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W!L» !AM J ROBINSON
SYNOPSIS
William J. Robinson, a young American
on a business trip In London, catches the
war fever and enlists i:i a British cavalry
regiment and lands at Ostend In October,
1914.
Made driver of an armored car and takes
part In battles about Vprea. Transferred
to the army service corps, has further
flgh'.lng experiences as a motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached und as a dis
patch rider.
Describes Christmas of 1911 In trenches
south of Ypres. Fearful losses. Kills a
sniper and tells of Belgian spies.
A brush with German cavalrymen. Tells
of motor work and work of chaplains, doc
tors and nurses.
Witnesses Royal Horse artillery In ac
tion. Has a narrow escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar Is sent to Paris.
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane I
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The mining and capture of Hill 60. Se
cures te»ve and describes war Incidents In
Glasgow. Returns to Ypres In midst of
bon oardment.
Motors with an officer through Ypres to
Potfzzo amid bursting shells and bombs
dropped from aeroplanes. A terrible ride.
CHAPTER XII.
Last Or.y at tl:o Front.
TlliO lust engagement of any im
portance Hi til 1 was in was the
big attack at I.oos iu September,
lu a big attack like this no oue knows
but the commanders just where the
real thrust is coming. Several attacks
are made, and for ail we knew ours
might be the real oue. or the real one
might be twenty miles away from us.
It happened that at the time of the
last attack we were almost sure that
the big drive \v:;s coming through us.
We were ordered to 1 e ready to move
at a moment's notice. und all prep
arations were made for a big shift.
When the attack came we thought that
we were on our way at last, »ud every
body was "counting chickens."
There certainly was some terrible
fighting, and if all we were supposed
to do was to keep the Hermans inter
ested on our front we were very suc
cessful. Several things in this engage
ment deserve meniio.i, and among the
first is the fatuous charge of the Lon
don Irish.
They had not been heard of very
much up to this time, but 1 don't think
there are many who don't know of
them now. They received orders to
take certain tri riches ;;t a certain time,
and on the face of it the tiling looked
Impossible. Th > odds were all against
them, and they knew it. lint there was
nothing for it but to obey their orders.
Nearly all the regiments have foot
balls with wlticli they amuse (hem
selves while iu rest camp, und when
they go Into action these footballs are
taken right along with them. When
the whistle blew for the London Irish
to charge they threw their toot nuns
over the | mm pet mill made their charge
dribbling the footballs iu front uf them.
It wast the most reckless, daredevil
thing I ever saw, n::d f; accomplished
the Impossible for them. As I said,
by all rights the entire regiment should
have been wiped out. us tlie odds were
against them and they were running
right into a death trap. The fact that
they went at it in such a devil may
care way as to Joke mid play with
footballs iu the very faro of certain
death broke the Hermans" nerve, and
they gave way with practically uo re
sistance at all. Instead of the regi
ment being wiped out, as it should have
been, the nieu took the trenches with
losses of under 100. It was wonderful.
I have referred to the work of our
aeroplanes in various parts of this sto
ry. but I think that nouoombatacts
sometimes fail to realize what an Im
portant and effective part the Royal
Flying corps is pluyfng in this war.
Aeroplanes themselves are still pretty
dangerous modes of locomotion, and
when It comes to running other risks
for the sake of gaining information or
doing material damage it needs a man
who does not know what the slightest
qualm of fear is and who is cool and
ready for action In the case of emer
gency to make a good military aviatot.
We have several aviators In our
squadrons who have made big names
for themselves. Among them are Cap
tain Strange. D. S. O.; Lieutenant
Hawker. V. C.. D. S. 0., M. C., and
also Robert Lorraine, the popular ac
tor, who Is commonly known as the
"actor-airman."
These three In particular have dis
tinguished themselves on our little
front. Captain Strang j has a lame
foot, but he has doue s ^ of the finest
work of the war. In three days he de
stroyed. thjre§_ stations or big raU cen
FOUKtEEN
MONTHS
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THEFRONT
An American Boy'e
Baptism of Fire
By WILLIAM J.ROBINSON
Copyright, Uttlt, Brown & Co.
The most graphic account of the
great war that has jret been written
| comes from the pen of a twenty-two
year-old Boston boy, who has Juat re
turned from France, where as dragoon
guardsman, dispatch rider and motor
car driver he served fourteen months
under the British flag. Out of thirty
one motorcycle dispatch riders he was
one of four survivors.
fers WQ'ch were or great importance
to the Germans. In each case be em
ployed the same methods. He flew
over the point he was aiming for,
stopped his engine, did a nose dive to
within a few hundred feet of the
place, dropped his bomb and got away
safely. Each time be came back with
the planes of his machine riddled with
bullets. It takes an awful lot of
uerve to do a thing like that.
Lieutenant Hawker was the terror of
the "Avatiks" and taubes, and he has
been known to tight three of these big
machines single handed, destroying
two and putting the other one to flight.
Mr. Hawker longed for a chance to
get mixed up with a Zeppelin, and on
one occasion he nearly realized his
wish.
It was a bright moonngnt mgnt last
summer when everything was as quiet
and peaceful as one could wish It to be.
A scattering rifle fire could be heard
from the trenches, but there was reully
nothing doing at all. About 9 or 10
o'clock we heard the hum of an engine
away above us. and we thought, of
course, it was an aeroplane. As it
came nearer we realized that no aero
plane engine could make so much noise
as that, and very soon word was pass
ed around that there was a Zeppelin
above us.
Very few of us had ever seen a Zep
pelin, and we were more than strain
ing our eyes to catch a glimpse of this
one. Judging from the noise of the
engine. It seemed ns though the thing
kept circling around over our encamp
ment: but, try as hard as we could,
we were unable to catch sight of it
It had not been over us so very long
before we heard a motor engine start
up at the flying grounds, and word
came around that Lieutenant Hawker
was going up after it. Soon we saw
an aeroplane shoot up over the tree
tops and commc* ce to circle around,
gaining altitude e ry moment It was
quickly lost to vIp' , though, and soon
the engines of the Zeppelin could be
heard no longer, so we concluded that
it had made off. Lieutenant Hawker
flew until daylight; but, much to his
disappointment, he failed to find the
Zeppelin.
Another aviator who became famous
was Commander Sampson of the Royal
Naval Air Service. At the beginning
of the war he did so much damage
with his aeroplane that a price was
put upon his head by the German au
thorities. We heard that the sum of
£1,000 was offered for Commander
Sampson, dead or alive. This did not
make any difference to him so far as
his work was concerned, and be did
Just as much damage after the fact
became known as he did before.
Nor was his activity confined to air
work. He had an armored car that he
used to go out In, and the exciting
event of the day used to be to watch
Commander Sampson's return. He
seldom failed to bring back prisoners,
and the damage he did to the Germans
with the machine gun was fearfuL
Last spring, we had a new type of
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aeroplane com'e out, and It was a noan
ty. It became known as ttic "British
Scout," and it was in tills type of ma
chine that Lieutenant Hawker defeat
ed three big German battle planes. It
has a very high powered, high speed
engine and can pull right away from
any other type of machine that flies.
It carries one man only, who runs the
machine and works the gun too. so he
has his work cut out for him.
Before I ever saw a bomb dropping !
aeroplane In action I used to imagine j
that the bombs were dropped by hand.
I was much surprised to find that such ;
Is not the case. The bombs are hung
on little clips under the body of the
machine and are released by a foot
pedal arrangement It is a much quick
er and less dangerous method.
The bombs dropped from the ma
chines vary in size and weight, and
they run all the way from ten pounds
to one hundred pounds. Each bomb
has a little propeller at the tall of it.
This keeps the bomb nose down in fall
ing and Insures Its lauding on the per
cussion cap. As the bomb falls through
the air this little propeller whirls ut a
tremendous speed and makes the weird
est whistling noise one could imagine.
During the summer months a great
many air raids were made on moon
light nights. The machines are prao I
ttcalfy Invisible when they reach any j
j great height, and they can get back |
I home and make their landing without ,
j very great danger.
| When aeroplanes are lata coming In I
It is very interesting to watch the
rockets being sent up to guide them j
to their landing grounds. These rock- |
ets are of different colors and are sent I
up at regular Intervals until the ma- '
chine is either safely back or is given |
up for lost. When the machine is sight- j
ed and is circling down toward the
ground big flares are lighted, so as to
enable the aviator to pick his spot for
' landing. The whole thing Is sclentlf- 1
[cally arranged, and There are not many
accidents in this part of the work.
One of the most daring parts of the
air work is the dropping of spies be
hind the enemy's lines. I believe this
goes on on both sides and In many
cases is successful. The second time
I was going on leave to England I had
made arrangements to go with one of
our fellows from the flying co^ps. We
were to start on a Mondey morning,
and on the Friday before be told me
that he was going to make bis last
flight before going to England on the
following morning. Saturday.
lie started out at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning with a man and a crate of
carrier pigeons in bis machine, and he
had orders to drop both behind the
German lines and return to his head
Quarters ::s nuickjy as nosslble.
(Continued Tomorrow) [
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