Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-21
20, MOANING ,ouss.l SPECIAL .t.sso wlsrl

lev MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL lttsso ~isr
London, Sept. 20 ts:t5 p. MIA
correspondent of the Times sends the
following dispatch from Behind the
British line" dated September l9:
The great battle draws TO close
Exhaustion. rather than shot and
shell. has wrought a terrible peace
along the river banks-a peace which
my experiences Of the last few days
lead me to believe may be the herald
Of victory. That. at least, is how
read the situation.
Il have seen our troops and the
French go into battle these last days
not as worn and weary men, but as
conquerors | have seen them return
wounded from this valley OF death
with the conquering spirit famed to
fierce fury. Here is a typical descrip-
ton from the trenches Of the great
struggle:
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 peg
ging away. How? Well, we dig our
selves in--we 2rss.s.4 LADS have learn
ed that lesson-and then we go on
hghting and lighting until the mo-
ment comes when We can make a
small advance. We crawl up again
and dig ourselves in. and 50 on.
"'At the end it. OF course, comes
TO cold steel. We are all right there
"The scene on the river at night
was magnificent and appalling be-
yond words. The whole valley was
swept with a blaze of searchlishts
from darkness until dawn. Great
beams moved up and down, searching
the skies and trenches and reveaiine
masked batteries on the heights and
dark forms lying along the ridges.
Here and there lurid flash re-
vealed the bursting of shell or a
wisp Of fire-a volley from some con-
ceaied vantage. and over all rolled
the perpetual thunder of the guns
a fierce and thrilling accompaniment
An incessant rain flooded the
great river. making the work OF ths
heroic engineers veritable task ol
Hercules.
This was battle to the last ounce
of strength in which man ana morse
poured out their whole lives in lev
frensied moments. Day and night ths
combat ragged without intermission
ebbing and flowing like the tide
seething like cauldron. And into
the hell strong men went down-oh
II was a brave sight to see them go
gaily. and light heartedly to return
perhaps in few hours--broken ioi
life. or ii may be never TO return al
all, for the loss was terrible
The battle westward by the foresl
Of Aigle had been carried hack from
the river bank matter Of some ten
kilometers fabout six miles)- But al
scissors. the enemy still hoio theii
ground. Here in the stone quarry
above the town they have masseo
powerful battery of artillery OF soch
heavy metal that our guns have ho'
been strong enough to cope Win y
For this reason. and this reason
alone, they have been able to with
stand our attacks. HaPP"s'
French have now brought up 'he'i
heaviest guns and are about 70 open
fresh bombardment The one ao'
vantage the enemy possessed ny
must presently lose.
Understand, this is the hafoes'
fought encounter CT the war u nj
been frontal attack against a pow,
erful foe splendidly entrencneu any
strongly situated. Only the oss'el
fighter wins such a battle. TO iiaNs
conquered at Aisne is TO have proved
oneself irresistible.
The correspondent speaks oil 'n'
strange. almost inhuman eouaas'
and eternal cheerfulness Of the bfi''
ish, the elan Of France, that valance
that makes her troops in attack 'ns
most irresistible of the worid. an'
adds: TO speak of lesser mat,eIs
have seen great train loads OF cap
tured German cannon. taken uuaah7
the last week. and still greater traih,
loads Of captured Germans oef ''.,.'' -,
prisoners peacefully at work on ~.
railroads and elsewhere. iooh'"s
--r..sr-. e~rnr and fculenltN