The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

town, guarding the exists A wound
ed lieutenant who, the day before
mad received q shot in his neck-and
mad already had il removed-lcd the
detachment. The Russians attacked
the entrances TO the town -@ysral
times. but our little band held lis
ground. In the evening We received
reinforcements. four sQuadrons Of
cavalry. The Russians also received
re:nforcements or rather their main
body, twe Of their army corps were
brought up. On tie morning of the
list the town was attacked Three
times the Russians occupied the town.
three times they We're driven out at
the point Of the bayonet
At the last moment | received this
notice, The town is given up. with
your baggage. Try 10 reach hull -S2
west OF HellenoV. There the first
hne OF defense was 10 ne prepared. All
the troops had been withdraw
was alone III the town with about tx
wagons. All guns for the defense had
| been withdrawn in advance. If the
| Russians had not plundered and in
| that way delayed their occupation OF
the town, l should never have escaped.
| We dashed in a gallop down the
streets TO gain the exists from the
town. Russian artillery. eight guns
| barred our way, beStreWing ii with
shells and shrapncl. So We turned to
the left through ravine. but unfor-
tuEately there lay in it the overturn-
ed wagons of a Russian baggage train
mat had been captured a few DAYS
before. To get out, we had to descend
a steep slope. Here the company'S
pack wagon turned over. | was Just
getting out the most important things
when, at the same moment. two Of
the horses pulling the ammunition
wagon fell. One was dead With the
| Of M N
ing the wheels We brought the wagons
up. But the artillery had already
, marked our course Immediately a
+ volley of shells and shrc pnel crash
, ed into the detiie. our situation was
. critical. A shell struck the pack
p wagon. ] left it to its fate as most
n of the important material. the little
o box of papers and several other
s articles were in my possession. My
6 linen and my wooden clothes | was
Y able to save, for the enemy was right
at our heels, and we had only FIVE or
+ six guns with which TO defend our
: selves. A driver was wounded. Five
L of our horses were shot. The pursuit
T of the artillery lasted half an hour,
q then we were able to breath some
:. what freely. Sections of our infantry
a and cavalry received US unto their tir-
- ing line.
y The next day, pursued on all sides
L by cavalry and artillery, we joined oul
- division. Russian forces, consisting
&c of two army corps, had been dispatch
4 ed from Warsaw for the purpose o.
~ falling upon the rear of our division
49, In doing this, they encountered oul
, company first and forced it into al
IA exceedingly uncomfortable position. !
y was hard day for our division. Fire,
. upon from all sides, our situation wa
q indeed critical, but the circle va
"a maintained. In formation for aSsual
Ct we broke through the enemy the fol
i; lowing night, Overrunning four or tiV
ot villages and capturing all the bag
gaze. 1t would take too long to tel
~ all the details. We cut our way dee
- in the Russian main reserve back t
- BrezeZiny. The division commando
o stood on the firing line, CAREFUL
watching every change. The rim
held out for two days. On the nigh
of the 25th we broke through the Rus
sian main reserve at StrycoW. IT wa
it. a fierce night battle. but we came ou
of victorious and cleared our rear. 4
e present, while we are at StrycOw, d dc
1g cisive battle, probably is ra aging"