Show A Vivid Picture of War Var Hopkins a New York doctor who was in Europe when the war broke out and who offered his service to the Red Cross gave the following interview interview interview inter inter- view on his return home last week I was first under fire while I had the head of a wounded French soldier on my lap dressing dressing dress- dress ing n a gaping wound in his jaw Shrapnel burst overhead but none of the hit either of us For an hour after that I was under fire and the noise and the sights of the battlefield almost resulted in my complete physical physical physical phys phys- ical collapse I saw hundreds of men torn into pieces in a few seconds Horses were wiped from sight by terrific artillery fire of the Germans and wagons containing ammunition and provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions were blown into frag frag- ments It was like the work of an unseen unseen unseen un un- seen hand I could see the ranks filled one moment and the next a gaping hole had been torn out and fifty men had disappeared In the retreat from Mons we made a stand at They set up a masked field battery and awaited the onslaught of the Germans The place chosen was wasa a large open field Ten regiments regiments regiments regi regi- ments of German cavalry harrying harrying harry harry- ing the rear of the allied forces charged across that field When they got near enough the French batteries opened fire The Tho slaughter was terrible Fully Germans were killed in the charge and and wounded horses dashed clashed in all directions During the retreat from Mons at a place near Cambrai I saw the English cavalry ride up to support their infantry It was a wonderful sight The Themen Themen Themen men seemed to be a part of the horses They galloped like mad and hundreds of the brave fellows fellows fellows fel fel- fel- fel lows were killed But they drove back the Germans The dead bodies of men and horses lay everywhere piled on top of each other The leThe noise is so great at that it is impossible to tomake tomake tomake make yourself heard even if you shout at the top of your lungs into a mans man's ear The only way is to communicate by signs I leI witnessed one charge of the Deaths Death's Head Hussars They were gallant and antl daring riders but scores of them were shot from their horses I n 0 |