Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-03-14

AGift ON the
Field of
Battle
AStory ofthe Balkan War
BY F. A. Mitchell

OnG OF LnOHe DlOOUY DHIJIeS DeIWeH0
the allied Balkan forces and the Turks.
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'nr '"''ei " 'ho Cniis.ian "ou'
A"o wounueu Moii'enesIin soluierS
10y Siuo ~ SUI, oo VI 'n, "noS0
reg nau oeen sun''e'eu ~ tine jail
SAT up ahu' puliins Ii''ie nasA Aron
us Poehe.' was aDou. " 'ahe 'ne
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un'o ue"'n' 'ooAlns az ~ 'o"slnsS.
slruss'e arose w''nin tne man VINO
possesseu II. ne Wou'u soon nkeiy
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us "ou"u' ""ne 'ne o'nei saNe e'i
uence Vi uei"s ~ "y,ns conui'ion'
pon men eia'eu tno s'ns,e uIaii
.n"l leilaineu III 'he naSN' ~ ei,nel
was li'oie 'nsn u",o'u we"lln' nu.
ene possessvi y, 'ne .reasure eou'u no'
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TWEEN us' my heait Wns III IT. ou1 no'
neIS' n"Fe n"'eu .niS nun, 'nous"
nave never seen nm ony hnow
'nat nc eAiS's' put now sihce am
apout 10 uie' az tnnt mas gone from
me- ! am even WILING 'nht my WIG
snouiu DC happy WIN nih'
AS nc spoke 'ne iast "orus ne passeu
INTO uncohscloushess' WINE the ntten'
uoh Oh .ne o'ncr' ne"rins sounus oi an
approaching rescue purify WIS turned
Ill announcer ulrecuoh'
darkness rel upon the Dat,lenelu' put
ohiy causeu inc cries ol thoSe lying
there 10 souhd more melnhchoiy' aS tne
whippoorwill sings shddest wheh the
twinght mas passeu'
L'ghts apPeareu mere anu 'nere' "o''
ing apout from pIacc 10 piuce as reScue
parties renewed ,ne WOUNDED or carrieu
Win the broken ies' supporting MIN
SELF by an arm looked eageriy at inc
hghtS' praying tnht some OF thehn
might come MS way a pnity uie"
near MN ana ne c"i'eu 10 'neh'' put
ei'"ei 'neie "eie ,oo many SUI" ea'
ioI mem !" neeu His VI ne n"u io' 'no
seiens'n " "'"So 'ne'n ne",' n. "ny
,"ee ,".y p"eS.u Vn' 'e"1,"s I'm" o'oeu
lug ~ 'ie so'u io sum - ''spoi'
uoup.'es' 'ioi' 'o'' VI ",oou I'm
"nien 10 "aS % ~ ~ y,'su. ISL
winch u"nNeu "'s e'e' ' ~ ""'
tne uarA nku'e Vi u eV,uie, ,
iniS one "nne' mi" '"e mum
Drins h'Ie.one'
mere ""s JUN enousn "a''""uon :"
.ne sunerei " ie'neiiioei 'ne tvi"I"n
ION :" "no'" "e nnu si'en ",' '%D'
ur,nk Oh hquor' uhu ne wonuer ' u no
sun hVeu anu "ou'o pe carricu oh ,no
neid OF "ou'u ih'er Dc snoFeie" WIN
the otner ueau INTO trehcn' nut WIN
Douiiy weakneSs po'n ou, n'el "nu
coarser ieeinss u,e penunipeu anu ne
did NOT even ask ,he quesuol. ne was
carried 10 hospitai-or, r"'ner' ue-
pot LOT the Wounueo where surgeons
were ut "ork "miu nunureus Vi poor
"re'cnes VINO were aWa't,nB 'her
turn 10 DC eAnlnineu' ri"any sur
geoh approheneu nm lookeu at niS icy