The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-08

e&tASTMN xxv-~<s1siasss
1870
wAsa ~ tsok svsT Tie frost nrs
~ resolved On swfui nh~sk. Ths
dswiaaas displayed asnboards over
~ tsD ef their srssch shcwtas the
aamAs tAst We had called tAstr
sysasheA The Agns rssd yak"
svses." pate" aad ~rsaey." and -
-. srees1inE 10 The code aames %
sw map. Thss 10 rub II Ia. they
hststel soas more signs which read.
Coms On. We are ready. stupid Eng.
e1sA."
1T 10 sfiii 4 mystery to me ho~ they
sbtsiasd this knowledge, There had
tssa NJ raids " prisoners taken. 10
4 must have bSen the work VI spies
n cur own iisss.
TArs~ or fous days before tbs hix
eash W tried 10 -sAattss yrits's nerves
~ fsins attacks. aud partially sac"
eseded ~ tbs offeisi rspasts uf jaiy
! xAow.
Although We were constantly bons
harding their lines dag aud aigh'. stili
W. fooled the Germans several times.
This was accomplished by throwing
IN ,ntsase bavrsxs into his lines"
thea using smoke shells W. would put
q curtain OF white SMOKE across No
Mas Land. completely ohs,rnctias
Ais view vt our trenches. and
wsnid raise eur rartsln VI flrs
a. II In an actual attack ALI
down our trenches the men weald
shout ana ehssr. and Fritz would tara
.lo~e with maehiae gun. rns. and
ahrapnrl nre, thinking ws wsrs com.
Ing over. -.-.-
AftyY" s6rvS- w f9aP NJ sAsse aaassns
aflaeks his nerves must have sssa
near u. brvaainx poaat.
o. June "A. 1910. At go 10 the
morninS our guns opened W. anl he'll
was lot loose, The d,n was terrific. q
constant boom boom boon In your car.
Al Night the aky was red glare,
Our svishardinent had lasted about
swv hours when Frita started reply
tna Although ws were ssn&as ever
TEN shells - hts one. euf essaaitiss
were heavy. There vas . eonstasi
stream u stretchers coming gu, u the
cunmuni cation trenches and burial
parties were common sght.
In the dugoutS the noise Of the runs
almost hurt You had the same ssnsa
tioa as when riding on tbs subway you
eater the tub. ander the river going
90 nruokiya--a sort Ut pressure On the
smr drums. and the ground constantly
sE~mhIiag,
The roads behind the breaches were
very dangerous because pochs shrsp
~ was constantly bursting ever them,
W. avoided these dangerous sp0<s by
crossing through spsn fields
The destruction IN the 0srman lines
Vas awful and really felt sorry for
eAstA because l realised how they mast
- clicking it. '-s''yt",
From our tront,ins trench every
COW and again. w eonid hear sharp
whistle blasts In the 1erman usnchea4
These blasts were the Signals for
s<rstcher bearers. and meant the
woundinx Or Killing OF some German IN
a. service Of his fxthertand,
Atweii aad l had = tough time Of IT.
patroliins the difrersnt breaches at
nisht. but after awhile ~, used to L.
My old OUTFIT tho machine gan cons
pany, was stationed In huge elephant
1ugoa,s about four haudrvd yards h~.
hind the front-iine trench they wsts
In reserve. Occasionally I ~eald s,op
IN their tsuguat sad have copfaa witA
nv for,urr mates Although We tried
e. Ia lofty. still. there WAS lurking
Feeling ot lmrsndIrg disaster. Each
IMAM was wondering. II After the
siaSAa ''esys,T she tsia ,atth shr bert Il
,mck, had ee~a sounded, ~oala he still
b. alive os would he be Tying "sams
why're IN France IN an old a.iHpidatei
house, tho watts N which were scsrrea
With machine gun bullets, No Z sec
Nn ~ inc machine gun company had
ITS charters The eompany's esoks pr~~
pared the meals In this billet. On the
nsth evening II the hcsneardment
German ctkht spcs shell. registered
direct biz M The hfNs, and wiped out
ten 0en who were sSl~ep Ia the sup
rs.ss,Ny bomb pyts0t cellar They were
buried ths aext Gay AMI I attended the
ruue4,