Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
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would stop at IL o'clock This mes
sage got to Tailley about half past 8
o'clock, and was flashed to every post
within communication by telephone.
From division headquarters dispatch
riders cranked their motor cycles and
tore off in every direction.
McNutt, O'Donnell and I cleared out
and turned northeast toward Laneu-
vile. On the northern edge of the
Bots de Tailley we spotted a battery of
guns.
The wars over! The wars over"
we yelled.
mot until IL o'clock" called back
sergeant, land in the mean time we're
goin' to give them hell"
He put an exclamation point on his
sentence in the form of shell, which
went screaming away into the distance.
Further on we came upon a small
group of youths standing beside a
broken down cannon. We stopped and
gave them the news. They had not
heard it, and wouldn't believe it now.
We're in this thing to the finish, "
one of them said, land get that"
We'll. the finish is coming at ii
o'clock"
Tell that to your grandmother.
Still further along the main high
solemn-faced and tired. We gave him
the big news; he smiled bit and
nodded:
THANK you'll"
THE reversed Paul Revere ride went
Il on; sometimes we found that mes
sageS or couriers had been ahead OF
us, sometimes we were first bearers OF
the news.
Passing. about 10 o'clock, through a
portion of the Foret &c Dieulet-Scene
of bitter, deadly fighting in the week
Just passed-we stopped to talk with a
guard detachment Of about six men.
Have you heard the news?"
What newS?"
1.-THE war'll be over at II o'clock"
"One hour from now? God, that's
great!"
lone hour from now, buddy. is right.
The six men cheered. but their hur-
rahs sounded rather pitiful there in
the quiet wood5-quiet, for at that mU-
ment the artiller seemed to have shut
down.
At quarter to IL o'clock-15 minutes
to COVE were about mile away from
Laneuville and came to another gun
battery. In charge were two lleuten..
ants, who had not yet been informed
of the order to cease firing.
Are you sure of that9" they asked.
We were.
where are you fellows golng?
Unto Stenay."
Were going along" they announced.
gave a quick order to a sergeant and
climbed into the car. They stayed with
us the entire day. but this bit OF the
stc.y should not go into the records.
The road into Laneuville was thor
oughly marked by shell fire, though 1t
seemed not to have been recent. Only
one evidence was had of the mornings
fighting On the outskirts Of the town
we came across the bodies of major
and a doughboy and nearby the wreck
age of a motor cycle and a side car
That was the last tragedy of the war
which came under our personal obser-
vation We got into Laneuville at 5
minutes before H. Presently we were
aware that the artillery had ceased
firing. A great silence settled over the
hills and valleys of the Mouse.
The war was over--over, that Is, for
most of the men, although in the depths
of the forests to the east Of the river
out of reach of even the Speediest cou-
riers. the fighting continued well after
IL o'clock
The public square and surrounding
streets OF Stenay, evacuated by the
Germans two hours before the end Of
the war, we're seized and occupied" by
American correspondents 10 minutes
after the armistice went into effect.
Our group went in from the west,
crossing the destroyed Laneuville-Ste-
nay Bridge in a series of scrambling.
climbing and jumping operations up
and down the sides of the stone piers.
Bill McNutt lost his balance in a
jump for a cluster of rocks in mid
stream and would have gone in except
for the quick work of one of the A. O.
w. L. lieutenants. In the rescue Nc
Nuts hat was knocked off and floated
downstream.
The day being cold and raw. we de-
cided that our first duty was to fix up
Bill with new cap, and luckily we
wandered by hat store. The window
had been shattered by shell fire-and
there before Bill was a perfect assert
ment. McNutts temperament being
what it was, and still Is, he reached in
and selected silk topper.
"That1l keep the cold out" he said,
putting it on. There 1t remained as we
proceeded through the town. an object
of warmth and comfort to Bill and Of
utter non-comprehension 10 the natives.
who now were coming W from their