El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-21
ATTEMPT TO FLANK
THE GERMANS FAILS
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not as worn and as weary men. but as
conQuerers. have seen them return
wounded from this valley OF death
fierce fury Here is a typical descrip-
ton from the trenches OF great strug-
e we are slowly beating them back.
We have TO do IL foot by foot for they
have huge guns and their shell fire Is
terrible 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
Scene at Night APPALLING.
The scene on the river at night was
magnificent and appalling beyond
words. The whole valley was swept
with a blaze OF searchlights from dark
ness 10 dawn. 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
a lurid flash revealed the bursting Of
a shell OF a wisp Of fire-a vOlley from
some concealed vantage. and over all
rolled the perpetual thunder of the
gums fierce and thrilling accompani-
meut
An fncessant rain flooded the great
river, making the work Of the heroic
engineers a verltable task Of Hercules
Exert Last Ounce of Strength.
This was a battle 10 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 a cauldron. And into the hell
strong men went down-Ohi Il was
q brave sight to see them go. Eaily and
light heartedly TO return. perhaps. in a
few hours-broken for life or il may be
never al all, for the loss was terrible
The battle westward by the forest
OF AlEle had been carried back from
the river bank matter Of some 10
kl-Qmelers. ldbout six miles,. But ar
scissors the enemy still held their
ground Here in the stone quarry above
the town they massed a powerful bat
terry OF artillery OF such heavy metal
tnaL our guns were not strong enough
For this reason. and this reason
alone they were able 10 Withstand orr
attacks Happily. the French brought
up their heaviest guns 20 open a fresh
bOmbardment
Has Been Hard Frontal Attack.
Understand, this is the hardest
fought encounter Of the war. II has
been a frontal attack against a power
tul foe splendidly entrenched and
strongly situated Only the better
fighter wins such a battle. To have
conquered at Aisne IS 10 have proved
oneself irresistible"
The correspondent speaks Of the
almost inhuman courage and
eternal cheerfulness Of the British. the
elan OF France, that valance that
makes her troops in attack the most Ir-
reslsIable Of the world" and adds
IrainlOads Of Prisoners.
TO speak Of lesser matters. I have
seen great trainloads OF captured Ger
man cannon. taken during the last
week, and still greater trainIoads OF
captured Germans: German prisoners
peacefully at work on the railroads
and elsewhere, looking wonderfully
happy and contented. and. finally. I
nave seen our splendid airmen per
forming reconnaissance work. speeding
away 10 the thrill and terror Of a great
Victory is not yet. but we wait the
morrow with great hope and conf
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