Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-15

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Major Gaia. have OswsSd hslne up
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ride to ksasry end ss<wss; have
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serves viii be w ppseutly"
As he drew his horse shout he again
came face to face with Lee. vhe sat
his saddle salienly. his saze e. the
ground. Washinetea hooked st him
a moment. evidently nOt kne~'tag " hat
to say. Then he asked euietly:
win you retain command - this
height. or. not. sir,"
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mand."
Then expect you will tahs proper
means for checking the enemy"
Il shall not be the Arst to bsave the
ground; your orders shall - sbeyed."
What followed was but Q medley Of
sight and sound. saw washington
ride to the left; heard Lee give . hur-
ried order. or two thea I was at the
rear Of our own line strengthening IL
for assault. There was littls eaough
time left
Under the smoke Of several batter
les, whose shells we're ripping open
the side of the hill. the British were
advancing In double line, the sun
cleaning ON their bayoaets, sad re-
yealing the uniforms sf la0srent
corps.
Steady. men! gteady!" voaes after
voice caught w tAs command. Hold
your fret"
Wait until they reach that fallea
tree!" ! addel.
Every man Of Ne had . gun, olicers,
all. Coatless ~ Though We came froa
the haying held. the perspiratioa
streaming down our faces, We waited.
The rife barrels glowed brown in TIE
sun. ~ the Keen eyes took careful
sight. We were but q handful, q sinGis
thin line; n the reserves failed ve
would be driven back b. mere fosos
Of numbers. yet before We went that
slope should be strewl with decd.
Crashing up fron the rear came o.
wald with tive guns, wheeling into
position. TIE depressed nuszles spsut-
ing destruction. Yet those red ssl
blue lines came on; great openings
were ploughed through then, but The
living mass closed up. They were q
the fallen tree. bey0aA, when -
poured our volleys inte their ven
faces. We saw then waver o. that
storm Of head struck; tie oeptse
seemed to give way. leaving bsAinl
ridge Of motionless bodies; thea n
surged forward again, Nd By q wav.
Ing nag. urged on by eesticulating e.
hoers.
The cavalry! The cavalry!.
They were coming around The 81
Of the morass, charging full tilt uPsa
the right Of our line. I saw that -
crumble mp. and. a moment latse,
scarcely realizing what had occuFrul
We were racing backward, firing o. Ws
ran. and stumbling over dead boaiso.
Maxwell rallied Ms beyond ths
causeway. swearing nanfully as -
drove us into position behind Q lov
stone wall. Again and again they
charged MS. the artillery hre shattef-
ing the wall into fragments. Twice
We came to bayonets and clubhel
guns. battling hand to hand, anA
Wayne was forced 30 far back upoa
the left. that we were driven into the