The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
MIND LITTLE AFFECTED
AS BATTLE PROGRESSES
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In front OF us was IA large open battle
Geld To each side OF us were batteries
which had Numbered away since ear
,y morning The result Of this was that
,nunv Of the cnemy's shells dropped
tight in front of US. | remember motto
ing that while the smoke OF our shells
mad a lilac color. that OF the cncmys
was white.
$50 far we had not been disquieted
Ii, the shells at all. On the edge OF the
,,rush wood had been planted a yellow
black flag. showing that somewhere in
that vicinity was 10 be found our gen
cral staff. Our colonel left us and
walked towards IL. possibly to get or
ders. but just as he got there a shrap-
rel exploded little ahead of him in the
aid and We saw our commanding officer.
., whom we p!Tccd NIL our confidence,
&c down After that il was a terrible
feeling to lie still. From that moment
on, too. a veritabie hail of shells began
70 come. Some sappers. who had been
husv digging "A trench for the protec
Ton OF the general staff. started 10 run.
I feared that my soldiers would follow
he example. and began to make fun Of
me poor sappers. scolding them at the
same time. Thank God. my battalion
found that funny and began to laugh
They lived through terrific shrapnel
fire with not "a care and even found oc :
casion for laughter.
"a major took command Of the reEi-
.meut. and we received orders to re-
take hill which the enemy had taken
under heavy fire. But of the enemy
nothing at all was To be seen a. we
ncarcd the position. though the hail Of
shells and shrapncls increased in fury.
The flag bearer marched acout 300
PAGES off my side. BY accident
looked In his direction saw the white
cloud OF smoke OF a Russian shell.
and where the flag bearer had been
there was nothing more to- he seen.
ENEMY MEANWHILE
TAKES TO TlIt:IIT
The enemy. meanwhile, had taken
to flight, and later we saw the lrus-
slams wadinG through swamp. Then
they got TO the River Por. and crossed
tive after them shooting. wading. out
of breath. OF sudden a village be
hind us went up i'm flames, the light
ling on us like tho rays of n huge
reflector. Then and there we received
a rain OF fire, and saw the enemy had
taken possession in good order of the
other bank. We had TO fall back, not
because we were afraid. but because
those were the orders. The sensation
of being In danger OF death we did not
have.
The phlegma of the Slovac is pos
sibly the result of the circumstances
that he has little feeling. He always
goes as far as his officer goes--no fur
Their. hut he follows his ofticer-wcrc
the goal hell itself It is different with
the Hungarian and the Bosnian, whose
officers find 1t difficult TO hold them
back in it's firing line. They always
want to break ahead to get at the
enemy.
"Flags and drums arc useless things
in warfare. What is the use of a Nag
which by its bright colors reveals your
position, which, as the brown paint
on my sabre. shows IL has been intend
cd to conceal? In the one case even
the slightest reflection of light is
guarded against. while IN the other n
largo field of colors undoes all what
il has been wished to accomplish. The
drummer. on the other hand. must beat
his drum rs he goes to the attack. yet
he Is expected to run into the enemy
unnrmcd. He would prefer exchanging