The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-24
wo,,aded Frenchman Describes a
Rapid March and Bloody
Conflict Following.
THROUGH RAIN OF BULLETS
generate Rush of the infantry Across
Open FieId-Tragic and Hor-
ribIe Scenes Witnessed In
Midst of the Carnage.
International News Service.)

london - Graphic descriptions OF
.bo terrific fighting in France, where
Aha british and French allies have bat
t1od for many days against the Ger
MONS are beginning to reach London
n letters from soldiers at the front. The
allowing admirably written story of
ootual battle is contained in a letter
trom wounded Frenchman to an Eng
rsb friend here:
Is 81 am in the field hospital now, with
. nice little hole in my left shoulder,
through which bullet of one of the
war lords military subjects has
nsssed. My shoulder feels much as if
some playful joker had touched it with
q lighted cigar. Tomorrow l shall be
mite right again, but the wound had
10 be washed and dressed by a pretty
little nurse, who is so sweet and love-
" and kind-hearted that one should
like to get wounded for the sole pur-
nose of being nursed by her.
"Badinage apart, those nurses have
fearful time. l wonder when they
have any time to rest. Day and night
they are busy, and when you ask them,
Are you not exceedingly tired?' they
lust smile. and with a laugh in their
eyes they make some comic reply.
They are real heroines, and it is not
merely our physical sufferings which
they mitigate. God bless them!
Army on March Impressive.
Our army marched along broad
sunny road, bordered on either side
by vast, cultivated plain, on which,
from distance to distance, little groups
of harvesting peasant girls and old
men we're busy, as if they lived in the
most peaceful region of the most
peaceful of countries.
Here and there the horizon was
bordered by hill ranges, and right in
front Of US, and somewhat to the left,
the wooded crests of other hills were
discernible. Sometimes when we
reached an elevation of the road I
looked backward upon the army, which
was like huge serpent, covering the
road over distance Of many miles. 1t
was a great view, quite, quite differ
ent from a review, and ! have never
seen anything so impressive. For this
was not mere show, as military re-
view is, but these men were to be en-
gagged in part of an action on which
the fate OF nations would depend, and
the way in which those men would full
I'LL their task might be of the greatest
Importance to the result of the battle
and future movements and designs.
And one felt that these masses of
men were determined to do their ut
most. This was not dull, low-spirited
army, going to the front to fight be-
cause they were ordered to, but be.
cause they wanted to, They wore no
stern, grave faces, or they would not
Oe French soldiers; nor were they
oolsterous or Dragging, but they were
bright and lively and happy and brave
governed by powerful desire to win
ana gifted with an almost superhuman
power of determination. There was
Such splendid enthusiasm.
Coming UP to the Battle.
Dispatch riders are galloping past
We are ordered to accelerate oul
aafch; the division commanders joiI
'nelr chief; various orders are passed
anu instead of keeping to the highway
part OF our army has to cross the
Held IN diagonal direction. Since
"ome time the rafting Of volleys il
audible. Then at a distance, which
seems not so far off, heavy detona
uon OF a gun is heard. It takes some
ume before another gunshot is fired
out then the detonations are heard a
tnterVals of about a minute from the
uIectl0n of the hills in front of us
we are met by more dispatch riders
auu now We hurry across the field an(
up the slopes of the hills.
Arrived on the crest we drop our
selves. and there, right in front of us
vi the opposite hills, and making fo
'ne plain between them, are the enem!
Engaged in a fight with a division o
We allied troops. I can distinctly SCI
ne German artillerymel MOVING
0oout the guns on the hilltops and tn
slopes. see mighty flash from on
VI the guns, the heavy report is re
ecnoed by the surrounding hills.
II is strange, but in the face o
ueath and destruction I catch mysel
lying to make out where the shell ha
.dllen, as if we're an, interested spec
"'or at rife competition.
German Fire Too High.
), 'olley after volley we sent in tn
Oireet1on of the enemy. We Anne
4ulekly and we'll, while all the Germa
snells and bullets passed over GU
ueaos. For the Germans may be, an
"'e' our superiors in executing parad
o.eps' but they are Internally ba
SuoUs' In the meantime our heav
e Gun were preparing for action, an
wi quick-firers began 20 share in tn
w. dl conversation. AS more troop