The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-09-06

Ma%3M hA@M Sk&kN kA NNhkNAA& GANN
seen Z titled he'd Gross nHrss fssehins
and carrying Cor q woundsd soItiss.
perhaps the eas who 10 csvti life a.
tivsred the ecss at her back door To
day shs does not Ehrink froa nxhtiAa
has Tag ~ svxn wssAing bin grssny
hody.
Tommy sdn.res Albert Of Belgium -
cause hs Ia not . rasAes OF nssa; be
Leads them. With hin it'x na< \ esss
ef take that srvnch." II IN "cosns ~
and we win take It
II y amusing TO notice the diasvsaf
characteristics Of the Irish. Scotch and
Eagl,sh soldiers The Irish and Scotch
are very impssenss. especially whsn Il
comes to oayen@t lighting. wistss sAs
Engtishman. though Q trfss slower.
thoroughly does bis bit: he h mors
rasthcdieal and has the grip Of ball
dog on captured posatien He 10
slower 10 think that In the reason why
he never knows whsn he II licked.
Twenty minutes before go,ng esss
the top the English Tommy win ut %
the IRE step and thoroughly exaraias
the mechanism Of his rife to sss that II
Ii In working order and wilf~trs prop
eriy, After this examination he Ia sat
isf.ed and resdy to meet the noches.
Hut the fr.shman or Scotehman sitS
on the IRE step. his ride with bayeast
nxed bstw~en his knees. tho butt VI
whirh perhaps is sinssns sate ~ ussd
tho bo,t couldnt Bio opeaed With .
team Of horses II II % rus,y--ba, be
spiis on his ssss~~ and sfewfy pcsssh~s
hts hayonei. when thls In done hs aiss
In ready 10 argue with Frstx
II II not necessary to meatioa the
eoioniais THE Canadians. Australians
and New 2eaiandersl. the whole world
kaows what they have done for Eng
ssnd.
tNAe Australian and New zsalAnder
10 Tsyned the "Antac.' taking the
namt tHa the ars, letters Of their Of.
neial dSAInation, Australian and New
Zealand SN,sy corps
Tommy h<,ies the German army
into three claws according 10 theis
fightins abtliuea They rank a. fol-
lows. Russians. bSstsns and ssx.
ons IN.
When ap axAins. 1sfa.sian req
men, n Is u cnss Of kecpssar nAppes
below the parapet and dutA A hang
bang oil tho time and q war IN Tue
navar,ans are little better. bSk the
saxons are fairly good sports and ~
willing occasionally to behave ~ ~
tlepen and take I, easy, but you css
not trust any Of them overloag.
Al one point OF the line the trenches
we're about ,hirtytwo yards apart.
|, 'Ess4x ~c.sHi~ hessthls, ha, la saes u xse
easy. because neither side could shell
the enemy's front.line trench for feAs
shells would drsp Into their ewn. This
eliminated artillery Are.
In these breaches when up against
the frussiaas and Bavarianat Tommy
had . hot time Of Il. but when the Sax.
ons took over" It was q picnic; they
would yell across that they were Han.
ona and would not Are. Both sadss
would nit on the parspet and carry -
= Conversation. This generally consist.
cd Of Tommy telling them bow much
Ae loved the kaiser. while the Saxous
Informed Tommy that King 0<oess
vas a particular friend Of theirs au1
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Salons wesv to Be rs..svsl
by Frussians or Bavar!ans. they would
yeii this Information across No MAn's
Land and Tommy would Immediately
tumble. into hin ,rsach and keep bio
head dUwa,
II IN English regimen, was to b ~.
! a.vci by the Wild Irish. Tommy would
tell the Ssxons and Immediately a vol.
/ ley Of "p@uner und Rlittens" could
BE- heard and II was frfta's turn 10 re.
a criek Ia his bach FROM stopping, ana
the people In Berlin would close their
windows
Usually when IN frixhEssn taxes svss
a trench, Just before ''stand down" In
tire morning. he sticks his ride over
the top aimed 10 the direction of Ber.
lin. and ehgasss In wis, IS known NJ
the mad minute" This consists II
as1nx ffteeu shots In a minute. No
IL NO, aiming ut anything In partien.ss
Just sends over each shot With .
prayer, hoping ;hst one ef his stray
win get soue r.,ar unsusyectins Frs
In the nspper handr~is Of yards 10
hind the liH~s, II generally does thatt
the reason the Bochea bate the raAs
trsm Erfn's Isle.
1fhe Sa1cns. though b~ttpY than tn
Frussians and Rssarians. have 9 naseJ
trial, at ,reacher. In thsas makeup