El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

tate, until one day we learned that
the blow had fallen at another part.
ana We were hurried down 10 take
our snare IN parryiug it. In one sense
We were glad that IL had come. Any
lnlng rather than the suspense. you
know.
Roaring Crowd OF Germans.
We mad 90 cover some kilometers
that night TO reach the spot. but we
Sot there all right by morning. 70
und that our duty was 10 fight a
rear guard action 20 let other units
then engaged with the Germans
through 20 a prepared position behind
u.s. A sunken roadway was 10 be
our defensive position. And there
we settled down. what time the bows
OF the other regiments who had been
Ilshung the enemy from the begin
nlng Eot 10 our rear. We saw them
as they passed. and the first thIng
LA4L struck me about them was the
Iacl that any casualties they had
seemed 10 be slight of course. that
was only the first day. but. hard
though il had been. the boys looked
al right and fit for anything.
We had quiet enough time OF Il
until about midday, when suddenly
an oLIicer arrived with the informa-
llQn ll1r Johnnie had been seen o
Word was sent all along the line OF
US. ana we got ready to give John
ME Whatfor the moment he showed
nose over the little ridge which we
were out to watch.
II was not intended. understand.
20 mold the ridge, but 20 harass and
hinder the Germans as thew an
peared, and TO fan back as slowly as
we could while holding them In
checH- The time OF waiting for their
appearance was about The worst OF
Il out that time did not last LONG
All at once the edge Of the rise OF
ground became alive with men. and
before we had time to think. crash
went our machine guns and rifles.
kept Pouring Out Bullets.
Inat was the first Of 10. It's not
easy 20 say what happened then All
/ recolect is that from that moment
We kept pouring out the bullets al
point plank range, and simply
smoked the Huns out by the score.
buL- heaTens- All the lead we
Gould pump into them seemed TO
/ l. s.5e no dlIIerence- The ridge itself
iIter q time, looked as il it were
5prouting Huns or was made Of them. [
Lney simply poured over the place
IKE gray wave, and came down and
'iong the slopes in an endless, roar ]
ng crowd.
and still we poured and poured
ne stuff into them as fast and furf-
'uSly as we could And still on thew
anne The place was like a cauldron ]
y smoke and fire and Infatuated /
When 7 think Of that part OF the
lsht now. I can recall one thing. and
hat was the strange absence Of Ger !
nan shells. Facti Only now and \
hen did one burst in our vicinity.
II seemed to me, afterwards. when
eVieWing the day. that the Garmens
-ad resolved TO dispense for once
With an their machine made war. and
ad fallen back upon the oldtime hu-
nan element Just as IL they had
at their army out on the loose TO (
make for Paris regardless Of cost.
Not that they hadn't guns with /
hem They had machine guns. and
hey fired them, too. but I'm the main I
was pure case OF crowdinE us I
ut OF our defences by sheer force Of
umbers.
Aiming Not Necessary.
That as ] say is how Il strucl,
he afterwards, and 7 don't think
m Tar wrong. AT any rate. crowd
s out they did, but only when thev
'ere close upon us. and we saw that I
e would be sWamped and swept
lean OFF our feet by the awful ava
niche, u we didn't begin TO 90 back
ards