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Show - of the hill, and during the day the French put on their gas masks fifty different times; for as fast as the wind cleared the gas away another deluge of the poisonous vapor poured over the hill. Part of the time the poilus had to sleep in their R33 masks. Despite the great quantities of gas thrown the French had only twelve casualties from it, according to the latest reports. A large part of the fighting was with machine guns, of which the Germans always had great numbers, and at times the German enfilading fire was terrific. ter-rific. The French artillery and machine ma-chine guns. however, in their turn reaped a great harvest from the enemy. Tore Enemy to Pieces. At times the French 75s got into heavy concentrations of infantry and literally tore them to pieces. The German Ger-man losses in many instances are placed as high as 40 per cent. French runners with messages refused re-fused to rest and kept at their task. The rationing of one famous regiment which fought at Verdun was a greal feat. It was impossible to use tne transport, so ratio were brought forward for-ward on machine guu carriages under a heavy fire. The' regiment had its beefsteak and wine every day. and furnished fur-nished neighboring regiments as well. Nearly all the stretcher-bearers were killed. One worked six days and nights without rest. German airplanes were out in force. They flew low and used machine guns continuously against the infantry. ' UEIIIN CHILD'S RSI COMPARED TO MEL HILL Veterans Who Survived Both Battles Tell of the Terrible Bombardment of Latter Position. TEN BIG SHELLS FOR EACH SECOND French Artillery and Machine Ma-chine Guns Get Into Ac- tion and Huns Mowed Down in Heaps. lWITH THE BBTTISH ARMY IN FKAN'CE, Friday, May 3. (By the Associated As-sociated Press.) Veterans of the de- r fense of Verdun predominated among tho French soldiers who so gallantly defended Kemmel hill against tho Germans. Ger-mans. . Tljey declare that Verdun was child's play compared to the conflict in Flanders recently. The bombardment at Verdun had set a high water mark for concentration of guns of all calibers, but, say those who went through it, it was nothing compared to what the French troops experienced during the German drive against Kemmel. The French troops took up positions about Kemmel on April 22, relieving the battle-weary - British. Throughout April 23 and 24, before the attack, the Germans maintained main-tained a tremendous bombardment ana threw hundreds of thousands of gas shells, mixed with ordinary explosive shells. Ten Shells Per Second. On the morning of the attack on Kemmel, the German gunners placed ten big shells per second' on the crest |