Show IR pir i HL 4 R the thrill and the he hell of the he trenches described f k I 1 by an american boy sergeant Alex alexander anler mcclintock of lexington 0 ky hy and the canadian army hai ha gripping tale that every american will read for he tells tell the facts unadorned wounded a distinguished conduct Y medal man he was wa invalided Invalid ed home I 1 but Is I 1 going out there again to fight for uncle sam barn and his allies an inspiring interesting personal narrative full of the spirit and atmosphere of the SERGEANT mcclint Mo CLINTOCK OCK trenches 19 no 3 over tha jop and AM hell I 1 by sergeant alexander mcclintock 0 C M overseas Over scan batt bait canadian oren copyright 1917 by the ilia efell syndicate inc U M who has seen service its in prance lra Mc wan tras for bravery wounded woun dord horne home and is now dvorine lo in yet a t in our mr army at my A its in the va oa army aivalis hirn if lie he returns to QI oin his old rom command mand its the first and steroid articles he do if his training his iiii to ie france and the elaborate preparations made for a bomb raid rad on the iho german leri nuts tre I 1 li wo we VI imbed climbed out of tile tho shelter adf AS 0 our tren clies for wy aud perhaps my lust last I 1 thought I 1 ad venture in ili no ho muns mans land the lie word wun passed iun sed over the top and give BITO lein fin belll flint la Is flit british commies tommies Tom mies les battlo battle cry as they alie charge the lie eneany mid and it lina often sounded up nud and down those long lilies lu ILI western france as ai tit tho canadian and australian soi eol diers alera go ea out to tho the light and tile the death wo we were divided into six parties of ten nien men each party having separate duties to perform we crouched for ward moving slowly in single nip flie tilt lnor sheia holes unit and over bend invin some very lonk long dind and bg t tit keep keel in touch with cuch over the top and give am hlll other though the he machine gun bullets begun began to drop men ost ly once ome we ftc were shartel we were neither fearful nor rattled latt led we had been drilled so boug anil and so ure fully that I taun mail knew just juht what ft hat he be was to do and he kept right on oil duang it lie he got lit bit to nio me it seemed the lie pound ground was an moving biuk back under tile me the first ten yards were the toughest the thing wits peric aly ly or gaul zed our list firma of it was maa d of f sigu signalers alers they were paying out alres and aud carrying cairl ni telephones to ile be used durau tle file fifteen minutes of our stay in ill tile the german trenches in ili with etli our battalion headquarters A telephone fode code had arranged using the names of our i om manding officers ua as embola lieford ilex I 1 prisoners being st ut buk It I lexford exford 2 lucent our first wounded being sent ent over OUT ilex ford 3 meant we have entered ger wait lunn trench the code was MUS very coin mid and the signalers find been drilled fit u it for ft A week lit in case cae the he telephone were ero cut ut the sigu signalers alers woore vre to sead messages back by the use time of rifle grenades Kip nades these are rifle ride im jet tiles which holcli carry amry little tristal cylinders to written inessa geb unit und which hurst into flame when they hey strike the earth so BO that they can call be eaily found at night the in ili charge of tile tho signalers was to remain at the dwhit of entrance with ft ath his bis eyes ou oil his U a tell it was MOB his bis duty to sound a warning signal live fire minutes before the end of our time in the german trenches brcik hi the leader of every party of ten also had a whittle whistle with which alch to repeat the warning blast and then the final blast when nhen each man was ft as to drop everything and get buck back of our artillery fire we were not to leave any dead or wounded lit in the german trench ou on account of the information which tho the germans might thus obtain before starting on the raid we e had removed nil all marks from our persons including even our identification disks except for the signalers each party of ten was ft as similarly organized first there were ft ere two bayonet men each with an electria elc ctr flashlight attached to ills rifle so as to phi for the dl di of a bayonet thrust find CPU con trolled strolled by a hiilton nl at tin flit left hand band grabp of the rifle besides film rifle ride all of ef these hew men inen clairried six nix or elshot no li 5 timid hand grenades front from it 11 loi tind and live file ounces to a pound mul and bevels ounces each the lineup they are arc the lie sumo same dincie as a turkey egg and a little larger upon with tile lie firing vin p a dovir over mi sets mits ts a lour air r k cond fuse kolm going ono one of these grenades pic naden will elean clean out any thim ily fill in ili a ten foot brcik li section it will tildo kill the man who alio li is it if lie holds it more inore than four seconds after tit hu tun has the pin pill tile third mail of each ten tell nil liomel thrower equipped us iii 1114 possible to kho give him film free freedona dont of re nc tion ion lie he carried a few toombs litin Relf ina but the lie main supply wua was by fourth man inan who was not to throw any unless tho the third nian became n R casualty tit in which case no 4 wits vaa to take anke lila his place the llie third ninn man also carried a knob kerrie a heavy to bo be ined in fit whacking till nil enemy over the head oura were fiade by fa liten ing heavy steel sappl tints nuts on oil it stout stick of wood n very acty businesslike contri contil vii ranee ince the fourth man mail or boindi carrier besides having a larke supply of ellla had smoke boblis t tl 1 he used in fit smoking tile the germans oil out of duponts and later it if necessary lit in covering our retreat ani and also funi lt bombs the 1 latter itter aro are very dangerous to handlo handle they contain it A mixture of petrol und and phosphorous and three pounds each on oil exploding they release a tiro tire which will burn burl I 1 through steel the fifth sixth seventh and eighth in line were orni called leI utility men they nero ivero to take tile places of any of tile first four who nil lit 1 become ee 0 tile C casualties a still I 1 in III addition they carr fied tw two 0 stokes mini gun bombs end these weigh nine pounds apiece have six second fuses mid and call lie used lit in the ninth and tenth inen were ivere Ra sappers miers carr carrying rIng of gan cotton and id several hundred ynos yards of instantaneous fuse teh lve Is iq ewd lit in demolishing imi machine chirip gun en cm placements and mine saps the salt pers were to liiv lar their f wl w we ftp were tit nt work lit in tile tho it i explode alem its as soon hoon ns as our party w far on oil tile return to lie rare from dringer in ili nolde i lon alon to these parties of f tell there were three of na its who parried hornba rind had ordera to keep keel near the three officers to tako anko tile the place of any ally one of them that might go fo down ant and meanwhile to ike our own avil anent about the lie jolly old party along I 1 wits was assigned one of the three in ili addition to the raiding party proper there it a relay fall call fieros s no blans and I tit at ten imers interval It inkIng a flinan to show ns our way back to the and in case of or ii c ft to re us they were mere ordered riot not to leave their when we to come inck hick until the last 1 apon apan or our party had been accounted for the final section of our ento entourage was composed of twelve teber li enrera who lio hod find liven specially Nally trained with u m 4 so BO that V bould lie be flin familiar lillar with tile the wo we were to raid the raid and its result there were ii two wilch made t possible for our raiding learty to pot got it aro ro 1 yo 0 i I 1 mid one woot the lie q ol 01 iiii ii ip ot of the blood alili follow H it a wr and anne r isto inel dose dome of rum ind and tile other oilier agg zm 4 ix ec A I 1 we W were crawling about on all fours foura wits nas a sort of subconscious mechanical confidence lit in our undertaking which was a result of tile tho scores of times we hail had gone through every prearranged movement lit in our practice duplicate german trenches beli fild our lilies hues without either of those thome influences we 8 simply could not lot have left the shelter and faced what was waa before us ua tit an intensified bombardment front from our runs guns began just as soon na As wo we had find climbed aurer tile tho top tell and were up for the joi journey irney across allu ing up tip Is not jut just a suitable term we Q were cie crawling about on oil all fours just juat lur enough out tit in no mann land 1 to lie be under the edge of tile german baliell tire lie and taking what shelter wo MO could lit in shell holes while our leaders leaden picked the way to start across the tha I 1 ultra tra heavy aca bombardment had find warned turned I 1 he eri stans that something wits about to ti happen they sent bent up ui star shells shell aind S 0 y S signals until there waa wa tt a glare over tile torn enith earth like that which you ati see bee at the grand finish or a fireworks display and menu u jille ahr sprayed no laud land fill of gun fire lit in the fuco face of ant that we started it would mould be absurd to say eai that wo we were more not frightened thinking men inin could nut not hel hell but be afro afraid it we VH were pallid which holcli we vo arc were the black upon our faces hid it but our fear struck voices okes were riot nut disguised they trembled tiem bled and our teeth chattered 0 we o out single lile file making our way from shell hule hole to shell hole nearly all we tie time on oil till nil fours ral crawl ing quickly over n cr the flat lances betm between CPU tills this shelter the had not lighta us ua but tile were cic squirting gun 1 aiu all ov aei er the chice ilme 1 11 like a wall watering en tiling a lawn with it garden hose und and thi they ivere bound to get bet some bome or of it us behind tile I 1 heard lie lid lies cries of pain and groans clonus but it allide 1 attle atle on oll m illy d intelligence arom tile were fact that had hai li lind had hapli enett to one of tile the other of f ten wid and riot nut to in illy own onn it see nied atau atuu alry t or other no affair tu ion con ain t ine thell ihen it inan in III flout or of tue tile doubled up tilt suddenly und collid antii it shall site hole ho le llma simply made we 1110 n r me nitin ber very en tenil that I 1 was w not licit to alop on oil ot allut of if it it wits ais colue I 1 to V it that the tha whole earth DC cc hind mt me rose in thi air one olio chos s business to pick flint up nuat to the cluber apsy ps cholody t biolo of buttle I 1 began to lose m my apiou of tear fear and nervousness after I 1 saw BUM a st second mild molls go down dou I 1 tue gme illy til attention lou to a con on of artho alit irregularities of the aliv cierniak cier iceman nian parapet ahead of us picking out tile hiot bicic we 0 o we acie I 1 e to eliter the tre tic it seems silly sill to kay bai it but I 1 seemed to get sonic sort bort of catl ra tiuis out of the realization that wu we hail lost the percentage w alti h we wc might inight bo be expected cl teu to lose going ot mr er now 0 o it see seemed ined tile the rest fi il or of ua its were en safe until we a should reach the next of our odi undertaking giuld taking I 1 heard if di erections ic ions given and I 1 gave f e komu myself in SI voice oko was as firm dim it surprised me and I 1 felt tilmont calm calin our or ar tillery hail lanil so torn up tip the leiman barb wire tunit chrit it gave ae us no trouble at all wo ve walked through it ith only it tevi few when we 0 o re remind aLlied the luv low sandbag parapet of the enemy encini trench we c tossed lit in a fow few lu nibs and follow ed thill liin light over out as soon boon as aa they had tied dod there a german lii nian lit in sight they were all in fit ther dugouts lint hut we e knew pretty well ell where hort mei ever dugout wits miia located loia teil and we no fol foi lie with our bombs avery thinie to to bo be gailli just us as vii w had exported it it to to go two tivo germani iii nian 1111 nil into me as s I 1 haq ns rounding it allt h bingle with n etli it a boich lit in im illy hand rhey diio had their hands up tip and each 0 01 gilld I lercy tv I 1 passed them tilt in back to be split spilt to tin tile roar rear and the inan who mho received them front from me chuch chuckled led and told the them to move lively tit HIP german trel lelles were ure practically ast aist as aa we vo lind ex pecked cited tu to find them recording accord lii to our sample they diio were ra so nearly similar to alio duplicate section in ill which we vi lind find practiced that we e imd had no trouble eluding our way it in ili them I 1 was vas just thinking that tile the only tough oart of the jolt joh vom wo ild be getting Kett liiK batek im k across n ross no mans man 8 lam I 1 aiu when v lien it seemed that tile whole ft hole earth 11 delit of iid 1 I me inc ro roso in ili tile lie air I 1 for or a mo I 1 vas stunned find ami half blinded b bj y tit dirt rt blown into my nl face when I 1 able to see nee I 1 discor discovered pred that nt which alch ln behind ine woi was a illas A 4 earth and rock with here md there theio it a anu shaking himself or out allt of it or lying still just to five ini after we went into heir tre brcik h the Oer germans matis lind had xi kl a mine under their parapet I 1 have always believed bollei cd that tit in some home way or another they had find learned what cliot we ire were ere to raid mid and lint lind prepare prepared for ua its whether Mit ther lints true or lint one tiling thing M 1 that anine blew our organization its as we tt would say nay in fit roll ken tucky plumb to it 1 1 aid abid it if hilled or disabled more than half of our inroy greit great confusion There theoma much confusion armong those of us who v ho rema remained lueI on oil our feet sonio some one gmo gave nil an order to retiro slid and sonic ono one it more ilore cr ninna carno camo out of it their dug dugouts outs lint of ns ni n i per wr our original schedule they threw bombs us ua it became apparent that we wa would be killed or captured if 1 wo we stuck thee and that we got get liny more inore prisoners I 1 looked at my iny ant watch and saw that there r remained e but tire minutes moru more of the time flint which had been allotted for our stay in the trench so I 1 blew my iny whistle and started back I 1 had seen been villa rate green no knocked down dowil by a bomb in fit the next section and I 1 picked hini up and curried carried him bills out ever the wrecked parapet I 1 took shelter with him to in the first shell hole but I 1 found that ho he wits delta nud left him there A few yaris nals farther back to toward our line I 1 found lance corporal ahsu oil so tit in a shell hole with part of his ill shot away lie ile said lie he thought 11 he e could net get back if I 1 helped him film atia I 1 started with him hunter 1110 hail had lieen tit in a neighboring shell hole came to our assistance null and between us its hunter and I 1 got nass glasa to our front fiant trench we found them lining up the survia ors of our party for it a roll pall call that showed so RU many hilsin that major lewis formerly of thu the montreal star railed for volunteers to po go out lit in no mans ians lana and try tr to find and sonic of our inen or Cliar charleson leson pt pi V ate 8 itin iders mid I 1 went out we brought biou plit in ili two wounded mid and a number of dead lint but oil hii count account he of their block black elaml raves fines weir lil unable lable to recognize lero Kitle thi ehni tilt tile scouts litter later brought in fit sev eral cral bodies of tile the sixty odd |