The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAP
TERS.

ga1ses Aioms, graduate Of Vest Point, an
European rebresentatfpe Of A0zerieaH mann
facfKyers, is IN Paris al the openizg 81 me va,
beftpesn France and Germany re engages u
an ar snip reconnaissance fo' ne French an
Hafr0zUfy escapes capture BY fHe Germans
The az sh51 IS a0yeckea ar The Chateau LagN
nay. Adams Is rescued, and rs nlrsed 9y IN
Counts a1APlifer, Aitgee, NTH aeh0m ne /alk
~ k0ye THE Germans aQgdAce and take IN
Ckafsaz IN HeaaqRaykeys. adams defeqa.
Aimee against fNsHH BY Col Gt1esD1aR and &
kaocked doauu " Tie Kaiser. Fearing treat
meJsf as a French syubafltser Ne enters regT
nfeaf Of Yussars, Hnder his friend col L05oe7z
6erq. "A SPY IS captured and turns oHt 10 b
LaToxy. a P1rfs1an chit friend 0f Aaans
4rynHpsD,enks are MADE tor 4fMee 10 be taken
array 10 The home OF her c0nSfn. The German
army moves uest, keav7Hg Gresham an charge
ofkke Chateau, fph1e adams aud his regiment
ambush q French column. Report reaches him
kEaf aimee has len, taxing NTH he, LatOHy,
me sey Gt1esmaa gees an pursuit mn oyae,'s
10 shook. .4dGUlS and Sergeant FIefseAwaNsl
sfsal an aatomoosle and 90 70 aeteS4d AiA4ee.
CHAPTER ".
suddenly found myself riding among a
great c0nconrse Of mounted officers. 10
left and to right, through the helds, the
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 70 me
The bulk OF the German army lay at this
time between the Meuse and the confluence
OF the Aire and the Aisne rivers. These
two streams run In a generally northwest
fifty miles, being nowhere more than ten
miles apart Between them, and extend
Ing for perhaps thirty miles, lies the Forest
OF Argonne. a rugged ana densely woodea
al of "A
irregular hills, varying in height, and end
ing ut the river junction In a bold, precipi-
t0us headland On she east the Are,
rntber small but deep stream, has, in the
into the hillside. On the west, the hllls
slope gradually to the Alsne, forming
pleasant valley, from one TO three miles
Wide, and under high state of cultivation.
AZ the foot OF the hills 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
Alsne ut its junction with the Aire, and
proceed west to Reims. The French We're
known to he moving slowly north from
their great camp near ChalOns-sur-Marne to
bar the German advance, to assist in which
operation strong detachment. under Gem
eral Messonier, was moving northwest from
Bar-le-Duc, following the road through
the ArROnne Valley. This latter move was
the German sources OF Information that 1t
became known on the second day. The
Emperor issued orders for an immediate
advance OF the left wing, then resting south
OF the Chateau, and consisting entirely of
heavy cavalry, to push directly west, cross
the Argonne Forest, aud fall upon the
French column.
TO Lowenberg, with his magnificent hus-
rars, was assigned this important duty.
In addition to his own command were three
regiments OF cuirassers, three OF mounted
and two Of lancers~-in all about |
eight thousand men, These We're well
and were armed with sabre, re- |
volver and a new magazine carbine. carry |
Ing sixteen shells OF high power, each |
bullet being SO constructed that upon leav-
Ing the barrel 1t split into five smaller bull
lets. The principal object Of the attack, |
however, was panic and dispersal, rather
than annihilation, MS producing more dis
lstfous 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 |