Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-05-02

vhen I bsssme conscious OF a faint.
rumhiin' sound to the south held my
hand - .sy ear. siraining 10 hear ana Inter
uret the sound. tlsischtnann hearu ~ az
Listen. NJ said. " h In the French can
nsn coming NORTH
For some time We stool In ATTITUDES OF
from the scafh. ru-tlinx the tree tops. The
sound cauts aEain--s low, wcil-sieoned roll.
- of heavy wheels on "a hard road. For
fun a minute We heard u piainly5 then Il
died sway az the breeze fcll.
They are not less thnn i've miles away. -
said Lsowsnherz. God. how they creep
Wei. let "a move down"
We descended through the forest. aud
reaching the end ~ the woods worked
south After advancing a couple or miles
tbs lines reformed aud awaited the APP
prs-Ch OF the unsuspecfinE Gauis. Scouts
reported the road two hundred yards A.
way. Later came the lancer skirm iSherS
They had seen the French-a diVtsioa ~
cavalry, followed by infantry and field
hsttcrics-tWenU thousand men. more or
less They were covering shout SIX miles
- hour.
IL vas n trying wall Lowenberg con-
ferrei with his oncers. and l could but
With s1ciielnent- wondered what |
should do when the crisis arrived / was
not wish to nEht. for / was friendly to the
Freuch Net I knew that a could not now
withdraw. that they would strike at me.
and that must strike back or - down.
Finally the clatter ~ hoofs sounded
zrofrud bend in the road. and minute
later ths cavalry appeared With helmets
and trnppings flashing la the pale moon
light they Numbered BY. stream of horse
men = mile long. hurrytuE forward to select
camp. Tor II lacked bun two hours OF day
lsht, and the troops were hungry after
their night march.
A long ntervsi OF silruce-theu the tramp
- Infantry. steasiy and regular. Ike the
liSlltracd te a slckly. grayish yellow. they
came IN nght advancing in columns OF
four. We waited until they were well n
long In frunt OF ~. mile OF the column
had passed. saw LowenberE draw his re-
HolFer-the critical moment had arrived.
our frUnt was easily half mile long.
de-p. with space of ten yards between.
The huSsars formed the center. With LOW
enherE. Fteischmann and myself close be-
A. the shot rang ont our whole line
moved into the open laid. broke into q trot
then into gallop. Eight thousand German
Voices loiuc,i In one mighty cry OF battle
'Hurrsh. PreuHscn!'' And sgziD: ''Hur-
rsh. Preu.SeH. Nsrwacrts,''
Down Ne swept with thunder of hoofs.
cheer sfter cheer echoed hack from the
htsh etiis. t1fty yar,iS-a hundred yards
the trench were rallytng around their
standards. shoating aud Eesticulating In
great confusion. Some leyeled their rifles
and pattvr Of bullets sREcrsd the Ger
mans who opened with their esrbines aud
let looEs hail Of lead
can recall little IF that mad rush liy
horSc was running away. / could not have
held him " ] would. The bullets naw
Thicker. The Preach we're forming. knesl-
isg 81 tbs roadside and hring as rapidly AZ
they could work their guns. Others were
running An. ~ was no use either 20 run
or 20 IRE. That solid wall Of EisR aud
horses slld like an avalanche down the
grassy hill. IL brushed the French back: IL
hattened them; ~ crushed them into = mass
or EhriokinE. CurainG humanity. NJ horse
reared aud came down in their midst. his
great hoofs crushing the skulls OF two who
we're struggling 10 thsir feet. Ay very soul
slckeneu 90 the horrid smash 81 iron on
skull ON ~ went, straight through the
sssthlnE mas ~ men, and wheeling sharply
tu the Held beyond the road came bacf in
another mad charge.
suddenly LoWenbcrr's horse stumbled
uaNered. and vent down with q bullet Ia
bis hrsin. fleisChmann was az the left
y htlhg IKE dsiuens bis iong heavy sabre
playing haFuc IN the huidici groups OF de-
iuerallEet freurh. Euf 80 the Colonel sank
Win bis stert fleiersnsaun ela-ed in
s.'iHed him hy fhe collar. drasEed him out