The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
BATTLEFIELD PAN|CS,
Odd Events That at Times De-
moralize Veterans.
HORRORS INCIDENT TO WAR.

sWO sSSVuyso9 eptSoo99 InAt w.
CURED During the Franco PrYssian
campaisn-M.dness May seixs Evsa
the Most Hardened rrespa
1t IS Peculiar cirelMsssnoe that
hsat=oe5 saa trained troops MI, 50
through Long light snrrnno1s. by
Ill The hoc-o-s sass are iasses. Me
frem *s- w5.asas 15oeAsas so. ~i.a
the u1o1.ss a1-sarsas esaSalS9sss and
.hs SAME 1sn Will he s1roek terrified terrified
OF single 1r5.5a< 5n:5tsn1
Ever! w1- cS amy 5nper.ap;s. YsE-
Erllsr1! Es-s t.sIwssl eivl1lHs.3 z,s-
toms Us 1lre,z1sc in lni13enrx 1T .-a7asl
character IN Themselves. ssn1 81, IT,
Esnal aoa rnae-pral 1hl1 re,e! appeal
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oel u,are sn66saS! Ina 5ntsassl. thin
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for eEan11s- which c,,YHnrWa &. .ete
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ons F-locc-. ',:'nssiln WIZ
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es TT 1t,s -y.E!Dtnrs II Fnvnsh ecut.1s-
k5s.-s u 1is bsll,s d .rlrutne the wing
En5 1A,iFt1Hltns 1ne falling t,e,.s 4! 1.be
French inHn.-T SRI rbe cri-nssie-s
~srY driven t,n;:k l,y THE unftnchi1s
g.rnssiEns. AcLtn the cIItrIssiecs
;.nlrge6 md again They warp driven
tanck t.e rhs w:iltl,.rinc t1,1.
RcLin, Enl ns The elany wLiraa .nc
11inu 10 d.lw 1..nrnr hni.riiiie hinas
tt,ssasts;ine TERM, Ra;zat the f:rnss;ans
En6 fM TIE mnmnn II lnIlSaC rs Z
they wnuld Illrn mi by m IN cu1
6rvr without ilnfendins themselves
8T IL L n,nn.elE they ihn1 ruliat
Ian,Rn!wAf LprnilH.s unn henInl nucs
En- l1H -flirt ind linz, time the g,.iEn.
cu1-na;ierR
TIM s!ctr TIM Terrified ttlf 1.-uaBiRns
allleu-f nothing very much II ninck
mt white, II v,,,S T. regiment n. cu:-
-nssierK ieG u. T. n:.Rhins ruIf toward
them Ivy ltendisHs officer sitting NJ
cirlc IL MS Eufitllf nnd alpurentsy ar-
:nlrrnF1ne his men. 1t wnf no less
lMsrHun Il,nn Ir11zllm de l.uKcn-rs nj
In Third regiment nj cniruHsie-K
~thpss itsnt hun Tween cH.riel cm-
3ilHrH,y nj his KiiUuiIiRrE HK tue crsnp
1r1iEs i1r1p TIE tnird fiesI,Rrnu cha-ge
sW Z .Ennm 1Rl.. which hHD 1pDE Df.
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s,uE}Hr IL GwI
IL Is .s.mErEphis End stnEuiE- AT. u.
-hs tKrlls II F,ir.ths;h, winch atxk
stlhse -ts REule DER Rf I1rh. Z ca.r
xe1Elsr 1uciiis1. :..:curet End did u.:4
- stlIt -ts .trTAs II 1tt Ga-ul1sB
Atn aarx st rrnrInE a1nsn E1.a
lighting ah5 -3ccA
nsI= 4 ss.E5@<r. ~ F>..rsssiE1 ...ls-
tt =sce s1.o1r {. RESERVE raszAsax
TIE 5zas IS we'll Is cseE c1e-a frssa
thar r.'s!riy9s - Saefrsr csa.. ;zr=c o.
ha<as 30 Fgcenco 1r.--.e regiment
che which WIS r.e--i5...:s.IIy Gss-r!s,t II
rhe hattie =z--ol.=t. right int, tie midst
Of rhs 1ea- ~tr5 rushed to arrest It
and Immediately fell back IN alarm.
sor swinging 70 the bride was the
whole Eef, arm Of the chargers rider,
the fingers OF the hand firmly srasping
the rei1s- The arm appeared to have
been severed few inches below the
shoulder and was certainly that Of an
officer. but who the officer was has
never been satisfactorily esta bIished-
SO moved were the hardened men of
battle at the horrible sight that no one
would touch the horse. and the animal
was allowed to gal!op OF to be killed
few minutes later in crossing before
come Prussian guns. Thrilling as the
incident was. many Of the brave fell
lows who witnessed it declared that
their first. almost irresistible. impulse
was to throw down their arms and
bolt. Yet 1t was with the help Of Just
such men that General Won Cohen
routed the French that memorable day
in August. 1870.
1t is we'll known fact that the
finest and bravest troops the world can
produce have no immunity from that
strange and mysterious madness known
to military history as "war panic" A
heavy war, frequent sanguinary en-.
gagements. night marches and sur
prises sometimes play havoc with SOL
diers' nervous systems and render
them more like high spirited colts than
men who have taken the field prepared
to suffer immcasurable horrors and
take death cheerfully.
During the peninsu!ar war two Brit.
ish regiments. the very pick Of the
army and seasoned veterans, were
marching along in good order when a
rumor ran down the lines that the enc
my was at hand. The next moment
the line OF orderly soldiers was changed
Into an elongated mob Of armed men
throwing away arms, baggage and all
they carried. running away in every
direction. blind terror in their hearts,
their faces blanched and their ears
deaf to the Numbered commands Of
their officers.
For the moment they knew but one
sentiment, one emotion. a sudden, mas.
sionate. blind terror. and they lied
without thinking whether they were
running into the arms Of the thing
they dreaded Or not. It was terror
that was madness. and only its mad.