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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

having a hard time of II with the
Braves. O'Day's warriors, battle MS
they might. were able 10 take only one
game In four from Stallings' team and
beginning today. three games and a
half behind st. Louis gained most
advantage pulling up somewhat on
the cubs and considerably on the
Giants.
In the Federal league race Chicago
managed 70 stay In front. Two de-
feats for indianapolis at the hands Of
~ Louis put the former temporarily
out Of the running in the struggle for
first place. and Chicago made certain
us hold for few DAYS by winning
the first game Of the series with the
Hoosiers
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
AME R|CAN LEAGUE
RACE IS TENSE
Athletics Being Hard Pressed by De-
iroh and Washington, With Chi
cago and ST. Louis Hot in Pursuit:
Three National Clubs in Running.

- "oFNNc JOURNAL s'teIAL LEASED wiFsl
NeW ork' July 1.-THE halfway
mark III the major leagues baseball u
seasoh' reached TINS week. finds the
~, III each league sun an open one
MN MN pehnant possibilities for at least
~, eluos IN the NATIONAL and 1of
Ola IN ~ me American.
me the struggle between the New
LIN, oih anu 'hlcago teams IN the Ma
iohai ieasue Drought TO climax by
sne meeting or the TWO CLUBS IN Chi-
Nasp TO-DAY IS a FOCAL point Tor the
YES OF baseball enthusiasts the more
,us'dlhed interest at present is IN the
american league race.
MOI IN years has this organization
ploauced so tense a struggle for non
ofs. When play closed last night the
EAGER Athletics were only two and a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
Boston ~: st. Louis 5.

ST. Louis. July 12.-Boston beat St
Louis to the tune Of 2 to here to-
day. Though the locals used three
pitchers they could not stop the hit
ting of the visitors The local fieldcrs
played well. Three of the five runs
gained by 81. Louis were brought in
by Magee's triple In the third.
Score; II T.
Boston ...1O2 300 4O2-12 Is .
ST; Louis .OO3 600 oil 8 .
Batteries: Tyler, Crutcher and
Whaling: Doak, Perdue, Williams and
Snyder
summary Two-base hits-Connol-
", c. Miller. Three-base Wilson.
Magee, Evers. Double plays-Hug-
gins, r. Miller, Beck. Whaling, Evers;
Wilson, Higgins; Beck, Snyder. Dres-
sen. Bases on balls--Off Tyler, 3; off
Doak, 3, off Perdue, / off Williams,
4 Struck out-By Tyler, 2 by Doak,
/: by Perdue, / by Crutcher. 4 by
Williams, /. Umpires-Klem and
Emglie.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
low nosnIsa lousn.l srael.l ls.stn Ml.sl

Chicago, July l2.-Sensatlonal field
ing offset wild pitching in the Fed
eral league double header here to-
day and Chicago won and lost to In
dianapolis, winning the first game in
thirteen innings. 6 10 3, and losing
the second, . to 4.
In the first, Chicago tied the score
in the eighth. when Wilson hit a
home run. Then Wickland scored
when Campbell dropped Flack's long
fly. indianapolis filled the bases I'm
the thirteenth. but with two down
Wickland made "A sensational catch
of Cars line drive to right center
seore-E'irst game; HE
nd'apolis 900 1870 020 goo 0-5 II ,
Chicago 1910 600 1870 600 1t IA 0
Batteries. Mullen, Mosely and Rar-
idan. Fisk. Henry and Wilson.
score-second game; X II
Indianapolis 1000 100 800
Chicago .l..... 600 100 0l0--2 10 3
Batteries: Billiard ana Warren
Prendergast and Block.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
SAN FRANCISCO 1915
ONLY ONE OF THE s
BALLOONS IN AIR


ST. Louis. Jul, ie san Francisco,
1919. was the only one of The eight
balloons that started Ia tho national
elimination race yesterday The land
ing of which had not been reported
up to "a late hour today.
Jasper q Coin OF pahlgren. no.. fel-
lowed the san Francisco. lHi5," en-
tered hY the Panama Exposition come
panN ln an automobile and after
race pf ten mileH overlook 10 and
talked with ~ S COLE the pilot Cole
dropped the following message
san Francisco passed south Of
pahirrcn. III sunday ut Wa. M. la
V calm fuf five hours
The only accident reported to any
ni the contestants WIS the injury of
John Waits The pilot az the Kansas
city il' when his balloon fem .uA0
feet ui Enfield. m, lu maxine lnd-
IuN
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
ELKS WIN AGAIN
FROM THE K. C. 5
Although COlumbians Outhit Best Peo-
pie They Are Unable 10 score
Enough Runs: Many Errors Re-
corded by Both Teams.

The Elks took their second game
this season from the Knights of Co
lumbus yesterday afternoon at Trac-
ton park before Il fair crowd. The
score was 10 to ..
The Elks piled up big lead in the
first three innings. but after that the
Knights held them scoreless and did
a little scoring themselves. but not
enough to annex the contest
The story Of the Elks' victory Is told
IN comparison of hits. errors ana
runs. The knights were guilty Of four
hobbies. An equal number on the
part OF the Best People indicates that
all the Columbans runs were not
scored on the ten bingles.
Mcarns Gets No Hits.
feature was the hitting Of Bill
Mearns. who won a place with the
Happys by his hard sticking in the
two previous games in which the Elks
appeared In four trips to the plate
yesterday Mearns got no hits ana
scored one run.
The proceeds went to st. Anthonys
orphanage.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
BELEN CLUB WINS
TIGHT GAME FROM
NAYLON'S RED S0X
tsrse... plss.rea 70 MOANING loussALl

Belen, n NJ, July BY the score
Iof to 3, the Belen baseball cub won
from Albuquerque Red Sox here this
afternoon The visitors. chaperoned
by Tom Naylon, gave the locals
hard battle, but were unable to over
come a bunch of 4 runs Melted by Be
len in the fourth inning. In every
other .stanza the local club failed TO
put anything over on the Hose. In the
ninth, the visitors We're prevented
from scoring a run by sensational
throw to home plate by Hale from
left field
Aye, the Indian, pitching for AL
buquerque, and Gutierrez, working
for Belen both did good work. Aye
struck out ten. and Gutierrez nine.
Albuquerque garnered run in the
fourth and then hoped along to the
eighth. picking up two more scores.
Features of the contest were a nome
run by Hill, of Belen, and two base
hits by Gilbert of Belen, and l-embk
of Albuquerque. Double plays by
Voelter to Luna and Moore to Quln-
tana. for Belen. brought forth much
applause from the big crowd Of spec
tators.
Score: X r. y.
Red Sox 900 100 020-S 3
Belen 900 400 000-4 10
Batteries: Aye and stump; Gu
tierrez and Gilbert.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Pueblo, colo, July 12.-While lean
ing over cliff near Beulah today,
looking for rabbits. Charles Il. John
SON. aged 80. of this city, lost his bal
ance and fell to the bottom Of the RAJ
vine. His back was broken and he
was probably injured internally lie
lay for a couple Of hours before a
small boy who saw the accident could
secure assistance.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
Brooklyn's squirt Exciting.

Brooklyns squirt furnished most of
the excitement In the outlaw" circuit
and was a direct cause Of the only
change in relative positions made In
the league during the week Baltic
more was the victim OF the Brooklyn
winning streak
The record in each major league
games played. won, and lost, with
runs. hits. errors and men left on
bases follows.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
sd. Louis 1: Kansns CilN 1.

st. Louis. July IA triple by
Chapman in the second inning aided
by several singles gave the local team
three runs, a lead which the visitors
could not overcome The final score
was TO |, favor st. Louis.
score. X Il
Kansas city 100 600 00O-1 4 1
st. Louis ...031 600 900 Z 0
Batteries: Stone. Cullop Harris
and Easterly, Davenport and Chap
man.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
BULLS DO GOOD WORK
IN SPANISH ARENA


Madrid. july I2.-The bulls carried
off the honors in the bull fighting
here today. In the event for anna
tours the sword Of one Of the torea-
doris was caught by the bull and
tossed into the stand. II struck q
spectator in the neck killing him.
Later a Mexican swordsman. Miguel
Frey. after killing the first bull, was
gored by the second. The
fight then stopped for the day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Ens Las Vegas. July % The
baseball Fame this afternoon between
Santa Pc and Las Noras ended with
a score ~ a. in favor of Santa Re
Early iu the eamc dispute arose
over "a decision las the umpire The
Vegas huNs had four hits ana seven
errors 90 their side of lhc card while
Santa ~ was credited with EIGHT hits
and four errors
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Washington. July fe.-Guv llun.
lrfi a,llef Of the Baltimore Fcdernis.
broke hiH lee slldino into third base
in The ninth inning of gdmc here tn
day between Baltimore ana local
goml-ptufesslonul tram Inn. who
FORMERLY was with iho Sew York
Americans. win he out of tho game
Tor the rest If the scnsnn.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

New York. July 12,-In a hard
fought three-set battle, r. Norris
Williams II heat William Johnston by
a score of go, 81, Cd. In the final
of the Davis cup test tournament on
the courts of the Country club of
WestchesteT today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Cincinnati. o.. July H. Manager
Herzog OF the Cincinnati National
league club announced tonight that he
had sold Outfielder Lohr 10 the Mem
phis club of the Southern league
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
H0NORS DIVIDED
IN DOUBLE HEADER

Chicago splits With indianapolis. Wild
Pitching Being Offset by Sensation
al Fielding: Chapman'~ Triple for
-. Louis Wins over Kansas city.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
Sioux CIV II. lincoln 4

Sioux city. July ts.-Thc locals
slaughtered Lincoln in the final game
OF the series here today. ! 60 T.
score:
Sioux city .s0o iso 2Sx-ll Is
Lincoln .....0f2 col GOO
Batteries White and Murphy; En-
man and Rohr.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

Venice n, Oakland =
Los Angeles a-3, Sacramento Is.
Portland s San Francisco
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
philadelphia :: Cincinnati 4.

Cincinnati, July philadelphia
hit Schneider hard in the first two
innings and scored enough runs to win
from Cincinnati today 7 to L. In
these two innings the visitors batted
Schneider for single. "a double, and
three triples. which with an error gave
them all of the runs they scored in
the game.
Score; n
Philadelphia co., $50 600 600 10 5
Cincinnati ,030 600 l00--4 10 |
Batteries: Mayer and Doom. Schnei-
der. Douglass and Erwin. Gonzales.
Summary. Two-hase hits-Lobert,
Berghammer Three-base hits-Ma-
gee CD. Becker. Double play-Mar-
tin to Luderus Bases on balls-Off
MAYER. 2; off Schneider. g. Struck
out-Ry Mayer. 3. by Douglass, q.
Umpires-Byron ana Johnson.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
OTHER BASEBALL RESULTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.


indianapolis s. Milwaukee 2.
Kansas city 4 Cleveland 5.
Louisville Z ST. Paul 2.
Columbus 9, Minneapolis s.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL MONDAY, July 49, 1914
FOR OCEAN FLIGHT
n,acheA sees w Informative a. Ind
of >lr Notage of \mcrica tubes II
T. iaseo: Mould Not Try II illm-
self


hope Lieutenant PORT" ana his
aide are successful in crossing the At
laniie In the acroplnno fllght sahed
ulod fur the near future don't be.
lieNe they VIII be-. can see nu ter
mlnation 90 the announced attempt
hut fiascu ur tragedy.
This Is not reflection ON lieuten-
ant Porte OF anyone concerned in the
proposed flight pouhtlessly he and
his aides have been sincere ia their
efforts and the Information they have
given to the public. Hut believe that
the neNi week or two viii prove 10
them al that the trans Atlantic flight
Is not at present feasible
realize that In making this
statement lay myself to the charge
OF cgotism. Rut I so dreal this flight
ar this uttempt-that I ann hound 10
speak ny mind freely n speak al all
myself would not attempt this tight
Tor a million dollars- and have spent
five hundred hours IN the air where
Lieutenant Porte has spent one hour
America inairworllN
Nv prediction If failure Is sHHmHt=
lied IN a few words The enormity Of
the proposition has been moderated
the preparations have been entirely In.
adequate. This, briefly Is the story
do not believe that one aviator can
make the flight do not believe
that the present machine. the Amefi-
ca. Is capable OF making the ilisht /
am convinced that the attempt if
made. will only result IN giving avla-
ton a terrible WALTON In this coun-
TRY
! While ! 10 not underyalue l.ieuten-
ant porte's ability AZ an aviator, ] am
convinced that no one man can per
form this feat. particularly q man II
Lieutenant Parte's improved calther.
Even the assistant on the America
must be far and away above the aver
iage ms an aviator
II is one thing to drive a machine
for ten hours for fifteen hours. over
stated course over the land. II ls
IAN entirely different thing to drive
this machine over water--over the
boundless ocean--for that length OF
time
believe that the mental tension
will he more wearing than the physi.
cal tax Of handling the wheel dc
not believe that any man In the world
can. without training. stand the ter
rihle strain.
Greater speed Necessary.
Those on the America viii quickly
become accustomed To the roar of the
propeller. and absolute physical wearl
ness will induce sleep. Observing
Lieutenant Porte ms fellow passen.
ger on the Lusitania coming from Eu.
rope last April. | know him to be sus
ceptible To the wiles Of Morpheus -tt
be Inclined to drowsiness. Frequent,
u had difficulty in arouslng him from
his deck chair slumbers to go in &c
luncheon.
Regarding the machine, there hal
not been enough preparation | he
llieve that speed has been sacrificed
TOO much to sustaining power The
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Real estate neutrality-suspicious.,
sales or trade--are easily solved by
Journal want ads Read them; use
them. DO it to-day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Des Moines. July l2-1he boosters
won both ends Of douhle-header
from Topeka this afternoon, the first
game II To > and the second . TO o.
Mogridge's pitching featured the Sec
oni game.
score-ilrst game " u
Des Moines .030 $50 a1x-ii IA o
Topeka .....100 00a 100 3
Batteries. Turner and Haley. Ridge
way, Jones and McAllister.
score-second gamei " y
Des Molnes loo 020 00x-3 l
Topeka .....000 600 000--0
Batteries. Mogridge and shaw.
Reagan and Waite.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Lord tiowlong-''I notice that ia
This country you run for congress
while At home We stand for parlia-
ment."
Congressman Buzwire Sure
thing Standing won't get you any
thing In the L. S. A. IL takes speed
10 cop OF seat in congress-"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Summary. ThFee- base hlt-N, Mo
Donald Two-base hits--,4utehlnson,
Sippel ~. Double plays ossman,
Mcdonald and Mearns; Mearns. stolen
bases Mossman. Mearns, Wilson,
Benjamin (2), Mcdonald, McCaffrey
GU, Rudolph 81. Burkland. Cosgrove
and r. Mcdonald. Left on bases
Knights, 6 Elks, g. Struck out--By
Hutchinson. IL by Murphy, .. Bases
on balls--Off Hutchinson. 3; off Muir
nhV
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
TIMELY HITS WIN
FOR THE GIANTS

Cubs Go Down To Defeat Before New
York Win Kccord-Breakine Crowd
Watching the Game; Philadelphia
Keats Cincy and Boston ~. Louis.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

BuffalH al Baltimore.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
indianapolis az Kansas city.
81 Louis az Chicago.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Denver \: Omaha I.

Omaha. July i2-The visitors out
hit and outran Omaha today and de-
feated the locals, \ To l. Denver
made all their hits count Harrington
pitched well and kept the omaha hits
scattered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

New orleans 8; Memphis
Nashville 4 Mobile 3.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
WICHITA BEATEN BY
ST. JOSEPH: kAWS
TO ENTER PROTEST
WESTERN LrAGrr STANDING.



81 Joseph. july - lnficld hits
and clever base running al critical
moments enabled ST. Joseph TO defeat
Wichita this afternoon IN the last
game OF the series. 90 {. After the
game Manager Maddox of the visitors
announced he would protest the game.
lie alleged Schang had ntcrfered
with Pitcher Scott at one time In the
fielding OF ball and his other reason
IL that the game was called too early.
II In said an agreement WAS made
prior 10 starting the game that the
contest would le called at u o'clock
To allow the st. Joseph team 20 catch
a train for Denver.
scores H. ~. y
wichita o.. .... o2e 20a oo-i
81. Joseph ....,.2la 00u iteb 10 .
tCallcd to allow Il. Joseph to
catch a trainD
Batteries. Jones ani Scott. Thomas,
Sterzer. Pursell and schang
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

Tie game Friday. July TO-
- Tie game Thursday, July y.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13

machine that successfully flies across
the Atlantic will. | believe. be one
that viii travel like blue streak
that will not falter
Righi here in the United states we
have the great lakes enc can very
easily get ont Of sight Of land In cross
inc them. Wouldn't ii be the part of
wisdom to try the America out IN r.
Icing, continuous fllghl over thc
great lakes
Physical Stnin Terrific.
what II this trans Athntif Amer
lea has groni sustaining poWer' what
Ii Il is able To M from Lake kcukn '
All Of that enormous planning surface
will avail nothing In waves even five
feet high. aud what SINE aptimlsi can
even imagine the America gone tho
entire distance without single stop
ON my longest flight of three hours
he mental strain was terrific What
viii II De for the man 40 Che wheel
when hour after hour Is feelcd orc
when mans cyeballs are humul
aud aching In spite Of sprVircnhll
sogRles7
believe that there viii Doe TRACED,
~ fiasco. / fear that aviation In th'
United states will receive bod, blow
In the America there should ho u
least two seasoned. hardy uNi1iors
IN the America should be- "a seasoned
hardy machine Itself. Il should be
thoroughly tried out and he able 4,
"po like hell" There should boz AUS
HAIRY power. so the America would go
80, go.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

Games To-day.
New York nc Chicago
Philadelphia az Cincinnati.
Boston at st. Louis,
Brooklyn az Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Tracing Cannon Shots.

IN this night battling in Europe are
the paths of the tens of thousands
of shell and shrapnel marked by a
train of fire? That is matter which
has not been mentioned in reports from
either the western or the eastern the
alter of war. If "tracers" are being
used, and such probably is the case. the
pyrotechnic display. supplemented by
the red glare of the guns or CHASTITY
blue light. if fiashless cannon powder
is being used. must be awesome.
The United States Army has made
valuable contribution to the methods
of tracing the course of a projectile at
night. Tests of a new illuminated
shell, fired from big guns. were con-
Quoted a few nights ago from one of
tn defenses of New York harbor. 1t
was reported that of fifty shells fired
only few went wide of the targets.
and by means of the illuminating fea-
ture the gunners were able to correct
their sighting on the next shots. Light
ed balloons and lighted floating tar
gets representing airships and war;
ships. respectively. were hrsd upon.
The new shell is similar to other shells.
except that when it is fred d gas fame
is ienited in the rear, and this burns
while the missile is flying through the
air This fame enables the observer
to follow its flight.
In the American field artillery is
device for following shots at night
nent parts are the brass body, d steel
plug, a brass cup, steel washer, brass
firing pin. hard rubber washer, prim-
ing composition, illuminant compost
ton, a vent hole in the plug, a lead
disk and a brass nut. The cavity in
the body is very nearly filled with the
illuminant composition, the cup is fill-
ed with the printing composition, and
all the other components have their
part to play.
While the projectile is travelling
through the bore of the gun the pow
der gases enter the vent hole, and a
pocket beneath the plug becomes filled
with gas under pressure. This pres
sure is sufficient when the projectile
reaches or has passed beyond the mug
Gle of the gun. to force out the plug,
thereby pulling out the firing pin.
which, by friction, ignites the printing
and illuminant composition. The illu-
minant burns intensely, causing a
bright white flame to extend to the
rear Of the tracer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

thing of order in the retirement TOOK
place.
ly had the semblance OF order peeil
brought out of the chaos when heavy
firing reopened to the rear. where the
hastily formed rear guard was stIlV
ing to hold of the enemy, and soon tne
forces came streaming back once more
while other hastily organized detach.
ments took position at the side of the
roads and in the fields to cover the re-
treat of the rear guard
And that is the scene that sticks IN
my memory. that is never absent.
had discarded my automobiie lot d
never to return alive to my own coun-
try. my duty called me to exert every
effort to the last to do what L could
for the unfortunates who had suHered
through my overconf1dence. my gross
blunder. and / rode with the remnants
of INV staff along the shining road.
quiet and outwardly calm. yet with the
very heart torn out of me.
Desolate, hopeless and weary. the
column struggled along. From time
to time I rode to the side of the way
while the dropping men passed me.
heavy eyed and downcast. There was
no sound from them more than an &C.
casional mutter under the breath,
which I ignored.
Then the enemys guns closed up.
The first greeting from them. where
they had taken position on the ridge
from which the rear guard had been
thrust, came straight down the ROAD
and a score of shrapnel crashed full
over the surging ranks.
The rain had made great pools IN
depressions of the road and in the
bitches alongside in which sodden
gray sky was reflected. And where the
shrapnel struck men fell and the pools
became red with their blood. and
bodies blocked the way The columns
abandoned the roadway and took to
the fields. but the shrapnel followed
and swept them down there
a snudge of smoke lay low over the
hilltops. along the horizon in rear.
Overhead, the enemy's aeroplanes
darted, it seemed, In terrible glee; they
whirled. swooped and sprinted ana
dropped signals of red and blue rock
cts, and where the rocket lights how
cred the shrapnel followed. There
seemed to be no escape, for the crashes
of defamation resounded until it be-
came maddening and all semblance OF
order was lost. The stricken men piled
up in heaps. with men taking cover
behind them.
Gun teams, beyond control. dashed
along the road. running over every
thing before them. until they were
stopped by the sweep of a shrapnel
fallen and the gun overturned.
My own personal experience is OF no
moment There came a flash of IRE
before me. and something blotted out
my memory. I am told that one OF
the shrapnel bursts struck me down.