The Dolores star., 1914-10-16
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lln Of The LINE
L00ks0n Battle
lndl@srenee SheWn h Steey q
enolsh Sergeant
WITNESSES LITTLE Of STRIFE
Wssssr TELLS q Wsssdse soldier vvhs
Even DID Net Know How Ne a.
iaJursd-sit wss . ELL u
. Charge
WITNESSES LILLE Of sTRlFE

tno eeT8eaut. r1Tbt tniu8 you Know
you'l be stepping on my sore foot.
And then I'll jolly well bash the man
- does IT,"
But there are ways OF modifying
wounded heroes. and British soldier
could never b. convinced that ale
could be the slightest drag upon con
vaiescence. He had just returned from
France. where he had been wounded
en . battle with the Germans. His
wound was not serious. He hoped to
be back on the lighting line In =
mouth.
Where was the battle in which you
were wounded?" some one asked.
Then was revealed the fashion in
Which nghting man looks at . bat
tle-much n an ant would look at .
sand bed. He could only see the little
grains Of sand Immediately before his
eyes. OF the strategy involved. of the
uumberR In conflict Of the general plan
q hattie. he knew no more than We
I'D who stayed II home.
Didn't Know What Happened.
~All ! know II they were lighting
hall over" he said. "Mornin's you'd
wake up to ear them same guns 60
tas. Everywhere they were at IT.
I'll around. Sometimes the Germans
seemed IN the rear OF 10 and some
times We were In the rear Of the Ger
mans. don't know what happened
We were somewhere In Belgium"
The troop Of cavalry to which he
belonged had not been engaged dur.
fas the nrst day Of the big battle.
Thres or four times Il had been or.
dered here or there
"Just like we'd be going out to e.
escise our 'orses Ike" said he. I'VE
nevsr got near the 0ermans ZONE
tinss we'd see EN- and they'd zee us,
eat both Of ~ went on about our
huoinessL"
He saw the wounded brought hack
tru0 the front. II was pretty tough,
- said. to stand In ranks and watch
wagons full Of groanins. cursing,
Ocfeaming men die past. The worst
u n. he thought. was to watch the
Mood drip through the seams Of the
vaeod beds. The undergear Of some
Of the vaeons grew TO . dark. dusty
purple. When his troop was ordered
% scouting duty the man took Il a.
. relief.
IT was odd. now" said be. to watch
the water wagons that used TO
spsinkle Lnndon's streets come jolt.
lag up with water for ~. They toek
your mind hon the fellows that 'sd
bssn 'urt And the buses. when I
eos my 'urt. rode TO the rear In q
Charms Cross bus. that maybe the
Cd woman used 10 ride In every morn.
ING when she vent down town. Rum,
arsnt NJ"
ordsrsa % Mount.
His troop Was sheltered behind q
hiil, 10 said. where the shells couldn't
81 ct them. Il was hot. and most
oe the men were standing By their
horses. They had loosened the sirths
and opened their own tunics. He was
concerned about his own horse.
-Old 'Ydraulic." he said. rot 10
iatherinG bad that morning feared
The ole besgar were going to b.
alex"
A stan oficsr cantered up In . Der,
fectly maiter-of.fact way and gave an
order 10 the commanding ofncer. The
word TO mount was passed along. II
vas obvious that another scouting N.
pedition was on foot. The sergeant
heard one Of the men In tbs ranks
cay to . comrade that one Of these
days they'd get bally well caught by
the sausases going around this way.
careless like He reprimAnded the
speaker.
"'E WAS Just cornerboy In Lon.
dom" said the sergeant. Il could tell
what sort e 10 directly ! laid eyes
on i'm. They always ave moro STRAIT.
egy than ole X himself"
Tho troop took the long hill a a
walk The warm. tired men ldiled In
their saddles until the sergeant made
them straighten w 10 save the backs
os their horses They were distinctly
not interested Half q dozen Of these
expeditions had besn unfruitfui. They
had seen nothing Of significance In the
ucvements of the enemy.
.Iiall n once" said the sergeant,
- Z louder tone. He sounded the
charge"
When the Clash Came.
TIE men took the crest Of the hin
q . salIop Tho frst Of the troop
wsss already tearing down hin toward
Q company OF German iancess Via
wsss ON level ground not hundred
yaf1s away. The noise u battle which
n11od the air for 70 milss % either
~ I'D masked the approach Of sach
- The other
n Gas . Ell Of . charge" aai1 the
eogDoaal IN 1isgust. I'VE 1i1n't ave
- G1awrcs 70 ~ Into useoss seena'