El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
DRAWING DEATH,
GERMANS CHARGE
Terrific Slaughter at Mons
Is Described by English
man in the Battle.

London. Eng, Aug. %. - Terrific
charges and repulses IN a battle fought
by Germans and British at Mons re-
Gently are described by sergeant LoI-
tus Il the British army ia a letter
written 10 his brother in England
Speaking Of the battle, he says;
1t came unexpectedly at a time
when we had given up nope OF see
ing any Germans Just after reveille
our cavalry pickets fell back, report
ing the approach OF the enemy IN
eve Law in trenches as our artil-
Iery opened on them in fine style ana
soon they returned the compliment
They were a long time finding the
@After about half an hour their in
fantry came into view They were
in solid squares, standing out Sharply
against the sky line. You couldn't
help hitting them
Bullets Tear Through Foe
I'VE lay in our trenches without a
sound and they crept nearer and near
er. Then our officers gave the word,
a sheet Of flame flickered along Ine
trenches and a stream Of bullets tore
through the advancing mass Ihey
seemed to stagger like a drunken man,
hit between the eyes, and then they
made 2 run at US Half wa across
the open another YOlley tore through
their ranks.
by this time our artillery began
dropping shells among them and then
ing like mad toward the trenches On
our left the Germans fell back IN con-
fusion and lay down wherever cover
was available We gave them no rest
and soon they we're again IN flight
Germans Make Another Rush
''Then came more Smelling Of our
trenches and another rush across the
open on our front This time they
who suffered terribly, but came up 10
our lines.
I'VE received them in the good old
way-the front ranks with the bayo-
net and the rear ranks keeping up an
incessant fire, and, after a hard Ius-
sic. they retired hastily. Just as they
thought themselves safe our mounted
men swOoped down on them, cutting
s'This sort OF thing went on through
the whole day without bringing the
Germans nearer TO shifting US,
Ordered to Abandon Position.
After the last attack we lay down
70 sleep in our clothes, but before sun
rise we were told to abandon our pO-
sition- Nobody knew why We had TO-
but we obeyed without murmur
THE enemy's cavalry, evidently IN
Outstanding our action, came down
on US again in force, but our men be-
hayed very well AID the Germans gave
IL up as a bad Job"
wounded Soldier Tells story.
The Chronicles BOulogne CORE
spondent tells the personal story of a
W0u44GQ 6OAlAtE VINO mas dLL4h Gu ll4GA e
and who declared he was one Of the
so survivors Of a British company Of
2OO0 men who were practically wiped
out by the German artillery His story
follows
Five DAYS In Trenches.
Eve were five solid days in the
trenches and moved backward and
forward all that time with the varying
tide OF battle It was about 2 o'clock
in the morning when the end came.
Things had got quieter and our Off
GERS came along the line and told US
TO get some sleep. We were proceed
ing to obey when a light OF something
else gave US away and we found our
selves in an inferno Of bullets.
We could do nothing. Down upon
US shrapneI fell and we fell by the
score At the same time the enemy's
maxims opened fire We were almost
without shelter"