. At the front in a flivver. scenery. Afterfiring the salvo of shots which lasted aboutten minutes, although it seemed an hour,the Boches were silenced by heavy shellingfrom both English and French. I got a call for Eclusier (the bad canalrun) and got two men. Imbrie also got acall, and thereafter we were running until9 ; the most active session I have hadyet. They shelled Cappy again just afterI left. Apparently they were either afterone of the little gunboats which had justarrived up from Mericourt or the extensivediggings around the hospital, makingbomb-proofs for blesses. From an aero
. At the front in a flivver. scenery. Afterfiring the salvo of shots which lasted aboutten minutes, although it seemed an hour,the Boches were silenced by heavy shellingfrom both English and French. I got a call for Eclusier (the bad canalrun) and got two men. Imbrie also got acall, and thereafter we were running until9 ; the most active session I have hadyet. They shelled Cappy again just afterI left. Apparently they were either afterone of the little gunboats which had justarrived up from Mericourt or the extensivediggings around the hospital, makingbomb-proofs for blesses. From an aero-plane the latter may have looked like en-trenchments or emplacements for guns. May 6. I broke the rear axle yesterdaywhile on Bureau. Bureau is the carthat takes extra calls when all the othersare busy. There are first and secondBureau men who relieve each there are four replacement cars totake on any route over which a regularhas come to grief. The order changes everyday so that every one gets a turn at the va-. ON LES AURA 67 rious runs, replacements, and repos. Ittakes about a week before ones turn re-peats. I ran all day on Bureau calls— about one hundred miles. The first callwas at 7 ; the last at 11 , carry-ing four assis from Faucaucourt (withinrifle range of the Germans), on the per-fectly level Amiens-St. Quentin engine began to race and the carslipped. Luckily Brooke Edwards waswith me as orderly, and he ran a kilo-meter to Lamotte and phoned for anextra car. Imbrie came and took theblesses (they had blown themselves upwith blasting powder working in a minetunnel). I slept in the car all night in therain on a stretcher covered with blood. Iguess Ill get la gale all right this now and then somebody would pokehis hand in the back (the road was full ofpassing soldiers) and wiggle my feet andask if I was dead or blesse and desertedby the driver. I had to explain a dozentimes to well-meaning poilus that I waswaiting until daylight
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