Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-11
ADVANCE OF GERMANS LIKE
MOVING FORWARD OF NATION

- p aNAss @AAAh - &@&
quarter OF an hour | was put On ths
last train 60 escape from this threat
ened iowa. and LETT Il with the sound
OF German guns In my ears. followed
b. q dun explosion when the bridge
behind me Was blown up,
Eseape Narrowly.
My train, Ia which therN were only
four other men. sEiryed the German
army aud by twist ia the line almost
ran into the enemya country. but w@
rushed through the niRht, and the en-
gine driver laughed and put his oily
hand up 20 salute when l stepped out
To the platform OF an unknown sta
ton.
The Germans won't set Ne. after
ALL he said 1T Wan q little risky.
ali the same"
Tho station was crowded with
French soldiers. aud they we're aoon
telling mo their experiences % the
hard fsghtlng In which they had been
engaged They werp dirty, unahavea.
dusty from head TO foot. scorchcd BY
tho August sun. in tAttered uniforms
and broken boots. but they were beau
tiful mou for all their dirt. aud the
laughing courage. quiet confidence and
unbragging simplicity with which they
assured me that the Germans would
soon be caught Ia a death trap and
sent to their destruction allied me with
admiration which cannot express Ia
words
All tho odds were against them.
They had fought the hardest of AL nc.
lions the retirement from tho iiGht-
ing tlne--hut they had absolute faith
ih the ultimate success Of thu allied
arms,
Germans Are Reckless.
London. A Chronicle correspondent
writing from an unRrmed town says;
THE Germans are displaying sx-
,FnoFdlnaFy Facklenanoan. ninEing away
thousands OF lives In the hope OF ultl'
matety gaining their end. No doubt
the rapid advance OF tho Russians In
eastern Prussia haa something TO do
with this. and 10 responsible for tbs
frantic and insane haste which char
AclariEea the German attempt In nurth'
! eTn France 20 smash the thin Khaki
line which ~ vaItantiy bars the rUad
toward Compelkne, scissors and Paris,
J THAT stories % German atrocities
! are not ono whit exaggerated may b.
! gathered from the story told ms b. a
: nerEeant who Waa wounded IN this ae
!. ton near Monn sunday n week ako
/ AS he lay helpless on the ground
. and the German Infantry swept BY ~
/ could hear. fram the imptoriag cFls'
OF the wounded IN his front. that thsi
we're beinE ruthlensly pat TO death b
j. their foes
!. ordeal 10 Terrible
b CLOSING bis eyes and simulatiui
q death. the wounded sergeant Lay pei
, lactly still. A. ihs Germans pAsae'
h him he received a violent blow N IN
chest from this butt end OF Ftn
u which broke one u his ribs. lie Dor
y the pain unslinehlngiy and news
q. moved a muscle, Another Prussia
" stabbed a wounded man atth his "a
y 0net 81 BE wsnt past
The uaFesanta ordeal uaa : ter
ia BILE one and be- expected eNSFy IA
"a met 10 be hla last. ultimately ~
la German advance saa broken and the
. infantry cams rolling back. ahatteFV
~ and diaoFdersd. leaving behind = ire
e 81 dead ana wounded The woands
to sergeant was picked up ~ nFisia
y stretchsr bearers and conveyed 10 =
bass hospital. shers b. 70 now "a
recovering.
= English Are Cheerful
in Freshly arrived troops from IN
=. land. Nho had been pushed torwaF
d. arrived In time 10 participate n q
battle. These british reinforcement
20 had been carrying out Strategic moy
he menta Ia treops trains lot ssEer
ne DAYS. ana 10 the expressive phFssH'
'in oKy 81 Tommy Atkins. they vefs =
~ 40 9Th The shols thing and we're
i1t eaRarneas fof brush Nith ths snsm
nE sThair chance nsme yesterday Ma
~ wsrs reserves with gouth African !
parfehas. and thoy marched y
froat ehsssiuK the french aud sro'
ap- ing for William The Wesa. sofnehl
of confusing the emperor with Wtthi
Isl. fef Wiadl Of Albania FTenCh q
led KnKiirh nnga were borns Al ths p
Of each company
efa They we're in fae Esttla. Are
tn daanhsArtsar wonla uhDat SOME
ED from thu ranks. no, but william
/ ! Weed wlil hs apwh'h@artna By
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