They ran on. The houses of the village were close at hand and in among these they went. Two of the men had originally qualified as grenade-throwers. Clem told them to blow up anything that looked like a gun nest. The others were to use rifle, bayonet and pistol only. It was necessary to shout these orders above the rattle of guns and yells of the charging marines on every side. The words were hardly out of Clem’s mouth before the long, jacketed barrel of a machine-gun was poked out of a cellar entrance on the street not fifty feet ahead of them and the fire began to streak from its muzzle toward a group of marines coming down a cross street. One of Clem’s new men lighted his grenade, dashed forward, bowled it over-hand with a skill that would have done credit to an expert cricketer. A mass of dust, dirt and mangled objects blew out of the cellar and that gun nest was no more. The little squad rushed on. Opposite a square stone building from a window of which came a burst of flame and a ripping sound. Clem saw some steps to the right which might lead to this nest. He shouted to his men and leaped forward. At the top step he glanced about. Three of his squad lay on the ground. Two were following him. The heavy door was fastened. Clem drew back the butt of his gun to break the lock, but one of the others fired into it, and as they threw their bodies against the door it burst open. Within a large room, like an inn parlor, two Huns were working the machine-gun and a third met them with leveled rifle. Before Clem could fire one of his men threw his weapon like a Zulu his spear and the bayonet transfixed the Hun, who sank with a gasp. The other marines were upon the two gunners before they had time even to shout “Kamerad!” Freeing their bayonet points all three turned to leave the building when a lone marine jumped in, shouting: “Gun nest on the roof!” “Get ’em!” shouted Clem, who was dimly aware that the man was Martin, of his own squad. They found a stairway. Dashing up this and along a hall, they climbed another flight where they saw a ladder leading to an open trap door.