The Dermott news., 1918-10-10

| ' i little Belgian engines.
 After had been at my gun for sev- eral days I was ordered back 10 my regiment which was again in the front-liue trenches My course was past both the British and French lines lines.
 Everywhere there were umbulances and wagons going backward and for ward. l met one French ambulance that was q long wagon full of poiluS ! from field hospital near the firing line and was driven by man whose i left arm was bandaged to the Shoul- 1 der. Two poilus who sat in the rear on guard had each been wounded in the leg and one had had big strip of i his scalp torn off. There WaS not q sound man in the bunch, You can 1 the convoy was aS used up as these chaps. But all who could were sins inS and talking and full of rep. That is the French for you lhcy used 10 more mea thaa they could possibly spare 10 take care of the wouuacd but they were all cheerful about It. aiways.
 9n>t a.fer I passed this ambulance thc Germans tegau shci.iu- section ot the roa1t ton Eg-r n5e to ba goH5ort- able so I heat | to saea rraser ahea. twenty #z5~ oa tHe reH3 tathe rear. \ sI=Harael saaLl ezp.adsa pesttE near me fHst .Gs 5H#ngd lHro fhts heIz-i d#H aot 1aas afaaaa to sec how #g.aSe it Wds-lHl l rrleah-r aaw hoa fho ele mH= rl' iake Gt5 heasa un beard >Eip cane tet#y r..z#. .tt tae t,ae-so@efhire= =aA'e# T fa=i7a fee==
 nz SD small He ruGaEi lasa 3 hafe and pulled il after ha. and 1 zt #z.ss ! .-s-at da tho sEHr. f,g.lenal ny .s6t aS close ag.aH~t tfe yaff of the n~a5er Hs could and thru uor#e5d -hat somebody had mafc du.out iu tAe #athes wall es the cr.ter and l -taetrl tnr 1t.
 Jte sAaffS vese t@e=ot.7+ SD fsst iy tlat time taat you eoHsd Hai ...st=4 far each explosion separately, ana 5Izt las jumped into tiJg dusout 2 rg-5.=ar hail of >Arapnel frlI ca the spot had iuzt paSzea. | was pretty dark n 'he dHgaa and the iirzt woYa made l bumped into somebody else and hc lot eut yell that yoa could have her~t mic. Il was a Tommy WAo had heen wounded in the hanI aH5 ] between curses he told mo | had sat rIsht on his wound when | rzayod. ] asked hi,n why he did not yt.l .ooaeH, i aut ha only Swore more. H. surely l was great cusser.
 Hhc hamhardmont s,ack2oel ua q l lit ahous fhis tune. and I thought l wosla have a ieeh around. dd uet get cut ef the cr@ter entirely. hut mogel arauld nut or the lu144, uu.. eae'd sse the faad bad been ea. The first taiug I savs was a trobea- Haa#a vas#a that had iust been ha i in fast. it#Was toYe,ia5 aFes when my gye zt t Iha dryer Jy.Ia5I from Els seat and vHtae= hc uzsz 'a th7 i aIr hs A4aa vas torn completely iroa his shoulders hy aue.aer sheu-I d. not kaov what kiud. TM~ was enough fot me sa back to the ausoat
 How the Germans dld it do no. know. but dley had found out ahoui that road aBl opened fire at eNuCt.y , the moment when the road WaS eoF- cred with wagons and men. Yet tbeee had uog been q balloon or atrpIaur in the sky for some time.
 |. moved aWas to thu east from winch direction had come, and knew eur batteries were @rttiug it. The Tommy i and l came out of the du.aUt. AS I started climbing up rhe muddy sides { saw there was q ma9 standing II the edge o5 it, and I could tell by lis puttees that he was a Limey. l was having a hard job of it. so without looking up l haited him.
 That was sure some sAeilins wasn't it2" I said There's a lad down here with wounded fin; better give him hand"
 What sheilus do you mean says the legs. without moving. "'rheres been none in this sector for some time I thin&"
 The Tommy vas right at my bee' hy this time and he ct out stras of language. I was surprised. too an.i still acrambiinG around in the mud.
 Then the Tommy let a "Gavi 'clq us - and I looked up and saw that the legs belonged to Limey officer, n major. think. And here We had been cusaiHg the eyes off of him.
 But he sized t up rightly and gave us a hand, and only laughed when Ne tried to explain. l got ru,ued nnG told him that all I saw vas lis legs and that they did not look like an eff