The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-12-12

ment asking, For whom do you
speak?' that note was being printed
in German and millions of copies
were carried over the German lines
by our aviators. Afterwards many
copies were found on German prison.
ers. These notes destroyed the NOR
ale of the German people and lessen
ed the resistance of the German army
in the closing days of the war.
"The day the armistice was. signed
we were visiting the grand fleet, and
while on rhe deck of the flagship of
the fleet the captain of the Colossus
received a wireless announcing the
event. Within sight of that vessel
more than 100 other war craft, in
Guiding everything from s~uperdread-
naughts to submarines, were gather
ed; a feer greater perhaps than will
ever again will be assembled at one
point "a fleet at once the symbol of
the power of the Allies and the instru-
ment of their salvation. For the first
time in months the Jackies were
granted shore leave, and a. they
climbed over the sides into small
boats and the flags of the nations
flew from the Allied war vessels, the
| fleet presented a sight ever to be re-
remembered.
"The average sailor and soldier is
in the language of the English fed
up on AS long as the fight was
ION he would not have thought of
quitting and coming home, but with
the first sign of peace he expressed
his desire for home, sweet home
And certainly n cannot blame the
boys who have been in the line.
Those who have been located at
camps and who have been engaged in
work not in the advanced sectors
have been able to secure some COM
forts; but the boys who have been
in the line, who have lived in shell
holes, or at best in the holes in the
ground called dugouts, subjected at
all times to nerve-racking shell fire,
have led &. life words cannot describe
and the mind cannot conceive. They
have been through their hell on earth,
and when they come out, there is
nothing too good for them.
In Verdun During Bombardment.
"A clear idea of what shell fire
leans we secured at Verdun. Because
the city had not been ~bombarded for
six weeks the French lieutenant con-
Quoting US thought it safe for us to
visit it, and we failed even to take
with us the gas mask and helmet
generally provided. All morning we
had heard the roaring of the guns in
the distance, but had become accus-
toned to this, and without thought
of danger were walking along looking
at some of the destroyed buildings,
when suddenly there came a whirr
followed instantly by a~crash as a
shell fell about 200 yards from US
upon a building already half de-
molished. The crash and noise of
falling brick resembled an earth
quake more than anything else. The
French lieutenant yelled to us to get
close to the wall and run for our
automobile. The first injunction was
useless, as I was already close to the
wall; and for an instant I doubted
the wisdom of stopping to bother
with an automobile, but finally con-
Guided we might move faster in the
machine. 1t took us but a few min
utes to get out of Verdun, much to
the delight of the French officer, who
apparently suffered under the re-
sposibility of returning us in safety.
Later We learned that the lombard
ment continued for an hour and that
during the day there was very severe
fighting on the line in front of YER