The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-24

the 'sausages came along. and VIC had
20 beat n retreat.
During tho retreat one Of our scr
eoants was wounded and fell with
that our captain ran back and tried
10 lifc him. Ne he was doine so. he
Was struck IN the foot and fol- over.
We thought sc was don" FOR but he
scrambled M and draga tho sergeant
along Until y couple OF us chaps goes
oyer 90 holp ON i'm. 5'ou should have
sc"n mis- foot WHOM ne took his boo, or
~ mean tho captain !, WASH, half
smaahcd'
How number or British ,roop- made
dash ~ thr night ia raVc some women
and children from tho Germans Was
told 10y Lance Corporal Tanner, OF the
Second OAfordsEirc aud Bucks Light
infantry. On sunday wcck the rcgi-
mont arrived At aIone
"Wc took mp our position ir tho
uouches,' h" aaid. and fought for aonio
time IN the evening Tho order catnc
10 retire and SO marched back TO
coud". With the Intention or bilotirg
TOR tho uight and having rcSt. sud
dorly. about uiduisht 80 were ordered
rui, aud set out :" march 10 the Nil-
ilEc uf Holai. some miles awsS. as
news hal rcuChcd "a that tho t;"rinaus
were slnuEhtcriuG THO natives thcrc
1T W7s thrilling march ia the dar
ucHs, across tho unfamiliar couutry.
W" wcrc liable to bc atta.iscd at an,
kccn ON saving tho women and chit
Iron and hurried On. we kcp; tie
shHlpc"t Lookout uu AL sides. but Saw
uothiug of tho enemy.
when wc reached Douai a numhcr
~ the inhabitants rushed ont Ia meet
ms Thcy were oycrjoycd to 500 ,tz.
aud speedily told what The Germans
HAD done
riiyatc Il wills Of the Highland
lutau'r5. who also took urrt In tho
ih' story. "W" found that most AZ
tho Germans had no, waited for our
arrival, aud There were ouiy few left
in tho place. However. SO made sure
that none remained there.
~" started a house blouse search.
our men went into all the houses, and
every now aud thcu they found one or
two of tho enemy hiding In p corncr
or upstairs. Many Of them surrcn-
dcred 1T Once, others did moi.
"Whon wo had cleared tho village
some OF va lav down cn the pavcments
and snotchsd an hours sleep At $50
NC marched AVA again. having rid tho
placr Of tho enemy. and Scttir. back
to camp. ~cr" glad 10 turn In"
= sergeant ~ the ROYAL Field hrtil-
icrv, who vas wounded by shrapnci
iuet outside Mons village, said that the
German artillery fro Was good; once
he oncny's runncr1 got the range
they did we'll "Thciv shooting was
WI wv hS SpO'i ~ our, ana l.
though our battcry made excellent
practice. three OF our men were killed.
and twenty out OF thirty-s.x were
wounded. lay on the field all night.
aud was rescued the next morning
Fortunately, the Germans did not come
IN ana find me during those lons hours
OF loneliness.
In letter 10 relatives at Jarrow.
James scott. rcscrvist. In Netley Hos
Ia;el states that British soldiers at
Mons dropped like logs. Germans were
shot down as they came M. but IL
was like knocking over hcchives---a
hundred cane mp Cor every one knocked
down. Til" Germans were the worst
set OF mon hc had ever seen. Their
cavalry drove men and women In front
Of them in tho streets OF Mons so that
tho British could not fire.
Writing to his sister at ponrastcr. :,
lieutenant IN tho Belgian Lanccrs states
that after tho cryaccmcut he fought
IN Tho German dead were six feet high.
To pass over these the Germans made
bridges Of the corpscs Of their own
men.