The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-29


confusion. We also turned our ma
chine guns on them, and our best shots
put their guns out of action. Rider
less horses came on and passed be-
tween US, but not lance. They had
such gruelling in few minutes that
they scattered without any formation,
leaving more than half of their regi
ment behind in killed and wounded
We gave a lusty cheer as they rode
of
Soon our orders came to retire,
but we picked up our dead and con-
signed them to their last resting-p place
with tears streaming down our faces
officers in one grave and men In
another. They were buried in glory.
Next day / was added to the list
of wounded. / was shot IN the should
err"
Germans Can't Shoot.
Several hundred wounded British
troops are arriving daily In London.
At the railway stations they are al
ways greeted with cheers, and money,
flowers and delicacies are showered
on them.
i was at Mons on the bridge across
the canal there, right in the thick of
it," said young infantryman. 1T
was there that / got this bullet in
the thigh: But l got the chap who
did 1t.
I'VE did not have much shelter
where was We just had to do the
best we could. The fire was fright
fully heavy, but you know they can
not shoot for toffee, and waste an aw-
full lot of ammunition. The artillery
are the best but even they can't shoot.
It's numbers that does it-nothing
else.
"As soon as we shot one lot down
another came up. That's what hap
pened all the time. Their losses
must be enormous.
Shoot" contemptuously echoed a
big infantryman, whose head was
swathed in bandages Germans shoot!
Why, they could not hit this station
at a thousand yards
Germans Like Battering Ram.
THE Germans were like great, big
battering RAM said another. They
did not seem to mind how many were
killed, and sometimes their men were
simply thrown away. At one place the
German infantry filled the streets and
were simply moved down by our guns.
1t was terrible punishment"
The first Red Cross train that ar
rived at Waterloo carried officers.
walk were assisted to alight What
ever their pain, they disguised it by
smiling, and several were smoking.
Some had their heads enveloped in
bandages; others wore sings. Many
walked with limp, and several placed
their arms round the necks of R. A.
M. G. men, and were assisted to We
hicles. One man walked with the aid
of crutch. Another had been hurt
on the jaw, but he was smoking a
pipe with great relish
With expedition the officers whose
injuries were not severe were placed
in taxicabs, motor-cars. and private
omnibuses.
Then the stretcher brigade turned
its attention to the officers who re-
manned in the wards of the train
Pillows and blankets were placed on
the stretchers and procession filed
up the platform and entered the train
The first officer brought out was
reading a newspaper and smoking a
cigarette. The next man, too, was
smoking His injury was to the leg
A third had his knees drawn up. All
except one were looking CHEEKY.
Ambulance wagons and buses were
waiting, and one by one the wounded
wera placed on beds and driven tC
the hospital.
All in Best of Spirits.
The R. A. M. C. and ambulance
corps were still engaged in tending
the injured officers when a second
train, plastered with red crosses, ran
in at the adjoining platform.
Soon the soldiers were fiocking out
of the carriages. The first group tC
walk to the cars mostly wore sings.
There were bandaged heads, arms
and shoulders, but the soldiers them
selves were in the best of spirits anG
jumped into the buses with the friski
ness of school boys.
Some of the wounded, however, were
more seriously injured. One man lay
on a stretcher, which was allowed tt
rest on the ground for some time, anG
| a doctor examined him and felt his
| pulse:
Others, too weak to move much
were lifted from stretchers into vans
where they were made comfortable
on mattresses and blankets, with soft
white pillows for their heads. Rugs
were wrapped around them, and sc
| they made the journey to the hospita
with a minimum of inconvenience.
AS a party Of the wounded were be
ing driven through Moorgate street
| they were heartily cheered by large
crowd of business men. The flower
girls threw their blossoms at the sol
| diers
Her Dainty Passport.