Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-05-16

along the line. Fieischuann had fallen
fairly ieaped ahead of us. his great sabre
sweeping down row Of bayonets as .
in pit dug around the brow Of 4 the siii
and fought like demons There seemed to
be thousands OF them Our revolvers were
primitive fight-hand to hand, face to face.
shoulder 10 shoulder. 1 struck out TO right
ton: AS In a dream heard the deadly
clash OF metal the putting and granting
Of ssrsinips men: the biasphsny; the
Farther around the hin top our men
were falling back, and farther yet they
French before them. A few OF our men
gathered about US, and. almost surrounded
own. lighting with the absolute despera-
ton that comes into mans heart but
in with the dead: yet as fast as they Went went
down others came forward. There seemed
TO be no end to the cut and slash. the
eyes looking into our own with murderous
hate. Lowenberg was on my right: at his
again. STEADY. wei havs them sraeS on a the
could not e be so: hat we must " so do% sa IN
principle.
had been felled some time before by one
of Lowenberg's lightning strokes. wrfggled
n
desperate thrust sent his bayonet into
Lowenberss vitais. All. God. how 1t sick
gasp asp % mist oSscvred i my sight M for
moment 1 weakened and my sword wa
vered. Before could recover. the butt OF
before me and descended upon my head.
Ny ears rang like n foundry. The whole
a Fourth OF July pinwheel. with multi
tudes OF sparks dying. i tottered back
S %ard and fen heavily upon the pile Of
looked at Fleischmann. He stood erect.
with feet well spread like some great
smashing. cutting, his lips compressed. his
jaws set with determination. He had
was gone cut eS on his temple SssJ let ' 1 sse
blood trickle down over his bronzed
s sar ,s. Into my heart ca%s great oSs
went out and the horrid noise OF war
faded away into the great silence.
that wakened me. 1 lay upon the grass
in small, open shed: He was bathing
lection came back to me. and stung into
my feet. But the danger was past. Save
Frenchman in sight Fleischmann was
as calm as before the fight began He
up. his comrades came TO the rescue. I'VE
were In full possession. but Mt what
fearful fearful cost! out of ten thousand men
l found Lowenberg lying on a heap OF
straw. his light nickertng. his mind wan
out to his wife, or sang snatches OF Ger
man ballads. One OF his under officers.
who, was physician. sat near. He shook
MS head In answer to my inquiry. There
Presently my friend turned his head and
clear. Adams. he 's said. faintIy.s tell
the boys IL was n good night. They were
ty--" He half rose, and raised his arm
with clenched fist. For God and the
ad ss,l nd: he cried in ringing tones
We turned the French guns in the direc-
ton OF the river and prepared to hold our
several hours there had been little or
no firing to the east. where the main
noon now. The SKY was Ss e over over
cast. and the wind was rising.
Presently the sound of firing rose again.
going OF at once. From our elevated po-
sition We could see far out on the plain.
put IL to my eyes. There lay the piano.
dead asn grass al, appeared the opposing forces,
soft gray sea-island-cloth of the French
gave distinction enough. There was no
powder The center Of fieRting S appeared
TO be well down the bend of the Marne
water was fT Of BACK s see that the
French were being forced into the river
4 large body of the gray was hurrying up
Pelier crossing. And we with but half a
thousand men TO defend II!
The wind Increased in force. The skies
grew dark. And now, coming from the
south, appeared a shoal OF small airships
OF new, dirigible type, with fans and
rudders. They circled above us, hardly a
quarter Of mile away. and swung down
toward the battlefield. heading into the
watched a strange thing happened. The
ships were poised directly over the vic
torious Germans. Suddenly a series of
peculiar popping reports came TO my ears
] saw the Germans breaking, scattering
running away from the French. The
ground beneath them. behind them In
front OF them, sparkled, like the phos-
phorescent ocean. i saw the whole army
moving north. struggling. disorganlzed
horde. They left behind them brown
track. and as the sky lightened for a
moment saw that the track was hu-
man-the bodies OF men prone upon the
earth called Fleischmann. Look"
sparks around them. What does IL