Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-10
Battle OF WIRBALLEN
ENDS IN RUSSIAN ROUT;
Acres DEAD ON field
Continued From First pago.

rible consequences Of the two pre-
vious charges. AS spectacle the
whole thing was maddening. found
my heart humping like a hammer aud
with no weapon moro formidable than
pair of binoculars I was mentally
lighting as hard as the men with the
guns. For the first time sensed the
lntoXication of battle and learned the
secret Of the smiles on the faces OF
the battleheld's dead
On came the Slav swarm-intO the
range OF the German trenches. with
wild yells and never a waver. Rus
sian battle fiags-the first l had seen
appeared in the front of the charg-
ing ranks. The advance line thinned
and the second line moved up. Near
or and nearer they swept toward the
German positions. And then came a
new sight
A few seconds later came new
sound. First / saw a sudden. almost
grotesQue. melting of the advancing
line. IL was different from anything
that had taken place before. The men
literally went down like dominoes in
row. Those who kept their feet
we're hurled back as though by a
terrible gust Of wind. Almost In the
second that ! pondered, puzzled. the
staccato rattle OF machine guns
? reached u.s. My ear answered the
/ query OF my eye.
/ For the nrst time the advancing
lines hesitated, apparently bewildered.
! MnppfaI oNl,arc Iaahna .Tnvu thn
line, urging the men forward. Horses
/ fell With the men. saw dozen
riderless horses dashing madly
/ through the lines, adding new ter
rOr. Another horse was obviously
running away with his officer rider.
The crucial period for the section Of
the charge on which / had riyeted my
attention probably lasted less than a
minute. To my throbbing brain, II
seemed an hour Then. with the with
ering fire raking them as they fall
tered, the lines broke. Panic ensued
IL was every man for himself. The
entire Russian charge turned and
went tearing back to cover and the
shelter of the Russian trenches.
I swept the entire line OF the Rus
sian advance with my glasses-as far
as il was visible from our position
The whole advance of the enemy war
in retreat. making for its intrenched
position.
Alter the assault had failed .and tn,
battle had resumed It's normal trend.
swept the field with my glasses. Tho
dead were everywhere They were moi
piled mp but were strcwn over acres.
More horrible than the sight OF TN
dead though, were the other picture
brought up by the glasses SQuirmiug
tossing. writhing figures everywhere
The wounded aud dying All who coul
stumble or crawl were working thci
way hacl, toward their own lines or bac
q to the friendly cover OF hills or woode
spots But there appeared Go be hur
a dreds TO whom was denied even IN
= hone. hundreds doomed. lit there In n
open, with wounds unwashed and Nj
-, dressed. suffering from thirst and hu
ger until the merciful shadows of dar
!. iness made possible their rescue-by Il
Good Samaritans of the hospital corp
who are tonight cleaning that field
!. death for the third time since Sunday.
After the charge we moved along bac
and found the hospital corps bringin
back the German wounded The nun
Der of these was comparatively slight
due TO the strongly intrenched position
they had occupied. Nearly all th
wounded were hit by shrapnel as the,
r lay in the trenches.
\ After a tour along the rear OF tn
= German position. where we Saw IN
! reserves. ammunition and suppl
+. wagons all drawn up in close forma
n ton, with the hospital corps in tn
K extreme rear, we moved up until di
+ rectly behind the German trenches
:. The artillerymen had resume
their duel and as we came up in tn
lee Of the outbuildings Of a deserte
farmhouse a shell struck and fire
r the farmhouse Immediately in from
Of us AS we paused TO see II th
shot was a chance one. or II the Rus
: sian gunners had actually gotten th
range, a regiment of fresh reserves
young men who had Just come u
from the west, passed ms on their wa
TO their baptism of fire.
Their demeanOr was more sugges
tive of a group of college student
. going to a football game than th
5 serious business on which they wer
b bent. They were singing and laugh
s ing. and as they went by non-com
L missioned officer inquired rather rue
fully whether there we're any Ru'
e SLAMS left for them.
As we stood on a slight rise ogel
: looking about three miles OF the ba
u tie front a STAFF officer came rushiu
: toward us. yelling and pointing
p something behind us. We turned
= time TO see a shell burst 500 var,
>, away A few seconds later anoth'
dropped about 500 yards: and tbs
one about 300 When one broke 2
yards away, we. understood the o
fcers frantic gesticulatiOn. We toe
il down the hill on the dead run
cover. and a moment later a she
burst with terrific force on the vel
spot on which we had stood, furnis
ing a splendid target in the open feel
As we worked our way slow
through a dense wood in the direeti
OF the German trenches we were aim,
Il daafanod hkr thp shrek and crash