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

pass through that village, in order aft,
erward to fire upon us from two sides
There were bitches right and left, so
there could be no retreat toward any
side. W had to dash through, After
passing Heykant we gathered in a for.
est.
'All my men answered to their
names except that the two were dead
An uhal.
''All my men answered to Their
names except the two mentioned ind
they fell only so PAGES from the enc
my inquired and was told that the
two were dead An uhlan saluted and
said. Herr Lieutenant, will not
leave the corporal lying there; let me
ride back and get him lifted my
hat, in spirit. before this hero who
wanted to ride back into the fire Of
the enemy, and said silent prayer
for his safety Yes, ! said, and a
second man followed him. After 10
minutes they returned with the cor
poral and the uhlan They had both
fallen without being hit All four
are sure to get the Iron Cross.
1--WE got back safe to Hellebrug,
where Lieutenant k and the infau-
try officers were happy to welcome
us | can't understand yet how those
Belgians were able to shoot 50 badly.
Not to hit one ctyalryman out of 25
at 80 ald $50 PAGES is certainly an
artistic achievement, At the same
time another patrolling party under
Lieutenant H was fired upon also
at very short distance; and the re-
suit was two dead horses.
u reported at once to the brigade
and asked that the church tower,
which seemed to be used as an OBJ
servation lookout by the Belgian ar
tillery, be shelled. On the following
day two field howitzers fired twelve
shots at it, this started general con
flagration in Bevel, and the tower
disappeared That was a great salts
faction To be fired upon twice from
one village was just enough We mtde
our quarters for the night at Itighem,
as Hellebrug had grown too danger
Gus for our horses.
'K-and ! found good quarters IN
the villa of a physician. Moreover
we 'requisitioned' two shotguns and
the next morning we went pheasant
shooting. l had been keeping a set
ter with a baggage train for some
days. There was not a living soul in
all this region. but starving dogs and
livestock were running loose every
where
October 2-Patrols were sent out
early, but took a rest. having had
enough work on the previous days.
However, k and /, with our usual
staff of bugler, a member of the nos
pital corps and an orderly rode to
Herenthout, without seeing anything
of the enemy Night quarters were
again at ltighem.
October 3-Three forts have IL
ready fallen We again sent out
three patrols; all got under the en-
emy's fire, but returned without loss.
Toward evening we all rode to head
quarters to report to his Excellencv.
Scarcely arrived there, the enemy's
shells began to drop around us. The
staff had hardly got out of the house
when a shell crashed through the
roof The location Of brigade head
quarters had been revealed to the
Belgians by escaped prisoners. We
faced about in hurry and left our
unfinished reports till the morning
Quarters were again at Itighem, with
splendid fruit and walluts in our gar
den
October with the first battalion
and first battery we marched against
Fort Kessel which was still occupied
by the enemy. We made no attack
and returned to Itighem
October Fort Kessel kept ST.
lence during the night Yesterdays
detachment again seat forward to
storm it. We led till we reached the
open fields around the fort. When
the infantry advanced in firing lines.
Scarcely did we reach the field. how
ever, when it was literally showered
with shrapnel from Fort Broechem.
Shell after shell exploded in their
ranks, but they occupied Fort Kessel
all the same. The eaemy's shrapne )
had little effect For three hours
they hailed upon our infantry. aud
the result: two wounded men. Our
squadron remained behind in the
woods X and ! watching from it,
edge. while the shrapnels were fall
ing among the Infantry scarcely 100
yards from us. We stood there fully
two hours with no shell dropping
nearer us than about 100 yards.
Finally we started back to our
squadron, and had hardly taken 100
steps when a shell exploded at the
spot where we had been standing.
What happy escape. eve had exact
ly the same experience moreover.
Oh the following day. We get so ac.
cuStOmed TO shells and shraUuais how.