The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-15
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THREE plCTUaES
OF HORRID WAR.

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Three skeleton companies Of infant
y-iSo men IN ali-half faced To the
right on the right wing Of division
extended In battle line along a creek
fringcd with trees. aud there 10 hold
It's ground AZ all hazards. We on the
uank have no cover. but face cleared
neld half mile Wide aud are strung
out In single line No bullets are are6
At us from In front. but there IL
steady aud yengeful ping. ping. plngl
from the hot lead coming In behind us
aud over the heads Of our comrades
facing the south We stand at parade
rest. and take whatever comes with
out wincing. Now and then a bullet
hnds iis billet and a man goes down.
nut the STEADY. mrur' OF the senior
captain prevents anything like confu.
sion In the lines. Nothing tries the
nerves more than 10 be under fire In
line without movement. but pride and
discipline are strong factors ON bat
tie field
At the end Of half an hour we have
eleven men down. Two OF them are
officers from the rear line. The fre
along the creek has grown hotter. hut
our lines are holding their own and de-
pending upon us TO take care of the
flank or sudden n horseman rides
out Of the woods la front Of M and H.
spccis our position through his glass
We only know him a. an officer. but
his glass enables him 10 count every
man 81 us-alm0st tell the color OF
each mans hair aud eyes. lie holds
hls glass upon Us Tor sixty seconds
and then disappears among the trees
Attention" calls tile senior captain,
and the line dresses in an instant
Infantry IN the wondsH whispers
each man 10 bis neighbon "Wcll. let
'em come. " tuey are too many Tor
u.s. achievements viii b. sent 90 us.
All That's business
Three guns Of u battery cCme glD
looping az on our right aud unllmhor.
ana cheer goes along tne lines Shell
first-gnpe and canister next. The
guns VIII have clear sweep over the
Held
There they come. and rs cavalry
Instead Of Infantry
STEADY, men, No talking IN the
ranks Now. then. not Shot until
they pass that bush down there. and
then shoot 10 KIM
Five hundred cavalry men ride out
from under the trees aud form up two
lines deep The three guns open on
them at once with shell bat the lines
form and dress under lre with a cool.
nisss that cxciies admiration We can
not hear the order ~ Draw sahcrs"
but we catch the fash q steel ard
draw q long breath. The guns erase
firing 20 load with grap,. and the
eQunar0n moves out on front no Jon (.
~ ,r1in onr own Tho hugirs blow
'-'rrutl "GaliOp.' "Chnrgr" Here
they come, every trooper whirllng BIZ
sahcr about lls head and yelling
every horse at the tap of his speed.
"stcaly. boysl let 'em got The
gIape and canister FIRST Down with
those muskeis on the leit, That's
right stop that cheering In the cen
ter, Watt Waltz Now give g ~
'emi"
"Epom, D. omi hlNmI r. m the ~ ns
double shoticd with missiles which
were fired polnthlank into the charg-
Ing squadron. aud then crash OF mus.
kerry a. every man pulled the trigger
az the same instant. Ten feet to thr
right 81 me n trooper broke through
our line-icu feet Co the lcft a second
--bui only q hr shot down by the OH.
GERS in the rear The smokr-clYu
hangs for a moment 90 obscure q
vision. bat we hear the groans Of
wounded loIsos-ihc cries aud cure
q wounded mon-thc thud 90 houfs ou
the soft earth We load and fire ai
viii Into the cloud. hut presently tle
wind shifts the smoke aud whlfls ID
away aud the order comes 90 cease OH,
ing
Where Is the body 90 cavalry which
charged u.s. 4 score OF h0rscmcn
down on the left another score away