BIG AND LITTLE "WILLIES."

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15268, 3 May 1915, Page 8

BIG AND LITTLE "WILLIES."

(FBOM OTTO OWW COKRISFOSDXST.I LONDON, March 16.. An artillery officer writes:—"l ««* for an evening constitutional to Vy a visit to the batteries, and just as i ; got there those brutal Germane start- - «1 planking shells our way. They Mtt done so before with indifferent accuracy, and we—ono of the Majors, J» two subalterns, and I—remained" in u»* shanty where the.Major eleeps ana;v . keeps his telephone in the middle of , the battery. It was by no means a., splinter-proof of merit, and had no *- : , been craipietod as anything but-» shelter from rain. The next Big >"£ lie' dropped ten yards from us, «na. down came shelvas, books, .<*<***£' , maps, lamps, candles, etc.. with »•*"", ful crash. So we decided to move into.. the adjoining splinter-proof, whlCll J a more sensible erection, and * a **Z . f more out of the line of fire « «"J ,'jl well we did, as the next ,n, S. M S our late abode 6ky-hi«h. " I and saw the Germans play and w> __ I did do very well, puttinji 32 of UK3r I Cm high explosives into a ~^"?r*Z £ The beastly things make a fiandisa w». and you can hear them coming a s" . away. This lasted 25 minutes, ano we Were glad when it was over. sole damage done was the destr of the Major's hut aad one men s»gi« lv wounded by splinter in the leg. . ' '-After inspecting the damage, - moved on to another battery ?"<*. ■ pleasantly chatting to the Al".! 0 when 'Bi X Willie' began ag«'"* •Littlo Willie , (4m) bad a peck rt » Wβ heard 'Bigs Willie , P^S'Jfftff , the battery I had just left ***™*\ . Williei barking at us. M tar as vas concerned, 'Littlo Willie near?-, cot his teeth home on two : , the first bpiiiK only two yards fr°niJ» *- and the second five. Lucki.y >n*E. .-„,;.. case there was about 4ft of ca us. but there <nw an sensation—out wont o.'ir candle iai* j v diijr-out. nnd the roof bpß»n to in Anything further t: an fivo raw didn't count, but eleven others fithin 4.0 yards of us, as saw » __.-_< we went to insotjct - - _ X