The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
BRITISH BAYONET
germans in BACK
Grimly Humorous Story Of
Charge Told by Wounded
Soldier.
SAVED BY CAN OF JAM
Member of Black Watch Ducks"
Volley and Finds Bullet in
Knapsaek.
SAVED BY CAN OF JAM
ipecial oaBls to he wahinroa Hsnld.

Special Cabls to he Washington HsnH.
London, Sept. 2s-This grimIy humoF-
Gus story Of British bayonet charge, In
which the Germans were stabbed in the
back, was related by q wounded soldier
just back from Northern France:
They can stand fire, can those Ger
mans. We were picking them on like
winking, and still they came on.
Then. when they got within shouting
distance, we received the word to
charge. Our officer was a sprinter, but
we were out Of the trench and heelInG
after him. all Of US shouting.
THE Germans seemed struck. They
just stood and gaped as we came ehaS-
ing down. their mouths wide open, as n
they were wondering what the blaSes
we were up to.
Discard Rifles and Ran.
When We were within twenty o.
| thirty yards of them there was an alter
alton. They knew then what we wanted.
and they just threw down their riheA
| turned about and set the pace. Some
OF them. as they went chucked OF their
packs, and a few even tried to pull OF
! their tunics.
But We had 'en. I never knew
could run before. nor the other chaps,
and We pinked the blighters in The back
by the score.
When We got winded We came back
the same way. and 1t was so; they were
lying on their faces, bayoneted in the
back"
A corporal and two privates of the
Black Watch. all wounded. who have
Just arrived in London from the front.
were surrounded by a crowd OF admirers
and loudly cheered.
German Bullet In Jam.
It was at Mons that the Black Watch
came into action. We Travelled 2is
miles in fvs-and a half days before We
came to grips one Of the trio explained.
and you can guess We were not feelin'
fresh when we started our shootin'
match.
We had packs on our backs weigh
ing ninety pounds. In these we carried
somthing to eat as well as bullets
had a tin of jam in mine. and next day
found a German bullet in the tin. This
must have got in when I ducked to
voney-there was no time to dig
trenches"
We lay for ten hours in the trenches
last Saturday with rife bullets dropping
around US like raindrops In heavy
shower. The roar Of the guns was al
ways there. like the thunder that Won
can hear in a big storm. and YOU coulI
Sec one long line OF little white puffs O.
smoke away on the horizon every tine
the Germans fred. Beyond that vor
couldn't see anything. and it was only an
odd sting in the arm or leg or head
from bullet that made you roalizc that
you were in battle.
Great Sacrifice of Men.
The way the Germans sacrifice their
men for the sake OF making an impress
sion is appalling. One position on our
left that We would have fallen back
from in any case. because il was dom
mated by a battery which VIC couldn't
locate. was advanced against by the
German infantry tnder a heavy tre
They came on IN one long. nevcr-endius
stream. while our rife and gun fire tore
hideous gaps through their ranks
The Red Gross mon say that in front
OF that position alone 100 dead and
wounded were picked UP after the fight
was over. Our loss vas not more than
twenty OF all ranks
What we are all wondering is how
long the Germans can keep up this sort
Of thing. have seen our cavalry thrown
into confusion merely because the horses
shied at the heaps OF dead bodies they
had to tread over when attempts Were
made 20 clear our front Of the advancing
Germans"