The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-23
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!. After he'll. more hell. and then still
more helll" was the way that Stranslgy
expressed his thought when the en-
sineers had taken the place OF the SD
( OF the Browns IN the redoubt They
put their mines and connections deep
I enough not TO be disturbed by shell
! fire After the survivors in the van OF
I the Grays charge spent Of breath.
I reached their goal and threw them
( selves down. the earth under them. as
the mine exploded. split and heaved
] hcayenward But those In the rear,
slapped Ia the face by the conclusion.
kept on, driven by the pressure OF the
mass al their backs, and. in turn,
I plunged forward on their stomachs In
the seams and burrows OF the mines
havoc The mass thickened as the food
Of bodies and legs banked up in keep
Ing with Westcrlings plan to have
enough to hold
Now the automatics and the rifles
from the redoubt 10 which the Browns
had fallen back opened FIRE So
close together We're these bullet.ma-
chimes that the orbit Of each ones
swing made a spray Of only a few
yards breadth over the redoubt where
the Browns pnn.hre had not for mo-
ment ceased it's persistent Smelling.
with increasingly large aud solid tar
gets Of flesh for their practice The
thing for these targets TO do. they
/ knew, was 70 intrench and begin 10
return the infantry and automatics
fire Desperately, with the last effort
OF courage they rose in the attempt
rerc into playing hose streams 81 bul.
let's whose clcc HES wac g; ldt Ul.
dertone between shell bursts Ia Tie
garish jumping light brave officers
impuIsiyely stood up to hearten their
commands I'm their work and dropped
with half-uttered urgings, threats aud
oaths on their lius
The bullets from the automatics
missing one mark were certain 70 ind
another. perhaps four or 1--WE In a row,
such was their velocity aud power Of
/ penetration Where shells Made gaps
and tore holes in the human mass, the
automatics cut with the regularity OF
the driven teeth OF "A comb The men
who escaped an the forms OF slaughter
and staggered on to the ruins OF the
redoubt, pressed their weight on top
Of those in the craters or Rugged be-
hind the pyramids Of debris. and even
made breastworks from the bodies Of
the dead. The more that banked up
the more Ruthless the efforts OF the Of
lcers TO restore order In the frantic
medley Of shell screams aud explosions
at a time when a minute seemed an
age
Meanwhile. between them-this
hanked-up force at the charges end
and the Brown redoubt with its auto
MATES, the Gray gunners were making
n zone of shell bursts in order TO give
, the soldiers time TO make their hold
of the ground they had gained secure.
Through this zone StranslSy and his
men were TO lead the Browns in a
countcrattack
At the very height Of the Gray
charge, when all the reserves were in,
dark objects fell out of the heavens,
and where they dropped earth and
flesh were mingled IN the maceration.
Like some giant reptile with it's yer.
tebrae breaking. gouged and torn and
pinioned the charge stopped, I'M with.
ing, throbbing confusion. Those on
the outer circle OF explosions were
thrown against their fellows, who
! surged back IN another direction from
an explosion In the opposite quarter
From the rear the pressure weakened;
the human hammer was no longer driv.
ing the ram. Blinded by the lightnngs
and dust dizzy from conclusions and
noise. too blank of mind 90 be sane OF
insane. the atoms OF the bulk of the
charge in natural instinct turned from
their goal and toward the place whence
they had come, with death from all
sides still buneting them. Staggering
ly. at FIRST they went. for want Of in.
itatiye in their paralysis; then rapidly
as the law Of selfpreservati0n asserted
itself in wild impulse
AS sheep driven over a precpice
they had advanced. as men they fled
There was no longer any command, nc
longer any cohesion. except Of legs
, struggling in and out over the uneven
footing OF dead and wounded while
they felt another pressure that Of the
mass OF the Browns in pursuit OF all
those OF Fracasse's company whom
we know, only tho judges son and
jacob Pilzer were alive. Stained with
blood and dust his teeth showing in
grimace Of mocking hate Of all hu.
mankind. Pliers savagery ran free OF
the restraint Of discipline aud civilized
convention Striking right and left,
, no forced his way out OF the region OF
shell dfe and sim kept on Clubbing
HE rife, he struck down one officer
Who tried to dctain him; but another
officer. quicker than he put a revolver