New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-06

again, which makes ~ All the mort ~
some TO read in German report that
the German General staff had decided
TO ignore the British army. III they
did SO decide they certainly were COM
pelled TO abandon their decision. y
private Of the Bcdfordshire regiment
wrote as follows:
q" think we Britishcrs have created
an impression upon the German forces
for their reluctance TO come out ana race
rs is n source OF aggravation TO botn
rank and file. But the bayonct VIII
come i'm vet, and we shall wipe of the
debt of our comparatively few losses.
81 have been in the thick Of IT..
Shrapnel, common shell, maxim and
rifle fire. strcet-to-strcet fighting, and
have seen much that will remain IN
dclible on memory. Yet with day 10
dav marches and innumcrable sores
blistcrs, dependencies and cheerful
ncsses, We all remain, on the whole,
fit.
"SiN men answer their names IN my
section. Some have gone, others are
wounded. At present the SIN lett are
billctcd out in huge farmyard with
the rest Of the half battalion.
Tommy iecdS iilWsch'
Eve were all Of US h ugry yesterday
To-day | have been out about mule
and have returned with some carrots
onions and potatoes. These have been
peeled, cut up and arc now boiling IN
"A pail, with six tins Of corncd peer
added 4 feed IS what we contemplate
and a feed we Will have.
eve are all looking forward 10 a
profound gorge. and !. for one have
moist lips at the thought Of the meal
within a Communicated pail!
Il pity the people who live 40 tho
villages about the war path. WITH red
Gcncd eyes they look To- us IN mute ap.
pcaI We do what We can for them. ana
they do what they can for u2. lhcN
give us anything they have, and there
is a solemn respect for all that Is theirs
from the bluff Tommics that We all are.
our women cannot suffer 80 much as
these, for with fathers. husbands. sons.
brothers. cousins all at the war and
their homes dcsolatcd, their LOT IS one
rot known TO the average Britiah
woman.
"May God spare our country from
such sights as ! have seen, ! say It 81
one who has wish others broken INTO a
house that we might fire at an advanc-
Ing enemy through the upstairs win
Gows.
GIrI Among the Shells.
Imagine terrified young woman
and an elderly man sitting in dark
Cncd room, horror striker, while shells
screamed about their home and bullet
phittcd and wh.ncd through windows
and upon walls, Blood was left upon
their bedroom floors when, with three
wounded, we left that home just as the
roof was blown clean OF.
at was a consolation go know those
two sought refuge in % cellar. We re-
tired, shot ~ with shells and bullets.
How many wc lost in that engagement
we do not know. But the number va
few, thank heaven.
"iud here. 3s write, amidst sunlit
harvest fields, there seems nothing 90
suggest that dread war is near. But
there are memories of Yesterdays
fighting. to-day, marching and the
sorrov's uncertainties These and the
deserted villages tell the dread tale.
ave shall all do our best, and that
with good heart. We learn that the
Germans are short OF food and ammu-
milton. They have lost thousands upon
thousands. They could not escape los
ing them. There has been heavy firing
from our rifles and our artillery
But the bucket of stew is done!
ITS fine, Exccllent.i Yes! All
that because it is rare on campaign
such as this. We very seldom sec n
cooked mesl. Il is usually bread or
biscuit, timed beef or timed jam,
bacon or cheese.
Until recently the weather as not
been bad for out-of-door sleeping, and
we each carry waterproof sheet. In
eenuity will see US properly fed,
clothed and accommodated.
Trust Thomas Atkins to look after
himself. as you trust him 70 break the
back of kaiserism."
Pat Tells on His Mates.
From fighting Irishman we find
that the Englishman at the front wor-
ries most about his food, while the
Scotch and Irish are irritated that the
enemy does not come out where he can
be readily killed A private of the
Royal Irish Fusiliers rad this to say:
What like is il at the front? Well
now, it's hard to tell you that. unless
you've been there but, faith. I'll make
a good try, just TO oblige you. It's
very little different from what goes on
at home. The days made up of grous-
ing and lighting, except that instead OF
fighting among ourselves it's the Ger
mans we fight. Maybe the grousing
a bit different, too, TO what 1t is in
peace time.
THE Englishmen swe..r most when
4. l.. ..1 IL L..
the Scotch and the Irish are mostly
angered because the German devils
won't come out and fight SOS we can
give them the cold iron.
"The English don't seem TO mind
that so much, so long as they have full
stomachs and can keep firing away at
the Germans with the big guns and the
rifles
Kaiser to Howl for Peace.
There is bit Of "bally swank" IN
the following from lance corpora
who was apparently irritated in his let.
ter writing by interruptions from the
German guns:
THE Germans don't give us much
time for letter writing. tbs one has
been stopped six times already, Just
because he beggars were creeping too
close. and ] had TO 20 out with my
bayouet to chase them of before set
tling down again.
What most of US feel here is that
the Germans are stalking everything
on fighting in France or Belgium. and
when they arc beaten, as they will be
sooner OF later, they will howl for
peace 10 save their own country from
the horrors of invasion.
That's all idea we have got from
their prisoners, and they think its a
rafting good one. l. il were left TO
the army to settle, you may be sure
that we'd vote 10 man for giving the
devils a taste OF their own medicine.
and you'll see US crossing their sacred