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Show TOURNAI BATTLE A HISTORY MAKER I British Force of 700 Holds Back German Force of 5,000 Men. TAKE HOSPITAL WAGONS Germans After Suffering Appalling Ap-palling Losses Bring Guns on Ambulances. London, Aug. 29. 3 60 a. m The Dally Mails Boulogne correspondent writing of the battle of Tournai savs; Tho battle of Tournai should go , down in British history beside Rorke s Drift and Magersfonteln as a revela- j, tion of the prowess of the British j army. : At Tournai a German cavalry force f of 5.000 men overwhelmed a British force of 700 who hourly expected relief re-lief which never appeared, ' Tho Germans were victors at a terrible ter-rible price and only after their own ranks had been sadly thinned Tne British stood ground until all hope , was lost and only 300 remained. Then t the) retired, calmly and coolly, car- I rying their wounded, and harassing I their pursuers all the way. "The story of this last stand Is '. t somewhat beclouded by the British , j charge that the Germans finally turned the tide of battle by mounting mount-ing quick firers in Rod Cross wagons j The British survivors fell back on Wednesday afternoon, the fight ha ing lasted from 11 30 in the morning morn-ing Here i6 tho story of Tournai iri brief "On Wednesday morning our troopj had taken position slightly to the rear of the town of Tournai on hiirn ground Our artillery fired effectively I at tho first on the German advance hut later lost the range Towards o'clock our position became critical. criti-cal. Promised Help Never Came. As every ital moment slipped by anxious eyes looked back for the promised help that was never to come. Even at tho torrible disadvantage Qf more than ten to one. the infantry an J 1 artillery were holding their own when hordes Of Uhlans seemed suddenly to swoop down from nowhere "Through the town they galloped with amazing disregard for them Selves and up to the very muzzles ot i ur field guns Their losseB were appalling ap-palling but survivors insist that the British stood their grouud until ambulances, am-bulances, at least three In number. 1 made their appearance with rapid fire guns mounted on them. Toward 2 o'clock the 300 survivors began to retire " |