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Show Miscelny In the Hurncanenf Bloody Battle (From the French of ClBs TardleU In the Paris FlM ) How can I make vonee with the a d of mere words andrajFew poor lit erar art fices a th ngnpich aH mo eraent all transports the soul, all er eness and a 1 clamoBMus alose coald give an approx mifidca Of bat tie and ts tumult but CM mus c could not represent ts ntoxKing real tes I do not bone to nakeft imell the powder or the hea odSf blou I nor enable vou to percene rumblings the splendors the UemiSof this dull and erne str fe I woa( only bring before jour eyes a corH of France and a soldier n the m df the hum cane of bullets of ahellBf baonets of screammgs of groan nHand of the thud of march ng feet It s necessarj as tflcommander sajs to take the trench lie does not put t In ds but we divine in h s accent in Ijnesture and m b s glance that cost jnat it may the order must be execute Conquer or d e These words wBh formerly had for ns onh a certa tKgne ideal and heroic mean ng takBpon them selves a sudden we ght off gn ficance now that we are reallj facB face with the comrade j Tho Ice Is BrokS An artilleryman runmnJp hands a folded paper to the comtArr He reads t h brows knit birr bblps a word with a penc 1 and eM the note back to the man, whoBisappears toward the rear Son e Bute s ip by broken bv nterm ttentBllejs The) ev dentlv were tMhe watch We cannot hore to s rprittbctn and we are scoopcl that eerffln Tlah Our parts are oast the flSsk rm sh has prepared us As a tBd bather tr es the water w th bis foe wo have taken the temperature of raftbat, the ce s broken between daniS and our nerves Fveryene smiles anBs readv The stretcher bearers conMup after carry ng away the last wouSed The commander roes up and doioithe 1 nes hurl ng advice at us in crlsjjBords Don t fire throw yo riiy&s down at each bait r n toward tjf m tra 1 leuses after each blast! Conitge my children and silence till you lit to the 1 nes of w res Vefore be stops seventj fl Ben have conseotel to bo hurle to dP The moment ban cornel The eyes of tho chief flaB W th a q ck gent re ho p lis his re er from its sheath For France Forward M hillren ba onet Jcsnnon Fpr rrance forward anlhflapsout of the trench followed hv nil Th rty meters are cleared tils many ac o ds b t o r mo emeiu'Vs Veen seen for a terrible f sillulo Urows us uron 0 r stoma hit Our hearts beat and stral w th n our breasts and o r breath o short Tho knar sack j 0 blesonl somo haje slreajy thrown it away! My Alger an has not q iltteP18 He holds n one ban 1 bis rifle ail, In the other h shears an 1 s preparS to fol low m I The lay ng waste has not yfl begi n They In 1 gh aril the b It make their fam liar r, al 0 nA bends Son e Marm te nt ell 11 si 0 tW an I there vtho t 1 ng an m.l We await orlers nn g a lit In iii n 1 o n 1 n ) 1 1 f s I lo those t ha m f M J h rasf he g I sh n S u l h 'J. Ie J no f fl f n i f among the branches wb cb lash faces. We takt off our kep s and bang them on the sk rts ot o r coats Ta ca ta a, ta cata ca ta Fron right and left the mitrailleuses latter upon the underbrush. It sound a like a hailstorm on the lea en lie throw o selves to the ground panting lo breath Vacant places hi e alrea lv ai peared in our line but the ha e been filled a once by new faces We arc anx o hi waiting while our tern let throb be neath the -storm of grape () r elbows to cb n the narrow a le an 1 th h man smell is strong Going to the Tete I know not what n j neighbors i thinking but an obst ate q e on n mv mind Dare T rlungo ba cnet into the bod of a man e en j t ho hiltf That square bl de wh h j er e the flesh a spurt ot red the frightful grimace of a nan transp erci I In i seen heads fall Without any emotioi I have seen I ebe f I allemin an 1 tl e r 1 ke of sinister memories die But not like that Tacataca ta ca, ta! Pluh Pluh Xzz zz, vzz vsz Boom Boon W hat a hubbub! But seventy 11 e of our men are slain It is our t rn to go to the fete now Forward! The wretches shouts the commander ten meters i idance. bareheaded superb w th I shivclci hair Beneath the tempest of ron w th teeth clenched and breast tl oil we hurl o rsehee forward Th ranks thin out Tbe men slip down as f tl e stumbled over u tree root h t n n u ter a cr or rn sea bins If The wounded fall to the earth withoit mov ng I r ognize o two or thr o faces abo t e d t shar) shooter is 1 ways ther II 1 o ) t h s r It Is bandoleer and I r g I I a 1 gr ps h s shears I rml The s rush las car r e 1 s nearlv to the learlng Scarce U flft lelers ce rate us from the i no mv s treuches fron wl i h the storm of ron is pouring How can we ontain o rsel es? The seconds seem 1 ko hours we aro otas porate 1 naddencd with tho den ro 1 Are to strike to finish t Witho t thinking we Are furio lh Capturing tho Guns Suddonly wo tromblo from head to foot Witn a magn fl ent 1 scorl wh 1 even brings a sm le to our lips a tr n pet sounds the charge Then a fo midable cry Forwardl W th tl o In onotsl repeated fron a the 1 throats as if mn 1 while he et I notes pierce tho heart and rusl i rrosistlbly There s a drop o rnk above There l a drop t drink ' Howl ng like de no o Ht I n chock s Wl o fallst No ono s Tl e c n h drov to lr n be Fallen troes wovci tngetl u ble 1 olns tl at al o s st n e v r which entangle us t esc i o ot en g t check o r onward r si There s a lrn o r n W th a gla e of th e wl ch on fifteen ears on tb o 11 a 1 Hell u getoanan T t u e n the battloftel I Tbere are some t u hns aboi 100 ne tors long with two mit a In sos nt each eu 1 which s yeep tl o ar 1 wl 1 their last gists, nd s r y t rt Westphalians II at tw ofil n Could holl at 1h po n oi the e r r si out of th t e os fir g they r n The rust le t our hfl onets st e g ok n the in To tl o n t ok To tl e 1 trnill sen Iwent I I 11 se es fnrnar r g fl II h tl e 1 Ms nfl c n n s f p ra e 1 bat n tr ug to ) ul to w ed uto usclessiie? Then here orr 1 melen m wl ch tb d p igbajonet ar j lunged nto I od e hen. lubb r fl beat 'upon head wl ere n ea b mteut 1 on his o tn tak are b vied together breath to breath a tangl 1 bit ng t il m, k ck ng n a from wb ct ones oaths an! ra rs groan ugs and tl lea h r ttle Two i en throw thomselxes upon each o her w th so n ch f r that the r bade disariea n ther belles e en 0 the h It The fi d bj s de w th he dea h oh n the r throats One of the 'VSestphal an ofh ers still on h fe t h rls h n e f upou one of our n nho has j t di entauJed himself tl r w re b t b t rn he akes a false stei and falls i pon h s ad ar The two n a struggle al lent when s ddenl the Mld er, dis engBL ng h nself se 7-es the officer s snor 1 and n h m to the earth Victory I eo mar sho its an old sol 1 er ot Ton l an 1 Morn o brand sh ng 1 s r 11 ah t n b s arms as beau tirul as i stat c Defeated the fe r rema ning Prus sian tnrew t ems hes on their knees ( on radcf ' omrades the r ed b t thp furv of arnage wa on and the ba onets and r ttn did the r terrible work lut b n g tie last with a vf cries We Jump in o the apt red trenfth eo ered w th sweat and blood o r eves star ug witl horror our throats drj al most out of breath hi t r tb the heart swelling w tlr io We feer shlv make real to Are upon tl e f g t es The n ght falls W itb a blood arm tl r st lo a t n ails face "bleed ing from n wo nd i th leek the comn ander leaps up Twcnt men to tho front Ijto un yo r cartr dges Tl e others fort f- the tr ncl Fvery ono nderstood In tho flash of an e e he tools were o t of the ki ft) si ks und shovels and p oka were mo ng the earth nh le he fir ng be gan aga PI lladelpl a L dg r |