Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-13

right and 4iest 40 there coni4 he no
retreat toward any side. we had TO
dash through, After psssins Heskant
"All my men answered SO their
names except the two mentioned. and
they fell only nifty PAGES from the,
enemy. inquired and was told ina!
the two were dead An uhlan saiuted
leave the corporal iyins there. Let
me ride back and get him.. lifted my
hat in spirit, before this hero, who
wanted to ride back into tho IRE OF
the enemy, and said silent prayer
minutes they returned with the cor
poral and the Uh1an. They had both
fallen without being hit All four are
sure to get the Iron Gross.
I'VE got back safe to- HeiieorHs,
fantry officers were hnppytto welcome
US. can't understand YET how those
Belgians were able to SHOOT 80 badly.
Not to hit one cavalryntan out OF
twenty-five at fifty and l6o PAGES is
the same time another patrollins par,
ty. under Lieutenant H.. was va hred
upon. also at q very short distance
! and the result was two dead horses.
IT reported at once gta. res of fower
which seemed to be USED as an OBJ
lservation lookout by thes Belgian ar
itillery, be shelled On sthe following
day two field howitsers fired twelve
shots at It. This taEted a general
iconhagration In Reyei, ana the .oW s,s
!. faction. ToEbe fred pom twice from
one village swas Just enough. We
made our ,qnartersi for the might at
| Itighem. as iHellebrug shada grown too
dangerous for our horses.
| g. ii on
the villa Ola physician. Moreover, we
! 'requisitiored' two. sh6teuns; and the
next morning we wehts pheasant shoot-
ling. HAD been keeping a setter with
a baggage train fortseme days. There
was not q living soul in all this re-
zion, but starving dogs and livestock
were running loose everywhere.
October g2-Patrols were sent out
| early. but 1 took a. rest. having haa
enough work on tlIe previous %,,h da aur
usual staff of bugler,s member OF the
| hospital corps. and an orderly, rode 10
! Herenthout, without seeing anything
] of the enemy. Night quarters were
fagain at Itighem.
HEADQUARTERS STAFF
80 HAS NARROW ESCAPE
"octobef s-Thtee forts: have al
/ ready fallen. We again sent out three
patrols; all got under the enemy's hre,
1 hut returned without loss. Toward
| evening we all rode to headquarters
] to report to His Excellency. Scarcely
/ arrived there, the enemys shells began
I to drop around us. The staff had
| ha rdlY got out sof the house when a
lshell crashed through the roof The
location of brigade Headquarters had
been revealed 70 the Belgairs by es.
| caped prisoners! We faced about In
| a hurry and left our unfinished reports
/ till the morning. Quarters were again
lat Itighem, with splendid fruit ana
| walnuts in our garden.
| October 4-With the First Battalion
| and. First Battery, we marched against
Fort Kessel. which was still occupied
by the enemy. We made no attack and
| returned to Iteghem.. I
] October 5-rzFort Kessel kept silence
! ment again Gent forward to storm 1t.
! we led till We reached the open fields
/ around the fort. When the infantry
advanced in firing lines. Scarcely did
It reach the open fields, however, when
lit was literally showered with shrap-
Incl from Fort Broechem. She'll after
/ shell exploded in their ranks, but they
] occupied Fort Kessel all the same. Tho
| enemy's shfapnels had little effect. For
| fantry, and the result: two wounded
men, Our squadron remained behind
| IN the woods, K and watching
| from It's edge. while the ahrapnels were
4 falling among the infantry scarcely
!, 100 yards from u.s. We: stood there
fully two hours with no shell drop
(! ptngEeaf er to Sus ,thansabout 100 yards.
squaasoA: and had hardly taken 100
/ steps when a shell exploded at the
! spot where we had been standing.
/! What iafh Apply escape I'VE had exact