Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
ARE SLAUGHTERED
Hungarian Author Tells How
Regiment Is Sent to It's
Destruction.
MOVED DOWN BY ENEMY
Men Ordered to Attack Fortified
Position Caught in
Trap.
MOVED DOWN BY ENEMY

'lSr"''"i 'ahi" 10 The Times pspa tch I
BUDAPEST. January i.-Zoltan
tr"nN". q prominent hungarian author
Wh" IS SERVING with tho forces at tho
I;nSsian front as abide -camp to a
nriGadi"r- commander. dcscribcs an at
tack on tn" Russian lines in = sudapcst
journal. lie says.
on" morning Young hut graz
haired. cavalry officer droprcd into tho
hui called the brigade headuusr,nre
II" planted himself before The colonel
aud rcportcd:
First Lieutenant Count Avis Won
tSierhazy, humbly report the dispatch
OF to-day's dispositions"
~" colonel then proceeded To road
The instructions. which were to attack
me Russians. OF unknown strength,
defending tn" village of Sicmikoyce
mh" 20 take the position AT all costs.
! The last words were underlined An
hours artillery preparation was to pre.
ccdc the attack.
I You cannot expect me to do won
d"rS with these ragged battalions." he
said
tsterhaHy pointed by way of an.
sw"r. t" The underlined passage.
Well" said the colonel my con-
/ science Will be clear Tomorrow
BATTALION COMMANDERS
CREEP INTO DUGOIy'r
The battalion commanders crept into
; TN" duGout. stood beside each other
! and salutcd briskiy
'SerNus Strohomcr. Servus Iukacs."
/ They ru: their heads together at The
I opening. and the colonel. empha sizing
f., every word read the order to them.
4 N'"" understand thoroughly: You.
+ Str"hoTcr. have duHout prepared for
m" where YOU arc a, present. for
/, wish 10 move ahead also to the edge
4 OF III" wood Till | :3U-'
The time passed very slowly. and Tho
art'ilcrN preparation was slow to be-
SiH. looked ~ my watch every now
and then-l":3o. II. -. We were much
pressed. Not even a cigar had a
soothing effect. and to tall. was a bur-
den The news OF the attack had
reached the men, for sudden My all Of
Them began writing OH the plnk-coi-
7 "red card, an Instructive act invariable
before attacks. ~ general attack
I against fortified positions,
NJ midday an artillery captain APP
p"arcd
"iIauprnaun Ereischutz," he roared
into his beard. and with picturesque
gesture he informed ms that he was to
~.
We We're much pleased. GayIy we
pointed out to him the enemy posi-
ions here's there, the faint shadows
81 IN" enemy defense works told him
Nn"rr the machiuc-Sun section was
h'Ih"n. etc, In happy expectation. we
waited for TIA" first shots. the loud,
srim t"ports Meanwhile. the gather
ing morning mists slowly lifted and
/ spread over the heights
II Wouldn't last long we told each
"lh"r It's i::in now: in three quar-
i"rS 81 IN hour the music will begin"
The colonel was impatient and ex-S
/ 'ii"d See what those fools are doing Z
Why h"m't they open hre: 1t is l:l5."
>nrII.iEn, CAPTAINS
COMPLAIN or POSITIONS
ann just going when the artillery
captain arrives 10 complain indignantly
that TIA" selected positions were very
bad. Who was 50 stupid as To assign
THAT point for him lie took his guns
20 another position. We watched the
guns being pushed and Luled about
rh- colonel looks at his watch II
Is So" lie calls /" The artillery can
tain.
What's Going OH there, captain? Ara
you never going 10 fire" In ten
minutes We must begin the attack
The artillery captain murmured
something between his teeth about the
fpS. The colonel shouted TO the tele-
phou!St
Report Ia tn" diNisioa that | am
going :" attack without artillery prep.
''rai."n u tn" worst comes. can
all die there" We descended very
S'nwls "u the steep hillside among
bushes aud old pines. \, the bottom
a. HI r.,In
ready wuitiug for as
He lifted his arm as high as he could
ana When he saw tina, they were all
looking he suddenly pulled il down
IhiS was III" signal Tie whole line b
a. far as one could for the fog
BEGAN I" move ahead. stopping and
creeping. though the ground at this
point went uphill. there was no danger
Of The "ucmN's discovering us
w" must have moved along for an =.
other aye minutes to reach ths top Of
IN" hili ~ this juucture few shots
wcr" fired. but before We coufN dis
cover that the enemy was aware OF our .
movements. the bullets were whistlinc
around us in masses. One heard the
usual remarks
~ near shave" or "My God, I am
hit" on Lie down captain: here is "a
good cover" Eu; The captain went
ahead III tn" FOG. and with his two
arms and his magnetic influence he
drew the line along with him ~.
Ih' invisible enemy had started
WORKING their machine guns ALREADY.
MI Tour of them bcsay their rattle AT
the sam" minute. an'Ftheir disgusting
noise drowned The t;roanins Of tho
wounded ~
HEttH WIRE rE:' CES 8
N THEIR MAD RUsHsS
me officers shouted riinually; S$
Forward. Forward. Forward.' buzz
We had reached the wire fences. and
tins Time 1t was Lie down" The cap.
'"'n and the rest Of US lay down as
iat on the ground as possible. and tho
'"on BEGAN cutting the wire without
waiting Tor orders. | could hear fIiS
noise OF the big scissors for a whiis9s
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