Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-07-15


hurry on others.
The men went forward on their
knees, separating off into what the
Russians call chain where any one
with initiative, by finding cover little
further forward, gives lead to all the
rest. The officers walked upright
throughout. When the crest was lin
ed, the commander went forward in
different directions.
On his return he gave few orders
to his officers; one of them was a lit
tie excited, and called out 81 have an
instinct that it will go right; God
grant that it is true one" and turn
ing to his men he shouted God is
with u.s." Except for this, nothing
broke the atmosphere of the evening
stiffness.
well children" said the command
err, What shall l say to you? With
God! Forward"
One company went off to the wood
on the right, and after a few minutes
another with the commander and my
self moved forward over the bare hill,
leaving two others to follow in re-
serve. The men advanced in little
groups creeping in line with each 9TH
er the officers walked about freely,
often in advance of the men, or en-
couraging any that showed too much
caution. The commander and l
branched off into the edge of the
wood; he turned and smiled to me as
the shrapnel tore away some of the
boughs. At the bottom the machine
guns were hurried up, and we ascend
edw the further slope.
We were now on bare height which
wa slike a tongue projecting forward,
and hot musketry fire was opened on
us. A man near me called out that he
was wounded and rolled himself down
to the hollow where a bearer set
about bandaging him shell burst be-
yond us and another called out. One
could see what happened to the men
nearest to one.
The commander continued to stroll
about among the men, in the same
way as he would have done out of
action; several of the men begged him
70 lie down. We went round the height
and he brought his men everywhere
to the edge of it and told them to en-
trench themselves, which they set
about doing at once. We could see
where the bullets came from, on the
low ground in front To our left was
a ridge with trees, along which We
could see men on horseback coming
from the direction of the enemy. To
our right beyond the wood, was a
high ridge covered with men, who
appeared to be advancing upon us
but did not open fire.
Suddenly a column of blue figures
was seen coming up close on our
front In what seemed a minute, two
of our machine guns had been moved
to this side. Round some brush-wood
thirty yards away came the first rush
of the columns; one caught sight of
a line of pale faces. Our commander
shouted orders; young officer
clenehed his fist; our gunners ground
out shower of bullets, and the Aus
trian column disappeared into the
wooded valley. 1.
Later in the day after l had gone
back to headquarters, l learned that
the little commander had been
brought back into the town wounded
in the head in the last Austrian at
tack
In the ewing | retreatea win the
Division Staff several miles to new
quarters. All along the road the
general stopped any struggling SOL
diers and asked closely what had
happened to their regiments. -ais
was all extremely we'll done; he was
really severe only to one batch who
told him an obvious lie. Altogether
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