The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-19
WAR STORIES By THE WOUNDED
CONTINUED From Page Three)

While men must fight and bear the
consequences like men the real an
guish of war is the lot Of their wo-
men. The fact is sadly evident just
now at the hospitals in which our
wounded soldiers are being tenderly
nursed back TO health and vigor.
Take the scene at the London hos
pita1, weber some hundreds of our
warriors broken at Mons are being
cared for All through the day the
institution was ,beseiged by relatives
OF those within, anxious1y inquiring
for the --latest tidings of the patients,
or waiting patiently, hopeful.
Inside, there were many touching
scenes. pathetic reunions of husband
and wife, mother and son. A hospit-
al inevitably sees much of the dra-
ma of life even in peace; in times
of war it is there, perhaps, that the
human factor is uppermost
"A. 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 ear
~ recovery. She could scarcely
credit the fact that he had really re-
turned
1T has all happened SO quickly, !"
she said. 'sHe managed to wire, tell
ing me to come and that's how / have
seen him SO quickly.
Look what he gave me-" she add
ed, and produced small, evillook-
ing rifle bullet, which was passed
from hand to hand
Her husband would soon be better
which was a welcome assurance. But
she did not want him to get well
too quickly Like every other wo-
man, however, she was proud of the
part her husband had played. One
told little tales of bravery ON the
part of the wounded, of heroism un-
der fire against tremendous odds, of
solicitude for chums less capable of
caring for themselves.
Large numbers of additional
wounded reached this country, and
like those before them, had stories
of adventure to relate.
One of the 30 men taken to Dir
minghann, who had lost his left
hand wondered why he had been sent
home. Il can still do a bit of dam
age with this, he said, shaking his
right hand.
A member of the Field Artillery,
whose head was bandaged and who
could not speak, wrote down the fol-
lowing: 1.-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 sixty rounds
in forty minutes, but we could not
get any support.
One man belonging to the Suffolks
stated that his regiment arrived at
Mons on Sunday afternoon, and, they
were immediately set ito build trench
es. At that time the Germans were
about 1000 yards away, but when
800 yards off they closed in, some
lying down, others kneeling, and the
third line standing. 1t was then
we peppered them he said, 'sand it
Is no exaggeration to say we tore
great holes and gaps in their ranks.
Each of US in the daylight fired with
precision at the obvious target, but
in the dark, and the fight ragged for
two nights without ibreak-we simp-
ly had ito fire in their direction, trust
ing to luck
A bombardier of the Royal Field
Artillery explained that the enemy
had their work made easy by the
aeropIanes which flew over the Brit
ish lines and signalled by means of
flash light. Soon their shrapnel be-
gan to drop" he added, land it did
a lot of damage We had to find our
own range, but our men did magnifi-
GENTLY when they once got to work. =
One poor fellow, whose head was
so smothered in bandages that his
features could not he seen, remarked
We could beat them with f0fauder-
sticks if it was not for the shells,
which were appalling. The effect
could not be described
Between two and three hundred
wounded soldiers arrived at Brigh-
ton yesterday Thousands of people
assembled outside the railway station
and lined the route to the hospital.
Soldiers with minor wounds chatted
to civilians about their experiences,
telling how tremendous were the
odds against them, how they pepper
ed the enemy, and how cruel the Ger
mans were to the wounded. They
appeared possessed of a burning de-
sire to return to the front, and to
have another go at the enemy.