Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-25
ARMIES FIGHT HARD
FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS
FLOODED BY HEAVY RAINS
IN TRENCHES.
RESULT BATTLE NOT KNOWN
Conflict Goes on Night and Day With
Terrible Loss-Aiserian Troops
Capture German F.ae-Artiiiery
Takes Prominent Part.

London, Sept. 20, 9:45 p. ma cor
respondent of the Times sends the
following dispatch from behind the
British lines" dated September 10:
The great battle draws to a close.
Exhaustion, rather than shot and shell,
has wrought terrible peace among
the river banks-a peace which my ex-
perience of the last few days leads me
to believe may be the herald Of vic
tory. That, at least, is how l read
the sitaution.
Fight Like Conquerors.
Il have seen our troops and the
French go into battle these last days,
not as worn and weary men, but as
quering spirit famed to fierce fury.
wounded from this valley with the con-
queroriing spirit famed to fierce fury.
Here is a typical description from the
trenches of the great struggle.
I'VE are slowly beating them back.
We have to do it foot by foot, for they
have huge guns and their fire is ter
rible. But we keep pegging away.
How? Well, we dig ourselves in-we
British lads have learned that lesson
and then we go on fighting and fight
ing until the moment comes when we
can make a small advance. We crawl
up again, and dig ourselves in, and
so on.
"At the end it, of course, comes to
cold steel. We are all right there"
Valley a Blaze of Light.
'The scene on the river at night was
magnificent and appalling beyond
words. The whole valley was swept
with blaze OF searchlights from dark
ness until down. Great beams moved
up and down, searching the skies and
trenches, and revealing masked bat
teries on the heights and dark forms
lying along the ridges.
Here and there lurid flash re
vealed the bursting of shell or wisl
of fire, volley from some concealed
vantage, and over al rolled the per
petual thunder of the guns, a fierce
and thrilling accompaniment.
AN incessant rain flooded the great
river, making the work of the heroic
engineers veritable task of Hercules
RACES Day and might.
This was battle to the last ounce
OF strength, in which man and horse
poured out their whole lives in a few
frenzied moments. Day and night the
combat ragged without intermission
ebbing and flowing like the tide, seeth
/ ing like cauldron. And into he'll
strong men went down. Oh! 1t was a
brave sight to see them go, gaily and
light-heaterly-to return perhaps il
few hours broken for life, or it may
be never to return at all for the loss
was terrible.
| 1t Is reported that the French anG
British troops are fighting waist deeI
in water, the rains having flooded theil
trenches.
The bulk of the allied armies re
manned Sunday in the trenches wait
ing while their artillery exchanged 9
furious cannonading with the strongly
placed German batteries.
! Some brilliant feats of arms were
performed at various points on the
lines extending along the Disc, the Ais
ne and Woevre. The seasoned Al
gerian troops made a gallant capture
of another German fleg.
Aviators Fight In Air.
| Jules Vedrines, the noted French
aviator, was credited with a courage
GUS fight In mid-air with a German
aviator, whom he brought to earth
The German was daringly reconnoiter
ing the position of the allies when We
drines assembled.