Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-03 | Page 4 | Africans Check Imperial Guard

AFRICANS CHECK IMPERIAL GUARD PARIS Oct An African bat tal on checked the attacks of the Ger man mper al guard n the recent fight ng near Verdun Th s is the inference drawn from deta Is rece ved here oi the combat m that sect on A survivor of the battle who has arr ved in Pans today told the follow ng story of the fight The sun was lust r s ng when our outposts came back on our ma n force and informed us that the imperial guard was com ng Soon after we could see po nted helmets gl stening in the sun, rap dly advancing 'Deceived by our silence the guard came on even to the barbed wire de fences and commenced cutting them be fore our trumpet sounded an order for volley firing The first 1 ne of the enemy seemed just to melt away under our fire The second 1 ne appeared to be shaken for an instant but on they came We could pla nly see the off cers in the lead waving the r swords and en courag ng the r men to the assault and the second 1 ne thinned out but a third came on and the mass crossed the line of wire defenses When charge was sounded we rushed forward to meet them Then our boys commenced to fall but our m petus was too much for the aristocrat c guard wh ch was mowed down and dis persed Of one reg ment only a single com any remained It was led by a tall eutenant with a boy a face He wore a monocle in h s eye and carried a re volver in his hand This company stood to the last man and that lat tnan was the 1 eutenant He refused to surrender and stood h s ground alone nntil the bayonets of the zona es brought him down