BATTLE STORIES.

(By Men in the Rakks.

Tho tnoub elaborate analysis of the emotions of the modern battle-field whi«ih this war has produced was the private Jptter written by one of the Daily News' correspondents to a friend from Capetown, when the writer was fresh from the memories of Lord Methnen'a battles. It brings oat very clearly the extent to which modern inventions havo changed 'the sena*tions of combat. tles;ys:— As regards our own feelings in a fight it is v»>ry hard to dfsoribe ; I know when the thing is all over and 11 am all right I f«el much happier. Any j man who has been in a modern fight, where men are being knocked over all around, and says he Hkes it, is a— ~ liar. In former d»ya it must have been different. Th« enemy coald be «eeis, the smoke could be seen, and the rifle had to be re loaded after every •hot. At 1,000 yards yoa were in C ;mparative safe!y The infantry, afw r receiving one volley, csould chargp, knowing that until the enemy had loaded again each roan wat practically Mfe..

Nowadays that ia all changrd Noth ing is seen—no man, no smoke. The only thing sepn in the dust thrown up by the bull?ts, like a rainstorm on tho surface of a lake, the artillery throwing ■holla, and the shells bursting. In contrast to this is the Hois'l, which is infernal j with occasional lolls, it sound* an if a million kettledrums were being payed—a constant tr«-r<vr^-ra, with the boom, boom of the big puns, and the harsher sound of the pumping of the Maxims, Hotchkiss, Maxim Nordenfeldls, and machine guns in general. The discord is appalling, as every gon has a different sound, and each shftll going through the air hums or whistles according to its breed After a lime yea car* tell what is com ing, or, if ifc is ofto of your own, what Is going. The mo»t terrifying of the pnemj a gam. is a iort of Hotchkiss, which fires about five rousth a time and throws a 11b shell which bursts You are safe nowhere, as a bullet, fired at an object at 800 yards, which imsafc?, hits and kills at 2,000 or 5,000. It practically means with this rifle that n. bullet is never spent until it hiti something and remains there* When a bullet strikes yon hear nothing j it goes right through a man and probably travels on another 2,000 yards. You hear a grunt or a gurgle and the man collapses and doubles Dp ; sometime?, if hit in the arm or leg, he spins round and falls and probably gets up again, aa it is only the shock which knocked him down, and he hardly feels it. A,t Modder River I went down with three gnns of the 18th Battery to within 1300 yards, and saw five men go over, one after the other, but only on© killed.

The worst thing i« a bullet wound in the stomach below the na^el, which is mortal. The pain is excruciating, and they howl like a shot hare ; it sounds like a child screaming, and is horrible Bat you see such a lot of beastly sights and hear such a lot of heartrending sounds that you bp.cotao accustomed to it and callous.'

Of descriptions of the sensations of being under fire there are many. One soldier wrote :—

1 can (ell you it is not all sunshine when yeu hear hullefß whizz rng pist you, a&d never know whfn you are going to havft the sunshine through you, or a shell blowing you up. Tt makes a kind of a tickling sensation against yoor heart when you hear a shell go over your hfad with a shrink, buS when tfbey burst about half-a dozen yards from you h makrs you think your time hat come.

A man in the firing- at Koodoosberg thus describes his sensations :—

It makes you feel a bit funny when you first get under fire. You are standing waiting for the word to advance, thinking of nothing in par ticular. Then your officer shoutß, " Forwardj T Company," and you begin to march steadily forward. Then the bullets begin to ping t ping, and you hear the crack of explosives. You tak« a deep breath and shiver like when you jump into cold water. Then you Bee your chums dropping round you, and the blood gets into your head, and as you get nearer to the enemy you get down to it, and fix the bayonet, clinch your teeth, and yell like a demented being. Then you get among them, and—but after that I can't remember.

The following description of the sen lation of being wouuded first with a Mauser bullet and then by shell fire is written by a soldier who fought at the battle of T»!ana Hill. He B*ys :—

Suddenly I experienced a peculiar ■enfifttion in toy foot, and upon examin ing it I saw blood sporting out from Bom* artery, my boo^ b^ing full, lat once bound it tip tightly wi^h material which we carry about for the purpose and proceeded to go on shooting, which I managed for some time until a shell fell' nnd exploded close by me. The awful sensation I experience at that time I cannot describe, for I knew some limb had gone. I looked at each arm and then at my lejje, and the re lief it was to find them in their places. Bat next I clapped my hand upon my right hip and foand it raw and moist, when, to my horror, I 'discovered that the fleshly part of it and a piece of my trousers into the bargain had been car ried clean away. I boand nay wound up the best I could, the exertion caus ing the artery in the foot to opfin again, so that I found I was no more good for shooting-, and I lay down waiting as patiently as I could for the ambulance carrier**. Daring all this time the battle was raging.

The sentiments with which men go into battle find free expression in let ters written on the eve of action. Ser geant Mitchell, of the 2nd Devone, who lost a friend named Stuart in the affray at Willow Grangp, wrote after the fight to kh fallen comrade's sister:—

You have heard about wars, but you want to go through it to realise what it is like. Before p~>or Stuart ar»d I started, I went *jp to him just before falling in for parade, and marching oat. and I told him to keep up ft brave heart and to do his heat, which I know he did. We shook hands and kissed one Another just as the order was given to f»H in, sud many were the tears shed by the men in the ra^ks to see us part for our different places in the com pany before the terrible battle. . , Faor Sttt»rfe lost his life for Queen,

bonif, and country, and I nm sure no nobler death can be wished for, al though it was terribly hard for aie to lose him.

Here is an extract from tha letter of Private John Rowp, of the Ist Innhkilling Fusilem, which arrived after the news of his de^th in battle :—

We are all in the beat of spirits and full of fight, when wo get the chance of it-, and that won't-, b8 long now: My dear mother, if I fall in this battle, do not be crying your eyes out, for I died in a good cause, and like a soldier, Bat, with God* help, I will come home again: Should I fall, it is my wish that father should wear my medal every Sunday on his right brea^. It is not against regulations. Good-night, dear mother; I'm for dangerous duty to-nigh). God bless you all..—Your ever loving eon to death, —John Rowe,

T E A HI'.TTWOT? GUAttTOV*; THuRBDA*, JULY 12, 1900

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