The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-10-09
WRECKAGESTREWN BATTLEFELOS
LOOK AS IF SWEPT BY CYCLONE

shells WhlStlod and screamed over
head, and the dishes ratified constant
ly on the table.
When the meal was over the propri-
etor called us to witness what had
happened TO the far wing of the ho-
tel. II was demolished.
Alert had just been sounded and
he soldiers were running through the
streets. We a oUt in time 10 see q
building fall half a block away, com
pletely filling the street by which We
entered the town an hour earlier.
In a few minutes We heard the sharp
craCkle Of infantry about half a mile
away and had a sudden desire to get
away before the automobile retreat
was cut off. Just then we heard the
sound OF an aero engine overhead. 1t
was flying so low that through a
glass We could easily see the whir-
ring propeller.
Germans Fire at Aviator.
The machine was mounted with a
rapid-tire gun, which was trying TO To-
cate the German gunners, who inn
mediately abandoned the destruction
of the town in an attempt to bringSt
down.
For ten minutes We saw shells
bursting all about il. At times 1t IA
lost in smoke. but when the smoke
cleared away there was rhen mono
plane still blazing y. away ,>HalWays
mounting to,a higher level aAdtfnally
disappearing 81 toward the >itrench
lines. t'- 80 - list 8 I'll On :
Frs There was another hull tn tile can
nOnade and we WeFA}ipefmt fed uto
pass down the lstreet' rear "a river.
where by Feerihs 'arOaHd'a building
wei could sae .%litrs the German bat
4 teries were setreted in the hitis. We
r were w'arhe d, l. ct TO gdt unto the street
which led TO the Bt4ag e,i'Rs she Ger
"mtnsJiiaRed THAT" street 's@ TIN tbtir
fire n a'-person"appeaired2@ Ahe then
!t6bK1!adv ar1tage of a. luIlitfn the fir,
'ihg"ahd uefjarted'td the south at 70
. 4hiles mn hodr, TO ,beat'the ishells If
i'any'twera Aimed 'ohf way as swa
: crbsBeH Che rise III tn hill. ua"i 81
N''i'isNeils -sttike'foo wears Apart
f"Wt''Sadse9&tne1 right atr s'village
= Where &C considerable eNetttion had
u 6esh 'u6ie'by 'Getniah 1sleil9s1Ne saw
one curious effect'lof1 NieaHH Ind a
MISUNDERSTANDING near'tlcst ity Malt
there Waa1i4 Shell 'imbeddeGin tho
''waYl'i WIEN ia hplatb' hxSd2 tbc,ie al h IA
showing it's stick there ift.the year
'fSf4.'91 Justjnext'to it"wass sa4f uriex-
''pfodea hsRell'of 'fOO'yearsjaf aver stick
Ing inr'tAe walli' !" a1is"1 @dI
'AiNs' ardih'" struck 'outdtowtsyd sths
'bAttle .ff1tti' bat ~heh' we me~t 'w.Ah4
IN sUund'H Tie firing the suthorisirs
tibcideu' we7had' seen enoughISf war
afnd 'd~ataired.nus for 1.-TWO days as
gudsts 7br'na fresimdntal staff, which
was quartered IN a'!courtyafd,s There
We '&ere privileged to see how the
''Ftenth' soldiers1ivet and became such
. hartfened fighters as they werS proxr
YinS'themhelvas to be. We ate with
sttferr and slept with them IA Itl1t straw
''diftff dtdSrs' ga IRE to- seha i 500 Paris.
~. AS We %tfe ilvavihg d coWS6rd the
. authorities grabbed afother tfOuB OF
correspondents !' -four IN inu4. baA, hesdf
ed ibysRfchatd '4fsrdiag ~Davfst They
''wefe "ortfeTed sto aecbinpailyn ushto
Pt.rfsiinseead Of 'prassirls' IseS ef1l DAYS.
. iiilthe Sstf,Pw eah1 taiig' hafdtaek and
lsrf1b faf&. ,Ait, ais nor isst .isYI
ali na3tefis6 of Horrors Of Wan BAD
" fond nlaaTh q Svandardncorraspesdt
tent, hF.7 81. 'EBearn an, > 'WsritiNgFffromira
DtowfT i'm France, @saysyt.G"J i%"6F .aE,a
fearful ,horrorsso Of war can
never be grasped by secing'the care
fully tended wounded" uhoacdme back
TO -EIfs}and,taAd hearing their taaeas
however" gruesSn9e, .tmhAe.Athere is
scarcely a'day IN any-of theo&'ren0h'
towns near the armies, that does not
bring with it some liv~e,@terrof from
ithe front One example wiib-sufHeal
to >puintjout this truth. -Four days
) a eoO the hospital corps and TvoAlu'
'teere were noti6ed d. that a convoy vaa,
expectedt Towards imidnisht it tars
rived, bringing Fpen Gu and German.
IHofdtlt1 " hSAi
by, the Germans in tSenltsl when they
I. 1etreated 'after.isstting frehIo, thel
town. . ~ ibrk -,+r1b sI1
We had had many ~trains"e4 Touadn
ed before. and all necessary arrange
mentsnwere, mads''as usual, but when
convoy" arrived even 9thn. most
hardened hsd to sunmon'all fortitrdst
TO the task of eHiptying't the 'carriageE~
When IA man had a fbroken deg Nbr.
arm or a buliet through his luffgs the
skilled ambulance staff soOnthad ARM
comfortably backed, but here were
} human testiges so mangied that 1T
was diff cult 10 find a .placetto touch
them without.Cauting scream and
means. An insaffe Pable chatnal house
stencil pereades the whole night air.
h".n "@,t aid Out Four Days "-
Most OF the wounded hadiFain Tor
four days and nights where they had
fallen before being picked zap, and
had notfyet HAD their Wounds exam
ined, much less dressed Under tf,s,
burning sun and myriad of flies and
Under later rains they Had been fefti
70 suffer theitortpre OF pain, hunger
and thirst until It wal a marvel they
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