. Tom Slade, motorcycle dispatch-bearer . t without Allied dispatch-aiders who had become rattled and had blun-dered into the enemys arms, but Thatchy had akind of uncanny extra sense, a bump of locality,if you will, and that is why they had sent himInto this geographical tangle where maps becameout of date as fast as they were made. The sun was not yet up when they reached awider road running crossways to the one out ofthe village and here many troops were waiting asfar up and down the road as Tom could see. Anarrow ditch led away from the opposite side ofthe road through the fields beyond, a
. Tom Slade, motorcycle dispatch-bearer . t without Allied dispatch-aiders who had become rattled and had blun-dered into the enemys arms, but Thatchy had akind of uncanny extra sense, a bump of locality,if you will, and that is why they had sent himInto this geographical tangle where maps becameout of date as fast as they were made. The sun was not yet up when they reached awider road running crossways to the one out ofthe village and here many troops were waiting asfar up and down the road as Tom could see. Anarrow ditch led away from the opposite side ofthe road through the fields beyond, and lookingup and down the road he could see that therewere other ditches like it. The tanks were already lumbering and waddlingacross the fields, for all the world like greatclumsy mud turtles, with soldiers perched uponthem as if they were having a straw ride. BeforeTom and his companions entered the nearest ditchhe could see crowds of soldiers disappearing intoother ditches far up the road. The fields above them were covered with shell. SHOWING WHERE THE AMERICANS WERE BILLETED: CANTIGNY, WHICH THEY CAPTURED AND THE ROUTE TAKEN BY TOM AND THE CARRIERS. ARROWS SHOW THE AREA OF ATTACK. OVER THE TOP 39 holes, a little cemetery flanked one side of thezigzag way, and the big dugouts of the reserveswere everywhere in this backyard of the trencharea. Out of narrow, crooked side avenues sol-diers poured intc the communication trench whichthe wire carriers were following, falling in aheadof them. Well get into the road after the boys go overand then youll have more room for your machine,Close quarters, hey? Toms nearest companionsaid. When they reached the second-line trench theboys were leaving it, by hundreds as it seemed to[Tom, and crowding through the crooked com-munication trenches. The wire carriers followedon, holding up the wire at intervals. Once whenTom peeped over the edge of the communicationtrench he saw the tanks waddling along to rightand left, rearing up and bowing as
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