The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-08
WRECKAGE-STREWN BATTLEF|ELDS
LOOK AS IF SWEPT BY CYCLONE

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ly on the table.
When the meal was over the pro,,,
etor called US to witness what h,
happened to the far wing OF the b~
tel. 1t was demolished.
Alert" had Just been sounded An,
the soldiers were running through N,
streets. We ran out In time TO 500 ,
building fall half a block away. com,
pletely filling the street by which y.
entered the town an hour earle,
In a few minutes we heard the shan
crackle Of infantry about half a min
away and had a sudden desire to POI
away before the automobile retrs,,
was cut off. Just then we heard n. |
sound OF an aero engine overhead h
was flying so low that through !
glass we could easily see the yb, |
ring propeller.
Germans Fire at Aviator.
The machine was mounted with
rapid-fre gun, which was trying to b
cate the German gunners, who In. |
m~ediately abandoned the destructiu
OF the town In an attempt to bring 4
down.
For ten minutes We saw shell,
bursting all about It. At times Il va
lost in smoke, but when the smob
cleared away there was the mono
plane still blazing away, alvau
mounting to a higher level and fnaly
disappearing toward the Frena
lines.
There was another lull in the as
nonade and we we're permitted y
pass down the street near a rivg
where, by peering around a bgl!l
we could see where the German bG,
teries were secreted In the hills. vi
we're warned not to get into the stits
which led to the bridge, as the GtrI
mans raked that street with thsi
fire II a person appeared We tAi
took advantage of a lull in the M
ing and departed to the south at
miles an hour, to beat the shells
any were aimed u way as v
crossed the rise In the hill.
Shells Strike 100 Years Apart
We passed the night at a yiIigi
where considerable execution N
been done by German shells. We al
one curious effect Of them. 10
historic building near the city AL
there was a shell imbedded IN D
wall with a plate fixed beneath
showing II struck there In the Ia
1914. Just next to II was an ult1
ploded shell OF 100 years after std
ing in the wall.
We again struck out toward D
battle line, but when we were VIZ
in sound OF the firing the a~utho1ia
decided we had seen enough DIV
and detained us for two days
guests OF a regimental stan VIC
was quartered in a courtyard. qua
we YER privileged to see hoE
French soldiers lived and became "
hardened fighters as they were w
ing themselves to be. We ale VI
them and slept with them IN theil
until orders came to send US 10 hI
As we we're leaving our coWyaNu
authorities grabbed another gTOa'
correspondents, four In number pa
ed by Richard Harding Davis T"
we're ordered to accompany
Paris instead OF passing several v
in the straw sampling hardtaeA
army fare.
Tells Of Horrors Of Wat
London.-The Standard coTre'F
ent. +. ST. Beaman, writing "-
town in France, says:
THE fearful horrors oil W"
never be grasped by seeing
fully tended wounded who CONE
to England and hearing theI
however gruesome, while the'
scarcely a day in any Of the fm
towns near the armies that uO%
bring with Il some live lerlu
the front. One example VIII
to point out this truth fOu
ago the hospital corps anu
teers we're notified that a eOn'W
expected. Towards midnlsnt :
rived, bringing French ana US
wounded. The latter were 'V'.
by the Germans In SenIls WV"
retreated after setting fire
town.
I'VE had had many trains DIV :
ed before. and all necessa'' O
ments were made as usual a,
this convoy arrived even Avid
hardened had to summon
TO the task OF emptylng the
When n man had a oIUn' ,.,s
arm or A bullet through DIS
skilled ambulance STAFF sOCu
comfortably backed, Du' md
human yestiges so mals''O 4
was difficult to find a place !
them without causing '..,,Lhi
means. An insuiferable Gus rlhl
stencil pervades the whole
Laid out -Four oays n, |,
.,,dad had ~ u
four days and nights MD 10
fallen before being plcn "and, 4
had not yet had their IpdG N
ined, much less dresseu' n as \
burning sun and myriad Ia Sss IN
under later rains they aaln NJ
to suffer the torture u mardl 4
and thirst until it was
still breathed. ..onpds q
"The state of their yT Ss,r VI
be guessed and does nv, ,loes .
ton 1t was three O .sSIS \
morning before they . .V sd
posed Of in hospitals. r,t irI
The Germans Wa S,o seemed y