The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-01


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resr 10 be sx4ing III sasrsssans paAa
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fer tA~ hx aasnstvs, rAs furwsnnsl
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ing intsi the fruass hn@s mazda aaightl
specfaes& ens thai enasos bs DO
seribsd N has 10 he wtsn~saed viii
year ewn syss to appr~easts M sasa
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Al oeg part u sAs ifns the inASx y
supplies ssver ended u teok*t I'M,
huge Snake slowly erswting forward
never . AifsA or break. 4 wondsrts
tribute 10 the syAem and sircssgey a
Crest ksffain's -conssmpsihls hsfit
army" of IRE mtiiiens OF naen.
Huge Aftssnslaeh Euas susksd alc<s
foot By foot. By powerful steam tract
ten Thea iong iins Of -fCaf peira
hvs" batteries. each run drxwa ky Sss
ho,sss, then q couple a< 1nins pots
two" hs~ttx<ss pulled hy imznsas
caterpillar saginea
whsn one III these catsrpiIlArs wcuh
pass me With IL mighty aao0vssr u
TOW. q fusA ef rrids would nsount II
my face, because I ecaid piainiy ssas
oa the name plate. "Aises In u. T. -
aud wnuld rxn<mb~r that II wore
name plate n would also read. -Freu
the U. 3, A." Thea would stop v
think bow thin and ssrsgxiy ths
mighty stream would b II oil thu
Made In U. r. A. parts ef II wer
withdraw.
Then would come hundreds cf Tim
bsrs and "a. a." waxoas drawn b,
sleek. wsli-fed mullen, rid6en BY sleek
welifed inen. ever sanliisg. although
grimy with sweat and eovSfsd with thu
tine. white dust OF the marvelouslj
well made Frsneh roads.
What 4 diseoaraging report the Ger
mau alrmen must have taken back u
their division commanders. and ihit
! srsr1.a IL ssowiy sa. sussis xsttias bis
ger and bigger every day. and The pace
IL always tbs same. No slower. NJ
faster. but ever onward. 'sysf fSrwsrst
Three weeks before the big push sf
July las the battle Of the Somm~ has
hsen~ .called,v-starssd. exact duplicates
Of tho German tfefehes were DUG
about thirty kiios behind our lines
The iaYout Of the breaches was taken
from airplAns photographs suhraitt*d
By the Royal Aging corps The trench
- were correct to the foot: they
showed dugouta, sapa. earbed wtr~ Do
fenses and danger spots.
Battaliens that were to 70 over 10
the nrst waves were ssat back fof
three days to study these trenches, en-.
gsge Ia practice attacks and have night
maneuvers, Each man was required to
make 4 map Of tho trenches and Ia
mllinrixs himself with the names ana
location Of the parts his battalion was
10 attack,
Ia the American army noneomsair
Aoued officers are put through n course
Of map making or read ske'ch,nx. and
durtag my SIX years service In the
untted States cavalry had plenty u
practice In this WORT. therefore map
ping these trenches was compare
lively easy task for me, Each mas
had to submit, his map TO the company
eo,nmauder 10 'bs passtd upsn. and s
was lucky enough TO have mine select
Cd m being suticiensiy authentic to use
In the attack.
No photographs or maps are allowed
10 leave France. but In this case Il sp
p~aisd to me a. valuable souvenir of
the great war and I managed 10 snug
gte II through. AT this time II carries
no military importance M the British
lines. ! am happy to say. have since
been advanced beyond this point. ~
In having II In my possession I an not
breaking any regulation or cautions
Of the British army.
The whole attack was rrhesrsed
and rshearssd until We heartily cursed
the oae who had conceived the idea
The trenches were named according
to u s,sssm which made Il very siInpls
fw Tommy to and. even in the dark
any point In the Gsrmsa lines.
These ffnt'stion trenches, az trench
models, were we'll guarded from ohsers
walton by numerous allied planes
which constantly circiesi above them
No German airplsns could arrroxea'
within observation distance. A r.
sfric,ed ARIA ~as maintained and M
civilian vas allowed within three
miles. - we felt sure that we had Z
great surrr4sr In sfarp for FIRTH