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London.-A British infaAtsy esspoe-
al. wounded in battle anA hvaliAed
home. gave . graphic AsseriDttsa Of
the fighting he saw in France.
Early in the morning." hs saiA, we
were informed Of the approach q the
enemy. and were ordered to Asploy
and take cover over . vide front,
which included woods and opea eesn-
try with villages in the valleys.
Towards ten O'Clock We could hear
the booming Of guns sound Ne b.
came used to on Salisbury Piains-
and tAsa the rattls q Aaxtns and
naes.
"A pafty Of uhlans dasAod aloag
ths ros1 through our Asins tss. aal
ve s0ptied more thaa 60 saAAlA bat
neeo aans. and thea we Weee 0o41sa-
b eaAlAAsd BY maeAias ssoa. vAish
wsrs AeunteA o. notoeean.
TAsso vas NO hslD bst ~ - -
Iesve tAs tfsachss nd rusA - ~
weeds. Then - We raa IT, sAslAse .
tseribIs roar Of guns bcsAs - sss eass.
aAd sAsA after shell stFock ~ GsoaaA
IN treat Of -. and stAsrs bssse sssR
car hsAAs. Asa fell aaA gseeAe1 UelA
tssrielo vooaAs. .I.l ser ts,
"Our AslA batteries vsQt iate sst1sa
I'D ansvsrsd the 0srsaa GdsA tst
tAs sasay - so0sAsv ~ - NV
tAa& - were h tAs veeAa nse ~
ors1 inesssantly o. -.
A1vsass - tss eaesaesy.
We Jsft ths Ars q ~ sGh0 ~
sal o0aasd est saD1sets1 " ~
0oatA Lasoashirsa. tor eas eoasosl ~
bsea wes1sA thae tAs tasaalsy vese
a1vaaeilS. We haA Aarlly sgAsa1s1
aa1 nm 1Dvl, vhsn Daeshss q 11os
srssa vsss sssa - he sN nas-Dak
talsoas ef tAs sasay tso6v1a1 ~
stAse q regular intaRvaA. a. . Z
The battssSes of . Dalfsc1 bssO11l
ut ~ ~ osses1 hesss tAroasA tsa
Dsavo!' sA0o4o1 ~ DaaAssa ee0AGD6l
q - - WaecAs1 - eaFsAGs thgsaGA,
his Aos1 glasoea.
Nov ths order vas givea - IN
bayooets. Mind. 1sa. yea look -
your maSaxtnes.' shouted the eoeoasa.
Before the enemy arrived. however.
the artillery nre had increased until n
was . perfect inferno. German avia-
tors were directing the guns. At
times We were told to fire on the asso-
planes, and did 20. but ~ they were
armored the shots did not tell.
Slaughter Of the ounnsrs.
Our poor gunners had . terrible
mauling. and what was worse = strong
force Of cavalry got around behind u
and charged right up to the guns.
Very few Of them escaped, however.
for whole platoons rushed to the res
sue and emptied their magazines into
them. and not q few were baycneted.
1T was here that I saw . whole gun
detachment laid out The brooch Of
the gun was open. and . shell was
lying on the ground Nobly they fought
and fen.
The uhlans had the audAcity -
think that they could take the gans
away, and were actually preparing 10
timber up when our ri1es were turned
agsinst them.
"As our guns retired-all that could.
for some had NO teams and others NO
men-the German infantry were oo
Us. Fortunately . fold in the ground
hid ~ for . time. but We let them
come - until their breasts rose above
the nsish boring mounds, and then Ne
decimatsd then.
They fell hack in confusion and
dropped to the ground. On came an
other batch few minutes later. and
We treated them In the same way.
The artillery nre slacksned. but
scores Of machine guns were turned
on ~, and It was not safe to move.
We hspa o. nrtng until the deed were
paled several fest high.
two eo0paAies OF another bat
talon csAs up to help - ia the arins
line. and aftsf . short wait We were
toal to peo0aFs 10 charge The South
LAncasAirss wsre ut work With the
bayonet o. cur right front. and II was
now oar turn. On the word of con-
nand ws sprAng FROM the ground q
one man. and With ysll vs charged
the advancing Prussians.
0ayons< Charge Irresistible.
As We neared the ranks We fired
Independently 1t them and dropped
many . man before the bayonst
reached them. Only . few tried ia
cross bayonets with n. The remain.
der pushed OF and we're shot in the
back - they went Those who stood
their ground were surrounded or tax.
on prisoners. Not one Of that ions
massive line seemed to want the cold
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