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General Rees was not the man to let any such opportunity slip. Nothing happened during the first few days, beyond the usual heavy shelling of the roads and batteries and forward positions. But a patrol of the 5th N.F. pushed out towards Guemappe, and carried out a useful daylight reconnaissance. Also about April 16, 1917, Lieut.-Col.
There was a tornado of machine-gun fire which reached Mac's ears only as a high-pitched continuous note. The shelling lasted about ten minutes only, a hopelessly inadequate preparation, he knew, on such positions. The storm of machine-guns rose to terrific violence, ripping and roaring.
I repaired immediately to the front, Colonel White remaining with the rear-guard. On arriving at the head of the column, I found the guns shelling a ridge which our guide stated was Doornkop. The excellent dispositions for the attack made by Colonel Grey were then carried out.
Esther was shelling peas for dinner; and he helped her till they were all done. Now he was very anxious to see how much the men had dug. He had but a little time to stay, for at ten he was to be at the farm to drive mamma to the blacksmith's house. He thought as he went toward the cellar that the men had all gone, for he could see nothing of them.
All the seats are empty and the players have gone away, and the theatre begins to whisper as empty buildings do. I think I know quite well some of the people who come to St. Malo les Bains, just by listening to what the empty little place is saying. Firing has begun again. We hear that our ships are shelling Ostend from the sea.
They were to be relieved next day, and it seemed that the trouble always expected here would be reserved for others. During the 15th, however, the usual shelling seemed to the two Company Commanders in the front line Captain Cruttwell, of B, and Captain Attride, of D, to be more methodical and to suggest a registration on all tactical points.
But altogether she had never known till now how many and how faithful their friends were. Hardly, for instance, had Richard been carried in, stiff as a log and grey as death, when good Mrs. Devine was fumbling with the latch of the gate, an old sunbonnet perched crooked on her head: she had run down just as she was, in the midst of shelling peas for dinner.
The work of the artillery was not confined to the main attack, for it was very effective in shelling the Quesnoy railway station east of Armentières, where German reenforcements were boarding a train for the front. The British artillery fire was effective as far as Aubers, where it demolished a tall church spire. The work of the aviators, from March 10 to 12 inclusive, deserves special mention.
It was insubordination the guide was talking about the shelling from Mont Valerien at the time, with the most patriotic dislocations in his grammar. "You understan', you see?" he concluded. "Now those two genelmen, they don' understan', and they don' see. An' when they get back to the United States they won' be able to tell their wives an' sweethearts anythin' about Mont Valerien!
The Maxims were instantly turned upon the unseen enemy, the Soudanese fired volleys, and their rash assailants went at once into the thicker bush, many dropping before they gained it. The gunboats now steamed slowly up the river; and then, turning, retired downstream again, shelling the enemy's position as they passed.
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