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ing to overcome mere farmers oy
ruIiug them off through occupation
poorly defended position he ordered
4 direct attack by 1000 infantry I'M
der Howe. Across the water went
Howe and his men, only TO be galled
bv a fire from the village Of Charles
ton as they formed on the other shore
for the attack. Thereupon Gage and
Howe ordered hot shot fired into
Charleston, which was soon in flames.
Meanwhile the untried volunteers on
the Hill remained firm under the Ter
rife hoinbardment. With Trim ranks
and frm step sheir red coats CLEAN
Ing, their shakes towering hiGh::
Nowe's matchlesa regiments al
vanced TO brush The "e5e!s cus Of eN-
istence.
1t Is then that Prescott lcapinG
on the parapet Is said to nave con-
married.:
Don't fire until you SO the whites
Of their eyes"
Whether or not he thus directed.
It is true that the American forces
with splendid sieadiness and judE-
ment did hold their fire until tho
British were within few yards OF
tho work Then came vollcy AFTER
rolley which sent the red coats down
BY plat0ons. Even the hravcst wav-
cred. Frantic officers could not rally
thai. men. Down the hill they went
until out Of range thoy rallied and
grinly reformed To complete their
work
Pbdding up tha incline. through
heavy grass and over fences. pcrkrd
a, meanwhile by, men behind cover
once again went the sturdy British
infantry. This time when five rods
from their enemies they mot the same
binding devastation crash Of flame
and lead. Down went dead and dy-
ing again and backward once more
went the proud troops Of the British
army. By this time the grenadlerS
and light infantry had lost three
fourths. of their men. One company
had only five men loft. The ground
was covered with with bodies. For
a few moments Howe himself was
almost alone. every officer OF MS S'aI
dead or wounded. Conspicuous as nc
stood in his generals uniform it seems
almost miraculous that he should
have escaped He followed his men
in retreat but with stern resolve.
Howe had learned something OF the
temper and skill of tho mon confront
Ing him. Prescott on the hill was
exhortlng his troops. IF We drive
them back once more they cannot
rally he said. On his part Howe
waited until he could deliver more
artillery fire, striving to make the
American work. Incidentally he
caused his men to abandon their KNAPP
sacks. This he had learned was no
narade maneuvnr After what ne
Judged a sufficient period OF artillery
preparation h" made his third assault.
Again the British wavered as they
met The awful blast from the breast
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as much as anything, which deter
mined Burgoyne to attack even IN the
face of much superior enemy. the
American right. resting upon the
river, he recognized as too strong for
him. The left he believed he could
force. And against. this he headed
once again in person column OF
800 With six guns and Generals Phil
lips, Rcidesel and Frazer as his Sec
onds.
ceding day Clinton had forced the
American forts on the Hudson and mad
destroyed the American fleet, lie was
now only 1856 miles from Burgoyne,
who. had he known of this approachs
ing assistance, never would have
risked encounter AS 1t was he pre-
sumcd himself compelled to 60 on.
Gates did not wait for him. AS soon
as the British were in line he charged
the grenadiers on the left Of the ad5
vancing enemy. The grenadiers. one
of the best bodies of their kind in
the service. fought CALAMITY under
Ackland. but Gates hurled In moro
troops and the action became general.
The Germans in the center could glv9
Tue 1lO boS'tho tChANoo
light infantry and the Twenty-fourthi
however, managed by falling back to
support the grenadiers. Arnold came
rushing up with three new regiments
and plunged against the British doug
Bile line. With the Twenty-fourth
and the light infantry checking the
fury Of the onslaught in the centet
Eurgoyne was able 10. retreat TO his
camp. but he lost six guns and many
Mon in the process.
Moreover, the Americans delivered
most furious attack against the
camp itself. Arnold finally forcing his
way into the works. where he fell
with wound in the same leg which
had been hit at Quebec. Brooke also
forced The entertainments on the riEh1
where Breyman died in defense OF his
pest. This gave the Americans an
abundance Of supplies as we'll as turn.
ing the British flank and securing
command of the rear.
Rurgoyne extricated himself by re:
treat to the heights. where he was
completely hemmed in and where
Gates sat himself down 10 wait the
work of famine. OF Burgoyne's host
there remained but 5000. less than
half OF whom were English, all ID
pitiful condition and opposed to twice
their number.
At length the 18th Of October ha"
ing arrived. with no aid in sight
for Burgoyne was still unaware OK
Clinton's successful advance - the
British opened parley. On the 18th
the articles were signed. On the 18th
the entire british army laid down It's
arms in surrender.
AT once the tide OF events was
turned. The British ministry lost Ito
confidence, the French were decided !,
to join arms with the Americans. the !
success Of the revolution was assured
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two and one-half minutes. The bat
talon was simply wiped out. Several
officers were court nlartiatled as a re-
suit OF this terrible blunder.
We had gone into the German
trenches at a little after noon on Sat.
urday. On Sunday night at about 10
y. m. we We're relieved. The relief
force had 10 come in overland. and
they had a good many casualties en-
route. They found us as comfortable
as bugs in 4 rug except for the Infer
nal and continuous bombing at our
flank barricade. The Germans had
concluded that it was usless 10 try TO
drive us out. About one-fnurth Of the
six hundred Of US who were still on
their feet were holding the sentry
posts, and the remainder Of the six
hundred were having hanqurts in tho
German dugouts. which were stocked
up like delicalessen shops with saul
saers. fine canned foods, champagne
and beer II We had only had few
ladies with u we could have had a
real party.
got so happily interested in the
spread in our particular dugout that
| forgot about my wound until some
one reminded me that orders required
me to hunt up a dressing station and
get an anti-tetanus injection. | went
and got it, but an injection was about
the only additional thing I could have
taken at that moment. II had had to
swallow anything more it. would have
been q matter Of difficulty. Tommies
like to take a German trench. because
if the FritZes have to move quickly.
as they usually do, we always find sau-
sage. beer and champaicne-a well
come change from bully beef. | could
never learn to like their bread. how
ever
After this fight was sent with
other slightly wounded men for a
weeks rest at the casualty station at
Contay. I rejolned my battalion at
the end Of the week. From October q
TO November is we were in and ont
Of he front trenches several times for
duty tours Of thIrty-eicht hours each.
but were In no important aCtinn. At
$40 a. IN. on The morning of NOvem-
bcr is. a bittle cold day. We went
over" 10 take the Desire and also the
Desire support trenches. These were
the names given those trenches. We
started from the left Of our old posi-
ton. and our advance was between
Thinphal and Poziors, opposite 10
Grandetcourt.
There was the usual artillery prep
arition and careful organization for
the attack: 7 was again in charge Of
the 'moppng up" wave. numbering two
hundred mon and consisting mainly Of
bombers. II may seem strange TO you
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Burgoyne This able ana interesting
officer is the individual who appears
in Bernard Shaw's "Gcntlemanly
Johnny" OF regular troops, exclusive
of artillery, he had 200, half Of them
Germans. He had also an auxiliary
force OF some $500 Canadians. Incl
dentally he summoned 10 his aid the
Indians Of the lake region, by reason
Of which hc was cycoriated in Amer
ira and condemned in England. where
Burke pictured him rs addressing
My gentle hyenas; my tcnder-hearted
wolves"
Advancing down Lake George he
forced ST. Clair To cvaCuatr Crown
Point and its Notifications on July .,
lii. Driving opposition before him
h. reached the left bank of the llud-
son on July 80. TO oppose him con,
gross hurried up its, pet. General
Gates, while as an assistant Wash
inEton sent Arnold. one Of the most
standards Hooked the provincial mi
lilia of the northern states, while Bur
goynn made further preparations 1T
Fort Edward.
Now. however, there befcll the
British two severe disasters. ST. Legrr
had been sent from Canada across
Lake Ontario 10 take Fort. StanwiX,
after which he was 10 join Burgoync
on The Hudson. Instead Of accom-.
pishing his mission st. Logger ran into
disastrous beating and scurried back
home Almost simultaneously a large
force Of Germans, under Colnne,
icah supplies al bennington. were at
tackled and utterly routed. Lieutenant
Colonel Br"yman hurrying up with
son more Germans To support Baum
was also attacked and driven back.
In these TWO actions the I5ritish lost
more than 500 able soldiers.
Yet because he could no longer keep
open his limo Of communication Bur.
goyne was forced to push forward. He
crossed the river, advancing then to
Saratoga. which the Americans had
evacuated. Here he waited for the
aid Of Sir Henry Clinton. who enr-
Earkcd ut New York with 1000 crack
troops. but who didn't embark soon
ish war office mslaid letter, in
consequence !of which Clinton's rein
forccments did not reach him until
September.
Burgoyne. becoming impatient,
meanwhile took out his right wing
under his personal command. en-
counteri7g Gates and Arnold about
four miles from Saratoga. At night
fall he was master OF the field. but he
had lost GOO more men and the Amer
leans had cherred themselves by DEM
onstrating again their ability 10
stand against his regulars.
While Gates force was continually
growing Burgoyne was suffering from
assertions on the part OF his Indians
and Canadians He was now reduced
to less than 5000 men. Incidentally.
all OF these were hungry. 1t was this,
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that a non-commissioned officer should
have so important an assignment,
hu, sometimes in this war privateS
have been in charge Of companies
numbering two hundred and fifty
men. and know of case where r
lance corporal was temporarily in
command Of an entire battalion. 1t
happened on this day that. while |
was in charge Of the second wave. |
did not go over with them. AT the last
moment | was given special duty by
Major John Lewis. formerly managing
editor Of the Montreal Star. and one
Of The bravest soldiers | ever knew.
AS well as the best beloved man in
our battalion. \ messenger came 10
me from Major Lewis just as | was
overseeing n fair distribution Of the
rum ration and incidentally getting
my own share. went 10 him al once.
The Troublesome Machine Gun.
"McClintock," said he. Il don't wish
10 send you 10 any special hazard, and.
so far as that goes. we're All going 10
GO, moro or less of q busting. But |
want 10 put that machine gun which
has been giving us so much trouble
ont of action
knew very well thc machine gun
he meant II was in a concrete en-
placement. walled and rooted. and the
devils in charge Of il seemed 10 be
descendants of William Tell and the
prophet Isaiah. They always knew
what was coming and had their gun
accurately trained on il before II
came.
IF you are willing" said Major
Lewis, 81 wish YOU to SELECT twenty
five from the company and 20 after
that gun the minute the order comes
to advance. Use your own Judgment
about the men and the plan for TAX.
ing the gun position. will you co.
II sure WILL" answered. 'Ill 90
and pick out The men right away. [
think we can make those fellows shut
up shop over there
Good boy" said he. You'll try,
AL right
lie started away. If" called me
back.
This is going to be Bit hot. Me.
Clintock." he said. taking my hand. 4
wish you luck. old fellow--you and
tho rest of them In the trenches
they always wish you the best of luck
when they hand you particularly
tough job.
thanked him and wished him the
same. never saw him again. He
was killed in action within two hours
after our conversation. Both he and
my pal. Macfarlane, were shot down
dead that morning.
When they called for volunteers TO
20 with me in discharge of Major
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While not an epochal battle IN the
sense Of the numbers engaged inc
losses sustained or in its purely null
tarv results the fight at Bunker ftiL
on. June Il. 1I7l,. was almost ire
mendous in its moral effect aud IN
it's far reaching consequences. II
dispellcd the almost superSttl0uS 49,
lief in the inability OF raw lev!es 70
stand against trained $oIdierI. y m
spIred ths. American colOnisis TO con
;inue f: convinced chem OF thelT
power 70 defy George III. / pre-
vented Tho hasty CCliap$" Of he Amer
lean revolution.
II ,nay Do ;ad; ;he StG1en. ot war
Bunk: Hin. chief si2nihchhCn HCa
\ the fact tnat thr British g"naoierS
..d rnn field when the day was done.
Certainly the BATHS served TO- Years
as an argument Tor the opponents
OF a trained American army that none
was needed. But for the rest OF us
il is glorious testimony TO the daunt.
1essnpss OF the american spirit Hnd
eloquent in its story OF what men DO
for a cause.
Bunker Hill as We now know it was
really Breads hill. Bunker Hill
proper lying near it and connecting
bv low ridge. It lies on the pen
Ursula neorth OF Boston. joining the
mainland In 11T5 with a causeway.
\Stranzely enough neglectful General
sage, the British commander. left II
Snfortified. Before he could repair
Vat neglect there came on the night
June IS, 100 Americans from the
wly formed camp at Cambridge. un,
Colonel Prescott OF Pepperell.
rked BY Major General Israel Put
IN; who threw up entrenchments.
nned Them with a few cannon and
nv riflemen and were discovered
the morning in full position and
ady for business.
Eage was in fury Through his
sses he beheld Prescott, In full
nmand. but with his troops mere
bandnru and himself uniformed
10 more than a calico smock walk
tho ramparts.
k'ho Is that man." demanded
rSscott OF Pepperell. b. brother
s." said a Massachusetts gentle
the commanders party.
no fight"
\yhile he has a drop OF
ver grew botter. First he
NV cannonadA from the
A"rfor ard from
p's hE. Th'cra scnrn-
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Our high command apparently
meant to make a sure thing Of the
general assault upon the Regina
trench. in which we were TO partici-
pate. Three times the order TO go
over the top" was couutermanded. The
assault was first planned for October
10. Then the date was changed TO the
20th. Finally. at 1910 noon of Octo-
Der y. we went 1t was the first gen.
eral assault we had taken part in. and
we were in highly nervous state. Ill
admit that.
1t seemed almost certain death to
start over in broad daylight. yet. as
1t turned out, the crossing OF No Mans
Land was accomplished rather more
easily than in our night raids. Our
battalion was on the extreme right or
the line. and that added materially to
our difficulties. first by compelling us
to advance through mud so deep that
some Of our men sank to their hips
in it and. second, by giving us the
hottest little spot in France to hold
later.
wave" or assault line. This IS called
the ',moppinC up" wave, because the
business of the mon composing it is
thoroughly to bomb out position
crossed BY the first wave. to capture
or Kill all Of the enemy remaining and
10 pur the trench in a condition TO be
defended against counter attack by
reversing he fire steps nd throwing
up parapels.
Our artillery had given the Germans
such batterinc and the curtain fire
which our guns dropped JUST thirty TO
forty wards ahead OF us was so power
ful that We lost comparatively few men
going ovsr-only those who were
knocked down by shells which the
Germans landed among US through our
harrace They never caught us with
their machine gun sweeping until we
Reared their trenches. Then 'cood
many OF our m"a began 70 drop. out
VIC were in their front trench before
they could cur us up anywhere near
completely. Going over. | was struck
by Shell fragments on the hand and
leg, but the Wounds We're not severe
enough 20 stop me. In fact. did not
know thar | had been wounded until
I felt blood running into my shoe.
Then discovered tho cut in my leg.
hut saw that il was quite shallow and
that no artery of importance had been
damaged. So | Went on.
had tho familiar feeling nj n"rV-
BUSINESS and physical shrinking ana
nausea a. the beginning Of this tight.
but By the time W. were half way
across No Mans Land | had my nerve
back. After had been hit. ! remeUl-
ber feeling relieved That hadn't been
hurt enough 10 keep mo from going
on with the m"n. am not trying TO
make myself our a hero. I'm just try
ing to tel' Won how an ordinary mans
mind works under the stress OF h2h,'
ing and tho danger Of sudden death.
There are some queer things in tne
psychology OF battle. For instance
when we had cot into the German
,rcncb and we're holding it against
tho most vigorous counter attacks. the
though: which was pnrSistently upper.
mosi in my mind was that had lost
the address Of girl in London atoms
with some papers which I had thrown
away JUST before We started over al'u
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wounded. Tho Americans lost +20
killed. including the gallant General
Joseph Warren. who had rushed 10
tn" field newly commissioner nut
who had waived his rank declaring
that hr wished. To light only rs nri-
luStvatp soldier. Tho Americans also
LOST several cannon
rnprrparrdneSS lost Bunker I'M
TO tho Americans. hui II WAS unprr-
parctlnrss which in the stat" or The
able. In effect The colonisls tanln n
American colonies was scarcely avoid
able In effect the defeat WAS VIC
tory. II fired the colonists 10 greater
resolve II tlisproyed the theory as
to the inyincihiity OF rrgu lar troops.
II made possible tho continuance or
The struggle for liberty.
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WOUNDED IN THE
SOM|NE BAT TIE.

BY Sergeant Alexandcr Mcclin-
took. o. c. H. distinguished
Conduct MedaD, 97th Overseas
, Battalion, Canadian Grenadier
Is Guards.
Editorial Note: Sergeant Nc
CIintock, an American boy of Lex
ington. Ky.. has seen service
in France, was decorated for braV-
cry. wounded and inv7Iided home
He Is telling his story. thrilling
one. and this is the fifth article. of
the series. In the preceding ones
he described how he reached the
front, fighting in Belgium. and
then the great preparations for
the Somme battle. In this install
ment he tells Of conditions and
describes first hand the fighting
in that greatest of all battles.
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THE AMERICAN VICTORY AT
SARATOGA.

Gentiemanly Johnny Burgoync
Miqht Have Kept America British
Had He Known Of CIinton's Sue
cess and Had the Colonial Militia
Proven Less Resolutc.
By CAPTAIN ROLAND F. AN
DREWS.
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AS the skirmish at Bunker Hill be-
comes q great battle Of history in that
il decided the American colonists to
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BUNKER HILL.

The Fight Which Proved 20
Americans Their Ability TO.
Defy Great Britain and race
the Terrible British Grenadler.
q, c.,+,in Roland +, Andrews.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-04
thoroughly Cleanse the Liver and Keep Well
w III a IT TO AT!
(BY Dn L b. WATSON. }

the much slandered cabbage, and
sauerkraut. Stimulate the liver into
q thorough housecleaning at least
once q week, by taking q purely veg
etable laxative made up and en-.
trActed from May apple, leaves Of
aloe, root OF jalap, into Pleasant
Pellet, fnst made by DR.. Pisrce nearly
fifty years ago and sold by nearly
every druggist in the country. To
keep the kidneys clean, drink plenty
water between meals also, II you
wish 70 escape half the ills" which
cause early deaths from kidney die
ease, affections Of the heart, rheuma-
tism and gout, drink a pint Of bot
water a half hour before meals. This
with regular outdoor exercise, sens-
bic food, and occasionally Anuic
double or triple strength) Gftsf
meals for q few weeks a. q time, and
there is no reason why q man or
woman should not livesto be . hun
dred. This Anuric stimulates the
kidneys, causing them TO throw out
the poisonous uric acid which causes
us to have pains in the back, lum-
bago, rheumatism or gout.
Anuric always benefits and often
cures the cause of kidney disease, -
well ss rheumatism and gout. Sold
by druggists, or send SOC. 70 DR.. V.
N. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y, or l0e for
trial package.
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GIRL ROCKIES Drill
BEFORE WAR EXPERTS
-Four National Service School Com
panies We for Competitive Honors.

When Commandant Poe faced the four
companies OF women students composing
the National Service School. Conduit road
and the District line, and one after the
other put them through the competitive
drill yesterday to decide what com. .)any
would meet the post graduate Company
A in a competitive drill. more than 800
spectators were present.
There was nothing easy about the test
and the judges were selected from among
those who have devoted their lives to the
art OF war. but the young women. un-
az aid. faced the music OF the still at
mcsphere and the curious eyes on the
sidClines without a tremor. and went
through the various formations with a
decision and briskness that brought ap-
plause from friends and the merely Curl
ious spectators.
The judges were Col. Robert N. Thomp-
son. Col Fenton and Capt Keyser. Of the
Marine Corps. The winning company viii
be announced Saturday. Members Of the
British Commission arrived on the grounds
shortly before the drill began and were
interested spectators throughout the COM
petition
? he % students vii. Lreak camp Sat-
Ia day afternoon and return to their
homes. On Monday next 400 students will
take their place for a twenty-day en-
csmpment Commandant Poe will re-
main over and take charge OF the new
contingent