The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-01-24
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eral weeks confinement q MI rno,
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~ Siiai re ana Is rendering perfect sat ~
lsfaction handling affairs with the q
iexterity OF an old hand at the bust
ness of teaching n
(. Carl Vaughan who has been in Camt ~
hancock. Ca, since July 20, camtive
lone last week with an honorable dis or
,narge. He has taken position witfuse
ne Elkhorn Coal Corporation and is
low at work on the job
e. p. Toney has resigned his posi-
ION mere as superintendent for 70
4ikhorn Coal Corporation to accagestic,i.
nore lucrative position with the.ye. Let
olidation Coal Co, at Jenlsini out your
lace is filled by G. W. Mathev
|NThe report abroad that all All s,r,.
al companies on Beaver Cret. lig-lA
losed down the mines IS not
i the Beaver Creek mines az
Ing fun time and the works a.,
nd will doubtless continue IN FRANCE
al operation during the entir,
Dr. Conley, of Salyersville,
lted IN our town, DR.. NJ " -@r+
aving been transferred to "
We also have a new dr
ow in the person of DR.. @
Our fellow townsman 1ecreed that al
njoys the distinctionHrite to their dad.
aughtered the largest to start with
err Greek in many JFrance, May 30th, {
ig weighed net 675 lay l enlisted From
as two years oldt to a small town nea
! I. c. stock. ind after shifting aroun
An oil well ifie of weeks finally campo
vii Estep larters from Albert. At thai
ilts viii be- Germans held Albert The
s ., night we were camped the Hur
o dropp ed bombs on us killing two OF
Ie our bo and wounding five, so that
: had taste of war right off the
d reel. Z ery clear highland most OF
thenlghi were clear then-Jerry
bombed rs. We drilled all day and
Ie when we Went to bed we did so know
z ing that We would be bombed all
J. night. Il feiel those first days. were
n more of a Nervous strain on me than
all the restj of the war. No rest al
d day and bIafmed little at night
ID We were I'm France about five weeks
ID when most iof the regiment went over
1.-THE top at iaamel. July 4th, with the
Australians.>
ie My compahy was not in that. attack.l
" WAS In the Iline twice at Albert and
fe the second fine we took over Albert
+ from the Gkrmans. Lord, but their
fe trenches werf filthy They had gass-
lie ed their TRENCHES before they left and
Dt we were unable TO live in them so we
m stayed in thf open trenches, 1t rain
ed for five Hays straight and all we
t. could do wajs stay and pray for 1t to
Of stop. Our first real test came on Augl
ID ust 9th The English had begun an
at attack near the Somme River the day
to before but were unable to take a diff
III ficult position near Chippilly Ridge
l. They attacked three times the first
b. day but were driven back each time
re Their whole line was held up at that
I'd point. There was a steep ridge tc
ar make and beyond that was a leve
e. stretch Of about threeSf our t h
We lof mile and in a sunked wood be-
at yond the ridge We're numerous German
e. lmachine gun positions. An English
r Brigadier General called on our regI-
re ment the end of the first day of the at
is tack. We started for the lines about
e. five o'clock In the evening and march
~ ed until ten the next morning where
ry we stopped about ten kilometers from
p7 the ridge. We. Ate and rested unit
e. about three thirty lin the meantime
Sc we were told to get as much sleep as
ed possible. The humorous part of Il
no was that they had put my company
ng about fifty yards from a heavy bat
m terry which was firing incessantly,--
N. a swell chance to sleep. We started
ed about three thirty for Chippilly Ridg,
ke and arrived there, about five. Or
ey the way we passed hundreds of Eng
,h lish and Hun prisoners on the way
h back. On the way up we had to 80
N,,htllrough, a. woods which was being
t. shblled heavily. to get to the base OF
Tie ridge. We arrived there ane dis
BEARDED our packs. fixed bayonets and
lup we went. Lord, 1t was awful -
IN German machine gunners as thick as
a fli9sst Our boys We're dropping on all
z sides and tell you " gives one a
II terrible feeling. That was where !
mel my first Hun face to face Well,
we took the ridge, chased the Hun
back about five miles Stook the town
OF Etinehau and showed him across
J, 1.-THE river into Brayspn- Somme. The
Z English had tried twice again that day
= 10 take the ridge before we arrived,
but failed. that made five straight
Iattempts in two days, so we natural
ny felt little chesty about taking the
fridge,
z i had several interesting expert
FENCES up there. where we were about
Z. Ia days. The gold leaf ] sent to Pau
: line came from the Cathedral OF Etine
ham. When we pulled out from there
we went to Amiens and from there to a
place near Bar-le-duc. By the way,
I for that Chipilly stunt our regiment
lreceived a citation from the English.
SO far we are the only American
5 unit as small as a regiment to be
cited Other reeiments have done as
imuch or more. but they were with
R..h or more divisions.
We rested and drilled near Bhrde-
auc for about two weeks and then
" started for the lines near yerdnn
I've got IN the line the 6thl Of Sept.
i. ere stationed near Dead Mans
1850 .tiat IA the famous htll whore II
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