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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST,
! "FIRST SPELL" IN THE
TRENCHES,
HOW A SOLDIER FEELS WHEN HE MAKES HIS FIRST APPEAR
ANCE AT THE FRONT.
BY LEE NICHOLS.]
mual volley of fring does not follow. By the light of the braciers in the lines on either miles can just maks out the forms of the sentries stamping up and down on host strow platforms er straining their eyes to catch any sign of movement in the Great Death Avenue that stretches away for endless miles
There is a ruined farm twenty yards in the rear. Before daybreak we must The author of the following graphic secure the roofing, beams for our shelter
Only two of us gu. We are given three count of his first twenty-four hours in the uinutes to bring ench piece in. If we trenches, served with the Honourable Artil-ars longer they will understand that we and must be sent for. Often while lery Company of London (Infantry Hatter the timber there is a loud fall lion') during the first Winter and Spring af ing of bricks. At once a volley ringa the wer. Later. the First Battalion was out. We drop to the ground and drag back the wood, crawling on our stomachs mode an officers' traising corps. Mr. So the night passes. Nichols lost his right arm in the second?: battle of Ypres.
's.
To the morning there are occasional? bursts of shelling. We are fairly safe in the first line. Being only eighty yarde away from the enemy their heavy shell fire might fall short and wipe our their own ment. The second line is getting it badly
THE NEW GREECE. The Atifens correspondent of the Times telegraphed on July 2nd *-*
The first message of congratulation, received by M. Venizelos from foreign statesten comes appropriately from "M. Pashitch, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Servis, who tele-
graphed:
The news that your young Monarch has confided to you the direction of the country's interests was hailed with tho greatest joy by the whole Servian nation. In this important event, which will surely open a new era for the Hellenic nation, the Servian people perceives the definite victory of the healthy ideals of democracy. and justice, of which you are the greatest champion. The Servian people, which has sacrificed so much for the victory of these
CUTLER PALMER & CO'S
NAPIER
JOHNSTONE'S
Known as the
“OLD
SQUARE"
WHISKY.
ESTABLISĦAD
1745.
Morning is the great time for sleep, reading, letter writing, and visiting friends in other dugouts, One man in our section, a young curate, is swalling me ideals, hails in your person the hard a German His greatest ambition defender of the great principles of nationality and the sanctity of interna is to sted up to the enemy parapet antional conventions, as well as the swinent overhear their plans! Despite this quixotic strain, he is really quite a good states who has always been aware of fellow, and can laugh at a good, Bagrant the great community of interests of the We receive army joke, and even curse heartily on oo Greek and Servian nations. casion which says a lot. for an English this community of Greco-Servian interrets a supreme guaranter of pesce curate.
and of the prosperity of the ill-starred Balkan pepics, who have suffered so much from discords and from bloodshed in conflicts purposely fomented by their SLANE, CRAWFORD & CO. rapacious northern neighbour, and ever since encouraged by traitorous and faith- less Bulgaria.
180LE AGENTS IN HONGKONG (AND BOUTH CHINA:
Presently as we march our guns boom behind, and soon from all around sounds the firing from many hidden batteries. It is yet light and the flashes cannot ve seen. Suon Johnson" holes, torn trees and
funk holes cut into the roadside make us realize that we are in the zones. After three hours of painful and slow trumping, like mourners at some giant funeral, a halt is called. Until dusk we can go no further. Were we to mount the bill we should be seen by the enenty and quickly wiped out. Beyond, at the fourt If at this time we had troubled to take of the hill, lies the village, our imme-ourselves at all seriously one thing might have surprised us. With one exception diate destination.
the section behaved exactly as in camp At dusk we enter. Here we are a little at home. We might have been on man- Let us more than mile from the nerves and this linn trench trenches. Many of the cottages are utter den with the man who didn't, ly destroyed. but in those that remain By profession a schoolmaster, only by The ceremony at which the troops and He is a sad officers in Athens book the oath of unstruck the villagers still linger, pre moral necessity a soldier. ferring the chance of death to the parting visaged person with us enthusiasm for fidelity to their country, the constitu- from all that is dear to them. The fear war. When on guard his glances ofer the tiom King of the Hellenes and obediASAHI BEER.” of it does not deter them from doing their parapet are quick and furtive, and none enee to the Greek Constitution
too frequent. He found a periscope, and clinx of an extraordinary three weeks accustomed work in the fields.
after that his head, showed no more and marked, as all present appre- Silent and morose, he writes often, andeiated, the end of the past between seems to live in a world far away. OrGermany and the ex-King. The moment. ders, come: that a sap must be run out he came to the parade ground M. Veni-1] tonight. We are to work in two-hours was surrounded by cheering crowds, shifts. He is with us in the first party through which a way could hardly ba
We silently scramble over the parapet made for him. with picks and shovels. Plots six feet by to dig running
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At our entry our heavy nailed boots clattering noisily over the cobble stones, all the war begrined fighting men come out from their hovels to greet na, but not with cheers; they line the road silently as we pass by to our own, found only with difficulty by the French billetins officef. No eivilians are about, as after dusk they may not leave their homes. two are indicated for After us rumblo our 'transporte, limbers and field kitchens,
yons sweep over us.
was the
He took his stand with his Ministers in a zigzag line toward the chemy; depth and a group of generals, among whom to be three leet. The man of learning were the commanders from the Pelopon- is iu front of me. Clearly he is not nese, the troops forming a hollow square. It is only 8 o'clock, but already early happy. He works listlessly and nervous The Bishop held up a silver Bible in the morning before reliefs start for the ly at his job. "Dig deep in one spot; sun and word for word after him 5,000 trenches. Sentries are posted every man, and get shelter." I whisper. He soldiers and officers repeated the oath. where, but they let us pass while we keep seems not to understand Without plan The general commanding the First Army to the village. The church still stands, or method. he shovels away at his patch, Corps then spoke in soldierly fashion though services have long since been while we already have the emergency to the troops and loud cheers were raised abandoned. Last week a spy was caught shelter of a thrown-up parapet two fect for the King, for M. Venizelos, and for in its tower, signalling with the hands. high. Presently a star-shel breaks into the protecting Powers, the Allied Armies, By some irasle the old mont-surrounded light. Our sapping is scen. We lie flat and their great leaders, Immediately chateau is left untouched. The Brigadier behind our mounds while the machine after, to the strains of a march from General makes his headquarters there,
Only the morost the military Lands, a large group of Tivo estaminets still remian; these are one is exposed. He has three leg wounds aficers marched past M. Venizelos at the the only live spots to be found. No lights and we lift hit over the parapet to wait are shown, and only by the sound of for the bearers. Two hours pass like ten rigid salute with swords bezt low. These voices are we able to discover them. We minutes. We return and report our loss, were officers of the Athens and other ported the ex-King, but chey made the exter one of these curiously. It is crowd-That evening the section scenis distinctly garrisons in Old Greed who had sup- salute loyally and without restraint of ed with men eager to purchase bread, but more cheerful.
this outr 1 ter, milk, or that vile concoction that goes Wo learn that casualties on
any obvions kind. Then came the Cretans Thes by the name of coffee, There are two first day have been very few.
heroes. The splendid, bearing of this tables around which the popular game of signaller at the phone informes us of the from the front, who were cheered like ringtet an is being played with high latest news. A feree battle has been rag-Cretan regiment has been a revelation to stakes. In an adjoining room, purting some few miles to our left. We learn the city and has had & profound effect
Trenches were lost and re tioned by a curtain, som twrthy men are the result. sleeping on the bare boards regardless of taken, and now we are on the advance on the ex-King's officers, whose respect the noise.
We are cheered by the news of the Rus has turned naturally to 31. Venizelos as We take our way to the barn, tread-sian drive. Presently the number of our the founder and organizer of these troops,
Three men have who have fought, too. for their country. ing warily, as there are still shell hole, casualties is reported.
Later in the morning there was a ser- been killed and five injured. We eagerly waiting to be billed. We stumble over a
War's grimmer side vice for fallen officers and men of the mattress and bark our shins against the psk their names.
National Defence Forces, at which Allied Extraordinary broken furniture that lies everywhere in looms very close.
were present. Y path. It might be sote village of During the day the enemy, who line officers the dead.
so. quin and ruined does it the ridge ahead, have been swamping our scenes took place in and outside the stem. We can just see the skeleton foris trenelies with their pumped-out water. cathedral, the people shouting with "Vive France" as General of the roofs; every wind is hung with Normally we have a foot of our own frenzy.
Inside the cathedral dark curtains, and now and again we Dugouts are flooded; in places the water Regnault passed. hear the faint sound of voices, though no is up to our knees, We devote our ene even loud cries were raised for M. one is visible.
gies furiously to draining. It is getting!
merely a glimpse of him, and when his It must be 1 week is the morning. late, but there is little prospect of sleep Venizelos. the people struggling to get Suddenly news, jawful and unexpected, Rumour was right) Border comes 10-
they were covered with flowers. Stand by
We are to go to the reaches us that we are be relieved.roops defiled through the chief strects treaches to-night. Every one is keen and Our brigade will have two days rest roady. We all meet in the village square before taking up fresh positions further for each section to receive an allowance north. We are ready waiting long before of wood, charcoal, and coke. Rations for reliefs arrive,
'm away.
The Greek Government has decided to adopt the British system in regard to the procedure which regulates the rela ions between the Cabinet and the Crown, The King will no longer have separate conference with members of the Govern- nient, who will henceforth communiente with the Royal Palace through the inter- mediary of the Prime Minister.
two days are distributed. We are in Fate has been kind to us, and our first luck. Uur first trench spell is to be short day has been one of the quietest that we The advice of the old regulars was: shall ever know. We listen keenly. The "Never mind carrying clothes. Chuck splashing of troops is heard behind us. There's plenty more. Grub's We all file out before they enter, and make the only thing, every time." We might our way back hurriedly, unencumbered have been on 1 picnic jaunt so well was by food and fuel. We are to spend the The agitation in the Peloponnese has their advice taken. It is certain that night in D., five miles to the rear. There been completely settled. bully beef and biscuits will not be our lare ninoy empty houses for billets." trench fare: Norach section is ready, look forward to parcels, letters, and aj
Sono the battalion splits my into con pleasant time,
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That old devil. Insomnia, in the Tho hard for talking: Although the nearest company who were left behind are ready making more enormous shells come hurtl point of the line is little more than for us with hot tes, soup, and hot breading toward ua, but fall short of the woods greatest booking agent, on earth.
ahead. Rumour seems confirmed. The result of his never-ending labour is sal mile away, we must tramp through four and milk. Hardly have we started our miles of rain-sodden fields to our appoint.
There are
An-
has been lost through forgetting this Another explosion. We have known the heavy Jack Johnson shells, but these
Places are found for our
men in retreat from the sanatoriums and hundreds of insana ed positions. The enemy has fired one real, when a terrific explosion shakes the lines are certainly broken and we expect great that it required thousands of From every direction shells asyluras to take care of his bookings. trenches. of our ammunition stores and our journey town. There are cries outside. Villagers to see our
seem to chase us. It is a horrible feeling, The overflow, he sends to prisons, work- is made doubly dangerous by the red are running about madly.
this sense of defeat, of Beeing from some houses, and graveyards. glore.
disease; it Insomnia is a grave We long for the explosion to orders of "Stand by!!
While we wait instructions equipment unknown catastrophe. scatter the fire. There is an ear splitting
is hastily donned. Personal belongings roar and then darkness
Now the bombardment cesses. Part of that the great nerve system and the real by At last we arrive. We fall anywhere not in valise must be left behind. to rest ourselves from the terrible burden other frightful explosion. We receive in the town is in danes, and the lurid fires life of the body is impaired and the Your nervous energy is like a bank of our packs. Greetings are exchanged structions to leave billets and to run as even at this distance help to make order diseases should be healed promptly
some woods about more possible. We leave the trenches for proper treatment. with the men relieved and we hear them quickly as we can
awile back. All the town is going in the open fields beyond the woods. Here as they splash-splash through the mud, this direction. Every house is now de officers and Sergeants are dashing about account. If you use it up faster than hurrying off to safety.
Therefore if you suffer from nerves, have the what we are seried; few villagers stop to collect more calling. for their men. It is long time you add to it you overdraw your account. mystified, knowing so little what to do than small bundles. Stretcher-bearers are before we are all together and roll-call sleepless nights, brainfag, or lack of
Heads down, cries someone as be
ambition caused by overwork worry There must be many wounded. possible. busy, strikes a match to explore. (Many a life
Our Colonel addresste us. The lines over-indulgence in alcohol, tobacco, or have not been broken. Everywehre they from excess of any kind, go to your warning.)
Over the fields have held. We have been subjected to the chemist and get a bottle of Bargot packs on the rear parapes and a box is are still more terrible. found to serve as larder for section grub. every one is fleeing to safety. In the first aring of the new long range runs. Tablets and take two after each meal and woods are reserve trenches, where all may the 17-inch howitzers, from two directwo just before retiring at night. Good
despondency
i and All food belongs to the section. That is find some kind of shelter. tions, which made it appear that we were bye to
blues, unspoken but understood. Home parcels,
We are puzzled. The town had been trapped and cut off. We are to remain purchases are all pooled and equally
You will eat well, sleep well, and feel in the woods, as the town is safe no Arumour ' shared dog
thought beyond the zone.
to collect what remains of their poses you to draw every atom of strength, We peer over the parapet, diffidently at spreads quickly that the enemy has broken longer Many of the villagers go hack splendid all the time. Sargol will enable
Driven out through and is advancing first, but getting belder as we realize that of the town as we are, they must have sions before finally leaving, but some still blood, and nourishment from the food It excels all Nerve Foods, we cannot be seen. We do not fire, for divined the direction of our fight, cling, ready to fall with the only place you eat. there is nothing to hit. It would be in Shrapnel bursts everywhere above as they have ever known as home. The men tonies, wines, etc., as the results it gives. when the dovedly to worry the enemy We lie flat at its drill approach, and from each section are sent to levere permanent and lasting, nervos any
shell to collect what remains of all we left Don't suffer with your when he is decently quiet and start him then run on again, dropping as
Co more, get back your old-time strength panicking only spoils good sleep, Woe, screams up to us and explodes, past men therefore, to the man who starts things. wounded and dying we may not even The bivouac in the woods in marle and energy by taking a littla Sargol.
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It is nearly 3 in the morning. In the telephone dugout the operator is busy taking messages: There is little doing to-night, hardly a shot is fired from either side. Al intervals a star-light is sent ap, bet discovers nothing, for tho
help.. Our business is to hold the line We have no time for the wounded. The Medical Corps will attend to them,
Many villagers, too, are wounded. We hear their shrieks as we run forward, (Oontinued at foot of nest column.)
behind
tolerable by large log fires, and here, where the shells have not reached, w spend two pleasant days before the rea grint business begins again, but this time amid the ugliest fighting of the line-
3.r. Times.