The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

and asked hat the church tower.
which seemed to be used as an OBJ
~servation lookout by the Belgian ar
ililery. be shelled. - the following
day two field howitzers fired twelve
SHOTS at il; this started a general
con1agration in Bevei. and the tower
disappeared. That was Il great salts
faction. To be fired upon twice from
one village was just enough. We
made our quarters for the night at
1tlSheIn. as Hellebrug had grown too
dangerous for our horses.
Goes Pheasant Shooting.
Il and / found good quart
ers in the villa of q physician. More
over. We reconstructed two shot-guns
and the next morning We Went pleas
ant shooting. [ had been keeping 4
setter with a baggage train for some
days. There was not a living soul in
all this region, but starving dogs and
livestock were running loose every
| where.
October 2-Patrols We're sent out
early, but l took a rest. having had
enough work on the previous DAYS.
However, k and /, with our
usual staff Of bugier, a member Of
the hospital corps and an orderly rode
to Herenthout. without seeing any
thing of the enemy. Night quarters
We're again at Itighem.
October 3-Three forts have al
ready fallen. We again sent out
three patrols; all got under the
enemy's fire. but returned without
loss. Toward evening We all rode to
headquarters to report to His Elk
cellency. Scarcely arrived there, the
enemy's shells began to drop around
us. The staff had hardly got out OF
the house q shell carsheo
through the roof. The ~ocation o.
brigade headquarters had been re
vealed to the B~elgians by escaped
prisoners. We faced ABOUT in a hurry
and left u unfinished reports till tn,
morning. Quarters were again a
Itighem, with splendid fruit and val
nuts in our garden.
october with the first l%attalioI
and first battery we marched agains
Fort Kessel, which was still %occupie,
by the enemy. We made no attach
and returned to Itishem.
"October 5-Fort kessel KEEP
silence during the night. Yesterday
detachment again sent forward t
storm it. We led till We reached IN
> open fields around the fort. Whe
: the infantry advanced in firing lines
/, Scarcely did it reach the open fields
however, when it was literally show
r cred with shrapnel from Fort Broe
chem. Shell after shell exploded i
I LIZ Aoiiho u liz ''(hpA'N VI
\ Kessel all the same. The enemy
= sharpness had little effect. For thre
+ hours they hailed upon our infantry
8 and the result two wounded men. Gu
4 squadron remained behind iii III
woods. K and watching fror
g it's edge, while the sharpness wer
falling among the infantry scarcel
o 100 yards from us. We stood ther
fully two hours With no shell drop
, ping nearer us than about 100 yard,
: \ Happy Escape.
q "Final1y We started back to GU
squadron, and had hardly taken 10
steps when a shell exploded at tn
spot where We had been standin,
What a happy escape. 1--WE had g,
actly the same experience, moreove
on the following day. We get s
accustomed to shells and shrapnel
e however. that we ont get out {
y their way unless they drop near
r. than 100 yards from US; otherwise "
f, do not let them bother US even WIN
1t we are eating.
le October 6-k.- and | We
n ordered to r~econnoitre Fort BroeCher
n which is to be shelled by our Accent
ID meter mortars. We rode with
~ uhlans to a point west Of Nylen tabor
d eleven miles from Antwerp). IN 6
a ancient linden tree on a Slight elevi
st ton we found a deserted Belgian o
- SCI EdtIoi pAoNAo1 ~ w 4aiShA &i'th
lie ed TO it.
Guns Begin To Talk.
he "A wonderful sight, - the 70
I'd lay about 1900 yards before US, eve
We Belgian soldier plainly visible throul
L our glasses. A splendid plat
IN Principally at s o'clock the 42-cen
st meter guns began TO talk, The fl
re two shots dropped 1900 feet sho
It; We announced this at once. Eve
seven minutes tWo shells were throw
The next two dropped nearer, but r
in the fort. Again an urgent sign
er after which every hot hit. We to
NO note of every one, and continued
I'd report at once. The fort replied CO
O. ~tinually, but our presence in the TT
was not yet discovered. We repo
we ed what of the enemy'S turrets e
firing, and a half-hour later the m,
tars directed their fire upon the
Meanwhile Lieutenant Il, a
three of our men crept TO within )
lat yards Of the fort and sent back
ed ports by bicyCliStS confirming [