Show TELLS OF SLAUGHTER AT ALTKIRCH FIGHT paris private jean 21 martin dartin who has been invalided home told lo 10 matin how tin brench took altkirch in lower loner alsace here is his story approaching altkirch I 1 received roy my m of fire and lost the comrade who nho shared roy my bed A bullet struck the little chap full in the face lie ile timer nov er spoke again after a whole davs das maneuvering wo came near altkirch which v litch Is commanded by a ridge we advanced our regiment being the center of the tile line our PrU llory was as blazing a away ay whan w to e reached the top of the ridge we ne saw raw a at our feet it slope covered with ith cultivated fields at the tho foot of ho the declivity wore were the station and t town m n what a descent that w M is in skirmishing order armong ninon the potatoes eq and mangol mangel what music ac compan led us of at bullets whistling hist ling whistling from all sides grand dieu diat a whistling there N was as the Gery germans nans held excel excellent lont post positions in the outskirts belond the town ton some of their quick firo gum gung came into action but things mer 3 going well for us all tho same we continued to advance tin under der a hall of bullets then the charge sounded and the whole brigade dashed fo ferard for vard with mith ba ont ts fixed 1 ilia he enemy abandoned their 3 and retired fht we slept in altkirch AIt kirch my cv 1119 11 1 the cemetery ry in tho tile second battle next day tho one hundred and ana ninth and one hun hurt deed and tenth grenadiers Grena Grou diers adlers who it vas vias wild mid vero ore commanded by one of the imperial rin cos tried to drive w u out for a ions long tinto the tile action undecided sullenly Sul denly the grenadiers 90 ray we were in the hia edge of the wood mood varda from the enemy with n volley v we ve e dropped the con completo pleto line of thorn them but a new line appeared in im mediately it was a slaughter suddenly the bugle call sounded their retreat A battlefield Is a terrible bight I 1 am almost ashamed that I 1 looked upon this one with ith almost savage pride |