The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18

49, "
~ beyond Gravelotte, by the side Of the Metz
road. / want TO inspect that farm tonight"
get. therep"
II am sure 81 It.
There are 4OO.OOO m in the way. l
wish / we're assured OF Il myself. though 1 be-
heyS we vii get the best Of the struggle" .,o
Kaiser to direct them | know him we'll He
plays the condueror on parade. He. cannot
S%HIsi b Il p2 fe will FIS sec SIs @ eTsh I Si to. qHer-
row."
Jerome smiled at this c9ustlc summary:
We'll. we shall see.- hone 70 meet you hear
Beaumaychals's division. the foreign legion
an orderly retreat. s%uiienly. desperately.
steadily. the ,Frenchmen retired before the
crushing onslaught OF the Hnnoverians, now
strongly reinforced.
A. last the check came. The French guns.
rained shrnpnell upon the advancing Ger;
mans, The enemy nlnched, halted ana reeIed
rSHIdly SS uniimb6arRe Si to 1 enFnSo tho Ro1 french TSaS
teries.
soon the infantry combat dled INTO notnlng-
ness beside the thunder 81 the giant encoun-
In Ing ar SrtI bGth siSos B anti 7 X after SSpa S9ttery GPbl app Cd
the German guns run would have quickly t DECIDED led
French had the tremendous advantage OF Sc
lection OF ground;
The nature OF the country precluded long
range hiring. as gnnners undeTstand " Barelv
u mile separated the most distant batteries.
ana mere again. n view, OF the appailng aecu-
| ih'1 ahu tuONI VI bnV hiSSiiSE' tho pOihdho "a
bored under q dTawhaek; .,o r.o,oh
Inelr cXposed nositions rendered me FrenSn
practice more no eo deadly y, AND 3 it was clear . s,r 20 ,b the
the French guns were able to hold their own
aEhinst the assaiiantsi .ho .,a,,o ,r;,, al
DauDlssoh rOckeu III Ihe sauule WIN au-
miJation.
tule ane duel, ne If Ffi Is sSp;erb 'o! ViS SEu I sV sue nee ar
nnhsiitart hearu MIN mnd nhsTeten n3t; ne
fully understood. Five hours u time and three
| Hles. III Spice maui, u, NdSb ulleECiCS DetWeeu
ms lneal OF Whr ana Ine mi,llonaiTes 3.
tr comm nmt IN AFTER nn cosI 1 i oil 0 1ne he SermI sad,p rnla A.
Gani@ri ot toe for t hreG Sttos central army corps was
q piees inc CONTINUOUS roar vi 'he ""s""'ne
h9uhs S d e eN n the enbR attfn bano Nun N.Y. e u enen any
the tide of conflict syrged in red waves over
RI HIM. eNv Wnn n m me1rts : n u f m tSe ber y,
Ihls was y Snaii hrea iNr inc numoes 81
men on .ne I9la' anu me HHn., mus ~ UnueI1seu.
raEed VIII tne greater ierocity' oh helther
S'T To TtR% e r fEIT wing wing V u nsGitttarE sent the impera-
tive order; Upon 30 account attempt 9 9nt,
flank the enemy. Hold your ground against
al To S'' the left, stand fast. Fight in square
if 9sessfary.i
cMntn Ms glasses hs Stu Sad 10 we Setnbed or w 3fS
the air Of a man that exnected something
when came nor: Iour hHhHre9 yarhs ~ me
MI ~ lie ongS.odn' ~ nv tou,ru see noush' vi nix
AZ iaS,, IN Ihe rag % .ne nomT' h T9n sTTb6 ae
q nominal Gommander.in.Chiei ana give or
Dnubissop wrung his hands in the inpo-
,enes Oh ao'eco uespair ou' ne u''ereo no
From out the turmoil stood one patent fact.
Although tne halser nau ihuneneu tne iuil
power of the mighty thunderbolt he controlled;
the German infantry had not gained a loot OF
With splendid heroism his famous troops
| nuTlp IDBIlSbINeS OH III uDIenINTB ANU m
eanners sacrificed themsslyes to the French
batteries by turning their fire upon the French
1t was no use. II the Germa1s were brave
80 were the French; They could could die: not m
Al a quarter to 3 o'clock he discerped the
mounted troops gathered in rear of the Ger
man guns. ,ooo arshod with .r,rnn, whon
he saw the rapid preparations in progress be-
hind the batteries. ..r.u
IT Turning ir to the e. stan tai he, ne said; Tell LIE Bre-
Four officers raced 9fI. and an alert air OF
}Hbilatiop swept away the frenzy Of the others
stricken. Now he understood.
He approached Va!nsittart closely. so that he
monsieur he said, You deal with men,"
Even in the anxiety OF this supreme mo
ment. 1or the next ten minutes would lrrev-
9cably determine the result OF the fight.
JEROME was able to reply smilingly:
1t is my, only accomplishment General. but
1t ounces.
Not, until the German horse, were fairly
launched down the opposite slope did the
startled gunners and perplexed Colonels OF in
fantry perceive the full extent OF the storm
about to burst upon them.
Brigade succeeded brigade across the ridge
and down the hill. riding In beautiful lines.
and pouring on over q wide front until 10000
troopers were in motion, gathering pace as
they came.
The guns tore gaps in them. hundreds fell
before the showers OF bullets. but the glitter;
ing, ranks swept on. and the earth Numbered
with the myriad beats OF iron-shod hoofs.
The Germans were still a quarter OF n mile
from the advanced lines OF French skirmish-
ers. and men were running back to their regi-
mentS for dear life. when a great roar OF de-
light vent up from the French army
lie Breton. leading the Eighteenth Ghas-
and many another crack cavalry corps. rode
grandly across the ridge and onward to meet
Owing to Vansittartis foresight. the French
troops were fully equal in strength to their
opponents, and they now had the i~nestimable