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Show STORY OF THE I MONS FIGHT London, Sept. 1, 4 a. m The following fol-lowing story of the fighting near Mons was told to an Express reporter by one of the British wounded, who was brought here Monday. ' We had left the shelter of a little lit-tle forest and opened out, supported by the North Country regiment Our colonel warned us that the German Infantry was advancing. "We had hardly extended ourselves j along the grass when patches of blue and green were seen on the sky line I and soon battalions of the enemy were made out following each other at j regular intervals. I "Our batteries let rip and gouged holes through them. 'Bravo!' shouted shout-ed my platoon commander as he watched through his glasses. "Now the order was given to fix bayonets. Before the enemy arrived, the artillery fire had increased until it was an Inferno. German aviators were directing their guns, and at times we fired on aeroplanes but our shots were Ineffective Our gunners had an awful time as the German cnv. airy got around behind us and charged right up to the guns. Very few of the Germans escaped, however, for whole platoons rushed to the rescue, emptying their magazines as they ran. "A moment later the Germans were on us from the front. We lot them come until their breats rose above the neighboring hillock and then we decimated deci-mated them. They fell back in confusion con-fusion and dropped to the ground "Scores of machine guns were turn- |