Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-21
Stories of Daring Courage
and Adventure in War
Rrinoing Up Father

% the prospect OF her husbands early
recovery. She could scarcely credit
the fact that he had actually returned.
1T has oil happened 50 quickly
she said. HE managed to wire, tell
ing me to come. and that's how have
managed TO see him so quickly.
Look what he gave me. she adj
ded and produced small. evil-look-
ing rifle bullet. which was passed from
hand to hand.
Her husband would soon be better.
That was welcome assurance. But
she did not want him to get well too
quickly" Like every other woman.
however. she was proud of the part
her man had played.
A wounded British soldier, who
fought in South Africa. says:
"The Boer war was a game of skit-
ties to this. They came al us In great
masses. II was like shooting rabbits,
only as fast as you shot one lot down.
another came up. You couldn't help
hitting them.
I'VE had plenty of time to take aim,
and Ne must have done a mighty lot
of execution. AS forAtheir rifle fire.
they couldn't hit haystack. Some OF
them fired from their hips. and must
have wasted a lot of ammunition.
ssrhe German generals don't seem
TO mind what price their men have TO
pay so long as they can break through
our lines. They were cut down like
ripe corn in harvest time, but they
didn't seem TO mind ii at all II was
always on and on again, until they
could stand II no longer. and then
others took their places"
The Paris Journal Debates describes
the heroic conduct of young Made
moiselle de Seilgny. a Red Cross work
err, who refused TO leave the village
chateau on the arrival of the Ger
mans because she is in charge OF two
badly wounded Englishmen. Unaid-
ed. she harnessed donkey TO cart.
which she filled with straw, and hay
ing hoisted the men thereupon, walked
forty kilometers to safety, leading the
donkey.
Stories of bravery on the part of
British soldiers include the following:
zone of our men who was holding his
water bottle to a wounded German
was shot dead close TO Mons on sun
day. Another stopped under fire to
light cigarette. when a bullet struck
him on the fingers. and one hand Will
have to come off"
A fusilier speaks very enthusiastic
cally of the bravery Of the French
peasant women. Even while We
were being shelled in the trenches.
he said, they came up to our lines
and brought us fruit
The British public was deeply as
tonished when the official press bu-
reau gave out the first casualty lists.
because the "missing" outnumbered
more than ten to one the combined
dead and injured How could so
many men ''get lost ?" was the ques-
ton constantly asked,
The missing are now being ex-
planned by the daily arrival in London
of groups Of stragglers. who got lost
from their regiments and have come
back to join new battalions now being
formed.
BY the Boulogne boat arrived an
unkempt ragged group of eight men
in the garb of French peasants.
One had a corduroy jacket. trousers
much to short for him and bathing
shoes Unwashed and with two OF
! three days growth Of beard they
walked out Of the harbor station.
AS they passed, bystander asked
"who are you?"
British soldiers. suv'nof'' was the
reply. Lost our regiments, borrowed
these ERE togs came through tht
! German lines, reached Boulogna a
] last. and now we are going to Shorn'
: ciiffe to report. Then We are COINS
I back again.
one of the Cheshires. shot In Dotf
legs. scoffed at the idea of the BRUSH
Z soldiers being downcast by their tash
You should have seen the mon o.
: laughing, cheering comrades that ga"
us off from camp Thursday ne saiu
! "They weren't downhearted by ions
I ichaIks. and II the Germans think ~
the fight has been knocked out o
: them they are making a big mistake
Z There's plenty of go in our iads yet
.sEngland has every reason to %
q proud of her Infantry necaieu a.
artilleryman They fought hke 'he'
: from first to last. and whoever say
8 n word against them lies. II you wan
3 a testimonial for our Tommles ask I'M
4 German prisoners.
"our men fought their corner a"'
fros ,ha bardships of active service