The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-13

| nchru from HNlul'tt NudA lHfN Hah
seen the Austrians In the Russian
trenches.
shells and shrapncl were crashing
all around us. especially in our rear.
"a hut hat I had passed on the way
down broke cut In fun flacc. Nearer
down there fell four black explosives
at regular distances of fifty yards,
the four packets, as one officer
called H. our cover would all have
gone with 70 single shot. nnd the men
crouchcd to avoid The falling spli'ters
from each shell.
In this most depressing atmos-
phccr went on the conversation be-
tween the colonel and the divisional
stan u can get no track of the
right wing. Cavalry Is reported on
both ef my flauks. The rieht has had
To- retreat" The answer was am or
der "a retire 20 ulghtfall. Three
hours at least To- wait
The orders were communicated in
French over each battalion telephone.
The colonel ]auologizod for his ele-
mcntary French, 10 was anyhow the
French OF q brave man.
~ disquictudc increased permission
came To retire AT once: but the
colonel answered that this could not
he done ne was In hot defensive ac-
tiou. and the enemy would follow on
his heels. al present ne was holding
his own.
NJ bnstg uru.d mo IA 20 Tho sit
%uation was r.tti,r too serious for "a
por-roubpt,nt n was with AN M
feeling that I turned for tho slope.
As began to reach shelter / sud
denly saw on the hills To the west
mon running down the slope towards
us. Perhaps ours, perhaps the en-
cmy." said my Cossack escort. But
We reached thc crest unmulcsted and
were now in comparative safety; for
W were out OF the line 81 fire aud
the valley TO the north Of ms was fun
Of our own people.
Here there was Il long train Of
wounded aud We found our uutomo-
bile in the midst of II. We packed
10 tho mon with the worst wounds
thlg We noticed. thoy luy without a
erplu. and ono said. Thanks be TO
the Lord. aud eternal gratitude to
A Young soldier told us that
mo- living man could have driven the
TROOPS on the right wing from their
positions nut that the whole area
was covered with shells TN trenches
and men vcr, loycld OUT of c-ist-
,nrc. The COMPANIES left cumpar-
.url,ly intact had an Joined the CEN
ter of this section of tn, limo We
could pul, hear vague rumors.
Late .u the day we reached the de-
.prtod school house to winch the staff
hnl reiterated
a., ,,,pipr tho limo l,y inst amt
,,d, ,b, t,,p and no G,rp,pps and
,,stri,,, ,,r, maxim trcrcndnus
ntt,,l ,r fbcm roundinr thcm with
III, h.,,,,., artillery ana ,d,.pring
Inn rr.s, column again and ,poIn
TN. lender If Tins diyisirp i "a
,,b,tr. ..r,r,I robust aud ,rttyc
Tbr .t,o v,s ycrv cI,sc nm to tho
,,,rt and from tb, l,b.,r, ,, mo
school house tho General viewed the
u,,. and r,yc ordrrs Mn, psrts
nr the limos vcr, nov nop.nxistopt.
b,,,p. noon r,du.cd r., , sori.g OF
sb.u pif. Dos tho German artillery
N,tIpc INV wav tn tho odyanccd
Limos I found a bripodior general and
r,t r,,,c fo an ,ttomptcd
od,nn.r u was the first regiment
IN ,b, r,w,us c-aurasi,r ,nrns INST
arrival ,nrr AN all-nipbt mprrb and
p,ipr rp fu he nttYrk battalion
.c,muar5or stood ,iy, nolou tho but.
uniting his men in posltlop. lilo wns
, 1uict Iittlo man. already elderly and
win am old voice. that sounded Wig
nrnpsIy however. across the .slopo
Tho mon "a adc their yoy ,y com
p,uics up Inc different clons in the
hollow and soon lined the ridge he