My fourteen months at the front; an American boy's baptism of fire . ing near, including thefellow who had tried to throw it. 8s MY FOURTEEN MONTHS AT THE FRONT We used two kinds of bombs, the pinbomb with the time fuse, and the percussionbomb. The pin bomb is used mostly forthrowing from the trench. To throw thisbomb you take it in the throwing hand, drawout the pin with the other hand, count twoseconds, and throw it. When the pin isdrawn it starts the time-fuse working, andthe bomb explodes in four seconds. It israther ticklish work, and requires a cool headto throw these bombs effectively.
My fourteen months at the front; an American boy's baptism of fire . ing near, including thefellow who had tried to throw it. 8s MY FOURTEEN MONTHS AT THE FRONT We used two kinds of bombs, the pinbomb with the time fuse, and the percussionbomb. The pin bomb is used mostly forthrowing from the trench. To throw thisbomb you take it in the throwing hand, drawout the pin with the other hand, count twoseconds, and throw it. When the pin isdrawn it starts the time-fuse working, andthe bomb explodes in four seconds. It israther ticklish work, and requires a cool headto throw these bombs effectively. The percussion bomb is used mostly inattacking and explodes only on striking some-thing. If a bomber with a belt full ofthese bombs misses his step and falls, he cankiss himself good-by, for there will be nothingleft to pick up. During an attack in theMenin trenches I saw an incident that I willnever forget. Our fellows had taken twolines of trenches in a very few minutes. Insome places there were Germans occupyinga part of a trench while we held the otherpart. 86. Split This Between Ye, Ye Swine! Drawn by P. Matanifor The Sphere, London, and copyrighted in the United States by TheNew York Herald Company. DROPPING BOMBS FROM AIRCRAFT A big Irishman came dashing up with asecond load of bombs, and as he came forwardI saw these Germans raise their rifles to fireat him. The Irishman was too quick forthem though, for he chucked a bomb into thetrench they were in and I heard his yell,Split that between ye, ye swine! It wiped out the whole crowd of them,of course, and the best part of it was that theIrishman didnt alter his stride the least expression has become quite popularamong bombers. We hadnt been in Poperinghe many daysbefore German aeroplanes began coming overus. They didnt do any damage at first, andI wondered why they didnt drop any morning about 5 oclock two or threetaubes would appear and fly back and forthfor a few minutes and then they would goaway an
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