The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-26
Story Of Bayonet Charge

LONDON. September % This grim
" humorous story OF a British bayonet
charge in which tho Germans were
stabbed ia Tho hack. wss related by
ia wounded soldier just back from
Northern France:
They can stand FIRE can those Ger
mans We were picking them on like
winkins, anu still they came on.
Thou, when they rot within shout
lnc distance. wc received the word to
charge. our officer was :, spriutcr. hut
We were out of the ,ronci, ana hceinc
after him, all ~ us shouting.
THE Germans seemed struck The,
I Just stood and gapcd as We came chns-
inE down. their mouths wide open. It's
II tho% wcr" wondcriur what tho blnzcs
80 were w 10.
when We were Within twenty or
thirty yards of thcm there was an al
iteration. They knew jhcr ,-ha, we
wanted. and they just threw down their
rifles. turned about ard SO; the pnco
some Of them, a. they went. chucltcd
OF their packs. ANA few cvcu tried
To pul! off their tuuics
/ '5it Ne had ON! never knew
could run before. nor tho other chaps.
l1nd wc rinkch tho blshtors TOO the
hnch hy the score.
WHEN we .,ot wiudcd We came hack
/ the same way, aud IL was so; They were.
1 buck"
/ y corporal and+two privates Of tho
Black Watch all wounded. who have
Just arrived in London from inc front.
w"r" surrounded by q crowd OF admir-
crs tnd loudly chcorcd
TWO were wounded iu tho hands aud
the third IN The log. and have been In
NaiidcG home for 4, pcriod tho sliortcr
the swcctcr" they remarked. as thcy
are all very keen TO get back to tie
Ali spoke de-iairely Of the Gicrmaus
infantry fire 'l would lot hundred
OF them have pop al - bottle shooting
range. aud thcre'd Toe nae glass hyiut-"
remarked one OF the mou.
u Yves ut Nous thar THO B'ack Watch
came into action. we travelled 90
miles in i've and a hair days before wo
came 10 grips, o'nc o: tic trio *
planned. and YOU can guess We were
not icclin fresh when we started our
shootiu' match.
we had packs on our backs weigh
ing go ROUNDS. -, these we carried
something Ia eat aN we'll "a bullets /
had Il tin Of jam in mine. ana next day
| round a German bullet III the tin. This
must have got In when duckod 10 a
voilcy there WAS no tinc TO dig
trenches"
Here the corporal took up the mar
rative. IL want TO let the public know
how the Black Watch went through IL. (
Wen. i; MAS q terrible bit OF work. bu;
our fellows stuck to thcir ground like
mcn-the men OF the bulldog breed the
Riddles sing about ut school
"Tae Germans were a. thick as the
iIiGhland heather, aud by sheer wciph, /
forced us back sicp by sep. But we
had our orders. and every man stuck TO (,
them, and mtil tho orders came not a
liv.n wan ninchcd.
I'VE stuck there popping OF the Ger /.
"a al oil
around us the German shells were !
bursting. And Ia the thick of i; all !
SIC were singing Harry LADDERS latest !
AYE, laddic," he added. lit was grand.
NJ! around us were the dead and dying.
and every now. aud then tho German
shells would burst. ana as we peppercd
away 81 en- we sang about 'Roa,rim'
in the Gloariin' and the Lass Of Kill
liechraakic.
"a, times the odds a; 800 yards ere
not three to One. but twenty-five to
one
y lance corporal OF the Connaught
Rangers stated:
THE dsconcertinQ thing in battles
nowadays is that YOU may he lighting
for hours on end and never rs much ns
sec an enemy to Srapplc with
we laY FOR ten hours in the trenches
last Saturday with rifle fire dropping
around us like rai:drops In u heavy
shower. The "oar OF the Guns was al
ways there like the thunder that YOU
can hear IN ii bis storm, ana you could
see one long line OF little white puiIs
Of smoke away Oh the horizons every
time the Germans fred Beyond that
YOU couldn't see anything, and it was
only an odd sting in the arm or leg.
or head from e bulle, :nat made you
realize thai YOU were in battle.
Its Z. big test of mems fitness for
soldering if they can put up with that
for Il Whole day without losing their
nerve. We lad hccn lighting for three
whole d1Es before we set ayes on 4
Iiernah. although We we're under fire
all the time.
After that we saw them more fire.
Incntiy At close quarters. and then we
had plenty Of hand hand hrhting.
rho Rangers were very lucky indeed,
20 get OF so lightly they did for
Nc were continually harasacd hy the t
ierman cavalry aud artillery. F..
he way The Germans sacrifice their
hcn for ihc sake uf making an i'm
preston Is n Hing. one position on
our ieIt III; e would have fallen u
'ack from lii amy case. because il was /
dominated by a battery which we