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WILI 1AM J. ROBINSON
An American Boy's
Baptism of Firs
By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON
Copyright, Ltttte, Brawn A Ca.
The most graphlo aocount of tti
freat war that haa jrat Wen written
cornea from the pes ef a twanty-two
year-old Boston boy, who haa luat re
turned from France, where *4 drafoon
guardsman, dlepatoh rider and metor*
oar driver he serred fourteen months
under the British flag. Out otf thirty
one motorcycle dispatch ridera ha was
one of four aurvlvora.
SYNOPSIS
William J. Robinson, a young American
on a business trip In London, catches the
war fever and enlists In a British cavalry
regiment and lands at Ostend In October,
mi
Made driver of nn armored car and takes
part In battles about Ypres Transferred
to the army service corps, has further
fighting experiences as a motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached and as a dis
patch rider.
Describes Cbrlstmas of 1914 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 n»rrow escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar. Is sent to Paris.
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The mining and capture of Hill 60. Se
cures leave and describes war Incidents In
Glasgow. Returns to Tpres In midst of
bombardment.
Motors with an olBeer through Tpres to
Potlzze amid bursting shells and bombs
dropped from aeroplanes. A terrible ride.
Viame'rtimrhV its so cor-e to the tiring
lino tliut It is only u matter of a couple
of minutes before uu aeroplane can be
right over the place. Of course our
corps headquarters at I'operiughe was
bigger, but was not so near the front.
After those big guns "f ours went
into action there it was only a matter
of a few days before shells began to
drop in ou the place. I happened to be
on the other side of Yiauiertinghe
when the bombardment commenced,
and 1 had to run through it on my way
back.
As usual, one of the first places to go
was the church, nr.d as 1 passed by I
caught a glimpse of the edifice burning
and the priests working feverishly try
ing to save some of the contents. As
usual, too, the people were in a panic,
nud the r>>ad was crowded with them.
One night I was called and warned
for special duty the next day. I hadn't
the slightest idea in the world what it
would be. but I'll confess that I waR
surprised when I found out. I was
wanted by a colonel who had been sent
out from England to find the grave of
Prince Maurice of Ilattenberg. His
resting place was tho>v,bt to be in the
Menln churchyard, and 1 was to guide
the colonel up there and was placed at
his disposal until (he grave was found.
Now. the Menin churchyard was
never a pleasii>g proposition, and from
what I could see it was going to be
far from pleasant this time. "Hellfire
corner" was just opposite the church
and a very unhealthy spot. Prince
Maurice had been killed near Ypres
while fighting for the English and hur
riedly buried in the churchyard, which
had been so constantly shelled that It
was feared his body had been obliter
ated. English royalty ws anxious to
know if his remains were still marked.
We went up to the Porte de Menin.
in Ypres, in the car and decided to
leave it there, as it was not advisable
to iet a car stand very long on the
Menln road. As we went tip the road
I warned the o'lleer to be careful, for
there were plenty of snipers about,
ge was such an old man he had not
been out to the front before in this
war. but from the eo'.-.rs he was wear
lug ou his breast I would be willing to
wager that this was the lirst one he
hadn't been iu for a j.ood many years.
\Ye reached the churchyard without
anything exciting happening, but I was
not at all fussy about poking around
anions those graves. The place had
been all shelled to pieces and the bod
ies blown out of the graves. After
about fifteen minutes' search we found
the grave we were looking for by the
inscription at the base of a crude mon
ument and marked it so we would be
sure to find it again. The body of the
prince will probably be reburied else
where hi more peaceful times.
When we left the graveyard the of
ficer asked how far it was to our
trenches. 1 told him that it was less
than a mile, but that it was mighty
risky business going up in the day
time. When the colonel found that It
was such a short distance he wanted
to go up and see what they were like.
I was under his orders, so there was
nothing for me to do but take him
there. I spoke of the snipers again,
but he didn't seem to care for all the
snipers in the German army, so we
started up the road.
We hadn't gone 200 yards before a
bullet pinged by close enough to give
a wooden man heart failure. Of
course I ducked, and the old man no
ticed It. You can imagine liow I felt
when be said' "Ifyou hear toy snip
era you might let me know. I'm get
ting rather deaf lately."
Well, I admit that I swore.
CHAPTER VII.
The Attaok on Hill No. <0.
AT last we came to tbe place where
the communication trench began,
and I explained it to him. The
trench lay abjut 100 yards off tbe road,
running parallel to It. It waa awfully
muddy and one of tbe dirtiest holes to
get to that. I ever saw. Be noted this
aud wanted to stick to the road, so I
shut up and said no more for s few
minutes.
Pretty soon a few shells began to
come over, and I could see them burst
ing farther up tbe road. I spoke again
and pointed out th» danger we were
running into. He bad to consent then,
so we slipped and sfid through the
mud and Anally got into tbe trench.
It was easy after that, and we reach
ed the trenches Just in time to bare
some lunch.
In the afternoon he was shown all
through the trenches there and then
cume back and asked to see some
bombs thrown. They threw some bombs
for him anil then started firing rifle
grenades. Everything was lovely un
til about 4 o'clock. Suddenly some
thing whizzed over and landed In a
trench not a dozen feet from where we
were standing. I didn't wait to see
what it was. I didn't even hesitate.
My feet just acted automatically, and
I think I broke the world's record for
the standing broad jump right then
and there. As It happened, the thing
didn't explode, and it's a good thing
it didn't, for the colonel just stood and
watched it.
Soon after this he decided to go back,
so we returned the same way wo had
come, and all the way back be had me
picking up shell noses and pieces of
shell until, when we reached the car
again, I resembled a Junk wagon.
To put the finishing touches on it all
they were shelling Vlamertlnghe when
we returned, and we passed through
trat place as fast as that car could
travel, while the bouses were tumbling
down on either side of us. Taken all
in all. It was about as exciting a day
as I wanted.
But my troubles were not over yet,
for I was informed that I was to take
him to the Pioogsteert trenches the
next day. I did not mind that so much,
for the Saxons were holding the trench
es opposite us on that part of the line,
and they did not bother us very much.
Sometimes days would pass with hard
ly a shot being fired. Of course the
German artillery gave it to us Just the
same as everywhere else, but the Sax
ons themselves are pretty decent chaps.
The village of Pioogsteert is a very
interesting place, as there had been a
great deal of hand to hand fighting
there in the earlier days of the war and
the houses and trees left standing wer«
nti e,<rntrh<v) rtnil cut liv hullet marks.
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We started out about 10 o'clock the
next morning, and by 11 we were on
our way up to the trenches. In going
to the trenches one passes Ihrough a
big wood, and this place, too, was alive
with snipers. We arrived without mis
hap, however, but things were warmer
than usual, for it seems that there were
some Bavarians in against us at this
time.
While the colonel was mousing around
I picked up one of the new perlscoplc
rifles that had Just come out and start
ed potting at a chap who was digging
a sniping trench out in frout of the
German parapet. I could only see the
flash of his Intrenching tool as he threw
the dirt out, and once In awhile his
head would show for a fraction of a
second. But I kept potting away more
to kill time than anything else.
He soon knew that I was after him,
for every once in awhile he would
wave his Uttle shovel at me just after
I had taken a shot. All afternoon 1
kept this up, and about 4:30 I was b^
ginning to get rather tired of the game.
I just happened to glauCe Into the glass
of the periscope, and there was his
whole head and shoulders showing
above the little parapet.
I pulled the trigger, and he seemed to
disappear almost at the same Instant.
It Rounds rather long to tell about, but
It all happened In the fraction of a sec
ond. X didn't know whether I had hit
him or not, and I was beginning to
doubt it when some one threw his body
out and went on digging in his place.
I had fired nearly 400 rounds of am
munition to get cne German, but I felt
mtbcr sick at having finally been suc
cessful.
Around 5 o'clock we started back to
tbe car, and as we were going through
the wood we saw one of our poor fel
lows sniped. We hud several batteries
of artillery In the vicinity, and this
chap was an artillrryman. He was
walking ub.1 nnth wbH) the one
we were on; fh~ Jtiffeirifor tOe paths
being about 100 yards ahead of us. We
could bear tbe poor devil whistling as
he came along, but his whistle was cut
short by the crack of a rifle. We rushed
to the spot where he had gone down,
and we found that be had a bullet
through his right lung.
I got out my field dressing bandages,
and we bound him up, tying tbe pad
| on the bandage tight over the bullet
hole. We carried him down until we
came to the artillery quarters, and
I there we gave blm over to his corn
! rades, who rushed him to tbe nearest
I field ambulance. I do not know
j whether he recovered or not; I have
[ often woijdered about Jt..
(Continued Tomorrow) |
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