El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-29
WOUNDED BRING
BATTLE DETAILS
No Correspondents Are Per
mitted to Send Out the
Stories of Heroism.
By HERBERT TEMPLE

-4DAlANAAs Aa-Ae--s sept @----
be no reasonable doubt that as much
heroism is being displayed in the war
now CONFUSING Europe as was seen
in other great wars, but the public
hears little about Il. The strict regu-
lations governing war correspondents
and war news is the reason In the
Boer war the crack writers Of the
world were at the front They saw
much Of what went on and were IN
position TO talk with the troops AFTER
every engagement. The pal ers OF the
world were filled with snapps' 6Iapnlcr
, first-hand stories Of the great battles
Of the war in South Africa
Even in the Franco-Prussian war. a
years ago, when facilities OF com
municatiOn were not so advanced as
now, there were war correspondents
with the armies who thrilled the public
with vivid, pulsating accounts OF the
Though the Japanese, in their war
against Russia were the first power to
put drastic restrictions on the CORE
spondents. they nevertheless allowed
the writer's near enough TO the 'front.'
to get red-blOoded stories Of what went
on
But in this European war. the news
paper and magazine readers are get
I ting. nothing but few sJraggllng
Z stories told by wounded men invalided
I home England, France, Belgium and
Germany allow no correspondents with
! their armies. The British press bu-
reau and the war offices Of France
and Berlin give out BRIEF statements,
telling the bare facts Of the days
events. That and the few incidents
related by the wounded is all the peo-
I pie are getting.
Two Instances Of Bravery.
All the heroism that has been dis
played by British troops in the pres
ent war viii never be known A few
individual cases may chance 10 be
heard of. Others will be known only
/ to the recording angel Two instances
4 OF extraordinary bravery on the part
I of officers are mentioned by couple
/ OF wounded soldiers now lying IN the
London hospital in the course Of the
4 narratives OF their own adventures.
/ One of them. a splendid fellow. Of
] the ROYAL West Kent regiment said
| we We're in a scrubby position just
| outside Mons from Saturday afternoon
till Monday morning. After four
/ hours of action each Of our six big
guns was put out OF action Either
/ the Eunners were killed or wounded
! or the guns themselves damaged. For
! the rest Of the time, that is, until Non
I day morning. when we retired, we
/ had to stick 10 the German fire with
/ out being able to retaliate. It was
I bad enough to stand this inCessant
J banging away, but II made II worse
/ not TO be able to reply.
! All day Sunday and all Sunday
] night the Germans continued to shrap-
] mel us. At night il was just helliSh-
I We had constructed some entrench-
/ ment, but IL didn't afford much cover
] and our losses were very heavy. On
! Monday we received the order to retire
| to the south Of the town. and some
/ hours later. when the roll was called.
! it was found that we had 800 dead
! alone, including four officers.
Dance for Joy.
Then an extraordinary thing hap
I pened. Some Of us began TO dance
] We were Just dancing for JOY at hav-
( ing escaped with our skins. and to
/ forget the things we'd seen bit, when
I bangi and there came a shell from the
/ blue and burst and got 90 Of US.
That's how some of US got wounded,
/ as we thought we had escaped Then
I another half dozen got wounded this
] way. Some Of our boys went down a
I street nearby and found a basin ana
! some water. and were washing their
I hands and faces when another shell
! burst above them and laid most OF
I them out
/ the Gloucesters. Their guns, too. were
I put out Of action, and, like us, they
l had to stand the shell fire for hours
/ and hours before they were told TO
Z retire. What we would have done
] without our second commander I don't
] know.
During the Sunday firing he got
I hit in the head. He had two wounds
] LnrOAEn LuE cap III the 4A0llA anu w ~
I behind and lost lot Of blood Two
Of our fellows helped us bind up his
! head and offered to carry him back
[ but he said. It isn't so bad III be al
right soon Despite his wounds and
I loss of blood he remained until we
J retired on Monday. Then 7 think they
took him off TO the hospital"
A stalwart chap Of the Cheshires
/ here broke in. our Cheshire chaps
were also badly cut up. Apart from
| the wounded. several men got concus-
sion Of the brain by the mere eNplo-
] sions. It was awful Under the cover
I Of their murderous artillery fire. the
/ German infantry advanced TO within
300 and 500 yards of our position With
that we We're given the order to fix
/ bayonets. and stood up for the charge.
I That did il for the German infantry!
/ They turned and ran for their lives.
! "Our captain cried OUT Now you
got 'em menr But we hadn't Their
/ artillery began with that TO fire more
/ hellish than ever. and before YOU could
! almost think what to DO fresh lots or
/ the 'sausages' came along, and we had
| to beat a retreat
geants was wounded and fell. Our
captain ran back and tried TO lift him.
As he was doing so. he was struck IN
the foot and fell over. We thought
he was done for. but he scrambles up
and ragged the sergeant along until
a couple Of us chaps went over to
help 'em in. You should have seen
his foot when he took his boot or
! I mean the captain It was crushed
Make Dash to Save Women.
How a number Of British troops
made a dash in the night 10 save some
women and children from the Ger
mans was told by lance corporal Tan
ner. Of the Second OXfOrdshire and
Bucks Light infantry On Sunday
week the regiment arrived at Mons.
we took up our position in the
| trenches" he said, land fought for
some time. In the evening the order
came to retire, and we marched back
to Condo. with the intention Of billet
ing for the night and having a rest
suddenly, about midnight, we were or
dered out and set out to march TO the
village of DOuai, some miles away, as
| news had reached US that the Germans
l were slaughtering the natives there
1T was a thrilling march In the
| darkness. across the unfamiliar coun-
try. We were liable TO be attacked
/ at any moment, Of course, but every
one was keen on saving the women
and children and hurried on. We kept
the sharpest lookout on all sides, but
saw nothing OF the enemy"
! Private r. Wills Of the Highland
| Light infantry, who also took part in
| the march 10 the village. here con-
tinued the story. we found that most
| Of the Germans had not waited for
our arrival and there We're only q
few left in the place. However, we
q = 4.