The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-11-05
STORIES oE INDa#UAl HER0|sn
. DISPLAYED ON FIELD OF BATTLE
Germans Drop Enemy Thouuh From ssy-artery Works
Awful Havoc. But Rifle Fire Not Good-Wounded Private
Tells Of Heroic Work Of the "Dirty Shfts"-
Bombs Success In War;


day. as our regiment left town on
ing at three o'clock and marched till
3 a. m. on Sunday into Belgian town.
| was about to have an hour in bed. at
least lie down in a shop. when ] was
wakened to go on guard at the gener-
ais headquarters. and while | was on
guard a captain of the crack French
cavalry came in with the official re-
port of the 10000 Germans killed.
THE Scots Greys early that morn
ing had decoyed the Germans right in
front OF the machine guns OF the
French. and they Just moved them
down. There was no escape for them.
poor devils; but they deserved II. the
way they go on. You would be sorry
for the poor Belgian women having to
leave their homes With young children
clinging to them"
Bombs Are a Success.
Bombardier A. f. Smith. who was
wounded by a bomb dropped from
German aeroplane. in a letter TO a
friend in Edinburgh. says:
hose bombs have proved a great
success In the war. as they find the
enemy's range very accurately The
bomb. when dropped. leaves a thick.
black. smoky line 20 enable the gun
ners TO take the exact range. We
were in a good position. but suffered
loss. The enemy could not find us
until the aeroplane came on the scene.
Then we had II rather hot. The gun
ners had to leave the guns. but later
saved them all after being re-en-
forced by other guns.
The Germans have a funny way In
fighting. Their infantry. when ad-
vancing. fire from the hip and come
on In masses. splendid targets for
our guns. As soon as one lot gets
moved down the gaps are filled
up with fresh men. They are In terri
bic numbers-about ten TO one IN
some places. Nearly all the mems
wounds are from shrapnel. and heal
wonderfully Men almost cripples a
or two neo are going on splendid
y since being treated here"
"Like Blue Murder"
A wounded private OF the Royal
Munster Fnsillers Cthe DIRTY Shirts"D
tf-lA- Aflt EAlIeKIlT tNLfHH
Fer some reason or other we we're
left IN the iurch. Ind had q bear the
brnn, Of the whole German attack
while the rest OF the brigade fen
back.
"They came ~ us from all points
horse. foot, artillery and aii-and
the ai- was thick with screaming.
shouting men waving swords and blsz
ing away at us like blue murder Our
lads stood mp TO them without the
least taste Of fear. and when their cav
airy came down on as we received
them with fixed baynuets In front. the
rear TANKS firing away as steadily as
you please All round us we saw
them collecting until there was hardly
n hole ft for n wee mouse to get
through. and then II was that the
hardest fight OF all took place. for we
wouldn't surrender. and tried our
hardest to cut through the stone wall
OF the Germans.
'Tt was heii's own work. but ] can
say that we never hoisted the white
flag. and II the battalion was wiped
cut, as they say, II fought TO the last
rasp. The spirit of our lads was that
grand that you couldn't help being
proud of them. and they accounted
for n lot Of the Germans. First Of all.
got wee taste OF punch In the
ribs with n sword. and then got
bullet in me. but when | was able to
see what was going on the mon we're
cutting their way through the Ger
mans. was fioored for ! can't tell
you how long. but when ] got hack
my senses the Germans were gone.
leaving only heaps on heaps of the
dying and the dead. our boys and the
Germans being mixed up like any.
thing
some OF our bova who rot awry
told me that the Dirty Shirts had
been almost cleaned up by the Ger
mans. but made the Germans pay
dearly for thinking they could cut OF
an Irish regiment without having 20
aght"
edmlres German Artillery.
Private Charles Dudley Moore Of
the Yorkshire light infantry, who was
AZ Mems and is now at Lynn. hnd the
misfortune 10 be wounded half an
hour after he went into action.
THE slirapnei shells Of the Ger
mans were bursting over the trenches
whore We were lying. and was struck
In the foot with piece OF shell which
took the sole OF my shoe clean on.
Five minutes later. when was trying
TO help fellow near me who had
been hit Ia the shoulder. was struck
ia the right thigh by pellet from
shrr pnel shell. ! fired one more shot
after that I fired at the driver OF n
German machine gun and hit him
This was my first experience OF netusi
fighting, and l can tell you II In
funny nnnsaffon Mt first 10 see the