The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-12-03
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tossed about. The priest hurried over
to that corner Of the yard and stood
with outstretched hands and uplifted
face, with Red Cross doctor stand
ing helpiessly By his side, until tile
wssthing ceased with sudden jerk
and the soldier OF Austric came to his
end.
$40 p. NJ. We are having our own
experience with Russian shells. Col.
John and Cap. Niakch had gone With
us TO the first battery when We intend
ed TO say goodbye to the commandant
when suddenly shell burst on hill.
two hundred yards from us. We could
see the bits OF broken shell plough
their way over tie ground. Then
came more OF the shells. The Russians
IL seemed, had felt out and found the
Austrian battery. The shells dropped
in the courtyard OF a farmhouse.
three hundred feet away. Across the
road from us was camp OF hundreds
OF wagons, horses and men. The sight
was indescribable as they dashed on
toward a hill which had safe dez.
tiny. For twenty minutes the shells
fell in our area. First we would hear
the very distant burr" of Russian
battery; then would come the groan-
ing shrek OF the shells ana by my
watch ten seconds later. somewhere
around us there would be a terrific
explosion which produced clouds OF
intensely black smoke.
Our battery returned salye after
salve. The man at the telephone yell
ed more numbers at the commanda1t
who in turn yelled at the sixty men 1t
the guns. Whether our firing did II
or not, or whether the Russians lost
the range. no one could decide. but.
as suddenly as 1t had begun. the Rus
sian firing ceased in our direction
and we ventured out to see what holes
the Russian shells had made in the
country round about We found FIVE
holes as large as cellars and some
wounded horses but no one had been
killed. that we could discover.
At 5 o'clock II was pitch lark We
went back to the creek and climbed
into our wagon for the return to
Przemysl. The reserve men had
come down from the hillside where
they had waited all day and were be-
ginning to cross the bridge toward
the front. The white horse that we
had seen among them In the morning
was ridden by young captain with n
bristling mustache. We passed hun
dreds OF camp fires and the strings
of wagons still filed the road as they
had done In the morning. and as ia sy
had done every minute OF the day and
as they will do as long as there are
hundreds OF thoussr OF death hun
cry men or sickiy wounded dying
men on the Przemysi battle ground
6:3o-P. N. l am back in Przemysl.
II was my FIRST day OF actual battle.
/ have seen war at first hand. As
for the safety OF Przemysl. II is GER
tain. The Austrian soldier IL taking
his war with enthusiasm and saw
more smiling faces today and heard
more hearty laughs than I'd see: or
heard on the streets OF New York In
a whole month. You can measure the
morals OF any army by how much It
smiles and by how little II worries.
and this part OF the Austrian army
around Przemysl Is not worrying at
all that can see. Most Of the day
the Archduke Leopold acting ns in
spector OF artillery was at one end
Of the line and saw shells fall with
in less than thirty yards Of him.
VIII hold Court for Judge csvendsr