The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-05-10

the gas when it gets dense. One day
a battery close to mine was surpris-
ed without their masks and nineteen
were victims. Two Of them died, but
the others recoved.
II have seen all the soldiers of all
our allies" said Lieutenant Dubard,
"and I am proud to tell the folks in
Grenada that the American soldiers
do not suffer by comparison with
any.
Germans Big Men.
"The German soldiers are big,
husky fellows, being larger on the av-
erage than either the English or the
French. But the Americans are just
as big men as the Huns.
"The Americans at the front are
big, strong and determined and they
are rearing to go! They feel abso-
lutely confiden: that the folks back
home are with them unanimously,
and they are anxious for the entire
American delegation to get over to
the front so they can show the Huns
just how the Americans can 60, if the
odds are anywhere near even"
Dubard spoke Interestingly of the
work of artillery. He is with the
light artillery and handles the famous
French "75's."
when our infantry attacks" he
said, 1--WE put up what is called a box
barrage, the rear side of the box
being just beyond the enemy's trench.
This keeps any of them from escap-
ing, and after the infantry cleans up
everything in this box and returns
with the prisoners, we put up a roll
ing barge right in front of our
trench to keep off counter attack"
Has Not Been Injured.
Lieutenant Dubard has not been
injured, although he has been in many
warm artillery engagements and
shells have exploded all around him.
Whenever they she'll u.s." he says,
1--WE always send 'em back twice as
much as they give us. Before we got
there this sector was quiet one,
but we have made it a mighty lively
place, and we keep the Germans up
in the air all the time. They never
know what we are going to do next.
50 S6me of the German prisoners
we have captured are boys in the
teen years old. Just kids not long,
out Of short pants.
Paris Still Lively.
"Paris is still lively place." said
Lieutenant Dubard, "despite the war,
1t is still fairly naughty, for it would
not be Paris if it wasn't. There is
an American jazz band at the Casino
that is all the rage now.
English is spoken by great many
of the French people, and sometimes
I have been addressing Frenchman
and struggling with my French vo-
cabulary, when suddenly he would
say:
"Speak English, young man.. can
you"
The German Offensive.
The recent German offensive
started before Dubard left France.
81 will always have it in for the
Huns for stirling their drive at the |
time they did," he says. 81 had just
finished six weeks sojourn on the
front and was given the usual period
of rest. We went to Paris and had |
visions of a three weeks delightful |
holiday, when, on the first day we ar
rived there the Huns began the at
tack and we were called back. left
Paris the day before that big gun
of the Germans started shelling the
city,"
He says it's a great life.
Gwen If you are killed it is worth
it," is the way he sizes it up.
care you going back to the 'front.'"
Dubard was asked.
"Sure." he said 'I'm glad to be
back with my friends. but if I thought
was not going back it would break
ny heart"
Lieutenant Dubard made a talk
Tuesday evening at the Opera House
md the house was filled to it's ca
oacity despite the fact that it was
lot known that he was to talk until
loon, and then there was not suffi-
.ient time in which to advertise it.
lis talk was most interesting throug-
'ut and was substantially along the
anne lines as given out in his inter-
Jew. He was frequently applauded
md Grenada is proud Of Walter Du-
,ard.
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