"I was very nervous just before the charge," she replied. "We knew the order was coming and naturally we were just a little scared. But as soon as the orders to go forward came we forgot everything else in the advance.
"I could hear our girls yelling and shouting throughout the march forward. None of us were afraid once we got started. We were in the midst of a great fusillade of shots. Then terrific big shells began breaking all around us.
"We were again frightened a little when we first saw dead men about, but before very long we were jumping over the dead, and quickly forgot all about them."
"We couldn't tell what was going on anywhere," said a third girl in describing the final stages of the battle.
"Commander Bochkoreva was everywhere, urging us to fight and die like real Russian soldiers."
Then the girl told how the legion took its first prisoners.
"As we ran forward we suddenly came upon a bunch of Germans immediately ahead of us. It was only a second until we were all around them.
"They saw they were caught and threw down their rifles, holding up their hands. They were terribly frightened.
"Good God! Women!" they exclaimed.