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CHAPTER XIII. tfjjjjjBfy |
Klrby and I Meet.
Sal remained seated behind the bar,
nodding, and so soon as I felt reason* |
ably assured that she was without interest
in my movements, I leaned forward
and endeavored- to arouse Ken^
nedy. :.This was by no means easy of
Faccompiisniiient, ana x was lumin-iivu
to pinch the fellow rather severely
' before he sut up angrily, blurting out
the first words which came to fits lips:
"What the devil?"
His half-opened eyes caught ray gesture
for silence, and he stopped instantly,
his lips widely parted.
"Meet me outside," I whispered,
warnlngly. "But be careful about it."
The slight noise had failed to dis-!
tnrb the woman, and I succeeded in
slipping through the unlatched door
without noting any change in her posture.
Tim, now thoroughly awake,!
and aware of something serious in the
!alr, was not long In Joining ma without,
and I drew him aside into a spot
of deoper blackness under tfcd trees. :
He was still indignant over the pinching,
and remained drunk enough to be
quarrelsome. I cut his muffled pro'?
' fanlty short.
"That's quite enough of that, Tim," i
I said sharply, and was aware that he
stared back at me, plalujy perplexed
"What the Devil??"
\
t .. by the change in my tone and manner.
"You are an officer of the law; so am
I, aud it is abuul time we were work* ;
ing together."
He managed to release a gruff laugh.
"You?you d? bum; h?, that's a
good joke?what'r yer givin' me now?"
"The exact truth; and it will be
worth your while, my man, to brace up
and listen. J am going to give you a
chance to redeem yourself?a last
chance. It will be a nice story to tell |
hark in St. Louis that you helped to i
kidnap a wealthy young white woman,
using your office as a cloak for the
Crime, and, besides that, killing two
men to serve n river gambler. Suppose
I was to tell that sort of tale to
Governor Clark, and give him the
proofs?where would you laud?"
He breathed .hard, scarcely able to
% articulate, but decidedly sober.
"What?what's that? Ain't you the
fellar thet wus on the boat? Who?
who the devil are yer?"
"I am an-officer in the array," I said
eravelv. determined to impress him
1 first of all, "and I worked on that
steamer merely to learn the facts in
this case. I know the whole truth now,
even to your late quarrel with Kirby.
I do not believe you realized before
what you were^doing?but you do now. |
You are guilty of assisting that eon(
( temptible gambler to abduct Eloise
f Boaucalrc, and are shielding hiin now
In his cowardly scheme to compel her
to marry him by threats and force."
? "The d?, low-lived pup?I told
him whut he wus."
"Yes, but that doesn't prevent the
crime. He's all you said, and more.
* But calling the man names isn't going
to frighten him, nor get that girl out
of his clutches. What I want to know
is. are you ready to help me light the
fellow? Block his game?"
"How? Whut do ye want done?"
"Give me a pledge first, and I'll tell
you."
"Did you say ye wus an army offercer?"
"Yes, a lieutenant; my name Is
Knox."
+ \ "I never know'd yer."
"Probably not, but Joe Kirby does.
I was on the steamer Warrior coming
down when he robbed old Judire Beau
cnire. That was what sot me mixed
up In this affair. Later I was in that
I skiff you fellows rammed and sunk on
the Illinois. I know the whole dirty
story, Kennedy, from the very beginning.
And now it is up to you whether
or not I tell it to Governor Clark."
"I reckon yer must be right," he admitted
helplessly. "Only I quit cold
the minute I caught on ter whut wus
up. I never know'd she wa'n't no nig
ger till after we got yere. Sure's yer
live that's true. Only then I didn't
know whut else ter do, so I got biliu1
drunk."
"You are willing to work with me,
9 then?"
"Yer kin bet I am; I ain't no
gurl-stealer."
"Then listen, Kennedy. Jack Rale
told me exactly what their plans were,
because he needed me to help him.
When you jumped the reservation, he
Wife Owit
xuce of the Bldck HawkVflf/
HtmAal1 * 4
Parrifh .
[>f Contraband, Shea of ftoLUtujife
tficn Wilderness wom King? etc#/
IDadMicd b^JuvinM^ex-.f
had to find someone eTse, and picked
?M/V monn fA niiH nfP fho affillr
ill*". I JICJ menu iu pull VII luv
tonight. Here's the story."
I told it to him, exactly in the form
it had come to nre, interrupted only in
the recital by n% occasional profane
ejaculation, or some interjected question.
The deputy appeared sober
enough before I had finished, and fully
grasped the seriousness of the situation.
"Now that is the way it stacks up," J
ended. "The girl is to be taken to this
fellow's shack and compelled to marry
Kirby, whether she wants' to or not.1
They either intend threatening her, or
else to actually resort to force?likely
both. No doubt they can rely on this
renegade preacher in either case."
"Jack didn't name no name?"
"No?why?" *
"Only thar uster be a bum hangin'
round the river front in Saint Louee
who hed preacher's papers, en wore
a long-tailed coat. Thar wan't no lowdown
game he wudn't take a hand in
fer a drink. His name wus Gaskins; I
hed him up fer mayhem onct. I'll bet
he's the duck, for he hung round Jack's
place most o' the time. Whatclia want
me ter'do?" J*
"It has seemed to me, Tim," I said
thoughtfully, "that the best action for
us to take will be to let them place the
girl fn rcy hands, just as they have
planned to do. That will throw them
entirely off their guard. Once we succeed
in getting her safely away, and
remain unknown ourselves, there ought
to be very little trouble in straightening
out the whole matter. My plan
would be to either ride around the
camp In the night, and then report tha
whole affair at headquarters, or else
to strike out direct for Fort Armstrong
across country. Do ym know any
place you can pick up a horse?"
"That's a slew ov 'em round y?ie,"
he admitted. "These fellers are most
n,i ^Aoo-PAlrllA?fi T ronVnn T r?nrl olnf*h
an iiu^d'cuiuicio? jl avvuvu ? v? ?
sum sort o* critter. Yer want me
8*ong?"
"Perhaps not, Tim. Your disappearance
might cause suspicion, and send
them after us. My plan Is to get away us
quietly as possible, and let them believe
everything Is all right. I want a
day or two In which to work, before
Rale orKirby discover we have not |
gone to Beur Creek. I'll met them alone
at the spring down the trail, but shall
want you somewhere near by. You see
this is bound to mean a fight If I am
recognized?likely three against one;
and those men wouldn't hesitate at
murder."
"I recko?-not, an' it wudn't be their
furst one nuther. Looks ter me like ;
yer wus takln' a big chance. I'll be
thar, though; yer kin bet on thet, an'
ready fer a fight er a foot race. This
Is how I size it up?If thar ain't no ,
row, I'm just ter keep still an' low; an' j
If a fracas starts I'm ter jump in fer '
all I'm worth. Is thet the program?" (
"Exactly?that's my idea."
"Wal* then, I'm a prayin' it starts; 1
want just one crack et thet Kirby, the !
ornary cuss."
We talked the whole matter over in !
detail, having nothing better to do, and j
endeavoring to arrange for every
probability, yet did not remain together
for long. ??
I felt nervous, anxious, eager for
action. The time dragged horribly, j
Wliol- If cnmnflilnir nnfnrosfpn should
occur to change Rule's plan? My God!
if I only knew where it was they had
concealed the girl.
' The two of us explored about the si- ,
lent cabin, but discovered nothing.
There w*as no light visible in the rear
room, nor any sound of movement with- ;
in. The two windows were closed, and
the door locked. We found a conven- j
lent stump in the woods and sat down
to wait where we could see all that
occurred about the cabin.
It was nearly twelve before even the
slightest sound near at hand indicated
the approach of others. I was already
in an agony of suspense, imagining
something might have gone wrong,
when the dull scuffling of horses' hoofs
being led cautiously up the trail to
my right broke the intense silence. I
listened to ussure myself, then shook
Tim into wakefulness, leaving him still
blinking in the shadow of the stump, '
while I advanced in the direction of
the spring. I saw nothing of Rale until
he spoke.
"That yer, Moffett?"
"Yes; whar's yer party?"
I caught a view of his dim outlines,
as he stepped slightly forward, reassured
by my voice. 1
"They'll be yere; tliar's a bit o' time
tor spare yit. I aimed not ter keep 'em
waitin'. Here, this is yer hoss, an'
yere's the leadin' strap for the others.
1>?.**/-??? if nnmmal T ropl'ATl 1
so's tcr leuve botli yer hands free?yer
might hav* need fer 'em. We'll tend
ter mountin' the gurls, an' then all
ye'll hav' ter do will be ter lead off.
Better walk the bosses till yer git
crnst the crick, so the sojers won't hear
yer. Got that?"
"I reckon I hav', an' sense 'nough
ter know it without bein' told. Did yer
think I wanted ter be catched on this
job?"
"All right, but thar's no harm a
tellin' yer. Whar's Tim gone to?"
"I reckon he don't even know his- I
self; he's sure sum drunk."
Ilale chuckled, patting the side of
the horse next hiin.
"Whole caboodle workin' like a j
charm," lie said, good huinoredly.
"Thought onct the deputy might show
"Maybe not now; but she'll come
around all right, and she signed her
name. So there ain't no hit<5h. She
seemed to get worse after that. Come
on, we can't stand talking here; let's
get thera off. Jack; there isn't any time
to waste. I suppose we'll have to strap
her into the saddle." -
I held back, and permitted them to
work, merely leading my own horse
slightly to one side and keeping in his
shadow. Gaskins brutally jerked the
shrinking mulatto forward and forced
her to mount one of the horses. She
made some faint protest, the nature
of which I failed to catch clearly, but
the fellow only laughed in reply and
ordered her to keep quiet. Eloise uttered
no word, emitted no sound, made
no struggle, as the two other men lifted
her bodily into the saddle, where Kirby
held her. swaying helplessly against
him, while Rale strapped her securely
Inta place.
up ugly, but a quart"o"" reJeye sure
fixed him?thar's our party a comln'
now. Ye're ter stay right whar ye
are." *
They were advancing toward us up
the bank which sloped down toward i
the creek. Rale moved forward to
meet them across the little open space,
and a moment later, from my hiding
plnce among the motionless horses I
became able to distinguish the slowly
approaching figures. There were four
in the party, apparently from the garb
two men and two women. The second I
man might be the preacher, but if so,
why should he be there? Why should
his presence at this time be nefessary? j
Unless the two main conspirators- had i
special need for his services, I could
conceive no reason for his having any
part in the action that night. Had I !
been deceived in their plans? Even as
this fear overwhelmed me with coaster- ,
nation, I was compelled to notice how
helplessly the first of the two women j
walked?as though her limbs refused
to support her body, even though apparently
upheld by the grip of the
man beside her. Rale, joining them,
immediately grasped her other arm,
and, between the two, she was impelled
forward. The saloonkeeper seemed i
unable to restrain his voice.
"Yer must'r give her one h? o' a
dose," he growled, angrily. "Half o'
thet wud a bin' nough. Why, d? It,
she kin hardly walk."
"Well, what's the odds?" It was Kirby
who replied sarcastically. "She got
more because she wouldn't drink. We
had to make her take it, and It wasn't
r.o easy job. Gaskins will tell you
that. Have you got your man here?"
"O' course; he's waiting' thar with
the honsex Rut I'm d?d if I like
this. She don't know nuthin', doea
she?"
(To Be Continued.)
ORGANIZED POWUK.
Minority Working in Unison Can Con- \
trol Majority.
In Russia tlierc are about 180.000,000
people, but less than 10 per cent
of them, so it is said, were in any
way identified active':.' or passively
with the Bolshevistic campaign wh'ch
brought chaos to that country. Ten
per cent of the population, or less,
was organized and mobilized as against
90 per cent unorganized and without
leadership. The result is just what
will always happen when an organized
minority of even 10 per cent., aggressively
and vigorously led, can dominate
90 per cent unorganized to their
destruction. This is true in politics
as in war. An organized army or iuv.- i
000 can easily rout and completely des- I
troy an unorganized body of. 1.000,- j
000 unequipped and untrained.
There are more than 40,000,000 people
in the I'nited States engaged in
gainful occupation. It is estimated
by labor union people that there are
3,000,000 members of labor organizations.
Secretary of Labor Wilson
stated seme time ago that while there
are 13.000,000 people in this country
eligible for membership In the Amerlman
Federation of I^abor, 10,000,000 j
of them are still not organized as
members. ' These 3,000,000 organized
union men compacted together into a
solid body under the leadership of the
aggressive radicals of today will endanger
and possibly destroy the freedom
of more than 37,000.000 laboring
people of other kinds and of others
not members of labor unions, uniess
these non-union people promptly and
aggressively make ready to protect
themselves. It would he unspeakable
folly for this unorganized mass to believe
in its own safety by reason of
its numbers. Against a force of 3,>u)0.000
organized union labor men the
<7,000.000 of organized workers will be
helpless, so long as they are not united
a any cohesive power for protecting
jhie m'nontv. *
Russia's experience snuuiu v.-m ..
' o danger of remnin'npr esle p
while an aggressive minority digs at |
the foundation of our national life.
It behooves non-union people in every |
walk of life, men who value j
their own independence and the independence
of the nation. to be alert j
to these conditions, and in advance to
formulate their plans to sec that a
small minority led by the rankest radicals
of.the age j shall not ruin America.
iii order to rule over this wreck and j
gii i.. m !h" oppoiof looting H.
. > I.coino .I'll Trot*-;.- aad b* :r i i
.vers have done in Russia.
Our safety is not in numbers, but in
in awakened consciousness of the sit- ;
nation, and a grim determination that ;
radicalism and ixditics which toadied !
to radicalism shall not sacrifice the;
people of this country and its exis-j
tcncc as a republic, at the behest of j
this small minority, dominated to a j
large extent by Anarchists, Socialists, j
and Bolshevists.
It is time for Americans to wake up
and protect themselves and America, j
?^Manufacturer's Record, Baltimore
Md.
? Samuel Sanders, Jr.. of Sumter has !
been appointed a midshipman at the !
I'nited States naval academy.
GERMANY CUMING BACK
Defeat In War Will Win By Indus-!
try.
KEEPING HER MONEY AT HOME
_ . ?
Thoroughly Understanding that Productive
Labor >s the Only Real Source
of Wealth, anu Prosperity, the People
Have Gone to Work Like Storm-j
ing Trenches.
Buying without money, but not going
in debt, appears to be the latest wrinkle
in German efficiency, we are told Dy j
William G. Shepherd, foreign correspondent
of the New York "Evening'
Post." that Germany is "plaunging into '
the world's markets with her multitudinous
needs," but not spending a
single mark. In fact, it seems that the
German government has placed a strict i
prohibition on the removal of the mark
from Germany, much to the consternation
of numerous foreign salesmen hov- <
ering hungrily about seeking to dispose
of their wares, but baffled by the firm
determination of the Teutons not to let i
go their coin. Only if he can make i
use of German labor, or will agree to
spend in Germany all the money he
may receive for his goods, can the
salesman do business with the Ger- i
mans. We gather that the latter favor [
especially the exchange of labor for,
coihmodities. All Germany has gone to ]
work, it is reported, and so labor is her j
principal stock in trade. Says Mr.. 1
Shepherd: ' (
"A simple instance of this German ]
scheme of trading work .for goods is
seen in her purchase of leather from ,
Holland. The Germans are sorely in ,
need of leather. The rates they pay for, (
it?in the coin or labor?are esceeding (
high. But great as is tjieir need, they ,
will not buy leather with German
marks, and send the marks o\t of the j
country. They insist on paying for
leather with la be . A leather deal with (
Holland goes like this:
"The raw hides are shipped to Ger- ]
many on credjt. In Germany the workmen
and the tanning factories are called
into play. They tan the leather. , j
And then they send back .to Holland ,,
enough 6f the tanned leather to pay ,
for the crude leather. Thi3 permits them
to keep for themselves a portion of the ,
original shipment. Thus, without having
spent a mark, expect in payment of j
wages to their own German workmen, <
in the tanneries, their railroad men for ]
shipment, and their stevedores for ?
handling, they have secured leather for ,
which they have spent only human ,
labor. j j
"But the leather deal does not end ,
here. The Hollander, who has received ]
the tanned, leather from Germany may ]
Wish to sell It to Germany. The German
takes it gladly, on credit, with the j
J 1 -11. Wo io rwavr fnr It .
uriiu-l SLttUUlllfe lliai tic ?o W .. J
not in marks but in finished products. ,
The tanned leather is shipped back
to Germany in some instances, though ,
it often remains in Germany from the
start, arid is made intp boot; and shoes
in the German factories. Enough of
these boots and shoes are shipped back j
to Holland to pay the leather merchant
for his tanned leather. There is a margin
of shoes left over for the use in ,
Germany. Not a mark has been spent
of German money for these shoes, ex- '
cept in wages, not an ounce of German
raw material has gone into them. Ger- .
many has secured them by using the
coin of work alone."
% i
One wonders what would happen in a .
certain criuntry where there has recently
been much wailing and. not a
little gnashing of teeth over alleged
interference with "personal iiDeriy,
if the government should insist that I
everybody go to work and also quit (
spending money. That is practically ,
what has happened in Germany, we ]
learn. "The German government has ,
drilled into the head of German work- s
ingmen that it is only by their work (
and their hearty toil that Germany can
agair take her place in the world," says ]
Mr. Shepherd. We are further informed ,
that the Germans all understand this,
and in some factories the workmen are .
so enthusiastic that after working ,
eight hours for themsfclves, they put in
three extra hours for the sole benefit .
of the Fatherland. Further: c
"They all comprehend the new scheme ]
whereby Germany is not to spend, any |
of her money but only their work for <
what Germany needs from the outsider
world, and the salesmen with whom I (
have spoken all express their surprise i
at the enthusiasm with which the Ger- ;
man workmen are producing the Ger- |
man coin of toil. 1
"The Germans are watching with
't interest the course of French,
i'.r.tish and Italian money. The recent
declines in value have made them real- i
ize more fully than ever before the high I
value of their own trade-medium? I
work. They believe that by keeping J1
the mark out of world finance they can j I
, ? Koni, fnwnrrt its oricinal value. I <
"With other nations spending money '
in international trade?a money that is i
falling in value and is not backed to <
any groat extent, enthusiastic labor? <
they feel that Germany will shortly
h.-crii' to >?-.lv b'litite herself She does ;
iinj intend til hi!> :< sitlgln TtiXIIfrom
. !i op ji.h \? . she does not intend. ;
indeed, to buy anything for which she
cannot pay in some linished product.
She intends to produce something for '
everything that she uses. She is thus i
giving her workmen employment and is 1
even securing raw materials without;
spending her gold or her credit.
"i find these British and American 1
salesmen alarmed at the turn matters \
have taken. They have approached I
Germany expecting to find her a sup- I
pliant for their wages. Instead they:
find her imposing terms on them.
"7 he warehouses of Holland and of ;
the Scandinavian countries are today j (
jammed full with articles which enthusiastic
salesmen expected to carry into , i
Germany as soon as the blockade was
raised. Other supplies for Germany are
coming by every ship and the warehouse
problem in these countries is be-,
coming serious. Storage rates are high
and are eating up possible profits.
"The salesmen, however, are helpless.
They may, it is true, ship theh*'
wares into Germany and accept marks
in payment, but they must leave these
marks in Germany; must deposit them
at the Deutsche Bank.. They will be
given a receipt at this bank, and if they
can find a buyer for their receipt?some
one who desires to buy something in
Germany and can, make use of credit
In the Deutsche Bank?they can get
their money back with a highly deduced
profit. The deal, in fact, resolves
itself into a highly speculative gamble
on the value of the mark. A dignified
cotton or iron deal is suddenly turned
into a sheer betting match; betting on
the rise or fall of the mark."
They are an unhappy lot, the salesmen,
Mr. Shepherd says. They came to
Germany with high expectations, knowing
the country's dire need of many
things They have all been disappointed.
They can't use German labor, and
they can't spend German marks in Germany
And they sit around and damn
German efficiency. An illustration of
the situation is furnished:
"I encountered one salesman who
had. started a shiment of $1,000,000
worth of cotton toward Holland, for
Germany. He had concluded, long, before
the signing of tha Peace Treaty
that the men who stood at the gateway
to Germany when the blockade was
raised and shouted to the Germans:
'Here's a million dollars' worth of cotstart
an auction sale that would bring
him a vast fortune. But nothing like
this has happened to him. He openly
expresses his distress and worry. Not
all 01 his cotton has arrived as yet. He
doubts whether he can find room in
the warehouses for what is still to
come. The Germans need cotton desperately.
They will take his cotton
from him and pay him in marks in the
Deutsche Bank, but he cannot remove
the marks from Germany. They will
pay him in German shoes or in German
tanned leather or in German hardware.
none of which he wants; none or
which he feels he will be able to sell,
ile is going to be very fortunate if he
ioes not take a heavy loss for his cotton
firm.'' ,
Mr. Sliqpherd concludes with this bit
}f phillsophizing:
"It was strange to hear them damn:
g German efficiency when they, with
so much experience, might better have
aeen damning our own inefficiency.
The people that work the hardest, the
nost and the longest, are the people
ivho will soonest recover from the effects
of this war. Ask any of the salesnen
who have been in Germany recenty,
what nation in Europe is the most
leartily at work to-day.
"Germany is getting so much work
from her people that she finds herself
ible to spend it, like coin, in the world's
narkets. <
"The rest of us seem to have only
Tioney?much of it of doubtful value."
\ i a i
BRITAIN'S WOMAN SOLDIER
Miss Dorothy Lawrence 8erved in
Front Line Trenches.
The strange story of Miss Dorothy
Lawf-ence, the only British woman
soldir-- late of the Royal Engineers,
Fifti . i it division, 179th tunneling
:cmpany, B. E. P., has just been issued
n book form by John Lane. It forms
jne of the oddest .documents to come
jut of the war, and the.story it reveals
las lifted the diminutive figure of
Miss Lawrence, an English newspaper
woman, to the proportions of a
laticnal heroine.
In the old days It was not uncom
mon for a woman to cnnsi as a ?auui
3r a soldier, and nowadays the example
of the Russian woman soldiers
has become widely known. But for
i British woman to enter the combatmt
ranks of the British army is a
thing until now unheard of. Yet Miss
Lawrence contrived to reach the
British front at Albert in 1915, and to
serve for more than a week in the
179th tunneling company, R. E. F.
attached to the famous Fifty-first division.
IV^iss Lawrence rode on a ramshackle
bicycle out of Paris in the
summer of 1915 to Creil, one of the
French base camps back of the fighting
line. Here she applied for and received
a safe conduct up to Senlis,
whence the French ejected her. She
?ot around the ejection order, however,
by escaping into Senlis forest
ind sleeping there until she was forgotten.
Her attempt to get to the
front from Senlis failed, however, and
-he returned to Paris to make a secMid
; 11 :nr?t.
Sl.< :ii *1 i suit of British khaki
/
in Paris. <*i?t her hair short <hnd mad-for
the lines at Bethitno. And this
t'me she succeeded. She spout
week with a tunneling company in th?
frontline trenches before her sergeant
iiscovered there was a gir! in the
ranks. Then she was put under arrest
it once, and after repeated cross-eximination
she was finally sent to a
convent lor detention. Here she was
held for five weeks, after which she
?as sr-nt back to En Hand. hpt was
utrl'id'i'Ti to write or sp-ai: of her
mlvi-n'.ure mil:! th? war >v : > over.
\<-u 'ha1 pone has been signed. ihrt
: ory of her mad escapade has come
>ut.
-nnnnt Vir.li-, liiit thin!.- rhnt the
military authorities who arrested her
were less angry than grateful. For
she had shown them how German
spies could penetrate into the British
lines, through the carelessness of the
French local officials in issuing passes
to the military zone.
tS'The war department will force
i sale of 47,000 motor cars, and 12,)00
motorcycles which were used in
France and the United States during
the war.
Med at last
'Thirtieth Division Broke lllndenburq
Line.
WAR DEPARTMENT SPEAKS OFFICIALLY
Review of the Facts?Others Did Their
Full Duty: But it was the Thirtieth
that^Turned. the Trick That Took
the Heart out of the Germans.
The following official statement has
been issued by the war department
news bureau at Washington:
'"lhe war department authorizes the
following from the office of the chief
of stafH
"On account of erroneous reports as
to the activities of the Second Ameri
can corps against me mnaenuurg
Line, September 27 to October 1,
1918, the following resume is released
:
"Operations of the Second American
Corps against the Hindenburg Line,
September 27, October 1, 1918:
"In September, 1918| the Second
American Corps, Twenty-seventh and
Thirtieth division^ was placed at the
disposal of the Fourth British Army
for operation against the Hindenburg
line east of Pecronne.
. "On the night of September 23-24
the Thirtieth division took orer what
was known as the Nauroy sector,
with a front of 3,750 yards, about^l.OOO
yards west of the main Hindenhurg
Line and approximately on the old
Hindenburg outpost line. On the next
night the Twenty-sev.enth division
took over the Gouy sector, on the left
of the Thirtieth division and connecting
with it, its front was 4,500 yards,
approximately along the old British
front lino trenches, very close to the
Hindenburg outpost line.
"On September 27, a preliminary operation
was undertaken, to straighten
the- line of the Thirtieth division and
j-to bring the Twenty-seventh up to
tin* start line for the main attack, )
(The Thirtieth division succeeded but1
! by the afternoon of September 28 the
j Twenty-aefeuth division was back in
its original position; ?
At 5c 50 a. m., September 2i?, the corps
j attacked, supported bj* the Australian;
: Corps. The Second British Corps at-'
tacked simultaneously on its right.'
and the Third British Corps on its,
left. The attack was to be led by i
tanks, behind a rolling barrage. The '
staii line was slightly to the east of
the Hindenburg outpost line, and the
objective e^st of Nauroy and Gouy.
TJi- plan provided that after the
Americans had reached their objectives,
the Australians were to pass
through them and continue in the advance.
"The Thirtieth was already on the
start line, ciose pemna me muiai nuc
of the barrage. The Twenty-seventh,
however, had not yet beerc able to take
the three strong points, The Knoll,
Gulllemont ^arm and. Quennemont
Farm, and was consequently about
l.OuC yards behind the barrage line,
which was east of them. The question
of changing thq barrage lines for this
dl\islon was raised, but decided in the
negative, the hridage designated . to
make the attack having reported at 5
p. m., on the 28th that it expected to
be within 400 yards of the barrage
lines or possibly even on the intended
starting line before the hour for attack.
"The barrage fell as planned at
5:50 a. m., September 29, stood fo^(|
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four minutes on ttie'Initial line and
then advanced at the rate of 100
yards in four minutes. The Thirtieth
division advanced behind it, Sixtieth
brigade In flret Jlne. The One Hundred
and Seventeenth infantry was to
follow across the tunnel, then deploy
facing south and^ cover the right of .
the Australians after the relief. Arrangements
were made to fcelae the
southern exit of the tunnel, which lay
in the division sector.
"The German barrage was ? 1 not
heavy, but nevertheless there were
many casualties, especially in-the support
battalions. Smal^-and- -fog rendered
it difficult to keep direction and
contact. The One Hundred And Twentieth
infantry, on the right, crossed
the Hlndenburg Line and occupied
Na'uroy; the One Hundred and Seventeenth
reached ita propet* imposition,
facing southeast and < connecting the
One Hundred and Twentieth .with the
i Forty-sjxth British 'dlvlslorW-a The one
Hundred and Nineteenth, iWwever, on
the left, was enfiladed by- -triachlne
gune from Its own left, and,', had to
form a defensive flank in itfcat direction,
reaching back jp the,ttjpnel and
then connecting with the, Twehtyseventh
division. A battaliop -of the
One Hundred and Seventeenth^ and onfe
of the One Hundred and Eighteenth
were sent to support this- flank. In
this position the Australian!* passed
through tho lines ahd rellpyed the
Thirtieth division on the afternoon of
September 29. . r ?
'In -the Twenty-seventh; division, the
Fifty-fourth - infantry -brigade made
the attack under the same difficulties
on account of fog and smoke. It also
received machine gun Are, ht-dhe-enflla.de*
from tho direction of Vendhuile
outside its sector to ths- left. - "Part of
the right regiment/ the One Hundred
and Eighth, by a detour to the sbuth,
avoided Quenne.nont Farm - and
reached the Hindenburg Line *diith of
Bony Groups from all -attacking
battalions succeeded - in penetrating
between the sfrotig points and reaching
the fiindehburtr Line, Mfthy dusk %
only the extreme right YeLfcined its
footing fri that line.- division
wits relieved by the <KusiraIiau*
%and remained in supporter urrteroUH
gi'oups, iHjwevcr, agg!egij,t|hK ove1,00!>
men, remained with the Aus- !
trallaiw and assisted ' them "lb'-cleaning
up the Hlndeyburg LinC;'oti, tfw rtght.
taking it, throughout the- rest of the 1
sector, und occupying part* of the ^11- " |
btgo of Bony. ' ' " ;
"The following-is-a!-Jyuotatibn fi^om
i;ie unij)ini'ii vi -n.?i >mmi " r>" uuhki?i<
Haigy dated January 7; jv^Ntyth. of
Hertengli'se. the -Thirtieth American /
division (Maj. Gen. ?. Hi Lewi&). having
broken through the de*P/de?*nees
of the Hlndenburg Line, stormed Belli- ^
court and seised TJaurtqr-"' * ;r \
"'On their left the Twenty-seventh
division (MaJ. Gen. J. O'Ryan) met
with very heavy enfilade machine :gun
fire, but pressed on with great gallantry
as far as Bony, where a bitter
struggle took' plao^ for the possession
of the village."' --1 W
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philosophical answers:
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will be yesterday tomorrow."
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