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A big gun, crew, ammunition, and food-supply hauled by a French motor covering ground in nineteen and
a half hours that formerly took five and a half days.
went straight through the Germans, who
were scattered right and left, and only
succeeded in capturing
the last wagon
in the line.
A dramatic incident
may also
be described in
connection with a
group of half a dozen
French motor-
'buses, though in
this case they were
each packed with
fifty soldiers. Just
as they reached the
head of a long descent
a large body
of Uhlans was seen
ahead. The officer
on the leading 'bus
gave the order to
charge, and the
driver, opening his
throttle to the full,
sent the six-ton mass hurtling down the
hillside, while the troopers opened fire
from the windows. " Horses were hit and
bowled over," the narrative proceeds;
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Front a photograph, copyright by The Car Illustrated.
"the 'bus swayed ominously, its violent
skidding doing almost as much damage as
the rifle-fire from
the interior. This
daring act of the
leader had broken
the resistance.
Spitting fire from
the windows, the
other vehicles followed
with practically
a clear course,
for after an attempt
to bring
down the drivers
and the officers the
enemy fled across
country, leaving
several men and
horses on the field."
Yet another department
in which
the motor-car has
been supreme, and
absolutely indispensable,
in view of the numbers of the
troops engaged, is that of rescuing the
Interior view of a British motor-ambulance.
wounded. In this respect the equipment
of the British forces has far exceeded that