Show 0 4 V 1 65 1 I 1 ab OY CS AVA at 77 04 I 1 Wr illet b 9 prussian office rit f staled in the ra vol g t ir and pillaging of by dirou pow pm 1 ng jig ilist cm slump nel burst met lut heads which it sit it ed in III it ain it een faster tile the biond lut inic the lie alist alt maid h co it uin II 11 deep shell liell holes lable evl wen filled with v antei in the 1111 heny INY ness less inn fell into lies holes thoroughly Thorough li lionhood lion hold we continued conr I 1 our no was paid to t i in the vi nun oci me which w FAill bling spied writhe onh illia alin III belll nien mul hor horses 4 lay ny lit n tile the of fir tile the lond load lint but ni lit one took lining to to lailo ll Ilo OIL at lan NAP e fil neld 11 1 lit it 11 little all V lape inge maitre me e hiltl we vo took pot se session FIon lilt and us strong ai d temp temporal oram aa n an ibie lit in tit alx time 1 oni position MS ci A 11 eini cauton teri aall all nenn troops to inice but allaert nil all mert en dudl di tell artilli 3 and till let loeble pd elleso some nonie hoit of ml in I 1 millo lilac tharp mag some oine lite awil vald it laed tho lip dolliel units alto HB ans in hi le IP I 1 alt lit N 1110 aion d en evidences of ilai liming 1119 eltI lots but nothing in coni emlon to oun CHAPTER X tit the et er ebin s qa lid illing ling to reduce orr coition poI po tIon lit ill grew sti sadonyer blit mitt lout enet edict vollie soine es ci llight in fin I 1 geniv aale in strong fore force tippen and again bea becque quiet AN within athin till tan 4 naief mel cheh 1 I 1 4 it rt T 4 b enemy cavalry patrols us is illige in die colu columns inns approached we retried some kit hout fir ing ln it i liot the ui took it post lion inn behind it Nil v hinge lilge and began shell ins ing the enem A canaley patrol petrol galloped gallop g fd across an open field the hoites with foam NN e henril heard the commander of the patrol tell n C a ally officer that the enemy were nj ni lit inching from froin all ides hideg we q lick ty ly left the village the re mid the canala pled a position vaille the tannon re trained on oil tile he eleini 11 tuned om a rd noon shrapnel bhella again began beann bursting burs burz tins tIng oer our head bead but the ex e aloi plodded ed too high in the air to do us an daniago let iet served sered a as a sel aeilous loliS reminder niler to 10 us its that the enem eneim kart light on oil our heals hads a of hah caled our to become a rout the numbers who mho dropped ex hausted mM antly inci eased it ans impossible to render them thein ana an assist ance for heie mete no more wagons many soldiers used their last atom of strength to ding themselves to the side ride of the rond others tell fell ebere here they v m ere war marching ching to be crus crushed lied foon i under the boises hoi sea hoofs 01 1 the wheels of an ani vehicle that might pa pass the load was mias strewn with i equipment thrown away aay by the sol airs our detachments had long since at aside all unnecessary ary impede menta in ID this m way ny v ve e proceeded until N we e ret reached elied a forest which was mas filled with fugi thes mani main of these had stretched home hoine sort of doth cloth from tree to atiee as a protection from froin the rain there they lay men women and children and old men some soine in unspeakable mis ery cry this fugit fugitives kes camp was spread oner oer the forests to the edge of tile the road and as we me pissed we me could see the furrows nonen into their facci bi b the terrible sufferings they had ha been they looked at us with ith m weary cary and saddened ebes 03 es the children begged for bread but we had none for fop ourselves enen eien though we e were Y ere tortured by hunger the efemia continued to accompany wi us I 1 i scarcely had we me passed through tile the t I 1 foret forest ahen shrapnel burst in it As a consequence a c camp of fugitives now explain 10 in tit ii anre wn and alli its nought safety in the open fields sinny tried to us gitil the older canie came foi foil bidding them tile road ua its their wh adrance ottice ill han dered troop loop cements ne ments lite fugitives fugitive therefore atie forced into the ral ruin it fields elIS fl tow tohaid nid we n ached ft a vit lage inge which lind heen been sacked and lart we e found sonic rest tit and allot two of this MIR hall had bu ilmis bv the clemmans Cler mans it and of 4 jarl taken awn under cly bemoit just t vh ahn hits liml been done we ne woi it m 11 fib ible e to binl out we ne did know kno how eer er mat almost every town tonia was ung obliged oblige ll to give ghe hostages 1 most ado it of the cattle wen filkill along ind and largo large herds transported to the rear by bv em r irn we belon ed to tile the leal guards I 1 which ilni ned ve me were unable to find ani anI thing hIng to ent eat there was na till nothing 1141 tiling to tile the hinge afre ve ue win re now gioi aftel aati I 1 half tin hour with on oil hunger still rented we resumed ed our match maich aler aier we ive hud had maichel about hilborne tem we me itri lied fit at a spot eldh hail forn forni been a blouke advancing annles had find camped liere perhaps eight dans cals beffie blend lind had nen axen plentiful then lay fly strewn around on the he bound i ini ind in spite ot of its water nater condition it had find been up tip and ulen alen ravenous appetites noth ing rag mattered mattei ed how hom mir conr sto marlis met beio filled if our hunger might be tip dp night now nonn came bet ct no sleep nor alst af t anns is in sight right ko one knew how hon much faither we ine would have to retire I before there would mould he a re respite zlate the unfamiliar illar surroundings indicated to us its t that lint ni we 0 were not j et ON oer er the load holcli we me had traversed sed when ns as victia me e to the marne with this 4 fill and similar thoughts i hour after hour passed d some of us ran along actu all walked in their sleep bleed our boots were filled with mith wu wa tei bet 5 ft we ie had to amp on oil thus tile the night based the next morning troops of the main ma I 1 n aam 11 rim were placid in ili tile the rear gu guard a rd formed long iong columns ole opell opened pl to let us pass thio tigh after waldi closed I 1 innas ti n R alie e gac it a of idlof to fo we e wore mere tit at last fim fie of lios mill in 11 leri ire fire aati matching maichl ng about fief n mole moie laouis we ne joined a compani of infantry Infant rv which ilitch had honed its field kitchen it was as not guiti drick when nhen we ne rn relied lied the lange here flere we were billeted jn tit order I 1 to get ns as much buol lest us its possible lilt but we e nil 11 knew that we ne could lest boniv is long us its the rear guard waa mas able to keep back the enemy we were N ere placed in the gillage school because of tile the shortage of proal provisions alons we me were nere al houed lowed to use our our tinned supplies lieg hul ahli none of us had an aro left tina on alst ed of rome meat tind and hardtack it lilt hud long sime been nten up and so go we v to lie down donan mith alth our liuigi r batill unsatisfied CHAPTER XI we were once more aroused at eleven that mat night and alth ali the utmost atmo 4 haste ninde made ivady to re our ennith lite night was pitch ihrk find tile the lain inin at daybreak we ne passed th the dt t of st ri rills 14 had find not I 1 b it imi mei I 1 t loin here we ne tinned to the he i it t cloel ale pressed qed bi b the I 1 inh and lit in the afternoon we e H assonne on oil P e moie me e inn to bet et it a lest of nf si h era eral hours houra toward 0 we o pio ngien and maintained ft a forced march hiou gli alj tin night wt now moie thin ali in per eier yet could not hilt the inin had before ten tell in the lite Ino inIng tit lit which houi hom we nae it aft ft tit the rowl and tin ninde made tamp I 1 hel e ans 11 n glit nl agh if t ellef i i lief for this long contil continued luell wenis eni i retreat lind had brought our tr troops 14 into it a state now become NN e bi bann gan to fo dig in ill I 1 fore our t andies A voe afie fie hilla a literal hall amin atif if fell feh among tig up UK our lo losos loe e u ere so no great ti tint at it tic fie camp callip to remain we 1 irl 0 vil ti bordui to ie once ue e tu arched the ho fluids until dark when we me began once more to dig in ID f e won now no near the village of MIN inn tn donnoli it wa pitch daik and it fog foff lav mer 01 er eel thing of flit the emam N we e hanew nothing ft 11 ith the utin utmost t silence and speed we me dug our I 1 eles behe in ili deep i stopping frequently I 1 to as hostile raiding parties bartlen apo pron liefl only to disappear quickly here we ne our first ret re enforce ments the lite arrived in long columns columna in ili tho the dail ness all AH were fredb rolph of them thein reserves reserve the majority wore more blue uniforms this ni an v mell ns as the me nature of their equip LP ment to us its thit they it had I 1 been hits lil filled out and transported none or of mom th had ever beaird the thistle tle of a 0 bullet ani innas it wn ing dunKe ioui here blui brought nur nerous ma inn thine chine guu 4 and nd in ili tin in instant ve me bati for defense de le lense fentie at dria light the ii ench began the attack clity anade seve the dai but without hue cesi fur for our rk re were IF laige ae I 1 no nile at ahli stage of the battle met it vas nar the beginning of it a mill lebious le ious struggle for positions sit ions we ve m ere cre to lo unlit light here ft filin oin the same tend attenh month after month lite wounded ho iab la tit in no matis man a land I 1 und between the tie nelies vere mere left to li tin the b tried to rescue resale them thein un tin I 1 let del aho w protection of tile geneva flag ang the emblem of the red choy but we only snared tit them thein and shot it to hits the lin to shoot don doin the crenn arp arad ur ad am human feeling the cited clogs nag flag had lost all its ita alle balue im foi ui athen it was lit la alred by the I 1 i enoi I 1 sl va N ag ed n lne e note ce told that the enemy misused q the nag flag ind that ne e inuit shoot doun tit he men that bore it we till all attacks attack t until they grilda ill feared we were nere now able to oui om pogi position tion which we me did ato ltv the lie greatest enic making it as strong ua a ble half tho the men inen re on gunil while lille the other half deepened it and nd widened the trenches trench eFt A lively tire lire was mam maintained continuous IN lir br both sides bides the losses loses nei deiy y large must most of the lite men killed were shot through the head the trench pro it the remainder of their bod bodies ica riling increased in intensity 8 ni light ight fell although nothing could be see seen n we ne continued firing all the tinie time N h cause n we e thought title hie would i prevent exit the enemy front from making una attacks through the munitions and nin aerial were brought up and new in men en quantities of sand biga 1 11 vl z k the red red cro crow flag had lost all itt its value were sent bent ua its which were filled and used an aa ft a protection ri against bullets to be contin continued ved |