The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-29
NIGHT ATTACK
WITH THE BAY0NET
Fought by Light at Moon and
Flames Of Burning
Villages.
TELEPHONE E; AS A SPY
instrument Found Under Altar Table
Of Church Where Psalm Reader
Was Disguised Austrian
Officer.
by United Press Stan Correspon,


by United Press Stan Correspon-
dent.]
PETROGRAD, Nov. 6.-(By mail to
New York. THE terror of night at.
tack and the loyalty Of his soldiers
are described in an effective manner
by young Russian lieutenant who Is
just out OF the hospital after being
severely wounded in east Prussia
After number Of remarks about
the dislike Of the Austrians for q
bayonet charge and few fiattertng
words about the courage of his own
men he goes on to picture the scene
OF a fight made upon some entrenched
Austrians south of Lublin.
"A night attack is really one of the
wierdest spectacles imaginable. On
all sides a sky blood-red with the re-
Election OF burning villages, Of flaming
woods, fred either by men detailed
to clear for an artillery attack or by
the explosion of bombs.
eve were advancing" he says Tho
soft rays OF the moon were at our
backs, in front OF us young birches and
bushes bathed in silver grey phan-
tom light. OF the enemy not sign.
Our heavy artillery was behind us.
We were marching with fast beating
hearts, but still full OF hope. Every
one OF us thought that he might be
among the 50 percent that escara ua-
scathed. suddenly our guns pealed
forth their hell Hike din. Always 500
or GOO yards in front of US shells
would burst and light up with sick
ening glare the little mounds behind
which we knew lay the enemy.
1--WE reached their trenches at last.
1.-TWO Of my men, bearded sons OF
the steppes, kept at my side. Bullets
seemed to evade them on purpose. It
was CHASTITY. To the left, to the right
OF them men fell by the score, but
they seemed to bear charmed lives.
How they piled their bayonets!
Suddenly felt a twitching pain in
my left side. l ran few steps, am
other blow, 1t seemed to me, just be-
low, the left shoulder. This time It
fioored me- Look heard one OF the
bearded ones say, our lad is down,
got to get him out Of this. Under a
hail Of bullets they picked me up and
carried me back to little house at
the entrance to the village.
Here you'll stay. your honor they
said after they had made me fairly
comfortable, help will surely come.
We must return to our lines"
The two privates went out, fought
and then, after the Austrians had re-
treated, returned to the hut. The
lieutenant tells how they came back
to him after he had feared the worst.
According to dispatch from Gal
icia, the Austrians are initiating the
German method of obtaining informa-
ton by telephone, from the enemy's
lines Entering church west Of Lem
berg, the Russians we're courteously
received by venerable psalm reader.
and only accidentally discovered that
there was field telephone under the
altar table, and that the psalm reader
was a disguised Austrian officer.
Owing to the hostility Of the peas
antry, Austrian officers and non-com-
missioned officers are Disgusting them
selves as tanned countryfolk, and are
affecting to receive the Russians cor
daily with gifts Of tobacco and food
Several times Russian suspicion has
been excited by the friendly overtures
of the soi-disant peasants, and in near
ly every case they have been arrested,
field telephone has been found near