The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-15

Wv WY wall pFvks tbiV AtstNeNk i"-t-
stesi Of flame 1lcksred along i,s front
Then the word ~ss given std sar sitae
sa delivered. Jspsnes-. Bli i.h and "A
rsans vert In together. Gaiiy they tro
ed through the gate Of the mud wsl, q
swords Of their oi'Issr. fables ir lhf SUI
nsht. Once 10 the open, The iorg lInes Z
stirmisbsrs spesd cut, sut ,hsn all tos'
tier they wsnt forward.
Instantly IL wss ~ 10 ne~ ChlT csc arm
hsd reinforced the Thousands siresdy b.
h'nd the puapet. The Il that bad swep
u. fsld before wa doubled AMI qua iiup
Id The specisl co rp.pondsns d 70 u
lag over the mud wall ard watching tb
magnificent bravery Of the advance, ssv
men fall 10 appalling NUMBER, although
The line went steadily forward.
The generals thought they uld tax,
the city by direct Assault, and their plan q
attack was the result OF that bell'f. The,
hsd agreed with the Russian,, wb,
were on the esst.to have their Asgs h,is'ec
on the city walls by eleven o'cl,ck thai
morning.
II was bold, daring plsr, with little tc
commend 1t besides i,s sudscity, but urged
by the japanese, because they knew thet
old enemy could least successfully resist
such move.
But Just when the line should bave reach.
I'd the crest OF the attack, II faltered and
stopped. There Il hung for . hour, ard
then the men began to strsggle tack from
the front with tales Of bitter LOSSES, tsgips
At the dresdfnlly folly ~ ssssultipg z 10 suc'
fashion an impregnsble position.
They delivered their messages for help
and went back to their work. Reenforct :
meuts went In, one company. then snothe'
then third. Soon all we're gene, and there
sere hardly men enough left bphInd tbe
mrd to take care OF the feld-hospitals es.
tablished there, which well hlllng up with
desperate rapidIty.
Then came call from some OF the Brit
ish for more ammunition. There was q
iacon'c command to bon-commissloned
? nffic OF one OF the native regiments, and
he turned to the mules huddled close In be-
hind the mud wall, out Of danger, with
their valuable loads.
He wsss fine, outstanding Pstbsn, his
huge Rrizzled beard curled back to bis ears.
and great bOff turbsn topping Ehs tall
q diure. With his hand on the mules bride,
ard one Of his men folio wing on each A nv,
he walked through the gate and out on the
hard yellow road, where the bullets spat.
erred 40 thickly It seemed not q sparrow
could live. All the dignity Of bis fighting
-aee was In his bearing, and no contemp,i.
be Chinese should hurry his gait.
They walked steadily through the hail
II bullets that fell round them, and II made
a. wot der, watching them from the top Of
he wall, Of what stuff their hearts were
made.
Fifty yards In the opeb they went IN.
harmed. The Chinese had their range, and
t SCI med az II every man on the psrapet
was firing at them Another fifty yards,
hen the mau at the left threw up biz
nsnds. staggered forward a step or two.
md went down at the roadside.
His comrades seem not to know that he
was gone They did not even look round,
ut went ahead In the old steady way. |
twenty Yards more they made, and the man
Il the right was hit. He fell full length In |
he read, but the "nop-com" went forward |
with the mule. The ammunition was &C.
pg In. II was an order, that was all.
He had almost reached the cover Of 3
luster Of mud huts beside the road about
alf his distance had been covered, whfn
We raw him waver and stcp. Then he
tarted on, took q single step, and pitchen
onward. shot, surely, through the heart.
The mule, all its attendants gone, was
I'LL unhurt. IL looked ipquiringly roupd,
q II wondering what had happened, then
tarted on up the road. II cleared the
roup OF mud huts and cime out In the
pen beyond them. Suddenly we saw 1t
hrow up its bead, brace its legs outward,
way from tide to side, and fall In a hesp.
he ammunition bad not gone in. Some
ne must try again.
They chose 4 non-commissioned. officer
The Wei-bai-wsi regiment, . smooth-isc-
q, tquare-j,ved, foe.eyed South Of Eng
md man. BE had won the notice Of btlf
le field that morning ~ bis steady bear
II, and we felt when We saw him that u
ny man could take the ammunition In, be
as the one. They gave him two men Of
10 ow1 regiment-and Dulloo.
He took the leading strap of our wise
title friend IN bis hard, AID with sharp
III to his men, went through the gate and
ut into the open on run.
The Chinese seemed to have been wait.
e 10 expectation Of his coming. They
lied the road with bullets, and although
e saw that all along cur NE the fire had
or eased to terrible ,ap'dits to cht ck tff
/ .
rev the meu we're doomed. They got the
Ist o, e almost at the beginning His less
,ubled ulder him and he went down with
d arms crossed In front Of bis face, Md
y quite ttill in the road.
The Enslishman was running swiftly.
ID Dulloo uotted easily along. undisl Urb-
by spit Of bullet or scream Of shell. All
e Chinese ln Tiebttin we're shoe ing IT
EN-.
Tn Englishmsn turned of the road TO
,c,oss TO bis own men 1t the right BY
e 6rst ditch tn second man went down,
d Il . Engll bman ~m. biI himself. IL
net have b~.p 10 ts- shoulder, ,iof It spua
N quite sroufd. bat be gathered bin
II together sud went 90 Al smart tro..
Duiioo foilo~,d- Hs aem.d TO klo~
shout !, and under, tood jdst why tiee
- n.ed 10 hurry.
Ptrhsps he knes, tee, ttst even Aft.