The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-27
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF
BATTLE ALONG USER
Air, Sea and Land Engines Death
Sweep This Desolate Country
simultaneously.
ACTIONS Bl ARMoRED TRAINS
Each Day AccumuIates an Unwrit-
ten Record OF individual Daring
Feats-Mlen Push Out on Danger
our Explorations to Support Lines.

LONDON, October 26.-rhc CORES
pendent OF the Daily News, who has
been in AN armored train to the banks
of the User. gires.a good description OF
the battle in the northwest. He says:
THE battle RACES along the User
with frightful destruction OF life. Air
engines, sea engines and land engines
death-swcep .his desolate country YER
tcally. horizontally and transversely.
Through II the little frail human en-
Eines crawl and dis. walk ana run
diminishing. charging ami laundering
In little individual: tights ana tussles,
tired ana puzzled, ordered here and
tter". sleeping whcr" :hcy can, never
washing and dying unnoticea. :, friend
may ma himself firing on a friendly
force, and few are to blame
Thursday the Germans were driven
back over The User. Friday they Sc.
cured a footing again, and Saturday
tEeN We're again hurled back. Now &,
bridge blown up is repaired by the 9th
tf, II is again blown up by The first or
left as death trap, till the enemy is
actually crossing.
Actions by armored trains. some OF
item the most reckless adventures, are
attempted daily. Each day accommodates
an unwritten record OF individual dar.
ing feats. accepted as part Of the daily
work. Day by day our men push out OH
these dangerous explorations, attacked
by shell fire, in danger of cross fire,
dynamite and ambuscadcs, bringing n
priceless supper, TO the threatened
line,.
EAR CRACKS WITH CONSTANT
THUNDER OF GUNS ABOARD
LAS the armorcd train approx ches the
l,n ALL.
with the constant thunder of guns
aboard. 1t is amazing to see the angle
at which the guns can be swung And
overhead, the airmcn are busy ventur-
ing through fog and puffs OF exploding
shells to get one small fact OF inrorma-
ton. We used TO regard the looming
the loop of the Germans overhead asa
hare-brained piece of impuGent de-
fnnce 10 our infantry fire. Now we
know it means extra trouble for the
infantry.
BESIDE us as we crawl up, snu:iing
the lines like dogs on scent grim
trainloads of wounded wait soundlcsslv
in the sidings Further up the line
ambuiances are coming slowly back.
me bullets of machine guns begin 10
rattle on our armorcd coats. Shells
we learned TO disregard. but the ma
chine gun Is the master In this war
Now We near the river at "a fiat
country farm. The territory Us Scared
! win trenches, and it Is Impossible 10
say at first who is In them 50 Incl
dental and separate are the fortunes
Of this riverside battle. The Gcrmans
are on our bank eniilading the lines of
the allies trenches. We crop up. and
the Germans come into sight out of
the trenches rush to the bank and are
scattered and smashed. The allies
follow with a fierce bayonct charge
The Germans do not wait. They
rush to the bridges. and are swept away
by the deadliest destroyer OF all-the
machine gun. The bridge is blown up.
, but who can say 10y whom? Quickly
the train runs back.
"a brisk day, remarks the CORE
spondent. Not SO bad replies the Of
ficcr. SO the days pass