Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TERS.

flames adams, graduate Of Vest Poinf, ana
E3robean REPRESENTATIVE ot american mann.
Eacfnrers, rs IN Paris at the opening Of tie ata,
bsfzpee4 France and Gstmlty. He engages an
an al, ship reconnaissance /of me french ana
narrowly escapes capture BY the Germans.
TIE air SHIP IS aOreckea ar ne Chateau LagN-
,,ay. adams is rescued, and is RRrSea 6y fht
Counts daughter, 1Aimee, pith arhom lie /aIt
II ioye. The Germans aapaRce and take tn
Chateau for Headquarters. dams defe1dl
.4imee against hasHH BY Col. Gttesman ana Is
KNOCKED down ~ the KaiSe,. Fearing treat
mem as a French Symbathiser he enters a 2sga'
neAf of HussarS, HAder his H3eHd col. Loapen-
berg. 4 spy is captured and turns cut 10 Be
Lafour, a Partisan che hiena of AaamS.
ARRANGEMENTS are mate Ior dtmee 70 be kaRel
Away 10 the home 9fhe1 COUSIN. ne German
amy moges aoeSt, LEAVING GlieSMaH IN charge
ofkhe Chateau, uhike AazmS and ms regiment
ambush a French coiumA. Report reaches him
that .4tmee has keI, dRing aoifH her Lat0U1,
the spv. GJieSmaA goes IN pursuit aU1N ojae'S
10 shoot. adams and a Sergeant F~2eisehRaRn
steal an automobile and go 10 deIena dfmee.
CHAPTER ".
suddenly found myself riding among Il
great concourse of mounted officers. To
left and TO right. through the fields, the
regiments were pushing ahead. Al inter-
walls groups of officers left the road and
struck out toward the northwest, joining
their troops. And as we settled down to a
steady trot, Lowenburg explained to me
the movement then under way.
The bulk of the German army lay at this
time between the Mouse and the confluence
of the Aire and the Aisne rivers. These
two streams run in n generally northwest
direction. and almost parallel, Tor some
fifty miles, being nowhere more than ten
miles apart. Between them, and extend
ing for perhaps thirty miles, lies the forest
of Argonne, II rugged and densely wooded
area, consisting mainly OF a single line OF
,uaYYIa Hills VARYING in hniuhf and and
ing at the river junction in Il bold, precipi-
tous headland. on the east the Aire, a
rather small but deep stream, has, III the
course of its centuries of flow, cut sharply
slope gradually to the Aisne, forming a
pleasant valley, from one to three miles
wide, and under a high state of cultivation.
At the foot Of the hills n fine road winds
northward, following generally the course
of the river.
According to the main plan of invasion,
the Germans intended to skirt the nor
them end of he Argonne Forest, cross the
Aisne at its junction with the Aire, and
proceed west to Reims. The French were
known to he moving slowly north from
their great camp near Chalons-sur-Marne to
bar the German advance, TO assist in which
operation IA strong detachment, under Gen
eral Messonier, was moving northwest from
Barbecue. following the road through
the Argonne Valley. This latter move was
intended as n coup; but so perfect were
the German sources of Information that II
became known on the second Jay. Inc
Emperor issued orders for an immediate
advance of the left wing, then resting south
OF the Chateau, ana consisting entirely of
neayy cavalry, to push directly west, cross
the ArEonne Forest, and fail upon the
French column.
To Lowenberg. with his magnificent hus-
sars, was assigned this important duty.
In addition to his own command We're three
regiments of cuirassiers. three of mounted
infantry, and two of laneers-in all about
eight thousand men. These were we'll
mounted and were armed with sabre, re-
yolvcr, and n new magazine carbine, carry
Ing sixteen shells OF high power, each
bullet being so constructed that upon leav-
ing the barrel it split into five smaller bull
lets. The principal object of the attack,
however. was panic and dispersal. rather
than humiliation, as producing a more dis
astrous effect upon the main French army.
An hour after midnight we reached the
Aisne river which had been bridged some
hours before by a pOntoon corps. In the
shadow of high Argonne hills 1t was in