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r x I BEST STORIES OF INCIDENTS OUT rvsmati. Srpnps Alnnn the Firing Line Conspicuous Acts of Heroism. MANY a paragraph Id the news from the European war tone is a story la itself. Some of the best of these Me lights In the armed coufllet of nations are given herewith. They Include stirring deeds of heroism on the battlefield and unusual incidents. A tetter to the king of the Belgians written by General Leman, the heroic Belgian commander of the Liege forts, just after be was taken prisoner has been made public. Referring to the destruction of Fort Lonciu, General Le man wrote: "That I did not lose my life in that catastrophe is due to my escort, who drew me from a stronghold while I was being suffocated by gas from exploded powder. I was conveyed to a trench, where I fell. A German captain gave me a drink, and I was made a prisoner and taken to Liej.-e. 1 would willingly have given my life, but death was not granted to me," , "Noise Was Infernal." Quoting from a letter received from a French officer, a Bordeaux corre-. epondent tells how a French cavalry division held in check two German corps for twenty-four hours: "When the Germans were advancing from the north we were ordered to hold a certain village at all costs with a few quick firing guns and cavalry. It was a heroic enterprise, but we suc ceeded, i "The German attack began in the morning. A terrific bombardment was maintained all day. Shells destroyed - every building, and the noise was in fernal. We had to scream and shout ll orders. The church tower was struck by a shell at the stroke of mid night and collapsed. "Early in the morning we retreated under a hail of shells after mowing down masses of German Infantry. We gave our army In the rear a whole day's rest, and our exploit is mention ed in many orders as a historic rear guard defensive action." I Decorated on Battlefield. The bravery of a wounded young French officer, Albert Palaphy, on the field of battle won for him the Legion of Honor. As a corporal of the Tenth dragoons at the beginning of the war Palaphy took part In a recent fight with the Germans. Ia the thick of the battle, finding his colonel wound ed and helpless, he rushed to bis aid, (hoisted him upon his shoulders and under a rain of machine gun bullets carried him safely to the French lines. The same day Palaphy was promoted -to be a sergeant Soon afterward, although wounded, ie distinguished himself in another af fair, leading a charge of his squad against the Baden guard, whose stand ard be himself captured. Wounded by a ball which had pierced through the lower part of his stomach and covered with lance thrusts, he was removed from the battlefield during the night and learned that he bad been promoted to be a suBlieutenant and nominated to be chevalier In the Legion of Honor. This Incident of decorating a soldier on the battlefield recalls Napoleonic times. A Boy Scout Wonder. The hero of Belgium is a boy scout. Leysen, decorated by King Albert for lis valor and devotion to bis country. This young man, who was born at Liege, Is described by Le Figaro as of almost uncanny sharpness, with senses and perceptions as keen as a savage. He was able to find his way through the woods and pass the sentinels of the enemy with unerring accuracy. Leysen made his way through the German lines from Antwerp for the tenth time, carrying dispatches to se cret representatives of the Belgian government In Brussels, ne has dis covered eleven German spies in Bel glum and performed a variety of other services and all without impairing his boyish simplicity. Thrice Shot, Dug Eefuge. A remarkable story of a soldier caught in a trap amid a rain of bullets, who dug his way to safety with his bayonet, was told In a hospital at Pe trograd. "A body of Russian troops was lured Into the open through the flying of a white flag." the soldier said, "when the bullets began to rain upon us. There was no cover In sight, aud I be pan to dig a hole with my bayonet Either It would be my grave or my protection from the rifle fire. One bul let hit me, but 1 continued to dig. A second bullet hit me. "The hole was half finished when a third bullet struck me In the leg. Final ly I finished the hole and tumbled into It Just as a fourth shot hit my other leg. I became unconscious and remember nothing more until I woke up hera" A German Officer's Diary. A Rouen correspondent has obtained possession of the diary of a German officer, who surrendered to a party of stragglers, and quotes the following from it: "Aug. 6, Our losses today before Lieire have been frightful. Never THE BIG OF THE Side Lights In the News That Touch Many Sides of the' Human Emotions. mind; it is all allowed for. Besides, the fallen are only Polish beginners, the spilling of whose blood will spread the war lust at home a necessary factor. "Aug. 11. And now for the English. Tonight William the Greater has given us beautiful advice: 'Yon think each day of your emperor. Do not forget God.' Ills majesty should remember that thinking of him we think of God. for is be not the Almighty's represen tative In this glorious fight for the right? "Aug. 12,-Tbls is clearly to be an artillery war. As we foresaw, the in fantry counts for nothing. "Aug. H.-Every night now a chap ter of the war of 1S70 Is read to us. What a great notion) But is it neces sary Y' ' "Aug. 15. We are on the frontier. Why do we wait? tlas Russia really dared to invade us? "Showers of Falling Stars." Speaking of the fighting on the Marne, a French sergeant said: "I be gan to count the dead, but soon found that impossible. 1 suddenly heard a great shout and saw a sight that made my heart stand still. Our cavalry were charging down on the enemy's cavalry in the bright sunshine. Their lances and sabers looked like showers of falling stars. There was an avalanche of men and horses and cold BteeL Huge gaps were torn in the en emy's ranks. German horsemen seem ed to vanish into the earth. There can. I believe, be no doubt that the tide then turned in our favor." Swarmed Like Ants. "The more we killed the more they seemed to become." said an officer who described some of the earlier phases of the battle. "They swarmed like ants, coming on in masses, though rarely seeking close contact, for they learned to respect our rifles and bayo nets. On this point there Is unpreju diced testimony. "A noncommissioned officer of the hussars asked me to translate a letter be found on a German officer who was killed while defending bis battery. In the letter are these sentences: " 'German infantry and cavalry will not attack the English infantry and cavalry at close quarters. Their fire is murderous. The only way to attack them is with artillery .' " Caress Seized Horses. That sorrowful as are the partings between husbands and wives and par ents and children in the countries In volved in the great war, the separa tion of peasants from the dumb brutes that have served tbem long and faith fully and which are commandeered for the armies is almost as touching to watch, is the declaration of a Washing ton woman who has recently returned to ber borne. She was In Germany en route to Munich when war was de clared, and all through ber Joucoeylngs In the kaiser's dominions she witnessed what were evidently real bereavements pf this kind. "I saw stolid appearing peasants,' she said, "leading to the depots the sleek farm horses which had been the means of making their little farms prosper and which, in many cases, were the pets of the family. After turning tbem over to the officers in charge, they would still cling to them, rubbing and patting their noses and. in some1 cases, they would sneak back again later In the day for one more caress and to leave a few lumps of sugar or an especially succulent carrot" Order of the White Feather. How the women of England are urg ing the men to fight for the union Jnck is indicated in expedients adopt ed in several towns recently to shame ablebodied men who have so far not answered the calL At Deal a group of pretty girls distributed white feathers to a crowd of young men, who accept ed them Jokingly as "favors" and wore tbem in their buttonholes. Tbey were greatly discomfited a little later when the town crier announced throughout the city that the men bad been "decorated with the order of the White Feather for shirking their duty and falling to respond to the call for defenders of the union Jack." Ferocious Bayonet Attacks The wounded Germans in Paris de clare the British have resorted almost exclusively to the steel In the recent fighting. The majority of the Germans admit they have been unable to with stand the ferocity of these attacks. Especially terrifying are reported to be the Irish and Scotch regiments. The rivalry between these two nationali ties Is acute, and every time that a 8cotcb column distinguishes itself the Irish can be depended on to attempt to eclipse It at the next opportunity. Scattered His Kisses. "A magnificent Gordon hlghlander re cently attracted attention at the Gare du Nord," telegraphs a correspondent from Paris. "He was in fine humor, although he had been wounded In the side In the fighting on the Marne. He hud a sword in his hand which, he ex plained, he had captured from a uhlan directly after the German bad struck Oil him with It. aud he had shot his as sailant dead. Some woiiiou of the I' tvneb Red Cross ou their way to the front caught sight of the Scotchman mid hurried up to see if he was badly hurt An ani mated conversation followed. The hlghlniiUor, anxious to cxprcssi his grat itude to the French Florence Nightin gales, bonltated a moment, then he kissed all of them ou the cheeks. The crowd cheered delightedly, and the nurses were uot tu the least abashed." Children Wanted to Fight A Bourges correspondent says: Among the spectators acclaiming the French artillery passing through here were four bids, the eldest about thir teen. Several marches later the boys were found In a circle of the troops partaking of the mess. "They swore to follow uutil they came In contact with the enemy and to lay down their lives for their country. A collection was immediately raised among the soldiers. The boys were terribly depressed at being compelled to return home afoot charged with vagabondage uuder the military law. The magistrate, with tears In bis eyes, acquitted them." Woman Fought In Battle. Among the wounded arriving at Nolsy-le-See. France, a town lu the do iwrtment of the Seine and near the Ourcq canal, was a young laundress In a soldier's uniform. She had fol lowed a company of sounves and had fought alongside of them lu the trench es. Her Identity was not discovered till she was wounded. Before sending her to the rear the commanding officer compllmeuted ber on her bravery. When fighting wus general about Brussels, women of the Belgian capital motored out to watch battles In the cool of the afternoon as unconcernedly as though going to the races. Child Flayed Amid Dead. Here is part of the description of scenes on the battlefields ou the banks of the Marne as told to a Paris corre spondent by an eyewitness: "In the blazing sunshine I saw a lit tle boy, son of a Turko the Turkos often bring their wives and children on or near the battlefield. lie bad a rifle of some wounded soldier which he was bugging in his little arms as if it were a toy. He was perfectly happy surrounded by evidences of death, de struction, suffering and blood. His fa ther was lying wounded in a village close by. The child bad strayed away, Oddities In the News. The scene is a village on the out skirts of Muelhausen. A lieutenant of German scouts dashes up to the door of the only Inn In the village, posts men at the doorway and. entering, seats himself at a deal table. He draws his saber and places It on the table at bis side and orders food. The village waiter Is equal to the oc casion, ne goes to an outhouse and fetches a hay fork and places it at the other side of the visitor. "Stopl What does this mean 7' roars the lieutenant furiously. "Why," said the waiter innocently, pointing to the saber, "1 thought that was your knife, so I brought you a fork to match." Prisoners Roped In Bog. A Pe trograd correspondent tele graphs the following: "An engagement at Krinitz, between Lublin and Kaolin, where the Austrinns lost about 0,000 prisoners and several guns, was decid ed by a bayonet charge. The Austrians got entangled In a bog, from which, after their surrender, they had to be extricated with the assistance of ropes." ' , Every French and English name has disappeared in Berlin, according to ca bles, the Westminster hotel becoming the Station hotel and the Piccadilly cafe the Vaterland. Clocks in Jewel ers' windows, formerly registering the hour In each capital of the world, now huve paper pasted over the names of London, Paris, St. Petersburg aud Brussels. Fighting In a Fish Pond. Among dramatic Incidents In the re cent fighting may be mentioned uie grim work at the ancient fish ponds near Ermenonvllle. France. These ponds are shut in by high trees. Driv ing the enemy through the woods, a Scotch regiment hustled IU foes right Into the tish ponds, the Scotchmen Jumping In after the Germans up to the middle to finish them in the water. Slain as He Prods Shirkers. A young reserve officer who has re turned to Paris, relating bow be cap tured the sword of a Bavarian colonel, said: i "When charging the Bavarians I no ticed that their colonel was striking his own men with his sword to pro vent them from running away. He was so occupied In this that he forgot the approach of the French and was shot dead." Dogs Fight For Masters. The Belgian newspaper Patrlote tells tliis story: A battery of Belgian mitrailleuses was surrounded when their ammuni tion was exhausted, but the men de termined to make a rush with clubbed rifles, using their bayonets as daggers. 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