The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-11-29

what information we could il
regard to the men in question
can't take space to tell half O.
what | saw and heard that af
ternoon.
We visited a doctors (French,
dugout and first aid station
where both an American anc
French doctor were located
With the exception of one
Frenchman none could speal
English. We walked and crepr
along the walls, climbed ovel
debris and right up to where
we could see, plain as day (cen
sored) AT nightfall the French
would bring the U. S. blesses tc
the station where we then were
We were to come over the shell.
ed road at IL o'clock to get
these blesses. So we walked
back four kilometers to wait
until eleven o'clock. At 1890
Miller and | started out. | sat
way out on the fender to watch
for shell holes. The shells
from the French batteries and
the German battery ahead of
us were whistling over our
heads; the sky and earth were
continually lit up by the gun
flashes and every now and then
rocket or star shell made
things almost as Fight as day.
We ran very SLOW and without
mishap reached the town.
Everything was quiet nd dark
save the guns and there were
no signs of life anywhere. We
turned our car around and
went into the house and called.
The lieutenant came out and
leaving Miller there | went with
him to find out if the blessi
he'd been brought down yet.
We went feeling along in the
alternate light and darkness,
keeping close to the walls. FL
nally we turned off the main
road and into an alleyway. The
lieutenant thought it would be
safer. The way was almost
impossible, we even climbing
and stumbling and feeling our
way over the debris, when all
of a sudden a shell whistied
impossible. We we're climbing
very close. The lieutenant
grabbed my arm and we wait
ed perhaps three seconds when
bang! A $50 min. shell had
burst against the wall before us
not more than twenty-five feet.
The wall fell into the alley, the
whizzed with pieces of stone,
air whizzed with pieces of stone.
shell, steel, bricks, etc, which
flew all around us and above us.
The thunder of the shells was
deafening. And, almost before
we could duck behind the walls
three more shells lit in the same
place, and in a minute more sew
eral more There was a contin-
uous shower of shell pieces,
stones, bricks and fragments
of steel, tin, etc, about.
when there was a minutes
let up we retraced our steps to
the alley entrance. the shells
following us up and bursting
behind us continually. We
then thought we'd try the other
street, and had only gone some
$50 feet when whistle, bang
bang! the shells went in the
street directly before us, the
pieces flying all around US. ]
Rugged the wall of a house, and
a piece of shell whistled by and
through the door half an arms
length from me. Again we
turned back, the shells just
raining around us. Shells Is
inches long and six inches in
diameter, and pieces falling or
all sides. Believe me, the
French lieutenant stretched out
his legs getting there as fast
as possible.
We returned to the abri
where we stayed some fifteer
minutes, until things became
more quiet. Then we went W
to the post de secour, found the
men there. Miller and | wenf
back to where our car was, anC
drove it some distance towarC
the post de secours, so The
brancordies would not have tt
carry the men so far. We were
at the entrance of a little square
with a church at one side, ant
the post de secours was about
blocks distance away. | wen
up to the post to tell the bran
cordiers that the ambulance
was ready. They were one lit
ter short, so Miller and | has
| tened down to get one out o
the car. When we came bacl
the lieutenant and | went OF
ahead. We had just gotten t.
the car and was crawling in
side to let down the litter hold
err, the stretcher bearers wer
some 100 feet behind, wheI
whiz-z-z-z-bang! a shell direct
ly in the street beside tn
church, and only few feet dis