Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-13
The European War Situation as Shown BY Press Dispatches

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From the outset OF the advance. the
German. artillery, awaiting for a mo
mem. the action Of the Russians. be
gan Smelling the onrush with wonder
fully timed shrapnel, which burst low
above the advancing lines and tore
sickening gaps 3.
But the Russians line never stop.
ped. For the third time in two. days
they came tearing on. with no indtca'
ton Of having been affected by the
viousH charges. AS q spectacle. the
whole thing. was 'maddening. ]
found my heart humping like a ham.
mer. and. with no. weapon more for.
midable, than q pair. Of binoculars. ]
was mentally fighting as hard as the
men with guns. For the first time
I sensed the tn~toxication of battle and
learned the secret Of the. smiles on
the faces OF the .battleield's dead.
Men FAN Like Dominoes.
On. came the Slav swarm-into the
range Of the German. trenches. with
wild yells and v a WAIVER. Russian
battleflags-the' first. I had seen-ap-
peared in the front Of the charging
ranks: The advance. line, thinned and
the second line moved up. Nearer and
nearer. they swept toward the German
positions. And then came'A new sight.
A. few seconds later came q new
sound. First I saw a sudden. almost
g~rotesque melting: Of the advancing
line. It was different from anything
that had. taken place before: The men
literally went down like dominoessin q
row Those who kept their feet were
hurled back as though by "a terrible
gust Of wind. Almost in the second
that I Wondered, puzzled. the staccato
rattle of machine guns reached us. My
a answered the inquiry Of my eye.
-. l. Charge Is Failure.
For the first time the advancing
lines hesitated, apparently bewildered.
Mounted officers dashed. along the line
qrging the men forward. Horses fell
with the men,. I saw a dozen rider
lines. adding a new terror.
Another horse was obviously run
ming away with. It's officer rider, The
crucial period for the section of. the
charge on which I had riveted my at
tentioh probably lasted less than g
minute. To my throbhing brain 1,
seemed an hour Then with the with.
ering Are raking them even as they
faltsredy tho lines broke. Panic en-.
The entire Russian charge faltered
turned and went tearing back. to cove,
and the shelter Of the Russian
trenches.
- Dead Men Everywhere.
j. swept the entire. line Of the Rus.
sian advance, with my glasses-as IA,
as It was visible. from our position
The. whole advance of the enemy wa
in retreat, making for its entrenchet
position. After the assault had re,
snmed its normal trend, I swept thu
everywhere: They were not piled up
hut-were .strewn over. acres. More hor
rible1 than the sight. Of the: dead
though, were the other. pictures
brought, up. by. the glasses. Squirmtng
tossing, -writhipg figures everywhere
The wounded! $
Lie on Field" Until Night.
Ali who could stumble or craw
were making their way back to thei'
own lines OF back to the friendly GOV
er Of hills and wooded spots. Blu
there appeared to be hundreds t,
whom was denied even this hope
open, with wounds unwashed and un
dressed, suffering from thirst an,
hunger until the mercitul shadows o
darkness made possible their rescue-
by the good Samaritans .Qf the hospita
corps. who r tonjghka cleaning tina
field Of death for&the third time sine
Sunday.
German Losses, Light.
After the charge. we, moved alon,
back Of the German lines at a sat
distance and found the hospital corp
bringing back the German wounded
The number of these was Compare
lively slight. due to, the strongly en-
trenched positions they had occupied
Nearly al: the wounded were hit b,
shrapnel.. as they lay in this trenches
After ::tonr--along the rear Of tn
reserves. ammunition and suppl
wAgonsssall drawn up in close ."forma
ton with the hospital corps NTH
extreme rear. we moved up until di
rectIy behind the German trenches.
Cannon Duel Resumed. "
The artillerymen had resumed thei
duel and as we came. up in the, lee o
the outbufldings of a deserted farm
house, a shell struck and fired tn
farmhouse Immediately in front Of u,
AS we paused to see If the shot wa
a chance one, or II the Russian gun
ners had actually gotten the range,
regiment OF fresh reserves. young me,
who had just come up from the wes'
passed us on their way to get thei
baptism Of fire. .
Their sdeneanor was more suEse.
ttve:6f a group Of college students go
ting to a football game. than the aerl
Gus business on which they 'were.ben'
They Were. singing and laughing an
as. they. went by a .non.commissione
of1cer:inquired: rather .ruefully wheth
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