The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-22

sight, says the bodies on the river bank
and i'm the water reminded him of sea-
weed after the tide had gone out
Shore Lined With Dead.
Further up the river at Sega Mill.
the other crossing had brought on an
other blooding fight which lasted until
late yesterday, when the whole shore
was feared of living Austrians. But
1T was lined with dead. The movement
mere began late on Friday night and
reached it's elimination abo III o'clock
Saturday morning. Friday night sew
eral Austrian battalions got across un-a
der the v of darkness. They chose
a narrow channel and some of h Aus
tr1an officers rode across on horseback.
Ihey took a position near the town
cemetery and opened on the Italians
during the night with machine guns.
The Austrians carried two search lights,
which they played on the. italian posi-
tions while the Italians were without
searchlights. It was only by the flashes
OF the Austrian machine guns that the
italians could direct their fire. AT day
light yesterday the enemy still held his
position at the cemetery.
The situation began to look serious
and for q time it appeared as though
the Italians would have to fall back.
now the famous Bersiglarie guard
was brought up, fresh after it's heroic
rear guara defense of the main army as
it retired on the field. The other troops
We're from nearby towns and they We're
stirred to a last desperate effort to ave
their homes.
Charge on Machine Guns.
The italians charged shortly after
dawn, their line moving straight up
the hill to the cemetery. Against ma
chine gun fire M guns on the bank
the Italians moved with bayonets,
grenades and torpedoes. 1t was one of
these charges inspired by low and
home country. which will live always,
and it was irresistible. The enemy
wavered and broke just as the Italian
artillery on a nearby height got the
range Of the cemetery. But the main
fighting vas hand to hand, with the
enemy being pressed back steadily to
the river, where they were u down,
drowned, ~bayonetted or captured. By
10 O'Clock yesterday all had been swept
away except a few struggling groups;
by noon not one of the eneny's force
was left on the western bank.
In addition to some 1,50O killed the
enemy lost 1,500 prisoners, including
two colonels and some 80 officers. All
the Austrian machine guns were cap
tured and are now being used by the
Italians.
Austrian Wounded Rescued.
The fury Of the fighting is shown
by the fact that the Did Sega mill on
the rivers ban was taken and re-
taken SIX times during the ebb and
flow. The mill is full of bullet holes,
but shows no evidence of shell fire,
indicating that the fighting was en-
tirely at close quarters.
Italian stretcher bearers did noble
yesterday afternoon in carry
ing the great number of Austrians who
lay along the shores. Two of these
bearers waded out to the,sand'
bar in midstream, where several seri-
ously wounded Austrians had dragged
themselves. They were brought back
and cared for carefully. One of these
Austrians was wounded seriously in the
leg and he was supported between two
on the way to the receiving
station. The Italians their
dead, some of them at the waters edge.
One gunner was found hanging life
less over his machine gun.
This summarizes a most desperate
fight to preserve the Piave line.