Show T Tank e an M Monsters Horrify T r by ly Appearance 0 Gott in U l' l Is Cry Gry of CI Germans Fleeing Before Tankers Ti 1 ITH the th British BrIth armies In tho l' l w vy field Sept 23 Another Another dB day o of remembrance has haz been given ghen to great England England's history b by British troops september IB 16 that will not quickly r pass out ut of ot the tho memory of ot tho the people I for 0 on OD that da day the British soldiers IT it f broke through h the German third line I cf of f defense and went out irto tho the f open country and on that day ny Britain's Brito Britne Brit Brit- o ins ain's ne new mechanical war monsters were vere thrown against tho German lines At Courcelette the British came up against difficult ground and antI machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun pun fire Southeast of or the town stood tho the ruins of ot a a. sugar factory I. I which the Germans had made Into a. a redoubt with machine gun emplacement ments ment It was was one of ot those deadly places which had cost so many livos lives 4 In n other parts of or the battle battlo ground I t But the British had a now engine of war to destroy the places Over O the British trenches In tho the twilight twilight twi twi- light of dawn one of ot the n nov new motor monsters lurched up and now came crawling forward to the rescue cheered r. r by the assaulting troops who called l o out t words of ot encouragement to it and andI I c laughed so o that sonic somo men were wore laughIng laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing even ven when the bullets caught them thorn in their throat Brick Urick Wall nU No Xo Cremo de do Menthe Mentho was the name ot this particular creature and It waddled forward orward right over the old German trenches went forward very verj steadily toward tho the sugar factory Thero was wasa a a. silence of death from tho the Gorman German there then suddenly their machine gun gunfire i fire burst in nervous ncr spasms and splashed against tho the sides of ot Creme de Menthe but tho the tank did not mind It advanced upon a broken wall leaned up against It heavily until It f Tell lI an and then rose onto the bricks ana passed over oror them and walked straight ht Into the midst of or the ruins From Its sl sides es came flashes of ot fire and ind a hoso hose of ot bullets and then It trampled around over the tho machine gun riun gun emplacements crushed tho the machine uns ns under Its heavy ribs and killed the tho gun teams tean with Its deadly fire tire Cant Cont Fight Monster The British troops entered letter from the eastern side fighting yard ard by yard ard A tank came lumberIng lumberIng lumber- lumber In Ing along searching searching- for tor Gorman German ma- ma guns thrusting thrusting- over bits of ot wall nosing hero here and there thero and sitting on heaps heals of or ruins while it fired tired down the streets By 60 last evening tho the BritIsh British Brit Brit- I ish were ere in possession of ot the village The British took prisoners and when they were brought down to Pozieres Pozieres Poz Poz- leres last night the they passed old Creme de do Menthe who was going home They held up their han hands s crying cry cry- lug ing Gott In himmel and asked how could fight against t such monstrous monstrous mon men things It was vas like a a. fair fairy tale said raid a Cockney bo boy I 1 cant can't help laughing laus every ory time I think of oC It Ho ha lau laughed hed then although ho hn had 1 a broken brokon arm armand armand and was covered ered with blood |