The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-09-11
RANKS ARE FILLED UP AS
ENEMIES ARE MOVED DOWN

glass bottles and barbed wire was
coiled everywhere. The little plaza
is in a hollow and one needed bp,
slight imagination to see the flaming
hell it could become at any moment
1t was growing dark, and l sun.
pose l have never before felt such an
urgent desire to leave town.
The railway was still intact hut
two officials differed widely as to our
prospects of getting away. While
they argued We heard a mine blow m
and then the sound of guns. A friend.
| ly engine driver, who merely thought
he could get through" at length got
US away about eighteen miles south.
east of the railway junction, which is
/ about thirty miles to the north of
Paris, and we got into Paris by train
| after midnight. We passed Crei
which was then alive with English
| soldiers.
Defense Of Amiens Useless.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon.
don Mail says:
The capture of Amiens, which is the
capital OF the department of the
Somme, 10 miles directly north Of
Paris, was made possible by the sue.
cess of the Germans at Mereuil. The
entry was not contested The mayor.
after receiving a German envoy, an
nounced the surrender of the city and
urged the citizens to make no disturb
ance.
The Germans went to the town
hall, where they hauled down the
French flag and hoisted the German
colors. The German troops began
entering the city about midday Mon
day. singing as they came: Die
Wacht am Rhine and Deutschland
Uber Allies
No time was wasted, however. a.
the orders were to move swiftly out
on the high road to Paris. Only
few men were left to guard the city.
When the Germans entered
Amiens the French retired to Pic
quigny (eight miles northwest o.
Amiens). They are reported TO have
blown up the railway tunnel and to
have destroyed large space along
the highway to the south with dyna-
mite"
Praise for British Charge.
The Daily Malls correspondent be
hind the British lines describes the
charge Of the Ninth iancers, which
occurred al an unnamed spot during
the recent series Of tactical retreats.
as second Balaklava. He says:
Terrible havoc has been caused
in our ranks By shells from a battery
Of II German guns posted inside a
fortress near the Belgian frontier.
It seemed impossible 10 silence
their fire until the Ninth lancers made
their attempt, riding straight at the
guns after debouching into the open
and charging under hail OF meli1ite
and lyddite.
7 have not been able to get re-
liable figures as to the distance they
rode. but they reached their goal.
Nothing could stop them. They
reached the guns, killed the gunners,
and put the guns out Of action. Then.
like their prototypes Of BalzklsvL
they rode back.
Many Slain on Return.
On the return they fell in greater
numbers still from the attack OF other
German batteries posted at vantage
points around the valley.
Notable bayo1et charges were
made az name deleteG on Wsdne=-
day last Several British infantry reg-
nents occupied an exposed position
; around which the Germans gradually
circled. drawing the moose closer and
closer
: The Britishers decided to cut their
. way through the GORDON So the men
went 81 it. yelling and shouting. and
got through, although the German a.
t1IleFy moved them down trighttuIly.
! The German machine guns have
been tremendously effective IN all en-
gase1e1ts thus far. Men who saw
the South African war say the hot.
test firing there was childish eor-
pared with what the British troops
A-@f : --14@ SU4-e SINCE Ll=lg AEEIFG1 -
France So far as I can learn thus
far the Germans have lost d Of these
guns"
Tells Ct 5apaurre FIeh<.
. The Paris correspondent Of the Mail
sends the following Dispatch
! I have tust returned from Com
pteg1e- The English have left the
town The bridges over the Disc
! were blown Up this fMonday} morn
! ing The Germans were expected
: hourly.
J One important section Of the bat.
; tie which drove back the allies Ish
was fought at Bapazne Thursday and
! Friday. On Friday morning the Ger
. mans brought Up many machine guns
IN dense fog. and in SIX hours en-
gagement the French suffered sevsrfy
Z A British force unexpectedly ar