The Ordway new era., 1914-10-30
LIKE An ANGRY SEA
German Onslaught in France De-
scribed by Briton.
kaissr's Infantry, Great Mass Of Hu-
man Machine Guns, Sweeps on
With Overwhelming, lire
slstiblsP Force.
BY WILLIAM MAXWELL.

international News Service Correspondent.
In France.-I am permitted to give
some interesting extracts from q
story Of the war. 50 far as 1t has gone.
culled from the diary Of British in
fantry oficer who received his bap-
tism Of nre at Mons.
II have often been told" writes the
oeicer. that shell IRE is not SO
dangerous as 1t SQUADS. but axioms of
this kind do not console one under .
hail of shrapnel bullets and steel
Ahards. had a sickening sensation
in the stomach. We hung on until
the enemy's infantry came In sight
gray masses Of men advancing rap
idly and firing rifles from their hips
like SO many machine guns pumping
out lead.
I'VE let them enter one Of the main
avenues, and then opened fire with
what effect we were too busy to no
tice.
This is my first time under fire.
and any one who tells me he has no
strange emotions at such q moment
must be liar.
Thrice the German masses flung
themselves against us. Thrice We
hurled them back with heavy losses.
I'VE held on for an hour. till they
got their guns on our flank. and then
we were Obliged to retire, but they
had got such q shock that they let US
get clear"
Later the oficer writing Of opera
tions around Maubeuge states:
THE Germans were making desper.
ate effort to work around and drive
us into MaubeuSe. but after Namur
we were shy Of any fortified towns,
and determined that Maubeuge should
not be our Sedan. To avoid this turn
ing movement and escape being bot
tied up within useless stone walls. We
retreated-always on the right flank.
Between Daudry and Le Cateau we
had . hell Of . time. The enemy
swept down on US like tempestuous
sea, wave after wave. They were at
least ten to one. and the more We
killed the more they seemed to grow.
Our artillery did splendid work.
Never shall admire men more than
those silent gunners who kept
pounding away under q murderous
hail of shell and bullets. often with
out infantry in front of them. Their
calm valor was revelation and an
example
THAT whole day was one long night
mare. Tho terrible storm broke over
M. and the roar Of thunder and Hash
of lightning added to the horrors OF
n retreat along . road where lead
spattered the earth like raindrops.
Infantry and transport were mixed
up in wild confusion. How any one
came through It alive 10 . miracle.
General Smith Dorrien and his
army corps saved US. Throwing them
selves across the path Of the Ger
mans, they pinned them to the
ground. We could not see. but We
could hear and feel the bloody bar
rier they raised between US and death.
and a thrill ran through our ragged
lines.
ut last we got to cover and made
a stand. We caught some of the en-
emy coming out of wood. We piled
up their dead with enfilading nre.
and we stopped to take some pris-
oners.
"Then we drove on again. always to
the rear. How different were our
Feelings few days before. when we
had marched singing over those
roads. welcomed by smiling. hospita-
BILE peasants and townfolk. who now
watched us with blanched faces and
Nth fear in their eyes.
.During the night some French