The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-25

Their hands were playing and
soldiers we're singing Die wachi
am RhcIn' and other martial airs
The Germans charged at top
speed. but the poor fellows never
had a chance Tho British we're
well cntrenched. The enemy adj
vanccd in mRaacd formation. Our
rifles we're tho best In the world
and tho Workmanship Of our
troops could not be surpassed. The
Germans were doomed from out
set.
Nov Down Whole Companies
'Steadylng their rifles AZ the
top of the trenches. tho British
fired AZ will They could not miss
Every bullet found al least two
marks and sometimes three or four
Tho poor fellows fell like chnff be-
foro A fire.
Whole companies fell together.
The wounded nquirmcd from the
mansch OF the dead and tried 10
continue the charge.
III then became necessary 20
shoot them again.
The sights I saw showed mo
conclusiveiy that this Il not var.
but a terrible holocaust. Its cost
IN human lives Is almos; impos
aiblc TO comprehend.
slau9h,~ By Bayonet
THE rife slaughter was varied
with slaughter by the bayonct
The German attacks persisted and
the British charged them. II was
the most desperate hand-io-hand
fighting. but Invariably tho longer
knife OF the British bayonet pre-.
vailed.
While tho British were succeed.
ing. the French were being defeat
cd by the Germans on our right
They were unable 20 hold tn. en-.
emy and their ri1e fire was almost
as bad az that OF the Germans
Soldiers Weep In Trenches
Finally tho British were order.
cd 10 retire In order 10 prevent be-
ing developed.
when these orders came the
men almost rebeiled Stalwart Irish
and Scotch soldiers wcpt openly
At several points the British sol
dlera actually leaped from the
trenches and charged the enemy IN
their eagerness TO emphasize the
fact that British soldiers should
not retreat
Their officers finally explained
II was necessary TO retreat and
trap the Germans.
Whole Hili Blown Up
THE German shell fire was tire.
mendous almost indescrihable |
There was a small hill. with a com.
pany OF British entrenched there |
A German aviator flew above, and I
signaled the range.
"A number OF shells we're drop. /
ped and the hill disappeared. In
its place was a great hole filled |
with dead.
"a notable thing Is the large pro.
portion OF the wounded over the |
dead.
The modern rife is humane. |
have seen many wounded IN what |
are ordinarily called vital spots.
taken 10 hospitals, and return TO |
the front within n week.
Denies Stories Of Cruelty
After we reached Marne we be
gan to advance so rapidly that the /
Germans were unable to cover |
their tracks As a result. we were |
able TO get an idea of the terrible |
slaughter The ground was Gov
cred with German. French and |
British dead. We found hundreds
of wounded In houses.
II want 10 omphatically deny |
stories OF German atrocities They |
cared for our wounded better than |
for their own.
we found many British wound.
cd on cots and on piles OF soft |
goods. with their wounds carefully |
dressed.
Says Germans Are Kindly
I'm the same places the Ger.
man wounded were forced to lie
on piles OF straw. None OF the
wounded was mutilated
THE peasants admitted that the
German commanders were terribly
strict, but said they were kindly. |
or course. where they suspected
the peasants OF aiding the enemy
they executed them without trial.
"Aeroplanes are almost as use
ful at night as in the daytime.
Once, at night, I saw 80 aeroplanes
at the same time.
AeropIane Important Factor
They carried colored lights and
when they located masked bat.
terry they dropped lights 30 our
guns could get the range.
fffFha Garp,ana m.ra he
because they lost most of thH
aeroplanes. Their Zeppelns, how.
ever. are intact. Undoubtedly. the