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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
6
American Arthur Guy Empey ships to England to join the British Army after Lusitania sinking. He witnesses Pete Walling fall in the front lines, helps carry his body, and attends Pete’s grave as shells crack overhead while meditation on war and farewell letters follow.
In a muddy dugout beneath shelling named Death by own action Annex soldiers endure rain, damp floors, foul air, and cold as a comrade asks how to spell conflagration. A trench ditty and small comforts show Tommy’s stubborn cheer amid hardship.
A machine gun officer eyes a trooper as he slips through the dugout to his front line section. The man and a comrade take guard with heads over the parapet, then are relieved at ten. Rain stops. relief and hope for morning rum accompany prayers.
The diary describes trench routines at sundown with stand to relays and sentry checks. Sentries keep constant watch while reliefs prepare on the fire step and men endure damp cold, “cooties” and fatigue. Five rounds rapid fire tests rivalry before dawn as troops swap roles.
A sergeant Warren in the battalion is granted seven days leave for Blighty but dies in the trench after firing on the fire step. The narrator details daily life in the trenches, the bombardment, the charge over No Man's Land, bayonet combat, and his own wound after a brutal attack, followed by transport to a base hospital.
In a dramatic installment, Empey describes his initial over the top attack and a close hand to hand clash with a formidable Prussian. He promises the continuation will recount the ensuing thrilling sequence.
From a WWI memoir segment the narrator recalls marching orders for a dawn assault. Instructions outline a wiring party at 11 am, passage through barbed wire, artillery bombardment from 2 to 4 pm, then waves go over the trench once the barrage lifts. Some soldiers seek sergeant approval to advance.
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