Friends of France; . MULE CONVOY IN ALSACE. THE POSTE NEAR HARTMANNSWEILERKOPFAFTER A BOMBARDMENT THE INSPECTORS LETTER BOX had a premonition that something was going to hap-pen and stepped behind a tree. I heard particularlyone big gun fire, and wondered if by any chance it wasmeant for us. It took only three or four seconds toconfirm my suspicion, for the shriek of a shell cameour way. As they often pass high over our heads andwe are familiar with the sound, I was still in doubt,when it burst not fifty yards away. We did not waitto investigate further, but jumped for the boyau whenanother sh
Friends of France; . MULE CONVOY IN ALSACE. THE POSTE NEAR HARTMANNSWEILERKOPFAFTER A BOMBARDMENT THE INSPECTORS LETTER BOX had a premonition that something was going to hap-pen and stepped behind a tree. I heard particularlyone big gun fire, and wondered if by any chance it wasmeant for us. It took only three or four seconds toconfirm my suspicion, for the shriek of a shell cameour way. As they often pass high over our heads andwe are familiar with the sound, I was still in doubt,when it burst not fifty yards away. We did not waitto investigate further, but jumped for the boyau whenanother shriek was heard, and we were just in time,for the shell burst not far behind us. We could tellwhen they were firing at us, for we could hear the gunfire, — it sounded like a 150 mm., which is about 6-inch bore, — then came the shriek, and then the burst-ing. It certainly is a strange, unwelcome sound whenyou know you are the target. We ran down the boyautoward the back of the hill for all we were worth, andthey followed us, but we did n
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