The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-01-02
rom Ralph A. Bramhall

,-es of Wars Horrors,
and Interesting Descrip-
written to a Belfast
l4ies Of Nov. 9th and
tefistic of this popular
.,il be as gladly well
V.l. be glad to be here
ines as | am a man
ating in the famous
All the hotels here
over temporarily by
erted into base hos
4uate enough to have
. before the armistice
tlL me down here. |
stick il out with the
oOinued their advance
ale1ed Sedan. | left
few kilos from
sou people at home
uJr in the papers far
=re. In fact some of
uts of the drives are
emily being written
curious limousine or
an aspiring cub re-
pcture of the front
z understood what
Nhen he said that
May be that is
vas, but it does not
+air which SO recent
Urv The severe part
jnuous strain which
I'd with the physical
pen warfare imposes at
The old-timers tell
fare was hard, but it
pared with open war
hes they are relieved
lays depending upon
w 'front.' they were on
'forded certain pro-
ce to sleep. But on
Vas continuous hiking
4r,ed in October until
<N llth. 1t was i'm
he given for the sup
l.- not keep up. The
believe it was while
.he Argonne Forest.
cks from lumber left
-n we left there the
Id 30 kilos away and
D0ort lines the first
.nd for a day and that
NHch was just behind
barrage about IL
III Is hard to imagine
j for in our minds we
US beating it towards
Of over 25 miles our
up so thick that they
oI the wheels nearly
rom the light French
guns. The firing was
was hard to distin-
.uts unless one happen
t of one of the guns,
battalion started out.
18th, had a salient to
18th on our left and
Our battalion was to
u tue company I was in
into action. We
without a stop. By
On our backs began to
seIghed about 40 to so
The pack we carried a
if ammunition, a gas
3s q rifle grenadier / had
rife grenades These
sombIon which is put
le rifle, the bullet in
barrel of the gun
hole in the grenade,
0puaJ0r, The gas from
t grenade and carries
wards, depending on
EN- when fired. They
-- n SIX seconds, and
rs yards. You may
are a very tame
hung around ones
aru times. They are
i've weapons to clean
when the machine
red, so it is too risky
About 5 o'clock we
where the barrage
.0 and, believe me, it
lNFre was not a square
el field that was not
ed with shell holes.
asr said that the bar
terrible he had been
Med if a rat could ha We
.i covered by the bar
lere were many gray
did not live through
most of them retreated.
Lat we found the first
al fallen and | am
.use boys had been too
zee and got into their
bug advance from that
VS. single file and in
between men. That
is would not find US
The Germans took
q, shelling roads for
! marked and spotted.
Hn We found the roads
10th men and horses
ny German guns. We
l0aon on traction tread
IS Ised only the day be-
eft in a decided hurry
are of a little property.
Of ammunition were
Is Of brush. By night
Sd to the outskirts of
.= we dug into a bank of
q most uncomforta BILE
most of the time but the
nose shells over was a
O prising to see what a
jig with a small hand
Incentive. Many
welded a shovel before
Tue that night. / know
himself under ground
o!e and that was yours
ep was to be had that
'aornlng we got the first
lgay Of the day before.
'4t again we left all un-
acnt and carried just a
'hcontained our mess-kit