Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-27

walk, you very much mistaken had not quite
reached the point where the major had said the
turning place, when a runner to tell me that
some lieutenant had stopped the last three had
just started back tell that Lieutenant few things
when a battalion officer to inform that L
heading directly for the Boche trenches He seem
ed very much concerned so I began to have feelings
that perhaps ought to be elsewhere had him turn
off the three where they had been stopped and
ahead he leading gun 10 and
took it through the village where await
ed me with the order to leave the guns there until the
final position had been selected with the added
that the Boche would certainly fire again
shortly went ahead found the captain and the major
learned just where each be placed and LOST
time getting word to the commander the
MIL My other guns We're coming by short cut; mat
night put into position under the worst
attack experienced Battery did not fare
Observation-Disclosures they seemed always to get the
of it. Coming in by the other road which
the logical less subjected fire. they
halted ammunition dump, shell set fire
the ammunition and had a display of fireworks
A big shell landed by the side of of F's and
that Is and a half gun completely
landed away upside Two
tors burned and another gun burned it had to be
sent back to be repaired But the spectacle from our
wonderful Fourth-of celebration
and make all future celebrations tame to
Yes, shells landing in vicinity, but moth
ing but trouble; however of our boys
mao ciose cans several were s.eep'hg an higne IN
truck of light which had arrived shortly
after got the ground and they decided to
get somewhat early n morning. They had
hardly left the till shell landed and rdded the
in that place had number of
"a miss is as good as mile One morning a shell
1T made dents IN the barrel one dent makInga small
swelling bore, making that gun with
all caution for few rounds. The corporal was
lying the warming himself after firing
schedule and he slight prick in the hand There
instances of the kind, they did get
u.s. French IS battery just back of US across the lit
tie brook had a burst morning throwing two
large pieces clear landing in our
kitchen. We had but it killed of the
French gunners Here it 1 made reconnaissance
the front and of boys lying dead the
hilsides of their engagements in aw-
a
ion off in the Argonne forest and held bay
two three days by the Huns The story you may
have in Saturday Evening Progress had
been rapid in that dense wood and for several
DAYS we were subjected to fire from the flank in that
direction.
Our position just north of Gesnes. 1t was
a miserable night when went there and the
boys their splendid grit work all night, the
day, and the following night in mud and rain
without sleep. But after got position
prepared reasonably comfortable and thought
we were gong to escape all German ACTIVITY as we mac
n Hasse. We did open fire but await
eventful about preceding last and
victorious attack the shells began to The second
hit large shed in part of which of had
dug themselves in, and of corporals was
filled with wood splnters do not think shell frag-
ment hit him but he certainly wounded in more
places than any other have had been
called to marvel at the fortude of the infantry
that by position at Baulny. The first morn
of that battle the only dressing station
they could reach for that night the lines just
the hill and rs ahead of with the heavy
guns; but dough boy has anything Corporal
Connolly, who lay calmly smoking cigarette while
several on dressing of
wounds deep and the got along
spendidly the hospital; suspect is by now
Again Battery F Jared badly-they lost two men who
and hat came across.
That night had firing orders the honor of de
1ivering the last fire lieutenant who
had recently been commissioned and assigned
targets, but the orders fire did nad
difference however; by the Germans fallen
back out of and the infan
try rapid that the had to the
armistice to them They had
to the north of to the
East OF and the line at Louppy where our bat.
talon ordered to into position,
time the arnIstlee was signed and thought Cap
tain and personnel of that ro;n,
did not get there with the We held on the
west side of the Meuse until change in div