. The story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch . nd rattle of Germanmusketry broke the tension of thiswaiting, the Company holding the out-post did not reply. The German patrol,whose business it was to locate their 6 STORY OF THE MUNSTERS position, kept up an intermittent fire,and the small handful of Irish did thehardest thing of all for them—theywaited. The lulls and bursts followedone upon the other ; tremendous echoesrepeated the volleys of sound, and theswinging shrill of flying bullets con-tinued overhead, punctuated now andagain by spells of intense quiet. Sud
. The story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch . nd rattle of Germanmusketry broke the tension of thiswaiting, the Company holding the out-post did not reply. The German patrol,whose business it was to locate their 6 STORY OF THE MUNSTERS position, kept up an intermittent fire,and the small handful of Irish did thehardest thing of all for them—theywaited. The lulls and bursts followedone upon the other ; tremendous echoesrepeated the volleys of sound, and theswinging shrill of flying bullets con-tinued overhead, punctuated now andagain by spells of intense quiet. Suddenly the midsummer stormbroke with a violence that is inde-scribable. Torrents of drenching rainsoaked the men to the skin and collectedin the trenches, and in the vortex ofthe storm the Germans advanced tothe attack. In one moment it was War, war, bloody war, and the firstonslaught fell upon B Company, andD Company (commanded by CaptainJervis) with Lieutenant Crozier andLieutenant R. W. Thomas. The Munsters repelled the attackwith fierce determination, and the little. Major P. A. Charrier and Royal Munster Fusiliers, killed at the head of his Battalionat Etreux, near Mons, August 27th, 1914 Record of Service :—West Africa, 1900—Operations in Ashanti, slightlywounded ; Despatches, London Gazette, 8th March, 1901. South African War,1902—Employed with Imperial Yeomanry operations in Cape Colony, May,1902. Queens Medal, with two clasps. East Africa, 1903-4—Operations inSomaliland on Staff (as Special Service Officer). Employed on Transport (fromNovember, 1903). Medal, with clasp. [To face p. 6. STORY OF THE MUNSTERS 7 fields around Chapeau Rouge becamea place of violent and terrible memory,but the men held doggedly to theirposition until the order came to with-draw a mile to the rear. B Companywas at this point detailed to act asright flank guard on the east, wherethe attack was hottest, and in en-deavouring to carry out this order, theywere cut off from the flank by th
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