The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-11-22


Aershot, in the direction of Antwerp
upon which our infantry had beer
hotly firing the previous evening. II
that action we had considerable loss
including my good friend Captain
F. But the enemy at night evacu
ated this place, which was of great
Importance for our artillery. as forts
Lterre and Kessel could be shelled
from it. We marched into the place
at noon, and soon after this our
heavy guns began to speak 1t was
the first day of the siege and bonn
bardment of Antwerp.
who would have thought that we
were to march into the city in ~
days? / must add that we were well
prOvisioned from now on, notwith-
standing the fact that our baggage
trains with the field kitchens never
arrived on time. for there was live
stock in plenty. | usually sent out
three patrOlling parties, one for eggs,
one for chickens, and one for wine.
The last two always brought in the
biggest booty, At night every man
in camp had his chicken in the pot,
and all next day he had cold chicken
with his army bread Everywhere
there was wine in abundance. espe-
cially good red wine. The only thing
that we missed was our morning
coffee.
at Heyst we found a neat little
cottage, in which X and made
ourselves at home; and very soon we
had a steamng chicken and red-wine
punch on our table. For table music
we had the prodigious> laundering Of
the cannon. We were Smelling Fort
Lierre, md it was answering vigor-
ously. As the shells never fell near
er than about 900 yards Of us. how
ever, we took no notice of them. but
put on our night shirts again for a
rarity and laid ourselves down in
clean beds
September 29-The artillery duel
continued. Ii the afternoon obserya-
mortars arrived to select positions for
morttrs arrived to select positions for
their guns. | climbed the ladder, 9S
feet high, and could see that our
shells were pounding Fort Lierre in
fine style; if we only kept it up the
big mOrtars would soon open up a
free path for us Toward evening His
EXcellency Field Marshal Won der
Goltz civil governor of Belgium ar
rived He told me he heard that we
had learned to roast hen in excel
lent style, aud asked whether we did
not have one left for him and 10
the hen was soon on the table. along
with can Of asparagus and a bottle
OF Haute Sauterne.
September 30-,Marched this morn
ing to the river Nethe to occupy and
protect the bridge at Hellebrug X
and | were entrusted with a patrol
across the Nethe to Heyktnt and
Bevel. We passed through Heykant
all right, but we found telephone
wires communicating with the church
tower in Bevel. We cut the wires
and then sent a non-commissioned of
ficer with seven men on to Bowel
while K and !. with bugler,
walked to a hill and watched the
highway. Vein the little party reach
ed the village it was fired upon. but
continued into the place, neverths-
less. remarked to k: Let us
get away from this hill and go be-
hind that house there The words
were scarcely spoken when a dozen
bullets 9hizzed about our ears, but
all too high But we left the hill at
double quick After an anxious half
hour the non-commissoned officer re
turned with his party safe and sound.
And what the daredevil done? a
Belgian telegraph patrol, stationed in
the village was firing upon the party
but the uOn-com and his fellows at
tackled without lances. and away the
enemy scampered Thereupon the Of
ficer, accompanied by one man
mounted the tower and destroyed the
telephone station, Meanwhile the
townsmen were firing Justify at their
horses. held by the other men; but
thank Heaven, they can't hit any.
thing. Thea we recrossed the Netho
brige at Hellebrug and took quar-.
ters with the infantry, which had al
ready strongly fortified the bridge
October IL received the honor
able commission to ride again to
Bevel to see whether it was clear OF
he enemy and if possible, to make
observations from the church tower.
Well those fellows, ! said to my
self, probably got enough yesterday.
At Heykant | saw that the telephone
wires, destroyed yesterday, had been
restored. l sent for 'non-com' with
five men about 100 yards ahead and
followed after at the head of my 90
uhlans. Everything seemed to be
going well until the vanguard of the
party was within 80 PAGES of THE first
house of BeXel Then all at once a
tprriffo infant, fire cnonad Tb q