the road French officer came up.
The Limey wore a monocle, which
caused the French officer to stare at
him minute before he saluted. After
the Englishman had passed him the
Frenchman took a large French penny
out Of his pocket, screwed it into his
eye and turned toward us so that we
could see 1t, but the Limey could not.
That was not the right thing to do,
especially before enlisted men, SO our
officers did not laugh, but the men did,
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight Of the Frenchman.
He started back toward him and
thought sure there would be light,
or that, more likely, the Limey would
report him. Our officers should have
placed the Frenchman under arrest,
ct that. !. ..- al, .,...s-s. ,,0
The F'renchman expected trouble,
too, for he pulled up very straight and
sd&, but be left the penny In his eye.
The Limey came up to him, halted a
few PAGES of and, without saying
. word, took the monocle out Of his
eye, twibbled It three or four feet in
the air and caught It In his other eye
when It came down.
do that, you blighter," he said and
faced about and was on his way down
the road. They had It on the French
man after that.
This Philippe Pierre. Of whom
have spoken, told me q story about
fw6 Iimey officers that hardly be-
leved yet Philippe swore It was the
truth. He had been in America before
the war, and he said he had seen one
of the officers that the story Ia about
many times In New York,
He said there were two Limey on
Gers going along the road arguing
about the German shells which the
Turks were using. One Of the officers
said they were no good because they
did not burst. Just about that time
shell came along and they picked
themselves up quite a distance from
where they had been standing. An
other shell whizzed by and landed nat
on the side Of the road. The officer
walked over, dug It out Of the ground,
and took away the detonator and fuse
TO prove that they did not explode
The only thing that would make
me believe that story is that Philippe
Pierre said they were Limey officers.
No one but a. Limey would remem.
Der such an argument after being
Knocked galley west by a shell con-
cusslon. do not doubt that a Limey
would do 1t Il It could be done, though.