The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
WAR CORRESPONDENTS SEE THE
FIGHTING, BUT NOT AT FRONT
"epoloers valnly Defy Strict Orders of Officers and
Dlave hangers of Shells to Get Within the Lines Of

oomb. Nothing, merely a small 49,
IN the round
Is Reached
we passed troops after troops he
iore reaching Bertramcourt whara
our friendly chauffeur left MS SoId;.rs
anu lew peasants came round and
1912 aNn selzeu on some of the fifty
papeIs we had brought. Then we
MADE Tor the village church whara
we kno~ IN ambulance had haan -
stalled. One of the surgeon ma,nrs
knew ~Paroutaud. or rather knaw
some n Who knew Parontaud ca
once more we were n
q uues.ion: Some automobile ambu-
!ances arrived 1.-TWO being English,
Aionn Amiens. and with every possible
precaution some OF the twenty worrd.
ed were carried from the chnrcb and
placed in them. ~
Battle in the Air,
II was now about 6. More aero
with two French aeroplanes in NM
SUIT. We heard the mitralleuses
cracking and could see that the
laube seemed TO lose height but could
not be sure it was touched.
AS We watched this battle in the air
s'retcher bearers were getting ready to
go IN search of the wounded Of the
~ III W IRE. among
them was a boy of IA IL. who had
Joined at NOyon and had shown as
mucn bravery as his elders. coins on
to the battlefield search for wound
eu while bullets We're fying and shells
still bursting.
by 1t was dark and we persuaded
the major to let US accom-
pany h,m on his trip TO the fighting
lines.
You know it's dangerous" he pro
tested. "Uhlans are believed TO have
uttered through the lines. and be.
sides, l don't know that | am au-
thorized to take you to the trenches
But you are not taking US; we are
following you" This argument prov
ed convincing, and forward we went
We passed ten posts, twenty sentinels
half a dozen barbados made of cart:
overturned, and at last reached tn
trenches where fighting had been go
ing on the last few days. Our ambu
iances stopped at Bayencourt, from
which point the bearers went int,
trenches and over the fields in search
of the fallen. We were now With,
the zone of danger.
Warned to Keep Quiet.
Attention." we were warned
throw away your cigarette, if yo'
please, and don't talk. There is n
need to draw attention to US" An
we walked toward the northwest. to
ward the trenches in front of tn
5 Chateau PAhale. Here we passed
5 solitary sentinel, there a post: a littl
further or a French battery SO con
cealed that we should not have see
it only that it fired just as We passed
AT last we reached the chateau, wher
5 a company of infantry was Quartere6
! In front, to the right and left, Wer
trenches occupied by French soldier:
We entered the encampment an
made for the hospital. where our SUI
e geon major left us, to go and tell tn
commander of Our presence.
:, A quarter of an hour passed IN tn
barn used as a hospital. when a lhe;
tenant and a sergeant entered IN
e officer held a revolver in his hand. tn
e sergeant a lantern. AS soon as the
caught sight Df lis they thrust bot
lantern and revolver in our faces, an
the Lieutenant exclaimed:
o There you are at last! What al
o you doing here, gentlemen" He =:
buked us for our folly in coming
y far and handed us over to his Captain
e The Captain had not yet seen OF
r friend the surgeon major, who hau at
t sWered a hurry call to the trenche
t and so after examining our paIel
t and listening to our story he solve
e the question in the usual way by col
X signing us to the post as prisoner
The dozen soldiers lying there mac
d room for us on the straw, and ?
awaited our fate. But not asleep.
is somewhat delicate to speak of one
own feelings when shells are WINS
ling over ones head, but this Is II
e way my French companion oeScrlps
y what followed. ~
it .Zi, III, III, III, > Doum. II
Mace trembles. "A bit too far, G
man" is the ~sergeant's comment.
was a Jack Johnson from The Ge
y mans, which passed over the encafn'
ment and burst 10 yards beyond
st "Vr, VIZ, Vr, VIZ, COUNT A Ffent
Rimailho gun replies. and It's she'f u
Ie passes over us. Then a quarter o. {
hour later a German shell falls a lii
r in front of the chateau An our po
= no one seems to pay any attsnt!o
Il 7 am free to confess that l couto u
help thinking. The first fell benin
the second in front, they nave got :
n range. the third will be on US
v. The fusillade died away, ana !
S. were released. with permission