The Harrison times., 1914-11-21

They Sensed the Charge.
Some of our fellows we're coming
down the hill as we came up Others,
stretched at full length at its brow,
we're firing from behind miserable lit
tie mounds of earth that they had cast
up before we arrived We knew what
was expected Of us, and if there were
any orders given | didn't hear them.
We just went up quietly kicked those
other fellows out and lay down in the
red earth that bore the imprint of
their bodies
And then something hit the ground
in front of me with noise like slap
on a pillow with the palm of ones
hand and Lay down, you fool said
my pal, Cant you see they've got the
range?"
That shot reused my ire. My rife
was loaded | slipped it over the top
Of my little parapet and took a shot
at the first puff Of haze that | saw rise
from the hill across the way, l hadn't
been ordered to shoot, but felt had
10 get back at that fellow who took a
shot at me- How he saw me l don't
know, for | hadn't seen sign Of a
man over there yet.
Like a Great Wave.
Somehow we got the idea there was
something doing Hold EN-, boys!"
said the lieutenant who was kneeling
just a few feet behind me, and sure
enough down the side Of the other hill,
almost in an instant, there rushed a
whole troop Of cavalry-uhlans, may
be, but more probably just regular
horsemen, As far down the little val.
ley as | could see they broke over the
edge of that opposite hill like great
wave and swept down into the little
valley where the brook flowed,
shot wildly two or three times, and
then realized must make good, so |
took careful aim at fellow who had
almost reached the brook, and so was
about a quarter Of a mile away and
fired, ! put two more into him be.
fore he stopped, and then his horse
no, he didn't rear up as ! hoped he
would, but just crumpled and threw
him headlong
His Pal Also Claimed Credit.
81 got that one,' said to my pal,
He turned the funniest looking face
have ever seen toward me, "The devil
you did, got him myself" he said,
As Il matter Of fact, think we both
got him, believe got him twice,
But they came on all the same, but
there weren't 80 many Of them as
there had been, The machine guns
and our little Lebes were doing the
work, and coming up that hill through
the bushes wasn't an easy task for
their horses, though we could see that
by this time they were urging them
on with might and main, Funny men,
those Germans! They seemed TO like
to get killed, ! wondered II they
would get up the hill and | turned
over to load my rife again, When
looked out they were almost there a
pltiful few Of thom and those few were
only half dozen when they reached
our lines, None came near me, but
saw some other follows driving their
bayOnets held In their hands, into the
bellies Of the horses
Days Fighting to Be Done,
Aud then there weren't any of them,
Only u few horses gOlloped madly
about Some Of these horses we're
killed, | am sure, by their own shrOp.
mel hre, for | had just become con.
Bcious that little iron balls we're rain.
Ing all about us, and then, az soon as
| dared looked around and saw that
there weren't Os many Of US as there
had been | thought they would give
us rest but N was still morning,
and there was days lighting to be
done, no we lay down In our trenches
and began to take pot shots ut the
trenches on the other side
70 the north and the south OF us
they were getting guns In position, and
saw that II was soon going to be up
to us to try to do Just what they had
done They wanted our hill and we
wanted theirs, but our methods were
not quite no reckloaa
| was getting little hungry Funny
! should think Of such thing at such
a time, but was hungry and my pal
was, too 40 We took down our hayor.
sacks and gnOwcd u little food THAT
made no thirsty but the fellows In the
rear were prepared, 10 We slipped back
and took great swIgB Of water from a
pail they had there. and smoked cIg.
arctic before going back to our posi-,
llons Thla sounds little unlikely to
you, maybe and little irregular, but.
ua matter OF fact, We all came abolt
the same time There was water for
all Of us, and we all went back to our
places In unison You don't need or.
dora for such things Os that Tho In.
utnot seems to hlt everybody about
the same time
Ordered to Take other Hlll
They weren't doing much across the
way, our guhhers had gotten their
range apparently, and they were kept
pretty busy preparing cover for them.