Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-02-08


muzzle of the guns towards the enemy
and the gunners pounded away into th
woods to their hearts content. It wa
hard work, however, for the Prussian
stand like walls even when withou
cover, and are particularly stubborn
when under protection of woods o
houses. The rattle of musketry wa
incessant it was like a continuou
volley, the smoke of which seemed t,
emerge from everything around. Th
French troops posted on the hill, un
der the Nalerlen guns, never moved al
inch the whole day, but kept firing in
cessant volleys at the Prussians, posted
to the right of Bougival. The artiller,
seemed also to be doing it's work, fo,
ever and anon the rattle of the volley,
was drowned by the awful boom of tRt
heavy fort guns while throughout the
Internal music ran the newest battle
sound-I mean the horrible rat-ta-tat
tat-tat of the mitrailleuse. Simple as
the sound may look on paper, there is
something horrible about it; some.
thing quite distinct from the noise
made by any other weapon
A FEARFUL SCENE.
1 now came to little clearing in the
wood just as I stepped into the open
a gust of wind blew out my lantern. I
had no matches. I crept cautiously
along, but it was pitch dark, and [
could not see an inch before me. I had
not gone many yards when I stumbled
over body; I spoke, there was no an
swer; I put my hand over the face, it
was cold got up, and again I STUN
bled over a second body. I felt for
matches in dead mans pocket; to nv
delight L found a pipe, and of course
matches. I lighted my candle in the
lantern, and then holding it above my
head / surveyed the scene before me.
To my dying day [ shall never forget
it; stretched out like fan, with their
feet towards common centre, lay eight
men near the middle of the clearing;
between them and the side of the wood
[ had just emerged from, were the two
corpses I had stumbled over. and in
this little space five others lay dead
also. I was Mortified; fifteen dead
men, and I the only living person
near them; OIL how dreadful was that
silence! I shivered from head to foot
Just as I was lowering my lantern,
after viewing this CHASTITY spectacle,
one of the supposed dead in the center
it brought my scattered senses
back again. [ went to the wounded
man he had received frightful scalp
wound, and looked, from his face being
covered with blood, almost unearthly
lis eyes rolled in their sockets I felt
or fracture but could find none. r.
poke to him; he answered. 1 asked
lin why he did not go away; he point
ID to his knee; [ ripped the trouser
'pen, his kneecap had been completely
blown away. I dressed his wounds, !
ook the great coat from the knapsack
# dead man lying near, and wrapped |
lim in it, for he was shivering with the |
old. As was leaving, he said, fsAh,
lat was fearful bad shell; we are
,nly half of what it hurt, the rest have
rawled away" Of the seven others. |
TX were stone dead. The Mont Vale I
len shell had indeed done it's work:
he other still lived, but how? [ will I
lot harrow your feelings by answering
he question his lips were blue: he .
Wasser, wasser;n Il
landed him my flask. T.
new nothing could be done for |
nm. At that moment [ saw CLEAN
II light coming towards me through |
he trees. Two krankentragers, or
ick-carriers, stopped in the wood to
lick up wounded man. I went to
hem, and told them of the men in the
learing, and they promised to return
t once. [ now thought my work was
one, and making my way towards the
pad leading to Garches, [ came to
hat seemed to be field; many lights
ere fitting about, and wounded men
ere being carried to the village. I
aw light stationary at spot not far
istant, and could hear the thud. thud
pickaxe. [ knewwh that meant,
nd turned away; helmets and KNAPP
acks were lying about in all directions.
then passed some vineyards, where
acre had been very heavy fighting.
rom the amount of debris all the
ounded seemed to have been taken
way, but many dead lay about. [ had
ow almost got into the road, when out
t the darkness I heard low call for
ater; | hastened to the spot, and in a
itch l found man lying on his back,
reathing heavily. I gave him some
alter, then set about finding out where
is wound was. His shirt was hot, wet !
i'd red. [ tore it open; in doing so I
no 'ked my lantern over. AS I
'llghted it I saw the mans
ce; it was ghastly pale, and
cath was there, but I knew it, and ut {
red cry of horror It was the land /
chr officer l had seen that morning in :
! the vigor of manly health, and now, j
lly ten hours afterwards, I was to find '
m dying. I plugged the great hole t
his chest lightly with charple mois- {
ned with water, took a Frenchman's |
eat coat and wrapped him in it, and s
1T him there to seek couple of kran-
,ntragers- l was away about twenty {
: twenty-five minutes; to nv horror 6
hen I returned with the men, the |
andsome lieutenant was dead, and his s
'at and waistcoat were gone. I Hooked t
und, then ran down the road for five t
inutes towards Garches to catch the l
bber who, if he had done nothing '
orse, had robbed the dead, but 1 c
uld see no one. [ returned: the two t
were standing by the I
rpse. [ examined the neck; there v
,re nc marks of violence, SO l hoped T
e bright spirit had died before those G
ltures of the battle field had rifed G
e poor corpse. v
Yes, such is war Can anything JUS d
y the causes of such a scene as I S
We tried to portray2 Yet, what I v
n tell is not one-twentieth as bad as t
e awful reality; the scenes haunt me t
en- now like an ugly night mare, and t
3 ever before me. If this is enough "
cause sadness in one who has only v
ed to alleviate such sufferings, what o
ght to be the feelings of monarchs II
70 wilfully or thoughtlesslyi infict the V
rrors and unspeakable miseries of c
r on their fellow-menl a
70
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n of r. & S. Garrard, goldsmiths to b
Grown, has been proved in London n
der 5000, 1000 This is nothing to the q