The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

tellfgence that two gentHes had apparently
been surprised and killed.
cavalry cadet came Ralloping up. Colo
mel. q strong body q the enemy's horse i adj
To give color to this statement a aputterinE oil
rine tiro broke out and momentarily grew In
In nfteen minutes Jonguyon was cleared oil
UhlanA and BaYarians, three bridges were de.
stroyed. two railway %vtaducts blown up. and q
SGySn5sSmnnifts ccsafrtyidSes VII detonatiSs 4 fuses Sesc n q q
long tunnel that pierced the hills leading to the
To the Germans confusion and chaos seemed
to reign UNCHECKED.
touch with the lighting could not fall 20 notice
that a vast body Of horse needless OF the con-
the. direction Of D~iedenhofen.
Meanwhile the defenders q the post were
actively eoypn hunted pIH;N In my 9Sery dirrOsi c d,9ncr, and hal, =,
battalion OF Hanoyerians on board, dashed on
toward spineouIt, the nearest point by rail TO
Damvilliers, and the main line OF German COM
point where Pierre TISronde and his little band
BY midnight an entire division had been put
in motion by Gen; kreuEnach and was hasten
word of,reply could the stan get 10 the singular
and stt ia neessSSs from LonEuyon which
They encountered straRglers from the threat
ened flank who announced that q French coll
umn,a division. an army corps OF 100000 men
thought Il his duty to halt until daylight. he
1 Dlu bON Nv W ailu
found only the evidences OF the preceding
violent earth tremor. meant that two months
| bard work would scarce 'suflce. to make the
Larnnde and his comrades thought It high time
e. catch some riderless horses and ride fast
. lie Breton's method Of advance was admira-
Bile. Every time, that a bridge had to be de-
etroyed or a section OF the parallel railway dis
pressed on through the. darkness.
wo Meea and az the aS 8re e c rode ode o aft To becon nto the he
rear guard in their turn.
| expedition reached Audnn- le-R2nan. the erst-
while, French frontier Custom House. Here a
small iniaTtIy guard n vas f. cut #. up Sr and two GUS s;
the invasion. were set, at liberty and told to
escape as best they might,
fr ont. instantaneously drowned in a wild out
burst OF cheering. proclaimed the fact to VII
time In a eeneration an armed force Of French
men had set foot upon the soil OF lorraine.
have It. and here LIE Breton received a severe
check. wholly unpremeditated on both sides.
into tn the IeS niIInEe st Street ana Sdn found tSena 7 esf IN
the midst Of a swarm of, soldiers, infantry and
artillery. being the. nucleus OF q division now
main body on the Mouse. The hasty resolve of
Kaiser Wilhelm to penetrate into France at
After the first gasp Of amazement the stolid
Teutons recovered themselves and q fierce az
I1dS ne as EH eombatants from both sides packed
into the narrow street.
Here. Of course. the xell-drilled infantry had
would have determined the melee. when Le
Breton. who rode ever close to the advance
Asingle glance revealed the situation to him.
He saw that his leading squadron must be
his horse into a~furious Gallop. he rode back and
halted the first brigade.
and planted four machine, guns here. stimuli,
taneouslyr retiring the first brigade southwark
The remainder followed, but the movement
had barely started when the remnant. OF the ad-
vance guard fell back. closely pursued by some
fantry. pressing on behind.
But lie Breton's turn had come. The great
adyentage Of the machine gun is that its 6re is
position of the enemy is clearly defined:
the guns along q Comparatively level road and
blaze sT y.aS the, the four tSn pouring our q. an =. absolute s1ann tor
Nothing could live, against IT. The pursuers.
unable to retreat with. sufficient raridity ow-
ieT q f tfs S5GMSlnf H and seht9 os mem ef fell n t tSit
slaughter house. and those who sought to es-
eeapss rt int the she, fields 5os Te5e t TT1taie IS gT egt d9T na
all hazards a flank attack on the new line OF
It must be remembered that the German off,
GERS were wholly ignorant OF the true position.
and consequently unable to make better d!spo-
SltlOnb lOI utbdulIluB tnlb md NcliOuS WIN
had sprung from nowhere.
And he disappeared as promptly as he had
hi5ftlhS the human l9asnn sEha mIb5Iesl Just BEYOND the Village Stse.
while a series OF explosions In the distance told
the listeners that every time the road crossed a
= Two miles from Fontoy LIE Breton ordered q
much-needed halt.
ate fearo OF pursuit or efdciently organized re-
sistance. though the German stafi at Damvil-
liers and Thionville. Metz and Mars la Tour
were frenzied with annoyance at their inability
TO discover exactly what was going on.
egraphs clicked necessarily. even the Emperor
at Fresnes was walked out OF q sound sleep-but
in vain: The ipcSmParaeIe German system OF
offront. was poyeriess to locate LIE Breton and
was now many miles in the rear OF the main
body and had already much disarranged the
Until daybreak he WIS comparatively safe.
Horses were picketed, some food hastily eaten
and the whole force composed itself for four
Beyond ascertaininG that his total losses so
offce e@oR FIifed S 52 d'i WonndsS. WITH Rsn some ona f haee
to deal with, His route was cut and dried and
o%ficers.N Events must lie dealt with as they ar
rived. They could not be ANTICIPATED; o,o
himself to rest with his saddle hap, for a pillow.
don't think Vansittart himself could have
IN drst beams Of light found the little force
making its toilet after a fashion described ny
the reRimental wag Of the Eighteenth as d Ia
stretch, followed by a breakfast Of timed beef.
biscuit and a drink OF wine from the stock of a
local cabaret. formed the preliminary to an
eyentful day.
While all hands were busy saddling up the
General called to him the second in command.
Col. Montsaloy. a slight. active. cavalry, oficer.
whose cheekbones. chin; shoulders. and elbows
Euclid affecting the properties Ola right angle.
"Montsaloy." he said. i" give me your map"
Thinking out the situation during the last hall
hour. he said, "and. have decided on an i'm
as you know. to pass sonthward behind Metz,
leaving 1t on my right. That holds good. but II
we want to avoid the certainty OF being cut 10
pieces before the evening we must create a di-
version. They will look for us at FIRST between
Metz and the frontier. Well. they must ind
you and o brigade there
II understand you fully. General"
Good. You will proceed by way Of BrieX,