The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
BATTLE STORIES FROM THE FRONT

| LONDON, October IA noncommis
stoned officer In the dragons has sent
to relative fine description of tho
work being done by British cavalry.
All our men--in fact, the whole Brit
ish army-arc as fit as a fiddle, and the
lads are as keen as mustard. There is
no holding them back. At Mons. VIC
| were under General Chetwode. and
horses and men positively flew at the
Germans. cutting through much heavier
mounts and heavier, men than ours
The yelling and the dash OF the Lam
GERS and the Dragon Guards was
thing never to be forgotten. We lost
| very heavily st Mons, aud 1t is a marvel
how some OF our fellows pulled
through. and positively frightened the
enemy. We did some terrible execu-
lion, and our wrists were feeling the
| strain of heavy riding before sunset
| with our TUNES unOuttoned. we had the
full use OF our right arms for attack.
and defense.
| After Mons. went with small
party scouting. and we again engaged
about twenty cavalry, cut off from
their main body. We killed nine,
naming five, who. in rejoining their
unit, nearly were the means of trapping
us. However. our men dispersed and
hid in wood until they fell I'm with
squadron OF the -, and so reached
camp in safety. After that a smart
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| reconnoitre, and we went too far ahead,
and were cut off In a part OF the coun-
Try thick with Uhlans. AS we rode In
the direction OF -. two wounded men
were limping along, both with legs
| damaged. one from the Middlesex and
tthe other Lancashire Fusiliers, and 30
we took them up.
Corporal Watherston took one be-
| hind his saddle and took the other.
The men were hungry, and tattered to
| n.ft I, Aek,t
we soon came across small village,
and l round the cure--a grand sports
/ man and full of pluck and hospitality.
He seemed charmed to find a friend
who was English, and told me that the
| Germans were dressed in the uniforms
of British soldiers, which they took
from the dead and from the prisoners,
| in order TO deceive French villagers
| VINO In many places in that district hao
welcomed these wolves In sleeps
clothing. WeNwere warned that the
| enemy would be sure to track US to
the village. The cure said he would.
hide the two wounded mon in the crypt
or his church and put up beds for them
| IL mas secret trap door. and was an
ancient treasure house OF Il fcudai lord,
whose castle we saw In ruins at the
| top OF the hill close by.
Then he hid away our saddlery and
uniforms In the roof OF the barn and
insisted upon our making a rest cham
pet oh the tower Oh mis- church, which
was approached by ladder which we
were to pull up TO the belfry as soon as
we got there. He struggled in wine
and meat and bread and cakes, fruit
! and cigarettes. with plenty OF bedding
pulled up by rope. We slept sound
~, and the owls seemed the only other
| tenants who resented our intrusion.
No troops passed through the village
that night. In the morning the cure
came round at o'clock. and VIC heard
him say mass After that we let down
the ladder and he came I'D with de-
! .'clous hot chocolate and a basket of
colis and butter.
Our horses he had placed in different
stables mile apart. and put French
"httings" on them. so as to deceive the
enemy He thinks we are we'll away
from the main body OF the German
army moving In the direction OF Paris,
but will not hear of our leaving here
for at least three days. But / cried.
Cure, We are deserters!" the old man
wept and said: "Deserters, no, no
saviours saviours; you have rescued
France from the torments Of slavery"
However, we have now secured COM
plete DISCUSSES as French cultivateurs
bagSy corderoy trousers, blue shirts.
boots, stockings. belt, hat, cravat, ey-
erything to match-and, as we have not
shaved Tor two weeks, and arc bronzed
with the sun, l think that the corporal
and myself can pass anywhere as
French peasants. II only he will leave
all the talking to me. One thing
| must tell you. sj
The twS wounded soldiers don't wish
us to leave them, because 1 am an In
terpreter, and not Il soul speaks Eng.
lish in the village. So we have eX-
planned to the cure that we shall STAY
mere until our comrades arc able to
walk. and then the party OF four will
push our way out somewhere on horse
back and get to the coast The sacris-
tan at once offered TO be our guide, and
1T Is arranged that we take \ carriers
wagon which travels in this district and
drive our own horses in 1t, and pick up
two additional mounts at a larger VII
lage on tho way to the coast.
We must get back as soon as ever
we can. Nothing could be kinder than
the people here, but this Is not what
we came to France for, and hanging
about In French village Is not OK
actly what soldier calls "cricket"
You cannot imagine how complete the
Germans are in the matter of rapid
transport. Large automobiles, such as
railway companies have for towns
round Harrogate and Scarborough. built
like char-a -bancs, carry the soldiers in
patches OF fifty 80 that they are as fresh
rs paint when they get to the front.
But in point of numbers think one of
our side is a fair match for four OF the
enemy. hope that the BRITISH,
public are beginning to understand
what this war means. Tho Ger
man Is not toy terrier, but a
bloodhound absolutely thirsty for blood.
Corporal f. Wiskin, OF the Ninth
Lancers, In letter to friend; de-
scrlbes the action In which the cavalry
took part on August a.
This last two weeks (he says) we
have had 1T very hard. For the past
ten days we hayA had bon+ fo,,rt.h,,