The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-17

iCA' Win II cApcuitionaEy tOEce. &
nave been IN the army about s!xfasv
years, off and on. In the Boar -
l was near Lord Roberts's sor VIZ,
he was killed. In some ways BARN.
the number OF men engaged, thai waw
wasn't SO far behind this one. 0f
course they had no such artillery
the Germans now hava I've SEEN
bit OF service; that's why l have =
distinguished service medal
bars on the Queens medal and -
Kings medal.
reiterated until we got aov-.
below Paris. then we got at them al
pushed them back to scissors. Tn
came the rouble The Jack John
sons We're OF the job. You can dodgA
those fellows pretty we'll, becaus.
they can be fired only about once il,
elght minutes. The shrapnel. though.
were coming all the time. | was =
driver in the Royal Field Artillery
1t was about three weeks ago when
l was wounded. We were dOdrj,.
around all right until a young Offices
moved us up too near one of III,
batteries. He ought to have know,
better. for we all were told thar thu
Germans had bought up farms ana
measured off ranges before the war
and they had us dead to right. Tbers
were fifty-four Of US and more Than
a hundred horses back Of that hst-
terry.
''There Wasn't Any First Line"
Five minutes after we had moved
TO the ear of the battery onlv four
men and one horse were alive. Tha
horse made me laugh as he stood
there trying to pick the leaves off :
small tree Two shells had struck inn
the middle of us, and when / came
to / couldn't find even a boot of tho
man who had been nearest me. Va
were smothered in blood. That il.
how the German artillery was work
ing.
About this time a fellow came
riding along shouting: First line 81
wagons to the rear But there wasn't
n first line, and before he realized
1T he was cussin' all over the place.
l got my nip there-right in the arm.
I'd K to have another crack af
them. But we need bigger guns. We
could pound them out Of their places
II we had guns equal to theirs for
we can shoot with the best of them
German LaRces Too Long.
Thomas Smith of the Twelfth
Lancers who is in the same row with
WlllIams, also was wounded near
scissors.
w waited for days to get at
them" Smith said, but they had their
Dig guns sweeping every road. Finally
we were placed in the trenches with
r1nes. Later we got our chance. As
we charged toward the German
Lancers they threw down their lances
and begged for mercy. AS we swept
on by with our lances raised we were
hred on from behind. Then We
started back for them, and we fin
lshed every n of them. We didn't
want to take any OF them prisoners
any way"
In another charge soon afterward.
Smith says, a German lancer struck
MN amldship with his lance.
III it had been as sharp as our
lances are l would have been stuck
clean through, but it only knocked
the WIND out of me and | had strength
nough left to get a couple Of them.
The Germans lances are much too
long, they can't handle them as We
40 we let the horse carry the lance
tnt4 mem and as we go sweeping
oy the horse pulls it out again. That's
the way we work the trick. The
are a chicken-livered bunch
When they see the steel shining
How 1t Feels to Charge.
"A few days later, While riding to-
ward the enemy with head lowered
over his horses neck, the reins were
shot u OF Smiths hand and his chin
was almost blown off by a bursting
she'll.
My horse was new to the battle
neld, said the lancer, but he car
req me pack to the rear in an al
most unconscious condition."
II was with great difficulty that
smith could talk, for most Of his
teeth were gone.
How do you feel when you
ciaIse! the lancer was asked,
"A Fellow feels damn wild-that5
now ne feels. You forget everything
OUT sucking a few Germans"
!hree of the wounded men told If
aeelhg an adjutant's right shoulder
torn away as he was riding M with
Orers.
But he kept on going and deliy-
e1eu the message, and had turned
around to go back when he fell into
the arms Of a brother Officer and died
soon afterward."
Germans Can Fight"
Eo"ard Cross Of the Cheshires, .
iesilnent that was enfladed, had ter
rIple wounds, and the doctors and