The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-10-04
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4 rms helmet ID made OF cloth, treat.
ID with chemicals. There are tive win.
dows. or glass syes, In n. through which
yes can 80. fnside thee 10 Q rubber.
covered tube. which gsss In The mouth
Tea breathe through your scss: the
gsA Daa9sns sArouxh IA sissk Aslmss.
u ssutrsiissd ~ tAs action u the
ehsmicalA The foal cir II sxAAis1
tAscSaA the t~bs In the nsssA tAia
tuhs esiag - constreetsd hat u Drs-
yeats the inhAlinx sf the outside cir ~
gaa One Aslmes 10 coed for 1vs Aear
& tha strongest saa Each Tommy
sarvtss TIVE IT them siuns arosnd kts
sAssidss In \ vatsrprsof eaAvsA bAg.
He must wear tAia bas q oil times.
even while sleeping. To change . -
fsesivs aslest you take cat sAs Hsw
enc. held ysus breath. pull The old sas
~. piaciaa the ssw eos ever FOUR
head. tucking In the i~sss Gods ssdsr
tAs collar Of your tunic.
Far . nisuss, vandemoaium rsisHsd
b eur trSneh--Tcmmies adjusting
their helmets. homh~rs running here
and tAers, and men turning cut u The
dagouts with Axed bayoaeta. 70 man
the nrs stsp,
Re~snforcements were pouring out Of
ne communication trencheN-
Our guns crew were busy mounting
the machine gun on the psfspet sad
bringing UP extra ammunition from
Ne dugout.
German xss In he~vicr than air ana
soon dts the breaches aad duruux.
where II has been known TO Turk for
two or three days, until the air In puri.
ncd by means Of large chemical spray.
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We had to work quickly. ~ Fritz
generally follows the 1as with an In.
fantry attack.
A company man ca our r'gh, was
4~e sss< la >se:ssg,en his Assmes b.
sank 10 the ground. e,utching at his
throat, and after few spasmodic
twtstings wcnt West tdied,. II was
horrible TO sss him die. bat w were
power.cxs 10 help him. In the corner
Of traverse. . little. muddy cur dog.
cos Of the compsny's pets. was lying
dead. with his paws over his nose.
It's the animals that suffer the NEST
tho horses. mules, cattle. dogs. eats
and rs's--they having no helmets to
save them. Tommy does not synpa.
thIse with rats In q gas attack.
At times gas has been known TO
travel with dire results. fifteen miles
behind tho Inca
A Tas. or smoke helmet a. II II
called At the best 10 a viie-sr,eiiing
thing. aud II 10 not lcng before enc sets
Z vgea%a! h~sssache from vs~raxx>.s
our eighteen pouna~rs were hurs.
Ing In No Mas Land. In an ssrort. b,
the artillery, 10 dispense the gas
clouds
The Are step wsx lined with crc~ch-
ting men. eayensts nI~d. and tanns
near At hand to rcpel the expected At.
tack
Our artillery had pu, 4 harrngs Of
curtain firs 90 the German lines, 10 try
and break Up their attack and teev
back endorsements
trained ny machine qua on tAea,
trench and liz bullets wers rst;ng tn
parap~t.
Then ever they came. hayonets gsis
tsnins In their r~splratcrs, vhics
have . large snout in fruat- they Aeok,
ID IKE some horrible Nightmare.
All along cur trencA rtfes ksd ma
ehine runs SPOKE. our shr~pnel va
hnrx,!ns over thsir heads. They ven
down in hrara. hat n~w ca<s tack the
places Of tae fallen NothnS cNGs.
stcr that mad rush. TIE G~-mses
reached ca. haghed wire. which had
rskvtcu<iy seea demolished BY heir
shells, then It was ssorah against bnuh.
and the texH fsr all
suddsaly Gy bead s~ened ID Acrst
frosa n loud crack" Ia my ear. Then
ny head began 50 swim. ihroxt tx
sry. ard 8 heavy pressure on tas hags
wxrned me that my s~SEs<t wan YAK
.es Turning ~ gan over 20 Ne. :, !
ehsass. helmets.
TIE trvnash sssrtes. 10 wind ike q
snake. and Snssas. Appeared ~ ~
as@t.ng in the air. The @sssse vas Asr-
rsAfr SANK usstc tns rirr $50. ns'siaes
ss~w~t 80 10 arieksnS my fesh. ,ses
hlsckn@ss
vxS avssvoe1 ey ore Of Ey mates
r~povtng NY susese sssn~s. How d.
As&vms that evca. fresA air sess In ut
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