Show FIGHT UNSEEN FOE remarkable conditions OF MODERN WARFARE all the pomp and glory of the old time has depart ed even the art lit remains indis ble it la a long hark from the mace ionian phalanx to the infantry battle in open order just as long as from the short bronze sword or the javelin to a shrapnel or a machine gun the manner of putting infantry into the zone of action is an illustration the men march easily and silently along in the malleis exposing themselves only when absolutely necessary not a flag Is used not a bugle note Is heard the men move silently as death and wait as patient hours laze by and no foe comes ight comes and there Is still no toe but the wait ing men weary with vigil and anxious to kill are always alert they sleep in their positions while the outposts watch for them and when morning comes the tireless eyes are still look ing suddenly the enemy s line slip into view from an unexpected quarter the men crawl back into the shelter of the hill out of view and run not at the enemy but for a new hidden po mitlon in the foeman s front they again wiggle into line load their pieces and wait on comes the toe not on a run not massed to resist a shock in close order but scattered far apart in a thin line the color of the land about him his line lets through as many bullets aa possible every knoll and clump Is taken ad vantage of and the advancing foe Is never in sight when he doean doesn t abao cutely have to be still he comes with the deliberation of murder he knows the enemy ls somewhere ahead that many of his brave line will die and he Is using every device that will save a single life the oncoming command halts a moment the officers talk quietly the force deploys even more there Is a word of command and the force comes on now some yards from the waiting toe instantly there Is a sputter on the bill A company has fired a volley the men below quick en their pace a bit another volley they run a few steps an officer swears and they walk again then they catch sight of the crouching ene my on the hill they throw them solves to the ground and fire again and again they go forward a few rods and keep firing they take the hill or are turned back beaten no one shouts or runs it Is aa bechani cal and cool as destiny artillery is more spectacular but just as calm the batteries choose the same secret way of going into ac alon most of the time they open on you it you are the foe from a quarter totally unexpected finding a suit able the guns are dragged up and masked in the long grass A pit is dug along leaving the muzzles on ly a foot or so above the ground a little ammunition Is brought up and the field pieces are loader then all field battery waiting tor orders horses and nearly all the men are taken back to a position t shelter as near by as possible and battery Is ready it has nevet nce been seen meanwhile suppose yd 1 are with the enemy nearly three ulles away you see infantry forming away off in front of you ready to attack but you never dream of the artillery while your eyes are leveled OP the slowly coming toot soldiers sullenly sul denly there Is a boom and a shell bursts near you you look away off at tho smoke rising from a hill another de ise white col dmn thrusts out toward you ten seconds later you har the report of the cannon and the shell Is on the way possibly it ats you before the report Is heard the battery keeps on hammering while the in fantry sneaks up on yo i it the gun ners are good you lose and this Is war where never see your enem face |