The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-30
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AS soon. as 1t began to get dark TIE
en- envy slackened their Smelling. and
q chow" detail was sent to the rear
for something to eat. A runner brOt
the word that supply wagon was a
couple OF Kilometres below us. Our
colonel came along the line talking to
Ius to cheer us up He told us to
stick" and we would be relieved the
. next night.
The chow detail came back with
plenty of beef sandwiches and coffee.
We had two sandwiches apiece. TIE
cooks had fixed enough for our full
company, but nearly half Of our boys
would need no more eats.
We got water from the creek below
and were not so badly off, but much
shaken and nervous from the excite
ment and noise Of the Smelling.
! The next morning wess'went over"
again behind a well-laid barrage.
Moroccan troops made up the first
wave and we were in the second wave.
These MOrr0cans are a colored people
with black hair and long boards and
fierce black eyes. They were armed
with French equipment and a long So
shaped knife which they sure knew
how to use. These. people never take
any prisoners AS we advanced after
them, we could see plenty OF their
work on the dead Germans lying
around with terrible wounds. 'Sher.
man was right in that remark ne
made regarding war. 1t saw one Ger
man who had been wounded In the alb.
domen and his intestines were stretch
ed out ten feet from him. He was
still alive and thought to put him
out OF misery and half raised my
rifle, but he heldaup his hands and
said something in German. passed
on. wondering at my weakness. We
came to some wooden buildings in a
concealed place, IA German headquar-
tiers. The filth around there was the
limit. -,
There was an open valley on our
left but no living thing could have
gone through there, as it was swept
split up and went on the TANKS. The
first wave had met resistance and
stopped. The French had not come
up yet The Germans saw their adj
vantage and started counter.attack
up the valley between US. Our rifle
fire did not stop them at all, and they
kept coming right along. "A few min
utes before we had left pile OF Ger
man machine guns behind and just at
this time the French came up. They
took in the situation at glance and
ran tho the abandoned German gums
and soon were pouring in hot fire
upon the Germans with their own
guns. This was too much for the
Huns, who broke and scattered. We
then enteher the village. The Ger
mans had many dugOuts scattered
around and we took many prisoners
out Of them. The prisoners were sent
to the scar with a slightly wounded
soldier in charge. / routed out an old
German with a red cross on his arm
and leading three dogs chains When
he saw me. he threw up his hands,
chains and all. l motioned him to the
rear where the prisoners were being
gathered
After. cleaning out the village, we
passed on-to the other side and dug
in an stayed there all night, expect
ing to be relieved, hut our relief did
not come neither did anything to- eat.
AACl q WdS VIGIL Tic NAhd6c, UuI
the Boches had It covered with ma
chine gun. Several of the boys were
wounded trying to get water there
during Che night, as the Germans
would sweep it every few minutes.
We worked nearly all night i'm
proving our trench and held it all the
next day. The night following we
were relieved by British troops and
hiked for the rear. We finally found
a kitchen where it was hidden in the
wods and got something to eat, the
first for two days. Is
We were a small company as we
gathered around the kitchen Over
two-thirds of the boys were gone. Our
regimental band was there waiting
for us, and the commanding general
made "a speech complimenting us on
our good work, but nothing was as
good as the stew the cook had for US.
We lay around under THE trees after
eating, but could not get to sleep on
account of being SO tired Every
thing seemed so still and quiet after
the roar and crash of the artillery
and bursting shells that ! was annoy
ed by the very quietness. The other
boys complained OF the same thing
About four clock we were loaded
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