Show Defying Death American Leads Victorious Raid RaidI Into I German T Trenches j 1 I BY MAJ DONALD DO ALD M. M Chapter XII I IN TN t the c pi eroding cI r pcr I told o of a retaliation expedition I hen headed d against the Lu 1 Thins for a raid they had made Our burr e had first of th their ir dU mill and then caused U them to Lieu flee back hack in I cn ch eri I ho tho F Fries t des out oat dugouts II S I 1 I tl th the guns gun lifted this time which was at it I t o'clock machine j ns h began bosan zan to oh I sweep the open to prevent lIt reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- m ments coming up to o the trout front Ulle while tho the heavier hc 1 H n I n fl s 8 prevented a any movement mo in inthe n rs r I the 1 I r not hoar hea the machine guns in inthe n rt the roar 10 of or th the tho heavies but v. j J JI I t o 0 i l d III afterward that they tiler h nil fired tired about IS s rounds w T l h e c barrage had been so no- no curato that wc vre 1 U. U M. M t I. I ere Je able to move mo up to with within In forty yards o of the first G German line lIlIe Just Justs r s the g guns tins lifted HUed the second time my mr sergeant ant and I s toiled slotted off at ado a ados do 10 dos trot followed folo by uy our men h In iq single sin sin- single gle g file I Our scouts had mistakenly nr laid the t l tape e up uj up to a weak weara paco in the tho HUll I wire instead of r a aap gap ap and nd we were de delayed delayed de- de 1 long ions enon enough In to hc to allow some sonic Germans to sot get t in action Uon A salvo of or orI Lambs bombs s greeted us but Lut wo RO forced our I wa way tray over u carried on M M 1 sergeant nerg went down own but was wag up again in an Int in- in I b t nt I i I I I I i u. u I r I UH UHS UH'S H S 'S I PROM US I There was a Hun bombing bombin post of oC I I about nine men n about out thirty y 1 acay and they the were we-o pouring pouring- a murderous mur mur- I derous on ire into m my ny party parly as thc they str JE struggled led through the wire v The ser ser- gc nt ran down to the post and took I them on single It mu must t 1 Ic e re remembered re- re I that ho he WD was WOT In the open and r tos foes foo were in the trench that th they I could return nine bombs for every fry one onelie ono ho lie threw IA i iA A bomb tore open his wrist t as he ho t j II I advanced and ho lie bad bod to pull the tho firIng firing fir fir- I It i IJ ing pins 1118 from Crom his hit bombs with h his s teeth t j I He Ie throw w straight lt and true He Ile finally final final- finally 1 I ly I that post t out of oC existence i 1 I and by 0 drawing It its fire tI-e had enabled the rest of om our party palt to get bet through tho the w wre rc with row fowl casualties I The Tho Clr first t mall 1 to join us was WaH a little col 1 tamed named Price As I turned to I point to tle ile place whore where I wanted antell him hint to jump into the trench I f aw saw the flash Clash of a a. rifle in the fog fug Price dropped drop at I my feet feel slot shot through h the chest cheat H He H s died shortly but bul without a whimper und and in about the best beat place a a. soldier I can die on die on the Hun lion parapet I got j Hun Then Theil I realized that In my wrist was ivas scratched scratched- tche My t wrist wristwatch wristwatch wristwatch watch had been ten shot off There Thero was a aHole ahole Hole in the sleeve of or m my SW sweater and another burn on my left leCt wrist sit HUNS W COME COIE OUT OUT OUT- r GOES ones ix IS Now ow g TO o 0 started tart d our tour of or the trench sumo some on the outside some SOllie on art I the tho Insl le Th The Tho party JH inside HI signalled nn d di that hat they h had d found a dugout 11 It Jt was a large one one with shout about a. a fort forty steps Wo Wu could h har hear ar shouting below and in invited invited In- In tho the lions Huns to como come out The They showed no inclination to do so so wo we bounced tv two o cylinders of or ammonal down the tho st steps ps and went nt on We e had hall Just started along a again aIn In when a n bomb exploded and knocked mo me down own Into the trench I 1 climbed out antI and wits wn Wal knocked down again as This happened JH a thud third time timer Then T decided to o star Htay in III the thc trench for or a while I 1 I I to thanked banked h ll heaven hp that Fritz doesn't use ISO MIlR l ls bombs z which kill for tor uR at HiO va his are re fully effective only at two yards When I started forward again it wilts was at nt a a. trot because l e 1 I thou thought ht my eat ty must ha have hap p passed td The next neat instant In- In Mant stant I t ran Into a a. Hun bayonet and bayonet and the nest t moment nt wa was th the worst of my myHr Hr tiff I didn't t dire dare explode a bomb The Tho only thief thine that saved SL me inc was v th the Huns Hun's hesitation as ns to whether to surrender surrender sur sur- r render or 01 jab lb Ho had ll the German yellow streak and it was S fatal I gave p. me a chance chanco to turn a aside id ide brush his point awa away and j I get ct inside I throw threw the bomb bom over my m head ld outside e the u trench where it safely safe safe- ga safely 1 ly Tho Tim German began to as- as Jume a belligerent attitude but I J had harl I pulled m my revolver oher out o or of the lanyard at m nn my sidi by the muzzle lc aid ard let lct him ha have haIt it ih the lace He Tie tiled flied a victim I of or his hs Inability to think U DESTROY IWO VO C. PIl lC I Ve We next came across 9 two an and destroyed them after I their theil occupants We e had haa now about completed ll d our work and I sen sent ny my men home homr with their thell prisoners and and other trophies of or the raid laid I had hall to lo remain and light a flare on the German parapet parapet para para- pet as a signal to recall any men who ha had often golten separated from the parties My y watch had been shot away but by listening for a scheduled change n the lie rate of fire lire I was able to hit the lime time for this flare within half haIr a min min- I 1 ute ite t Starting Starling home I lost m my ma a way ay In ire fie fog og and almost ran Into a n patrol of or I Germans who had hall come came out to pick up tip our wounded I s slid lid Into a shell hole hol just In IP time They passed parsed Soon came straggling along a n gray ra form which I took to be a German He lIe looked look cd cas easy I so when whet he had stepped past tho the hole I slid slits out and put pt m my gun to his hiR back cl I l lolling him to throw up his hands I Ithen Ithen then reco recognized him bite as one of ur our ow o n n I Imen men Ho me the tho direction home and amI T J pot got there Just in ht tine time to atop a searching party part starting out to I find my 1 body Tho rho raid was a huge hu o success We l e captured twelve l Germans besides killing killing kill kill- jn ing many nan more Wo Yo couldn't count these because u e. e man many of oC them 1 died in dugouts We only lost one killed and two twelve wounded all of or whom wo we wo brought back bad It is a 8 point of ur honor never ne to leave a bod body In the G German trenches By Ly the Wl way tho the battalion we raided I was the Twenty second Twenty Prussian In InI In- In I ran fantry In I Copy Copyright right 1915 b by Maj aj D D. M Mi I II i McRae I I To be continued d I |