Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-19
Compiled BY WmRMaekriIi.

srench 6ack upon the river. and before
shey could go aSros STRIKE f6 tn them a on 'S IL
lowenberg fcil the special task Of roNInS
further % the Marne 70 Monte feller. ., m
could cross Here the south bank feii
away and the north bank rose IN tnree
hills the center OF the trio being really
Srnau mountain. with a fat TOP. when
commanded the bridge below and the
TIE French fortificatlons asa not extend
THIS far and the main danger Nas In the
p III; 6ef9-. ~. s,stii5 Set thcre.
With a detachment q ten infantry resi-
through the night and oetore CIV
reached the Sillery forest which extended
+ Co the base OF the Monte PeIer. Here We
encanps,l 20 await the sigma u al ,, silSe
and the arrival - regiment % artllery-
Early in tho afternoon W heard hrinE
/ Eoaylv n Er~W hsavisr The sharp.
snappy bark of the high-poWer fiel3 guns
. blended With the roll ot rides and ths
. wierd howl 81 the new mulupleN ribbon
Gatings. which sent cut a continuous
stream ~ explosive bullets bursting or
+ the slightest Impact and tearing their vic
inch guns on IRE hirh banks came into
play Their booming reports echoed
through the heavens. bespeakiug enor-
/ nous projccules- Iae DIN was fearful. 1
thanked my stars that / was not within
As the darkness came on we could
catch the f9shes or right rs ne Fte5e Z
guns heichcd out their tons o. iron ana
The mortars their pots OF acid fire and
i M4Itn EflH az was fNL MELlI AFTER ~ t' a
that I learned the full extent - the devil
lshness OF man inventive ingenuity ~
providing means Tor the destruction "a
Thcn came our signal nigh Ga the air
% the east. appeared q shower ~ gNiltf
SHARKS. aud the mysterious echoing boom
OK an aerial projecule was borne - ou'
: ears. The SPARKS paled and feii. and from
+ means that the French are retresfiug Q,
s tie river and that Monte Peher must r'
b order and the word was passed on tn
2 artillery had NOT comet never came, a
&. Al matter of fact. some one had biuu
= dered. Hut we waited mot Here was ou
G task. and w- moved toward D. VAL
RI The woods came % an end Ia front @
y us the hin doomed ~ - the sky. a great
: dark. rock-strewn mass. it, shadows ina
q Fleisch1nann and were in advance. an
y as We emerged from the woods. the Troop
$ iet whistied past my ear. Another hos
I and report anot her ape another on eae
2 farther up the hui S.ence zen. pros
! we saw that our auNailc' VS. snnNn
y the French. bat We pushed on II was q
n Ne had Covered hair q tho distance am
q We're climbing steadily when me wno
p. top M the hin lighted uD and hall 20 iez
e descended. The front row ~ cavalry Wef
> down. a Smuggling mass - men en-
e Again and again came that terrible ras
.e The crashing report as ~ thousands
rifles aud fhp song ~ lead Ia our ears -
In terrIbke The storm was Zoo heavy. or
~ GERS and men alike threw themselves q
~ The ground and sought shelter behind q
is ooUiders with which the hin was sfrcN
BE- or in deDresgtons IT. the ground The =
re- became continuous. And now the Frent
lCIsttd great SearChllghts that reveals
BE- our ranks. The sharp white rays dazzl'
% our ewes and We could see nothing son
lee eicht thousand troops hugsed the gro an
n sheltered and unshtlt tered Meu srptu'
IT, and cursed and shricN-d ln ag1r
ar Horses. mlddcred with pain and frigt
20 staggered % their feet and went gail0pii
'n down the hill killing and manning man
Do At brief and regular intervals came IN
bee sheet n flame and the hail ~ bullets.
lr Was death @ retreat and death % rcnlal
~ - We Jay ultl4 Gay liSht . .
- As che dawn broke and the sun no &
II sky the French continued their destrl
sd ton In a more Giabolical fashion Fro
le the top 81 the hiil they rolled great ha
Of OF tough paper. which broke on the roc
IN and scattered burning acids and noNio
e. gases. Directly above the point where
a three lay there was a well-defned hui
be mock which detected these hideous imp
a. survived that experience. Of those "
OF were not 50 protected few escaped 7
whole side 81 the bill. for half . mile. ~
,e. / covered with dead and dying
he Durine the night the firing on the %
had diminished but With the dawn
a. opened again. and the heavens We're r.
he with the crash and roar ~ mighty sui
Up which continued all day without INTERN
he sion. The firing above Us ceased. no
Be- no longer. Lowenbcrg concluded that
he French ammunition had given out a
a that an attack was again possible y 8