El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-24


in harvest time, but they didn't seem
10 mind il at all. II was always on,
and on again, until they could Stard
it no longer, and then others took
Mnssed Artillery Fire Severe.
They attached a lot OF Importance
to massed artillery fire, and for hours
all their guns seem TO play on one lit
tie spot Of our line until the dir and
the noise and the screeching OF the
shells overheard becomes so terrible
that you feel as if it would be relief
to cry out
The effect on the nerves is terrible.
and I suppose it is intended to shat
ter the nerves Of our men Only the
strongest can stand il for long, ana
most Of US found il best to stuff our
ears with cotton wool or tear up our
handkerchiefs for the same purpose
Noise seems to count for lot with
the Germans. for their cavalry have
trick Of laundering along in way
that the horses hOofs make the most
awful din you ever heard, giving the
impression that the whole earth is
shaking beneath their tread ADDED
10 that. there are the wild uncanny
shouts which they indulge in"
British Not DOwneast.
One of the Cheshires, shot in both
legs, scoffed at the idea Of our men
being dOWncast by their task
You should have seen the mob Of
laughing, cheering comrades that saw
US off from camp on Thursday" he
said They weren't downhearted by
long chalks, and If the Germans think
all the fight has been knocked out Of
them thew ere making a big mistake.
There's plenty Of 90 IN our lads yet
England has every reason to re
proud of her Infantry" declared an
artillerymen- They fought like men
from first to last, and whoever says
a word against them lies If you want
a testimonial for our TOmmies ask
The mistake the Germans make"
said a Scots Grey, "is in assuming that
you can 80 on forever taking no TO
tice Of your butchers bill Men are
not built that way, and some Of these
days the German machine will break
down because the men who work It
make no allowance for the limitations
Of flesh and blood"
Aids Wounded German; Killed.
Another man stated; ~One Of our
men who was holding his water bottle
TO a wounded German was shot dead
close to Mons. Another stopped under
fire to light a cigaret. when a bullet
struck him on the fingers, ard one
hard will have TO come off"
While men must fight and bear the
consequences like men the real anguish
TACT is sally evident just now at The
hospitals in which wounded soldiers
are being nursed back TO health and
vigor.
hohpAlslA besleEGu ny heAlllNeHs
Take the scere at the London hos
pital, where some hundreds Of warriors
broken at Mons are being cared for
All through the day the institution
was besieged by relatives Of those
within, anXiously inquiring for the
latest tidings of the patients. or wait
ing. patiently, hopeful
inside there were mary touching
scenes, pathetic reunions Of husband
and wife, mother and son a hospital
inevitably sees much of the drama Of
life even IN peace; in times Of war il
IS there, perhaps, that the human fac
ter Is uppermOSt-
wife returned from visiting her
husband, an infantryman disabled
while in the thick of the fighting at
Mons, full Of hope. and talked gaily
OF the prospect of her husbands early
recovery She could scarcely credit
the fact that he had actually re
turned
1T has all happened so quickly" she
said He managed to wire, telling
me TO come and that's how 1 have
seen him so quickly
Look what he gave me-" she added,
and produced small evil looking rifle
bullet, which was passed from hand
70 hard
Her husband would soon be better.
Thar was welcome assurance, but she
did not want him 10 get well too
quickly Like every other woman.
however, she was proud Of the part
Tiles Of Bravery
One told little tales of bravery on
the part Of the wounded Of heroism
under fire against tremendous ODDS. Of
solicitude for chums less capable Of
caring for themselves
Large numbers Of additional wound
Cd reached this country, and like those
before them. had stories Of adventure
TO relate.
one Of the 12O men taken to Biz
mingham, who had lost his left hand,
wondered why he had been sent home.
can sun DO bit Of damage with
THIS ne said, shaking his right fist
A member Of the field artillery,
whose head was bandaged and who
could not speak, wrote down the fol-
lowing The shells came down like
rain and our regiment had only one
officer left I was on a flank with my
gun and fired about so rourds in 20
minutes, but we wanted support and
could not get it"
One poor fellow, whose head was so
smothered in bandages that his fea-
lures could not be seen. remarked.
e could beat them with bladder
sticks if il were not for the shells.
which were appalling The effect could
not be described"
Many Wounded at Brighton.
Between 200 and 800 wounded SOL
dlers arrived at Brighton yesterday.
thousands Of people assembled out
side the railway station and lined the
minor wounds chatted to civilians
about their experiences, telling how
tremendous were the odds against
them, how they peppered the enemy.
and how cruel the Germans were TO
the wounded. They appeared pos
sessed Of a burning desire TO return
to the front, and to have another 20
at the enemy
Long for Tobacco.
Oh, the forging for tobacco which
the eyes Of the cOnvalescents speakt
The gift Of few thousand cigarets 10
the COnnaught and Cambridge hospi-
tails would make numerous Tommies
happy.
A young FusiIier spoke in high
praise Of the German gunnerv. but
held their rifle shooting ir utter con-
tempt, and declared that they couId
not stand the bayOnet- He saw a COM
peny Of Irish Fusiliers 20 for 4 mob
o. the enemy. who turned and ram
like hares"
The best thing I saw from our
trenches he went on, was a charge
BY squadron Of the 18th Hue.ars.
Who vert straight for some dfsmounr-
ed cyclists. It seemed a mad thing
TO do, for the Germans who had been
pepperlng our infantry, should have
been able TO stop them with their rifles
but they didn't and after the Hussars
rode through, there was not a German
left alive"
A surprise attack in which some Of