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A widow in speaking of her late husband said:
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provider.”
In the mind of this bereaved woman, this was a high tribute to
her husband’s character.
The people in Poperiughe, while they
had seen British troops before, had
ne\er had them in the town for any
length o f lime, and they seemed to lie
very glad to see us. U’e had several
>Scctch regiments in our corps, and
when they came out o f the trenches the
first time they created a great sensa
tion in the town. Their kilts were a
never failing source of astonishment to
the Belgians. The woman in the house
where I was billeted thought that it
was cruel to make them wear the “ lit
tle dresses'' in the cekl weather. She
wanted to know what they wore un
derneath them, and when 1 to'.d her
that they wore nothing she wouldn't
believe me. I explained to her that it
was against orders for them to wear
trousers under the kilt, but still she re
fused to believe.
At this time bomb throwing was be
coming more and more popular, and
besides using the band bombs w e wore
using larger ones, which were thrown
by a catapault arrangement. They
could be thrown a long distunce and
in many cases proved to be very e f
fective. Bomb and grenade schools for
every division were opened, and the
men were trained to throw bombs
scientifically.
In some places wo started using the
slingshot arrangement with which the
French throw bombs, but it didn't turn
out as well for us as it did for them.
I saw one case in which the using of
one of these things was very disas
trous. One o f our fellows put a bomb
in the sling and started swinging it.
As he tried to let it go the whole thing
hit the man standing next to him full
in (he Jaw. Of course it exploded and
killed several men who were standing
near, including the fellow who had
tried to throw it
During an attack in the Menin trench
es I saw a:i incident that 1 will never
provide all necessities and many of the luxuries but constantly accumulate
money and property that will safeguard his family against want when he is
unable to work or after bis death.
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forgot. Our fellows bad taken two
lines c f trenchc-s in a very few min The Irishman Veiled, “ Split that be
tween ye. ye e.vine.”
utes. in some places there were Ger
mans occupying a i>art o f a trench wouldn't get back tins morning. Oh.
while w e hold tlie other part.
well, e'est la guerre, do with me what
A big Irishman came dashing np with you will.”
a load of bombs, and as he came for
However, he was a German; a great
ward I saw these Germans raise their many of our enemy could speak the
rifles to fire at him. The Irishman was king's language.
too quick for them, though, fo r he
W e knew that sooner or later these
chucked a bomb into the trench they aeroplanes were going to take a good
were in, and I heard his yell, “ Split stiff crack at us, nud we were expect
that between ye, ye swine.”
iug it every day. The first nir raid on
It w iped out the whole crowd of them, Foperlnghe came about a month after
of course, and the best part o f it was we had taken the town over. I had a
that the Irishman didn't alter his stride new car, and I bad been out with It for
the least bit. The expression has be a trial run. When I got back to Foper-
come quite popular among “ bombers.”
inghe I ran into the Grand place and
W e hadn't been in Poperinghe many stopped In front of the general billet,
d^ys before the German aeroplanes be where the corps and guards were liv
gan coming over us. They didn’t do ing.* I had the engine still running and
any damage at first, and I wondered was just sitting in the driving seat
why they didn’t drop any bombs. E v listening to it.
ery morning about 5 o’clock tw o or
It was a cloudy day, and I remember
three taubes would appear and fly hearing an aeroplane, but I thought it
back and forth for a few minutes, and was one of our own, for one o f our
then they would go away, and we flying grounds was close by. Suddenly
wouldn't see any more of them until 4 tauhe shot down through the clouds.
the next morning at the same hour.
*nd a second or so later there wns a
A t last we got used to them, and they deafening explosion, followed by two
didn’t bother us at all. Once in awhile others In quick succession. The first
our guns would bring one of them to bcvmb lauded about thirty yards away
earth, and then there would be one #r<uu where I was, and the pieces flew
grand rush to the place where the- ma ill around me.
chine had fallen. I saw one fellow fall
Altogether there were forty-six cas
one morning, and as l had by m otor ualties from that raid; eleven were
bike 1 bopped on and dashed down the killed. There wns only one British sol
road to try and find him. He had cotne dier and one French gendarme killed
to earth safely, but his engine had been among the military: the remainder
put out of commission by a piece of were all civilians. A military funeral
shrapnel. lie had set tire to the ma vies given them all. and it was one of
chine and was calmly sitting on the the most solemn and Impressive cere
ground some distance from where it monies I ever witnessed. British sol-
was burning.
uiers carried our poor chap and French
Some flying corps fellows w ere 'there soldiers carried the Frenchman. The
just a few seconds ahead o f me, amd civilians were carried by their own
they made l:im prisoner. A s he g ot to townsmen.
his feet he remarked in perfect Eng
Each coffin was wrapped in the na
lish, “ I had a presentiment th it I
tional flag, and escorts and firing parties
of each of the three nations were In
attendance. The Belgian Old Guard,
the old veterans, turned out with tlielr
band and in dress uniform. During
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the service in the church, and In fact
until the whole funeral was over, three
aeroplanes, one Belgian, otic French
o-nd one English, circled back and fortli
<ooer the city. The streets were lined
with soldiers, all with reversed arms,
and the band played the dead march
ail the way to the cemetery.
This was only the first of many raids
on us in this town, and many a poor
civilian \vhO had harmed no one met
his death in this way.
I f it Is still standing there Is very
metr the front- a t Vlaniertingho not far
from Foperlnghe. a chateau where one
o f our divisions had their heuilquarters.
the corn« headquarter* being at l'oper
Inghe. It was a beautiful place built
on the old style, with enormous grounds
and a moat all around It
While sitting on a table In n room in
this chateau I first heard one of our
really big guns Bred. I knew that these
guns had been placed In the grounds of
Ibe chateau somewhere, but at the time
I never thought for a moment what
won likely to happen when they went
Into action. I wna talking to one of
the fellow s about an all raid that we
had just pulled off
Puddenl.* and wl.'hont the sllchtest
fire.
warning cl 'P' i * this terrific explosion
that lifted rat' off tbe table and dumped
me halfway t c r o «
room
The
whole place w k e d , and every window
•n the bouse was bre Yen
e rush'
out to see what had happened and
found that one o f these
J'! t
been fired. I mention tiwl» ¿uerch t >
show what damage tbe con»70**1011
alone w ill do.
D aring the time tbe divii tonal hea-. -
quarters,was in this chateau
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OREGON, NOVEMBER 29,1917
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Vlamertinglie Is so close to the firing
line that It Is only a matter of a couple
of minutes before nn aeroplane ran be
right over the place. O f course our
I corps liendquarterH at Foperlnghe was
| bigger, but was not so near the front.
A fter those big guns o f ours weut
into action there It was only a matter
ut a few days before shells began to
drop In on (be pla'-e. I happened to be
oij the other side o f Vlamertinghe
when the bombardment commenced,
and I had to run through it on my way
back.
As usual, one of the first places to go
was the church, and ns I passed by I
caught a glimpse o f the edifice burning
and the priests working feverishly try
ing to save some o f the contents. As
usual, too, tlie people were In a panic,
and the road was crowded with them.
One night I was called and warned
for special duty the next day. F hadn’t
the slightest Idea In the world what It
would be. but 1 11 confess that I was
W * Ruihed Out and Found T b it One surprised when I found out. I was
ef tbe Guns Had Just Been Fired.
wanted by a colonel who had been sent
est rules were-en forced regarding keep out from England to And the grave of
Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His
ing under cover and showing no signs
resting place was th? ght to he In the
of activity around the place. To look
Menin churchyard, end 1 w-ns to guide
at it from the outside one would never
the colonel up there and was placed at
dream that on the inside several gen
h!s disposal until tbe grave w-as found.
erals and their staffs were working
Now, the Menin churchyard was
a tremendous fighting machine. No
never a pleasing proposition, and from
autos, motorbikes, bicycles or horses
were allowed within the gates, and what I could see It was going to be
far from pleasant this time. “ Hellflre
■when a man went in he had to keep
comer" was Just opposite the church
under the trees all the way. At night,
and a v c y unhealthy e|»ot. Prince
while the place was brilliantly lighted
Maurice had !>een killed near Ypres
on the Ins de, not even a glimmer
while fighting for the English and hur
showed from the road. I guess It was
riedly buried In the churchyard, which
about the most quietly conducted head
quarters on the whole fronL
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